Areas Where Child Life Services Are Offered

• Program Description

  Our child life team is a 3.5 FTE program that provides comprehensive services to our Pediatrics/PICU, NICU, ED, lab, radiology, surgery, etc. in an adult hospital. Our internship is accredited and we also offer a practicum experience each semester. The specialists on our team are focused on providing excellent psychosocial care for all children in our service and their family members.

• Year the Program Began

  1991

• Facility Type

  Children's Hospital Within an Adult Hospital

• How patients receive child life services

  A patient referral or consultation is not required for child life programs and services

• Areas where child life services are provided on the main campus
  •  Ambulatory Surgery
  •  Children of Adult Patients
  •  Emergency Center
  •  Inpatient Acute Care
  •  Inpatient Critical Care (includes PICU, NICU, and CICU)
  •  Trauma Service
  •  Urgent Care

• Provision of services to areas or facilities outside of the main campus

  Outside areas are serviced

• Who does the child life program report to?

  Nursing

Complementary Programming

• Animal Assisted Activities (Pet Therapy) Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Arts in Medicine Program

  Program is not offered

• Art Therapy Program

  Program is not offered

• Clown Care Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Facility Dog Program

  Program is not offered

• Inpatient Hospital-Based Playrooms Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Integrative Care Program

  Program is not offered

• Music Therapy

  Offered by the hospital/other department

• Outdoor Play Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Outdoor Healing Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Outpatient Play Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Recreation Therapy Program

  Offered by the hospital/other department

• Resource Library Space Program

  Offered by the hospital/other department

• Sensory Integration Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Sibling Drop-Off Program

  Offered by the hospital/other department

• Volunteer Program

  Offered by the child life department

Child Life Staffing

• Total Number of Child Life Program Staff

  4

• Total Number of Child Life Program Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs)

  35

• Number of Weekdays the Child Life Program is Staffed (Monday-Friday)

  5

• Number of Weekend Days the Child Life Program is Staffed (Saturday and Sunday)

  2

• # Days Per Week Program is Staffed

  7

• # of Child Life Specialists

  4

Internship Availability Information

• Does this program offer internships?

  Yes

• Is the Internship paid? -

• Internship Coordinator Name

  Rana Post, MBA, CCLS

• Internship Coordinator Email

  rana.post@coxhealth.com

• Internship Coordinator Phone

  (417) 730-7133

• Web Site

  Http://www.coxhealth.com/body.cfm?id=3122

• Number of Internship Hours Offered

  600

• Internship Application Requirements
  •  Affiliation with a College or University
  •  Completed Practicum
  •  Relevant Volunteer Experience

• Does this program follow the ACLP recommended application deadlines?

  Yes

• Does this program accept unaffiliated interns?

  Yes

• Does this program require liability insurance for unaffiliated interns?

  Yes

• Does this program accept international interns?

  No

• Does the internship require application materials in addition to the common application?

  Yes

• Does the internship application require official transcripts?

  No

• Does the internship require an in-person interview?

  No

Practicum Availability Information

• Does this program offer practicums?

  Yes

• Practicum Coordinator Name

  Rana Post, MBA, CCLS, CPST

• Practicum Coordinator Email

  rana.post@coxhealth.com

• Practicum Coordinator Phone

  417-730-7133

• Practicum Program Website

  www.coxhealth.com

• Total # of practicum hours

  100

• Practicum Application Requirements
  •  Affiliation with a College or University
  •  Relevant Volunteer Experience

• Does this program accept unaffiliated practicum students?

  No

• Does this program require liability insurance for unaffiliated practicum students?

  No information provided

• Does this program accept international practicum students?

  No information provided

• Does the practicumapplication require official transcripts?

  No

• Does the practicum require an in-person interview?

  No

Fellowship Availability Information

Volunteer Opportunities

• Are there volunteer opportunities at this hospital?

  Yes

• Hospital Volunteer Program Phone #

  (417) 269-4169

• # of Hospital Volunteers

  700

• Are there child life specific volunteer opportunities at this hospital?

  Yes

• Child Life Volunteer Program Phone #

  (417)730-7133

• # of Child Life Program Volunteers

  25

Main Hospital Beds

• Number of Pediatric Medical/Surgical Inpatient Beds at Main Facility

  26

• Number of beds in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at main facility

  6

• Number of beds in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at main facility

  33

• Number of beds in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at main facility

  0

• Number of Pediatric Hematology and/or Oncology and/or Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) beds combined at main facility

  0

• Number of Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Beds

   

• Number of pediatric psychiatric beds at main facility

  0

• Number of pediatric rehabilitation beds at main facility

  0

Satellite Hospital Beds

• Number of Pediatric Medical/Surgical Inpatient Beds at Satellite Location

  10

• Number of beds in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at satellite location

  0

• Number of beds in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at satellite location

  0

• Number of beds in the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) at satellite location

  0

• Number of Pediatric Hematology and/or Oncology and/or Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) beds combined at satellite location

  0

• Satellite Number of Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) Beds

   

• Number of pediatric psychiatric beds at satellite location

  15

• Number of pediatric rehabilitation beds at satellite location

  0