Child Life Course
This course equips child life specialists with essential skills to support children and families in pediatric healthcare settings, focusing on distress reduction, coping strategies, and effective communication.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What will I learn?
The Child Life Course provides practical tools to lessen procedure distress, support coping, and enhance family communication in hospital environments. Learn age-specific play, distraction, and preparation techniques, quick psychosocial assessments, succinct handovers, and advocacy abilities, along with vital self-care and ethical advice to remain effective, assured, and resilient in a demanding clinical setting.
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Develop skills
- Paediatric coping tools: use play, distraction, and imagery for quick procedure relief.
- Quick child life assessment: prioritise psychosocial risk in hectic paediatric environments.
- Clear procedure preparation: deliver age-appropriate scripts, visuals, and timing for routine tests.
- Family coaching skills: assist caregivers to ease fear and bolster child coping.
- Interprofessional advocacy: record, hand over, and advocate for child-centred care.
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