Education & Training
The Phoebe H. Stein Child Life Program offers an extraordinary internship opportunity for individuals looking to advance their skills and training in child life. With the broad scope of services provided by our organization, interns will benefit from a range of experiences and responsibilities, including:
- Performing thorough patient developmental assessments.
- Creating and implementing individualized treatment plans for developmentally appropriate preparation and support throughout hospitalization.
- Maintaining and completing process journals, verbatim logs, practice chart notes, procedure notes, diagnosis sheets, case studies and a gap in service project.
- Maintaining playroom activities and supplies.
- Participating in quality and performance improvement initiatives.
- Precepting volunteers.
- Serving as a liaison for patients and their family members, as well as the interdisciplinary team.
Eligibility
General Information:
- We accept internship applications ONLY from students whose academic program has an affiliation with our hospital signed before the application deadline
- We offer a full-time, one semester internship in the Fall and Spring
- We follow all ACLP due date guidelines for internship applications, which can be found here: https://www.childlife.org/certification/become-certified/clinical-internship
Internship:
Affiliations:
We are currently affiliated with the following programs:
- Bank Street College of Education
- Southeastern Louisiana University
- Utica University
- Towson University
- Erikson Institute
- Central Washington University
- Nova Southeastern University
Contact:
Contact Information for The Phoebe H. Stein Child Life Program:
For
internship opportunities only:
Email for internship information:
chaminternship@montefiore.org