Bridging the Gap: Using Innovation and Technology to Provide Child Life Services Virtually

When child life services needed to adapt to the changing tides of a global pandemic, we took it as an opportunity to expand virtual preparation services. Post-pandemic, the virtual work has not only continued, but has grown and become a staple of our child life program.

Suggested Domain: Intervention

1.0 PDU

Learning Objectives:

1. The attendee will understand “the why” behind starting a virtual child life program.

2. The attendee will be equipped with information on how to start a virtual child life program.

3. The attendee will understand current and future state of this institution’s virtual child life program and how this work can be applied to their own practice.

4. The attendee will understand how important technology and virtual programs are to child life programs staying relevant in an ever-changing world.