Areas Where Child Life Services Are Offered

• Program Description

  UC Davis’ Child Life and Creative Arts Therapy department helps to minimize the anxiety of hospitalization, increase understanding and strengthen coping skills while helping children to continue their typical growth and development. Child life specialists, along with music and art therapists, provide support and age-appropriate coping strategies, while educating families, staff and physicians about the special needs of hospitalized children.

• Year the Program Began

  1976

• COVID-19 Operating Status

  None

• Facility Type

  Children's Hospital within an Adult Academic Hospital

• 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
  •  Radiology
  •  Trauma Service
  •  No information provided

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

  Outside areas are not serviced

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

  None of the above

• Who does the child life program report to?

  Nursing

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

• Clown Care Program

  Program is not offered

• Facility Dog Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Inpatient Hospital-Based Playrooms Program

  Offered by the child life department

• Integrative Care Program

  Offered by the hospital/other department

• Music Therapy

  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

  Managed by the child life department

• Recreation Therapy Program

  Program is not offered

• 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 hospital/other department

Child Life Staffing

• Total Number of Child Life Program Staff

  33

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

  17

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

  2

• # Child Life Specialist FTE Positions That Are Exempt

  0

• # Days Per Week Program is Staffed

  7

• # of Child Life Specialists

  10

Internship Availability Information

• Does this program offer internships?

  Yes

• Is the Internship paid? -

• Internship Coordinator Name

  Diana Sundberg

• Internship Coordinator Email

  dcsundberg@ucdavis.edu

• Internship Coordinator Phone

  916-734-7153

• Web Site

  https://health.ucdavis.edu/children/clinical_services/child_life_program/childlife_training.html

• Number of Internship Hours Offered

  600

• Internship Application Requirements
  •  Completed BA/BS
  •  Completed Practicum
  •  Relevant Volunteer Experience
  •  Relevant Work Experience
  •  Other

• 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?

  No

• Does this program accept international interns?

  No

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Fall Cycle

  2

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Winter/Spring Cycle

  2

• Number of Open Internship Positions - Summer 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?

  Yes

• Practicum Coordinator Name

  Diana Sundberg

• Practicum Coordinator Email

  dcsundberg@ucdavis.edu

• Practicum Coordinator Phone

  916-734-7153

• Practicum Program Website

  https://health.ucdavis.edu/children/clinical_services/child_life_program/childlife_training.html

• Total # of practicum hours

  120

• Practicum Application Requirements
  •  Relevant Volunteer Experience
  •  Relevant Work Experience
  •  Other

• Does this program accept unaffiliated practicum students?

  Yes

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

  No

• Does this program accept international practicum students?

  No information provided

• Number of Open Practicum Positions - Fall Cycle

  0

• Number of Open Practicum Positions - Winter/Spring Cycle

  0

• Number of Open Practicum Positions - Summer Cycle

  2

• Does the practicumapplication require official transcripts?

  No

• Does the practicum require an in-person interview?

  No

Fellowship Availability Information

• Offers Fellowships

  Yes

• Fellowship Coordinator Name

  Diana Sundberg

• Fellowship Coordinator Email

  dcsundberg@ucdavis.edu

• Fellowship Coordinator Phone

  916-734-7153

• Number of Fellowships Available Annually

  2

Volunteer Opportunities

• Are there volunteer opportunities at this hospital?

  Yes

• Hospital Volunteer Program Phone #

  916-734-2401

• # of Hospital Volunteers

  200

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

  Yes

• Child Life Volunteer Program Phone #

  916-734-5510

• # of Child Life Program Volunteers

  50

Main Hospital Beds

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

  48

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

  24

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

  49

• 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 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