Child and Family Life
For Health Professionals: Practicum Program
- 100+ hour volunteer experience in hospital, inpatient and/or outpatient setting
- 8-12 week experience
- 12-16 hours per week shadowing and observing child life specialist in the activity center and at the bedside on a rotation schedule determined by the internship coordinator and child life staff
- participate in special events on the assigned unit
- observation with other child and family life staff (activity therapists, creative arts therapists, and school teachers)
- journal entry weekly with a focused topic selected by child life staff
- special project developed with supervisor input
- initial assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation skills on a selected patient
- contract of expectations and objectives developed by the individual with input from supervisor
- orientation and training initiated by volunteer services and additional training and orientation by child life specialists in assigned areas
- evaluation at mid point and at conclusion of practicum experience with input from individual student, site supervisor and school supervisor (if applicable)
- site visit by referring school supervisor at least once during the practicum experience (or by telephone if out of state)
For more information contact:
Julie Piazza, CCLS
Child & Family Life Training Coordinator
734-647-7411 / 734-936-6519 main office
julipiaz@med.umich.edu
Application
If you are interested in applying to our practicum program, please fill out and return the Practicum Application. (pdf)
