INTEGRIS Health Children’s offers practicum experiences in the Summer of each year.
The Child Life program at INTEGRIS Health Children’s at Baptist Medical Center follows the Association of Child Life Professionals pre-internship learning modules and is committed to providing meaningful education and training for prospective child life professionals. Our Child Life Practicum is an introductory level experience organized to give students the opportunity to gain insight and exposure to the child life profession, as well as help students understand the unique needs of hospitalized children and their families. Practicum students will participate in an observation based experience with a Certified Child Life Specialist during a multitude of clinical interventions. Our Child Life Practicum is a 5 week program, allowing practicum students to gain approximately 160 hours of experience.
For further questions and information, please email the Child Life Practicum Coordinator at: [email protected].
INTEGRIS Health Children’s is a children’s hospital within an adult hospital. The Child Life Department has 10 Certified Child Life Specialists and 1 Child Life Tech, serving pediatric patients and children of adult patients. The child life program at INTEGRIS Health Children’s focuses on utilizing play-based, therapeutic approaches in every aspect of child life interventions. Hands-on learning is emphasized through creative methods, such as using specialized medical puppets and relevant medical equipment. As a children’s hospital within an adult hospital, INTEGRIS Health Children’s offers practicum students the unique opportunity to experience pediatric child life interventions, as well as tailored interventions for children of adult patients experiencing serious illness, injury, or death.
The Association of Child Life Professionals pre-internship learning modules are incorporated throughout the child life practicum.
Practicum students participate in a 5-week, observation based, clinical experience, gaining approximately 150-170 hours of experience.
Practicum students will complete two 2-week rotations and 1 hospital wide observation week.
Practicum students are expected to be available for child life practicum during standard business hours.
Practicum students will complete the INTEGRIS Health Children’s child life practicum curriculum and assignments.
To learn about dates for the next child life practicum, please reference the Application Timeline section below.
Junior level in college or beyond.
The following 3 courses must be completed prior to the practicum with a GPA of 3.0 or above.
*For all courses in progress, complete and submit the SACLP Confirmation of Course in Progress Form.
*For more information, please view the ACLP eligibility requirements.
Minimum of 100 hours of paid and/or volunteer experience interacting with children.
Required immunizations:
All application materials must be emailed to [email protected].
Email Guidelines:
Title of email: *Insert First and Last Name* - Practicum Application
Attach all required documents in one email.
Attachments must include:
**One reference must be a person who has directly observed and/or supervised your experience with children.
*You are responsible for providing the SACLP Practicum Reference Form to your references.
*Your references must email a completed SACLP Practicum Reference Form to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. on the application deadline date.
*You will receive a confirmation email within 1-2 business days when one of your references submits a form.
Conclude the email with the following:
Please send one email with completed applications and supporting documents to [email protected] titled, “INTEGRIS Child Life Practicum Application.”
The INTEGRIS Health Children’s Child Life Practicum follows the Southern Association of Child Life Professionals submission and offer dates.
Practicum sessions will only be offered on the given dates listed below, and typically begin in June.
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Practicum Session |
Application Due |
Initial Offer Date |
Must Accept By |
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Summer |
January 19th |
2nd Tuesday in February |
Following Wednesday |
Timeline information
