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May 04, 2024
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CFS 6280 - Foundations and Theory in Child Life
Provides an overview of the child life specialist profession and its mission and principles. Each of the core competencies established by the child life council will be covered, and the foundations of administering a child life program in a health care setting will be examined. Students will analyze and understand theory in relation to family structure, family systems, life course theory, psychosocial theory, and other theories relevant in the profession of child life.
Requisites: CFS major
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May not be retaken.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will examine budget and child life program administration.
- Students will examine the role of child life specialists in practice and programming of service.
- Students will gain an understanding of the history of the child life profession and the Child Life Council.
- Students will learn the expectations of the graduate child life specialist internship.
- Students will learn theory essential in child life practice, including theories of play, psychosocial theory, stress point theory, coping theory, and family systems theory.
- Students will understand how a child life program is integrated within a health care setting.
- Students will understand the mission, core principles, core competencies, and ethical practices of the child life profession.
- Students will understand the roles and responsibilities child life specialists have in both inpatient and outpatient health care settings.
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