Taking Child Life to School: Child Life in the Education System

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Looking into the background of psychosocial support in the school system, this presentation will dive into student, family and staff needs that could be met by a child life specialist using a strength-based collaborative approach. Topics around diversity, equity and inclusion will be focused on will reflecting on special needs, behaviour challenges and mental health. Traditional and non-traditional child life interventions will be explored as solutions to coping and social-emotional learning deficits in schools.

1.0 PDU

SUGGESTED DOMAIN: Intervention

Objectives:

discuss the similarities between child life in a hospital and school setting, ultimately leading to how school based child life interventions fit within the child life domains and principles.
have a better understanding of student and staff psychosocial needs within a school environment that Certified Child Life Specialists are capable of meeting.
explore real examples of child life specialists in schools and the different ways of advocating for child life in the education system.
Participants will identify how school child life interventions fit within the operating principles of child life professionals.
Participants will explore examples of child life integration programs already running in a number of schools across North America.
Participants will have the information to write a proposal requesting a child life position in a school.

Courtney Rosborough (Moderator)

Certified Child Life Specialist

Courtney Rosborough MS CCLS PTP: Courtney received her MS in Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care from the Health Sciences department at McMaster University in 2017. She has been a Certified Child Life Specialist since 2014 and was initially hired as a Child Life Specialist at the Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Since then, she has taken child life out into the community in non-traditional settings such as the non-profit organization, Kids with Cancer Society and private specialized services company Kids Uncomplicated. For the past six years, she has worked in an elementary/junior high school as an Emotional Behavioural Specialist. Courtney is passionate about collaborative communication, the power of play, and advocating for child life beyond the hospital walls.