News

Don't miss out on our May Workshop - Identifying Needed Experiences to Make Yourself Stand Out as a Child Life Student!! This one will include an awesome new resource handout emailed directly to you too.

Go to the Events page to register!

Check out 2 new resources added to our resource list! 

National List of Child Life Clinical Sites - saves you time researching hospitals and sites nationwide. We are building out an even better, more thorough version of this list that will include exclusive information for SCC members. 

National List of Camps - great place to look to expand your experience and boost your resume by volunteering at camp this summer!

We are thrilled to share with all of you that Belinda Hammond will be joining the Students Connected Community as our second Academic & Student Support Advisor!! She brings 30+ years of child life experience, is a nationally recognized child life student expert, is a child life professor, and clinical supervisor! Learn more about her below:

Belinda Hammond is current faculty in Eastern Washington University's Children's Studies program, providing academic instruction and advising for students in both their graduate Child Life program and their undergraduate Child Life & Health program, having been a Certified Child Life Specialist since 1999.  With her doctorate in Educational Leadership and a specialization in Social Justice, Belinda has long been an advocate for students and has been involved in the creation of multiple academic and clinical programs, including creating the Child Life Community Practicum offered virtually since 2020. Belinda is the founder of Child Life Connection, which has primarily focused on providing therapeutic play opportunities and services for children in the settings that touch their lives: hospitals, clinics and classrooms. Belinda created the Child Life Connection: Student Forum on Facebook as a way to provide continuing supports for students, a page that has grown to include students from around the globe.  It is an honor to now be able to collaborate with the amazing team at Hearts Connected to support the development of resources, trainings, and supports for students and professionals across the field of Child Life.

Belinda's Office Hours will be added to the event list starting the week of April 15th!

We just posted a new resource for students that are not currently enrolled in a university and are having a difficult time completing the Eligibility Assessment pre-requisite involving completing a course taught by a CCLS! If you are still needing to complete this pre-req and are not currently enrolled at a university that has a course taught by a CCLS or are not currently enrolled at a university at all, you can enroll in this course! This course takes place July 15 - August 14 this Summer. To learn more, go to the Resources page and click the NEW resource added under Eligibility Assessment!

We will be releasing an up to date national list of internships and practicums to all of you at the end of this month! This list will include information you need to assess whether you are eligible to apply for a specific site, supervisor contact information, application links, and more! This resource will save you hours of time and research and we can't wait to share it with all of you! 

Projected release date: April 30th!