Child Life Course
This course provides essential skills for child life specialists to support children and families in healthcare settings through play, assessment, preparation, and advocacy techniques.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Child Life Course equips you with practical tools to ease procedure distress, support coping, and enhance family communication in hospital environments. You'll learn age-appropriate play, distraction, and preparation techniques, quick psychosocial assessments, efficient handovers, and advocacy skills, along with vital self-care and ethical principles to remain effective, assured, and resilient in demanding clinical settings.
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Develop skills
- Paediatric coping tools: use play, distraction, and imagery for quick procedure relief.
- Rapid child life assessment: triage psychosocial risks in busy paediatric wards.
- Clear procedure preparation: deliver age-suited scripts, visuals, and timing for routine tests.
- Family coaching skills: assist caregivers to lessen fear and bolster child coping.
- Interprofessional advocacy: record, hand over, and advocate for child-centred care.
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