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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/20/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This presentation aims to provide an overview and history of Dungeons and Dragons (D&D), highlight the therapeutic benefits of the game, and explore how it can be utilized within the field of child life. Suggested Domain: Intervention 1.5 PDU
In recent years, Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) has gained a lot of popularity, thanks to the hit Netflix series Stranger Things. However, D&D has been around for almost 50 years, providing its players with the opportunity to explore worlds full of magic, monsters, and adventure. This presentation aims to provide an overview and history of D&D, highlight the therapeutic benefits of the game, and explore how it can be utilized within the fields of child life and recreation therapy.
Suggested Domain: Intervention
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to understand basic gameplay and the rules of D&D.
- Participants will be able to identify the therapeutic and developmental benefits of children and adolescents playing D&D with a trusted adult.
- Participants will be able to connect how the therapeutic benefits of D&D coincide with several child life goals, such as self-expression, development, normalization, and social engagement.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 11/20/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 11/20/2027.
Bridgette Danielson, MA, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Bronson Children's Hospital
Bridgette Danielson has been working with children and families in a variety of capacities for 16 years. More specifically, she has been a CCLS since 2017. She started her child life career at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in an inpatient pediatric psychiatric facility and has since moved back home to be closer to family. She now works in the ER at Bronson Children's Hospital in Kalamazoo, MI. Bridgette has presented on the topic of child life services and behavioral health to several colleges, child life departments, and conferences. She is also a published author in the academic textbook "The Role of Child Life Specialists in Community Settings." In her free time, she loves being with family, reading, and playing board games... which led her to trialing Dungeons and Dragons with her behavioral health population!
Lindsay Bedlion, CTRS
Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
Lindsay R. Bedlion, CTRS, is a graduate of Slippery Rock University with a degree in Recreational Therapy and has been working in the field since 2016. She started her TR journey at Shodair Children’s Hospital in Helena Montana, working with children and youth from all over the state with a variety of mental health diagnoses. It was at Shodair where Lindsay first used theater interventions with the mental health population, collaborating with colleagues to help put on talent shows and theater performances with the kids to give back to the hospital staff. In 2018, Lindsay started working at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, serving children and adolescents with behavioral and mental health issues in the residential program at their College Hill Campus. At CCHMC, Lindsay has had the opportunity to build on her knowledge and use of Trauma Informed Care and to focus on experiential therapy. In 2020, Lindsay started a therapeutic drama club for her clients, using the therapeutic power of drama in order to help clients learn appropriate social skills and improve self-esteem. She has a wide variety of professional interests, including drama therapy, horse and small animal therapy, the Congressional Award program, trauma-informed care, and working with children and adolescents.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/15/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
This webinar will provide education related to recognizing varied traumatic stress responses and providing prompt and appropriate interventions in child life practice. Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention 1.5 PDU
Child life specialists often provide support to children who display post-traumatic stress symptoms during hospital visits due to the high prevalence of childhood traumatic stress. To identify and support these symptoms properly, the child life specialists will facilitate education related to recognizing varied traumatic stress responses and providing prompt and appropriate interventions in child life practice.
Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Assessment, Intervention
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to identify how their own life experiences have an impact on the psychosocial care they provide within the hospital setting.
- Participants will be able to acknowledge how trauma can impact the patient and family’s coping and recognize developmentally appropriate trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to appropriately adapt interventions to meet the emotional safety needs of patients and families by proactively addressing trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to demonstrate problem-solving skills and flexibility when supporting patients whose trauma responses do not fall within the typical and/or expected trauma responses.
- Participants will be able to confidently operate within the child life scope of practice when working with trauma patients and families and reliably recognize when to refer or collaborate with other supporting disciplines.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 11/15/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 11/15/2027.
Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS
Senior Certified Child Life Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Cortnee Miller, MS, CCLS is a certified child life specialist in the inpatient rehab, ortho, and trauma unit at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been in the field for 8 years and is a Medical Dog Handler. In her role she provides support to both acute and long-term patients following a traumatic event, recognizing the variability between acute and long-term trauma responses. Through assessment, education, and relationship-building, Cortnee continues to find passion in supporting these patients and their families.
Abbey Schaefer, MS, CTRS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist
Children's Hospital Colorado
Abbey Schaefer, MS, CCLS, CTRS is a certified child life specialist currently working on the inpatient surgical and trauma unit at Children's Hospital Colorado. She has been in the field for 3 years and is dually certified in both Therapeutic Recreation and Child Life. In her role, Abbey utilizes in-depth assessments to create trauma-informed care plans that allow patients and families to find a sense of safety following a traumatic event. Abbey is also passionate about health equity and inclusivity in the child life field and strives to incorporate this into her work with trauma patients and their families.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/06/2024 at 1:00 PM (EST)
Learn about this hospital’s program that utilizes smoothies as a therapeutic intervention for patients admitted to a hematology/oncology floor. Suggested Domain: Intervention 1.0 PDU
Discover an innovative program at this hospital that's making a real difference for patients on the hematology/oncology floor. Using delicious and nutritious smoothies as a therapeutic intervention, this program tackles some of the biggest barriers to proper nutrition in the hospital environment. From the side effects of treatment to the high cost of healthy food, this program helps patients overcome these challenges and stay healthy during their hospital stay. With limited visitor policies and a lack of healthy food options, this program is a game-changer for patients and their families.
Suggested Domain: Intervention
1.0 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to identify 3 challenges related to nutrition that children with chronic illness face.
- Participants will be able to identify 3 smoothie-based therapeutic interventions.
- Participants will be able to identify the items needed to host a successful smoothie day in a hospital setting.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 11/6/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 11/6/2027.
Taryn Johnson, CCLS
Child Life Coordinator
Norton Children's Hospital
Taryn Johnson is a Child Life Coordinator at Norton Children’s Hospital. In addition to leadership responsibilities, she provides child life services to the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center, serving an inpatient hematology, oncology and renal population. She has been working as a CCLS at Norton Children’s for over 14 years and currently also enjoys being a facility dog handler to a black lab named Luna.
Erin Love, LMT
Massage Therapist
Norton Children’s Hospital
Erin Love is a Licensed Massage Therapist at Norton Children’s Hospital. She has been practicing as a Licensed Massage Therapist for over 15 years. She currently works in her hometown of Louisville, KY, in the Addison Jo Blair Cancer Care Center, serving an inpatient hematology, oncology and renal population. Erin loves her family, dog and the color purple.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 10/23/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
This presentation will help participants apply the concepts of ambiguous loss to pediatric brain injuries and disorders of consciousness. Participants will understand common grief responses in siblings and caregivers of patients with a brain injury and disorder of consciousness, and various interventions to support a family’s grief processes. Participants will recognize psychosocial support across the multidisciplinary team as an invaluable aspect of family-centered care. Suggested Domain: Intervention 1.5 PDU
Following a pediatric brain injury, the entire family system is impacted. Siblings and caregivers of the patients often experience many changes, which can lead to feelings of grief and loss. Although the patient may be physically present, due to recovery or disorders of consciousness, ambiguous loss is commonly experienced. Certified Child Life Specialists can apply our knowledge of loss and grief to support siblings of patients who have suffered a brain injury. Concurrently, social workers support caregivers coping with uncertainty and grief. This presentation will help participants apply the concepts of ambiguous loss to pediatric brain injuries and disorders of consciousness. Participants will understand common grief responses in siblings and caregivers of patients with a brain injury and disorder of consciousness, and various interventions to support a family’s grief processes. Participants will recognize psychosocial support across the multidisciplinary team as an invaluable aspect of family-centered care.
Suggested Domain: Intervention
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to understand pediatric brain injuries and disorders of consciousness and apply the concepts of ambiguous loss.
