Areas Where Child Life Services Are Offered

• Program Description

  The Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy Department at the Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital is comprised of Certified Child Life Specialists, Licensed Creative Arts Therapists, and other allied health professionals. Staff from the department provide services throughout the hospital, including inpatient and outpatient environments. Paws and Play, our animal assisted therapy program, and The Child Life Zone, our therapeutic play space and internal broadcast studio, are two notable programmatic offerings.

• COVID-19 Operating Status

• Facility Type

  Children's Hospital within an Adult Academic 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 Clinics (Primary Care & Specialty)
  •  Ambulatory Surgery
  •  Children of Adult Patients
  •  Emergency Center
  •  Inpatient Acute Care
  •  Inpatient Critical Care (includes PICU, NICU, and CICU)
  •  Inpatient Hematology/Oncology
  •  Pain Service
  •  Palliative Care Services
  •  No information provided

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

  Outside areas are serviced

• Areas where child life services are provided off the main campus

  Emergency Center

• Who does the child life program report to?

  Hospital Administration

Complementary Programming

• Animal Assisted Activities (Pet Therapy) Program

  Managed by the volunteer program

• Arts in Medicine Program

  Program is not offered

• Art Therapy Program
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the child life department

• Clown Care Program

  Program is not offered

• Facility Dog Program
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the child life department

• Inpatient Hospital-Based Playrooms Program
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the child life department

• Integrative Care Program

  Program is not offered

• Music Therapy
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the child life department

• Outdoor Play Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Outdoor Healing Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Outpatient Play Space Program
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the child life department
  •  Program is not offered

• Recreation Therapy Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Resource Library Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Sensory Integration Space Program

  Program is not offered

• Sibling Drop-Off Program

  Program is not offered

• Volunteer Program
  •  Offered by the child life department
  •  Managed by the volunteer program

Child Life Staffing

• Total Number of Child Life Program Staff

  36

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

  28

• 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

  12

Internship Availability Information

• Does this program offer internships?

  Yes

• Is the Internship paid? -

• Internship Coordinator Name

  ALI SPIKESTEIN

• Internship Coordinator Email

  ALI. SPIKESTEIN@MOUNTSINAI.ORG

• Internship Coordinator Phone

  212-241-0576

• Web Site

  https://www.mountsinai.org/locations/kravis-childrens/services/child-family-support/child-life

• Number of Internship Hours Offered

  600

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

• Does this program follow the ACLP recommended application deadlines?

  Yes

• Does this program accept unaffiliated interns?

  No

• Does this program require liability insurance for unaffiliated interns?

  No

• Does this program accept international interns?

  No information provided

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Fall Cycle

  1

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Winter/Spring Cycle

  1

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Summer Cycle

  0

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Other/Non-standard Cycle

  0

• 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?

  No

• Practicum Application Requirements

  No information provided

• Does this program accept unaffiliated practicum students?

  No information provided

• 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 information provided

• Does the practicum require an in-person interview?

  No information provided

Fellowship Availability Information

• Offers Fellowships

  No

Volunteer Opportunities

• Are there volunteer opportunities at this hospital?

  Yes

• Hospital Volunteer Program Phone #

  212-241-0478

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

  Yes

• Child Life Volunteer Program Phone #

  212-241-0478

Main Hospital Beds

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

  36

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

  15

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

  60

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

  6

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

  8

• 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

  0

• 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

• Number of pediatric psychiatric beds at satellite location

  0

• Number of pediatric rehabilitation beds at satellite location

  0