Child Life Specialist (CLS) Certificate
Department of Teaching and Learning
Effective Summer 2019
The Child Life Specialist Certificate Program provides students with a comprehensive foundation of course work related to the growth and development of healthy and hospitalized children and adolescents. These varied courses provide a solid foundation required to support hospitalized children and their families. Students must earn at least a C in each course of this certificate program and must receive advisement from the Department of Teaching and Learning in regards to course selection. Courses marked with an asterisk (*) have prerequisites and courses marked with (+) are offered online.
Required Courses:
PROFSTUD.340 Children and Families in Medical Settings (+)
PROFSTUD.341 Death, Dying and Loss: Child and Family Perspectives (+)
PROFSTUD.342 Applied Research Methods (+)
PROFSTUD.347 Play and Expressive Arts for the Developing Child (*) (+)
PROFSTUD.414 Child, Family and Community Engagement (+)
PSYCH.211 Early Childhood Development (*)
PSYCH.212 Adolescent Development (*)
Choose any (3)
COMMSTUD.324 Health Communication (*)
COUNSEL.400/500 Introduction to the Helping Professions
COUNSEL.420/520 Human Development
PHIL.290 Medical Ethics
PHYSCH.210 Life Span Psychology (*)
- Upon successful completion of the required courses, students will receive a certificate of program completion from Bloomsburg University.
- Upon successful completion of the multidisciplinary curriculum, students are eligible to apply for a 600-hour child life clinical internship at an approved children’s hospital under the direction of a Certified Child Life Specialist.
- Upon successful completion of the internship, students are eligible to sit for the Child Life Professional Certification Exam.
- Upon receiving a passing score on the Child Life Professional Certification Examination, students become certified by the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) for a five-year period, after which time they must recertify.