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University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Fairview

MAPS AND DRIVING DIRECTIONS

Phone (toll-free):
888-KIDS-UMN
(888-543-7866)

UNIVERSITY CAMPUS

Street Address:
500 Harvard Street
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Mailing Address:
420 Delaware St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455


RIVERSIDE CAMPUS

Street Address:
2414 7th Street S
Minneapolis, MN 55454

Mailing Address:
2450 Riverside Ave.
Minneapolis, MN 55454

University of Minnesota
Physicians



Recommended Coursework and Training for Child Life Career Planning

Coursework

  • Child development and advanced child development
  • The hospitalized child
  • Observation and developmental assessment
  • Theories of play
  • Therapeutic activities for children
  • Children and families under stress
  • Family dynamics and family development
  • Child and adolescent psychology
  • Early childhood education and methods
  • Parent education
  • Special education
  • Death and dying
  • Medical sociology
  • Infant development
  • Pediatric therapeutic recreation
  • Medical terminology V
  • Verbal communication and written communication
  • Multicultural awareness Foreign language(s), particularly Spanish
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Sign language

Recommended training based on requirements for Child Life certification

  • Bachelor’s degree in Child Life, Child Development or closely related field. Some hospitals require or prefer Master’s degrees.
  • 100 hour practicum or volunteer experience in established child life program.
  • 500-600 hour internship in established child life program with supervision by a Certified Child Life Specialist(CCLS).

Recommended reading

Thompson, R. and Stanford, G. Child Life in Hospitals: Theory and Practice. Charles C. Thomas Publishers, 1981.

Official Documents of the Child Life Council. Bethesda, MD: CLC, 1990.

Gaynard, L. et., Psychosocial Care of Children in Hospitals: A Clinical Practice Manual From the ACCH Child Life Research Project. Bethesda, MD: ACCH, 1990.

For More Information contact childlife.org


 

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