#childlife - the aclp podcast for the child life community by Association of Child Life Professionals

Join us for a special edition deep dive into the world of abstract submission and preparing content for the 2020 Child Life Annual Conference.  In this episode, we speak with Brittany Blake, our very own conference planning chair.

Headed to conference this year? Still on the fence? Listen to our new audio "Know Before You Go" guide to conference. Bailey and Jen will break down all the logistics for you, and our Conference Planning Chair, Cat Leung, will go over the special new features at conference that you won't want to miss!

In this episode, Bailey Kasten, COO, and Jen Lipsey, CEO of ACLP will be celebrating Child Life Month, talking about research and their trip to Boston, and discussing the upcoming 2019 Child Life Annual Conference. They'll also share their interview with Ashley Kane and Erin Shaffer of Penn State Children's Hospital that features a discussion about their facility dogs program: life with the dogs, starting their program, and how they use their dogs in interventions. 

A packed episode with hosts Bailey Kasten, COO and Jen Lipsey, CEO of the Association of Child Life Professionals. In this episode, Jen and Bailey run through all of the upcoming events and opportunities on the ACLP calendar and share some of the work that's been done across ACLP committees. We're also joined by Kathryn Cantrell with a preview of the latest issue of the ACLP Bulletin and Focus. Also featuring, a special interview with ACLP/Child Life Council's first president Jerriann Wilson and Alexis Plumb, members of the Archives Management Committee of ACLP.  Jerriann and Alexis share the history of the archives and share some really wonderful examples of the treasures within.

This special episode of #ChildLife brings together the leaders of the current Child Life Certification Commission to discuss the final results of the 2018 job analysis and what it means for the Certified Child Life Specialist credential!

Jen and Bailey give a briefing on ACLP's strategic planning meeting and share updates on the child life community calendar.

Jen and Bailey discuss the recent gathering of the Community-Based/Non-Traditional Role Committee & Subcommittees and their recent work to develop guidelines for this form of child life practice.

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Bailey and Jen celebrate Child Life Month and share some important updates about recent collaborations with the Beryl Institute and Disney.

Jen and Bailey review some updates on new publications, provide a continuing update on the job analysis, and welcome Dennis Lomonaco of What You Give Will Grow to the #ChildLife studio.

In this episode, Jen and Bailey speak with our Director of Certification, Ame Enright about the upcoming job analysis and get behind the scenes of the Child Life Certifying Committee. 

This episode of #ChildLife addresses the recent announcement of the ACLP Board of Director's decision to rescind the Master's Degree requirements for certification.

We're thrilled to announce the start of our brand new podcast, #ChildLife.