- Participants will be able to identify unique challenges faced by siblings of patients with brain injuries and disorders of consciousness and identify 3 interventions to promote resiliency and post-traumatic growth.
- Participants will be able to identify unique challenges faced by caregivers of patients with brain injuries and disorders of consciousness and identify a multidisciplinary approach to supporting caregivers’ coping.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 10/23/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 10/23/2027.
Emily Montag, MS, CCLS
Child Life Specialist III
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Jackie Newman, CCLS, MS
Child Life Specialist III
Kennedy Krieger Institute
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 10/09/2024 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
This webinar presentation will explore the unique parent-child relationship developed throughout the hospitalization and life of extremely premature infants and the impact of that relationship on child development and future hospitalizations. Suggested Domain: Assessment, Intervention 1.5 PDU
This webinar presentation will explore the unique parent-child relationship developed throughout the hospitalization and life of extremely premature infants and the impact of that relationship on child development and future hospitalizations.
Suggested Domain: Assessment, Intervention
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- By the end of this presentation, participants will have an understanding of premature birth as a traumatic experience
- By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to identify risk factors of parent-perceived child vulnerability and the resulting negative impacts on child development
- By the end of this presentation, participants will understand premature birth as a valuable piece of information in the child life assessment
- By the end of this presentation, participants will have gained knowledge to promote positive parent-child relationships and coping when interacting with families with a history of extreme prematurity
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 10/9/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 10/9/2027.
Claire Jennings, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Claire is a certified child life specialists in the NICU at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Claire is passionate about recognizing that a family's hospital journey sometimes starts during pregnancy. Collaborating with her colleagues at All Children's, Claire works to serve these patients and families as they transition from the NICU to the PICU and beyond.
Maggie Teichmann, CCLS
Certified Child Life Specialist
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
Maggie is a certified child life specialist in the PICU at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital. Maggie is passionate about recognizing that a family's hospital journey sometimes starts during pregnancy. Collaborating with her colleagues at All Children's, Maggie works to serve these patients and families as they transition from the NICU to the PICU and beyond.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 10/08/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Join us to hear updates from the ACLP Board of Directors.
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Contains 15 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes Multiple Live Events. The next is on 09/26/2024 at 6:00 PM (EDT)
Providing students with excellent supervision is critical to advancing the child life profession. Whether you are preparing to supervise your first intern, or you have been supervising for years, building and advancing your supervision skill set is an imperative part of your professional journey. This course is composed of 6 modules over 6 weeks. The modules are a mix of independent and live learning components. Those who successfully complete the course will earn 7.5 PDUs (Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility) and a digital badge in recognition of Supervisory Excellence. Once purchased, no refunds will be provided. Please verify your availability for the 3 live section meetings (listed below) before purchasing the course. Cohort 5: September 19 to November 19, 2024 Registration is limited to 30 people Live section meetings will occur on the following dates/times (Please note these times are in Eastern Time): 1. Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 6-7:30pm ET 2. Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 6-8pm ET (last half hour optional) 3. Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 6-7:30pm ET *You are required to attend all three live section meetings for successful completion of the course*
Providing students with excellent supervision is critical to advancing the child life profession. Whether you are preparing to supervise your first intern, or you have been supervising for years, building and advancing your supervision skill set is an imperative part of your professional journey. This course is composed of 6 modules over 6 weeks. The modules are a mix of independent and live learning components. Those who successfully complete the course will earn 7.5 PDUs (Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility) and a digital badge in recognition of Supervisory Excellence. Once purchased, no refunds will be provided. Please verify your availability for the 3 live section meetings (listed below) before purchasing the course.
