Children s Hospital of Michigan Demographics: 1. Location: Children s Hospital of Michigan 2. # of child life specialists: 9 Practicum: 1. Do your practicum students have university agreements or go through volunteer services? a. If affiliated with a university a university agreement b. If not affiliated they go through volunteer services 2. Do you accept practicum students who are not affiliated with a university?. Do you offer benefits to your practicum students? $2.50 voucher for the cafeteria 4. What are your requirements to apply? a. Minimum of.0 GPA b. Experience with both well children and children with special needs c. Official transcripts d. letters of recommendation e. Resume f. 60 completed semester hours toward a degree 5. What do you ask on your application (or can you provide a copy)? Please see attached information 6. Do you have an application fee? If so, how much?, $25 7. Do you require that applicants have full intention of becoming a child life specialist? No, but we may consider this in the near future 8. Do you have a standard form to review applications? 9. What is the duration of your practicum? What is the format of your practicum? How and where do practicum students spend their time? a. 120 hours 12 weeks/10 hours i. hours running our activity centers
ii. hours providing bedside activities iii. hours shadowing a CCLS iv. 1 hour meeting with supervisor b. Flexible with days and times Each week: 10. Do you offer seminars or skill building opportunities? No. If one of the intern in-services occurs while they re here, they re welcome to attend, but these opportunities are not built into the practicum. 11. What requirements do you have for your practicum students? a. Weekly journals b. Special project c. Mock interview d. Planning and implementation of creative activities in activity centers and bedside three hours/week 12. Who serves as your practicum supervisors? a. CCLS with less than 4000 hours b. CCLS with more than 4000 hours that is not serving as an internship supervisor for a given semester Internship: 1. How many semesters per year do you accept practicum students? 14. How many practicum students do you accept each semester? 1-2 1. Do your interns have university agreements or go through volunteer services? a. If affiliated with a university a university agreement b. If not affiliated they go through volunteer services 2. Do you accept interns who are not affiliated with a university?. Do you offer benefits to your interns (i.e. meals, parking)? No 4. What are your requirements to apply? a. Minimum of.0 GPA b. 120 hours of volunteering with children c. Experience with both well children and children with special needs d. CLC coursework review e. Official transcripts
f. letters of recommendation g. Resume h. Practicum experience not required, but strongly recommened i. completion of course taught by child life speicialist j. bachelor's degree completed or completed by end of internship 5. Do you utilize the CLC s common internship application? If not, what do you ask on your application (or can you provide a copy)? plus additional questions. Please see attached information. 6. Do you follow the CLC s standard Initial Offer Date/Next-day Acceptance process? 7. Do you utilize the CLC s suggested internship curriculum? 8. Do you have an application fee? If so, how much?, $25 9. Do you require that applicants have full intention of becoming a child life specialist? Absolutely 10. Do you have a standard form to review applications? 11. What is the duration of your internship? 15 weeks/600 hours must complete the total 600 hours. Missed days must be made up. 12. Do you have additional weeks/hours for interns to work independently? Weeks 14 & 15 are independent on the unit of the intern s choice (under the condition that all expectations have been met at that point). 1. How many rotations do you offer? 14. Do you have a general format for your rotations or overall internship? a. Weeks 1-2: orientation b. Weeks -1: -4 rotations c. Weeks 15-16: independent on unit of choice 15. Do you offer seminars or skill building opportunities?, 14 in-services are provided. Application and hands-on opportunities are integrated into most in-services but not all. 16. What requirement do you have for your interns? a. Weekly journals
b. Special project c. Two site visits d. Four case studies e. Bulletin board f. Newsletter submission g. Facilitation of RN training h. Facilitation of volunteer training i. Participation in special event planning and implementation j. Work two weekend shifts k. Mock interview l. Planning and implementation of creative activity centers two hours/week m. Facilitation of group medical play session n. development rotation for resident/ 1/2 day shadowing 17. Do you require all supervisors to have 4000 hours of paid experience before becoming internship supervisors?. Those with less than 4000 hours serve as our practicum supervisors. 18. Do you allow non-certified specialists to supervise interns? No a. What do you do to prepare and/or support your supervisors? Annual supervisor retreat b. Individual meetings c. Meetings with all rotation supervisors after each rotation to ensure good hand-off communication as the intern transitions through rotations 20. How many semesters per year do you accept interns? 21. How many interns do you accept each semester? 1-2 Fellowships: 1. Do you offer a fellowship? 2. What is the length of time for your fellowship? 12 months. When are the approximate start/end dates (months) of your fellowship? January to December 4. Do you offer benefits to your fellows (i.e. health insurance, parking)?
5. What are the qualifications required to apply? Must have completed a child life internship and have had no to minimal child life specialist work experience. 6. What work requirements do you have for your fellows? Full time and must participate in research study. 7. In what unit/units are the fellows placed? Varies 8. Is the fellowship full-time? 9. How many fellows do you accept at a time? 1 10. How do you prepare and support your fellows? Orientation process and mentored by child life specialist. 11. Where can interested specialists access the application? www.wayne.edu