The safe pathway is a process to decrease re-traumatization, increase coping, enhance cooperation, and decrease stress and anxiety of trauma patients. Through this, a patient specific plan is developed to reduce opportunities for continued trauma and better equip staff on way to assess for ongoing triggers in the hospital setting.

An integrative workshop designed to support depth of practice with neurodivergent patients from assessment to documentation. Participants will review assessment tools, strengthen interpretation skills and utilize these enhanced skills to create targeted communication, sensory, and pedagogical interventions. Attendees will increase competence and confidence in accurately documenting their depth of practice.

Advance your career while making a meaningful impact with ACLP’s 2025 Webinar Subscription Package! This all-inclusive program gives you access to live and on-demand webinars across all key exam domains, with 23 PDUs towards recertification.

This webinar offers an overview of the juvenile justice system, daily life in detention centers, and the rights of residents. Learn how child life specialists can support justice-involved youth by addressing trauma, combating biases, and navigating institutional restrictions. Suggested Domain: Assessment; Intervention; DEI Credits: 1.0 PDU

This webinar presentation reviews a multidisciplinary QI project in an emergency department where child life specialists provided pill swallowing education to circumvent the high cost of liquid medication. Participants will learn principles of pharmaco-equity and apply them to child life interventions. Suggested Domain: DEI Credits: 1.0 PDU

This webinar will explore the unique benefits, challenges, and opportunities of being a man in the Hospital Play Specialist (HPS) profession through the perspectives of three male HPS clinicians. Suggested Domain: DEI Credits: 1.5 PDU

This session will examine an established in-hospital program that has successfully integrated Registered Health Play Specialists with Certified Child Life Specialists and Child Life Assistants. This collaborative effort supports 399 pediatric inpatient beds and serves children and families from a variety of cultural and religious backgrounds, both nationally and internationally. Suggested Domain: DEI Credits: 1.5 PDU

This package offers the opportunity to view 12 recorded sessions from our 2025 Child Life Annual Conference.

This webinar investigates the influence of multicultural programming, visual learning, and active screen time on a child’s healthcare experience. It utilizes a closed-circuit television (CC-TV) studio and group programming within a pediatric hospital setting to facilitate this examination. Suggested Domain: DEI Credits: 1.5 PDU

This webinar will explore the importance of eye exams for autistic children, the challenges they face during exams, and evidence-based strategies for child life specialists Suggested Domain: Assessment; Intervention Credits: 1.0 PDU

Access to Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) services varies widely across settings, with limited understanding of its effects on equitable and guideline-based care. This systematic review seeks to highlight the availability of child life services across the U.S. and their impact on care delivery. Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility; Ethics; DEI Credits: 1.0 PDU

This session explores how play programming fosters normalization in a hospital setting while addressing cultural considerations and honoring diversity. Suggested Domain: Intervention; DEI Credits: 1.5 PDU

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

The package includes 5 webinars that allow you to enhance your DEI skills and earn 6.5 Professional Development Units (PDUs) in any domain. This package contains access to the following webinars: 1. Stitching the Quilt: Developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in a Child Life Academic Program (1.5 PDU) 2. The Skin They Are In: Delivering Racially Conscious Pediatric Psychosocial Care (1.0 PDU) 3. The Fun, Functional, and Family-Centered Ingredients for Successful Therapeutic Cooking Interventions (1.5 PDU) 4. Supporting Children with Autism During Medical Visits and Procedures (1.0 PDU) 5. Increase in Pediatric Firearm Injuries and Implication for Child Life Specialist Assessment (1.5 PDU)

This presentation is aimed to inform the profession of child life and its affiliates about the increasing frequency of pediatric firearm injuries and is useful for child life specialists, supervisors, and leaders to become more aware of assessment tools to address the emotional safety needs of affected patients, families, and communities at large. Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Assessment, DEI​ 1.5 PDU

In this webinar, the presenter will discuss detailed methods and interventions to engage comfortably and more frequently with individuals with autism in medical settings. Suggested Domain: Professional Responsibility, Ethics, Assessment, Intervention, DEI 1.0 PDU Airing Date: 8/7/2024

This webinar will walk participants through starting a therapeutic cooking program in the hospital setting. Suggested Domain: Assessment, Intervention, DEI 1.5 PDU

This package offers the opportunity to view 12 recorded sessions from our 2024 Child Life Annual Conference.

This webinar will discuss the implementation of Family Systems Theory and Critical Race Theory into the progressive disclosure of pediatric HIV. Suggested Domain: Assessment, DEI 1.0 PDU

This package provides live and on-demand access to all of our 2023 programming. Participants of this package will gain access to webinars across all exam domains and have the potential to earn 23.5 PDUs. Not able to attend the live event or subscribing mid-year? No problem. All participants will retain access to on-demand 2023 webinars for one year from the date of purchase. With this premium subscription, ACLP's newest webinars are always at your fingertips. *Please note that Introduction to Foundations of Racially Conscious Collaboration is NOT included in this package