Cohort 5:
September 19 to November 19, 2024
Registration is limited to 30 people
Live section meetings will occur on the following dates/times (Please note these times are in Eastern Time):1. Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 6-7:30pm ET
2. Thursday, October 17, 2024 from 6-8pm ET (last half hour optional)
3. Wednesday, October 30, 2024 from 6-7:30pm ET
*You are required to attend all three live section meetings for successful completion of the course*
Course Objectives and Goals:
- Build a community of clinical supervisors to enhance the confidence of emerging professionals in the child life field.
- Create a standard curriculum and resources for clinical supervisors to develop effective child life internships.
- Create an accessible platform for emerging clinical supervisors in the child life field through an interactive synchronous learning environment.
I. Module 1: Course Overview - Getting Started in Internship Supervision (Live Component on September 7th from 6-7:30pm EST)
II. Module 2: Assessing Self and Professional Perspectives of Students and Learning (Independent Learning)
III. Module 3: Learning Styles (Independent Learning)
IV. Module 4: Communication and Supervision (Live Component on September 28th from 6-8:00pm EST)
V. Module 5: Tasks of an Internship (Independent Learning)
VI. Module 6: Ethical Scenarios and Sustaining Connectivity (Live Component on October 12th from 6-7:30pm EST)
Jenny Brandt (Moderator)
MS, CCLS
Jenny Brandt is a Child Life Supervisor at St Louis Children's Hospital where she oversees the child life assistant team, activity areas and newer child life specialists that join the department. Prior to moving into leadership, Jenny was a clinical child life specialist for 16 years, covering both inpatient and outpatient units and served as the internship coordinator for 13 of those years. Jenny holds a master's degree in Family and Consumer Science with an emphasis in Child Life. Jenny has volunteered with the ACLP on the Internship Accreditation Task Force, Internship Accreditation Oversight Committee, Education and Training Committee and the Child Life Journal Review committee. Jenny lives in St Louis, MO with her husband and two sons.
Emily Mozena (Moderator)
MA, CCLS, CTRS
Emily Mozena is a Professor of Instruction at The University of Iowa, teaching several courses at the undergraduate and graduate level each semester and is the program director for the B.S. in Therapeutic Recreation and the M.S. in Health & Human Physiology with a sub-Track Child Life. Emily Mozena has a master's degree in Leisure Studies with an emphasis in Therapeutic Recreation. In addition, she is currently working on her PhD in Educational Psychology and Learning Sciences. She is dually certified in Therapeutic Recreation (CTRS) and Child Life (CCLS), with an additional training with the Registered Wonders and Worries Provider (RWWP) program. Emily was a senior child life specialist at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital for 7 years and then began teaching, and now has been teaching for over 18 years at the University of Iowa. Her research interests are in school re-entry for children with chronic illness and extended hospitalization and with children and adolescents and their coping and resiliency when their parent is diagnosed with cancer. She has two daughters, two dogs, and one husband, and lives in Iowa City.
Michelle Mathews (Moderator)
MS, CCLS
Michelle Mathews is a Certified Child Life Specialist working at Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children. Clinically, she provides services in pre-op and radiology. Additionally, she is the student coordinator for both pre-internship and internship learners, helping to create the program in 2002. To engage in learning new skills, Michelle became the secondary handler to one of the facility dogs in the Canines for Coping program at Huntsville Hospital. Michelle holds a master's degree in Human Development and Family Studies with an emphasis in Child Life. Her interests and focus are derived from her strong belief for the support of both students and supervisors alike. Born from this desire, she led the creation of the Southeastern Association of Child Life Professionals in 2017 and continues to be supportive in several roles. Michelle lives in Huntsville, Alabama with her husband, the comings and goings of four step-children, and a menagerie of animals.
