Nov 22, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2024-25
CFS 4920 - Child Life Practicum
Provides practical field experience in a children’s hospital setting and allows for the development of professional skills necessary to secure competitive child life internships. Students will work under the direct supervision of a certified child life specialist (CCLS) and carry out assigned tasks, including observation and implementation of medical and therapeutic play, medical charting, procedural preparation, and sibling support.
Requisites: Permission required and CFS 4770
Credit Hours: 5
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Learning and Doing
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 15.0 practicum
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will analyze and present on assigned case studies of hospitalized children and their families.
- Students will complete 100 to 125 hours of practicum hours in a children’s hospital setting, in accordance with the practicum hour requirements set by the Child Life Council.
- Students will demonstrate knowledge of professional practices in child life.
- Students will develop and implement projects as assigned by CCLS Preceptor.
- Students will integrate information learned in the classroom and put it into practice in a children’s hospital setting.
- Students will integrate psychosocial theory for hospitalized children into daily journal writings and reports.
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