I believe most of these folks work in hospital settings with children who are going through extensive medical procedures like complicated surgeries or cancer-related treatments. Certification is required, for the most part.
On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 9:58 PM, Carol <devoldercar...@gmail.com> wrote: > What does one do with this degree? > > > On Jul 25, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Steven Specht <sspe...@utica.edu> wrote: > > > > Here at Utica College we have a separate program (i.e., separate from > > Psychology) in Psychology/Child Life (although they do take a number > > of our courses as part of their major). In fact, it is now a Master's > > program. Prior to coming to UC, I had not heard of such a thing. It > > has it's own professional organization and accrediting body. It is > > also in fairly high demand here, in terms of student interests. > > > >> On 7/25/18, Peterson, Douglas (USD) <doug.peter...@usd.edu> wrote: > >> I get 2 or 3 students a year in Intro Psych with and interest in it. To > my > >> knowledge, none have pursued it as a career. > >> > >> Doug > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Jul 25, 2018, at 7:04 PM, Miguel Roig <ro...@stjohns.edu> wrote: > >>> > >>> That's odd, Joe. I have not yet heard of that 'specialization'. > >>> > >>> Miguel > >>> ________________________________________ > >>> From: Joseph Horton [jjhorton2...@outlook.com] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2018 12:53 PM > >>> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > >>> Subject: [tips] Child Life Specialists > >>> > >>> Hi Tipsters! > >>> > >>> > >>> We are getting more prospective students asking us about becoming child > >>> life specialists. So far our primary response is to be clear that our > >>> psychology degree will not prepare them to the the child life > >>> certification exam. > >>> > >>> > >>> I am curious if your departments are seeing prospectives who want to > >>> become child life specialists and how you are have responded. > >>> > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> Joe Horton > >>> > >>> Grove City College > >>> > >>> --- > >>> > >>> You are currently subscribed to tips as: > >>> ro...@stjohns.edu<mailto:ro...@stjohns.edu>. > >>> > >>> To unsubscribe click here: > >>> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=3343621. > 18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf851&n=T&l=tips&o=52570 > >>> > >>> (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is > >>> broken) > >>> > >>> or send a blank email to > >>> leave-52570-3343621.18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf8 > 5...@fsulist.frostburg.edu<mailto:leave-52570-3343621. > 18283a1227eb73d1ce74b7f7163cf...@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > >>> > >>> > >>> --- > >>> You are currently subscribed to tips as: doug.peter...@usd.edu. > >>> To unsubscribe click here: > >>> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=12991.6a54289b29ceb58cb7609cc50e0dc1 > c8&n=T&l=tips&o=52582 > >>> or send a blank email to > >>> leave-52582-12991.6a54289b29ceb58cb7609cc50e0dc1 > c...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >> > >> --- > >> You are currently subscribed to tips as: sspe...@utica.edu. > >> To unsubscribe click here: > >> http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e29763 > 36&n=T&l=tips&o=52584 > >> or send a blank email to > >> leave-52584-13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e29763 > 3...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > >> > > > > > > -- > > Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. > > Professor of Psychology > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: devoldercar...@gmail.com. > > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=177920. > a45340211ac7929163a0216244443341&n=T&l=tips&o=52587 > > or send a blank email to leave-52587-177920. > a45340211ac7929163a0216244443...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: sspe...@utica.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13522. > 468cbac056133a996283cca7e2976336&n=T&l=tips&o=52588 > or send a blank email to leave-52588-13522.468cbac056133a996283cca7e29763 > 3...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > -- Steven M. Specht, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=52590 or send a blank email to leave-52590-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