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This package provides live and on-demand access to all of our 2024 programming. Participants of this package will gain access to webinars across all exam domains and have the potential to earn 22.5 PDUs. Not able to attend the live event or subscribed mid-year? No problem. All participants will retain on-demand access to 2024 webinars until each webinar expires in 2027. With this premium subscription, ACLP's newest webinars are always at your fingertips. *Please note: -Any Racially Conscious Collaboration webinars are NOT included in this package. -The Professional Development Subscription is available only to individuals to register for on their own. This subscription is not available for groups who can register for webinars here: https://education.childlife.org/groupregistration
This package provides live and on-demand access to all of our 2024 programming. Participants of this package will gain access to webinars across all exam domains and have the potential to earn 22.5 PDUs.
Not able to attend the live event or subscribed mid-year? No problem. Registrants will retain on-demand access to 2024 webinars until each webinar expires in 2027. With this premium subscription, ACLP's newest webinars are always at your fingertips.
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-Any Racially Conscious Collaboration webinars are NOT included in this package.
-The Professional Development Subscription is available only to individuals to register for on their own. This subscription is not available for groups who can register for webinars here.
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Contains 4 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 09/25/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
In this webinar, the presenters will demonstrate the role of logic models in program evaluation and evolution. Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility 1.5 PDU
Logic models are extremely useful tools for designing, delivering, and evaluating programs. They help to visually and thoughtfully depict the alignment of program goals, activities, and outcomes, as well as the necessary resources. In this webinar, the presenters will demonstrate the role of logic models in program evaluation and evolution. After the demonstration, participants will have the opportunity to create their logic model for their setting. This will help maximize efficiency and effectiveness, guide program growth and improvement, and increase the potential for success.
Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility
1.5 PDU
Learning Objective(s):
- Participants will be able to describe the potential utility of a program logic model for a range of academic and clinical settings
- Participants will be able to reflect on the alignment of program goals, activities, and outcomes in their settings.
- Participants will be able to identify data collection tools and approaches to assess various outcomes.
Please note: All webinar contents and its certificate will expire on 9/25/2027 regardless of when it is purchased, accessed, or completed. At that point, contents will no longer be available in any form, including as an archive or as a PDU certificate. It is the responsibility of the learner to complete the contents and download and save the certificate for their records prior to 9/25/2027.
Ceilidh Eaton Russell, CCLS, PhD
Assistant Professor
McMaster University
Ceilidh is a Certified Child Life Specialist, and an Assistant Professor in the Child Life and Paediatric Psychosocial Care Master’s program at McMaster University. She is also the Child Life Lead for Canadian Virtual Hospice, and a Research Fellow with the Association for Child Life Professionals. Since 2001, Ceilidh’s clinical work, research, and teaching have been focused on supporting children and families living with a child’s or parent’s serious illness, dying and death. Linking her passions for clinical support and research, Ceilidh was the Director of Research and Evaluation at the Dr. Jay’s Children’s Grief Centre where, for 5 years, she led program evaluation efforts grounded in the centre’s logic model and principles of responsive program design and delivery. Since then, Ceilidh has consulted with community agencies to develop and support program evaluations that integrate practice-based evidence and evidence-based practice, to meaningfully inform and optimize experiences and outcomes for clients, families, volunteers, and staff.
Cathy Humphreys, CCLS, MSc
Assistant Dean
McMaster University
Cathy Humphreys is a Certified Child Life Specialist and the Assistant Dean of the Master’s in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care program at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Cathy has experience designing, developing, and evaluating programs throughout her career as a front-line CCLS and clinical Child Life Professional Practice Lead at McMaster Children’s Hospital, within her roles in the child life community (e.g. co-developing Upedia), and when co-developing Canada’s first child life Master’s program. She enjoys both strategic planning and diving into the weeds of projects to understand scope and needs, conceptualize systems, and evaluate impacts to enhance and maximize outcomes. Cathy has also served in committee and Board of Director roles within the Canadian Association of Child Life Leaders and Association of Child Life Professionals and currently serves as a committee leader within the Child Life Academic Society.
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Contains 1 Component(s) Includes a Live Web Event on 09/24/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
Join us to hear updates from the Child Life Certification Commission.
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