Child Life Profession | Assessment and Play | Preparation | Coping | Mix & Match |
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Association of Child Life Professionals
The acronym ACLP stands for this.
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Developmental Play
This type of play ensures children do not regress in their milestones while hospitalized
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6
This is the number of key elements to preparation.
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Appraisal-Focused (Avoidant Coping)
A person who responds best to diversion, alternative focus or distraction is displaying this kind of coping style
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Palliative Care
The goal of this type of care is to improve the quality of life for the child and family.
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Death of infants due to sensory deprivation/lack of human contact
This common occurrence in hospitals at the start of the 20th century was the initial factor that indicated a need for hospital play programs.
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Indirect or Observational
These types of questions are considered the most helpful in conducting your assessment.
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The point of sedation
If preparing for a procedure with sedation, sensory information should only be provided up to this point.
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Problem Focused (Vigilant Coping)
A person who responds best to preparation, developmentally appropriate information and being given a role is displaying this kind of coping style
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Charting/Documentation
This is an important responsibility of child life professionals, but is often not completed in favor of providing more direct patient care.
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Erikson and Piaget
These are the two main theorists whose theories form the basis for child life services
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Prioritizing
______involves assessing various aspects of the patients needs to determine who the CCLS should see first.
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Be honest/don't lie/find out the answer
This is what you should do if you don't know the answer to a question a child asks.
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Negative Coping Techniques
These techniques reduce immediate symptoms of the stressor but does nothing to improve long term coping.
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Self Care
This type of care is about being deliberate in taking time for yourself for the betterment of your mind, body and soul
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Practicum
This, mostly observational, experience is highly recommended but is not required to become certified.
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Medical Play
This type of therapeutic play can be fun and relaxing or intense and aggressive.
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6 Years and older
Children this age and older benefit from earlier preparation to allow more time for information processing
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Comfort Positioning
These physical positions can allow a child to feel supported and in control during a procedure.
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600
A child life internship requires this many hours.
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2025
This is the year that those interested in becoming a CCLS must have a master's degree in child life to be eligible for the exam.
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Therapeutic Play
This type of play helps children to address and resolve their own problems.
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Modeling
This form of preparation is common in the form of videos, but is not the most effective form.
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Meditation
This coping technique grounds and centers a child's mind and body
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1:15
Although rarely met, this is the ACLP's recommend CCLS to patient ratio.
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