Scope of Practice in the Profession of Child Life

This webinar will provide attendees with an overview of scope of practice, including definitions and history of the phrase, use of the phrase in health care and current standards for scope of practice as established by ACLP. The interface between scope of practice and ethical practice will be examined and examples will be provided of challenging situations faced by child life professionals.

After this webinar, participants will have:
1. an understanding of the history of the phrase "scope of practice" 2. knowledge of the references to scope of practice in child life professional documents
3.the ability to determine scope of child life practice in a variety of actual clinical situations
4.an increased level of awareness of the relationship between ethical decision-making and scope of practice

Domain: Professional Responsibility