Child Life Seminar

Beyond the Classroom

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Child Life Seminar: Beyond the Classroom

Child Life Seminar: Beyond the Classroom

The Child Life Department at Children’s offers a two-day training seminar for students in child life academic programs. This seminar was established in 1994 to provide an opportunity to hear first-hand from child life specialists and participate in learning opportunities through role-playing, interactive discussion and hands-on exploration. The seminar topics include:

  • Therapeutic/Expressive interventions
  • Procedural preparation
  • Non-pharmacological pain management
  • Medical Play
  • Transitioning from student to professional
  • Bereavement
  • Area-specific breakout sessions
  • Case presentations

Learning Objectives

  • Identify different resources utilized by a child life specialist when working with patients who may be experiencing pain, anger, loss, separation and/or fear.
  • Become familiar with different types of resources used in medical play and procedural preparation.
  • Learn how different developmental levels view death, and how child life specialists help children cope with dying as well as support siblings and caregivers during this time.
  • Receive resources and ideas on how to plan and prepare for the child life internship and child life profession.
  • Develop knowledge through challenging patient care issues by discussing case presentations with experienced child life staff.
  • Learn about the tools and resources child life specialists in different specialized areas use for their specific population.
  • Identify different methods of non-pharmacological pain management utilized by child life specialists.

Cost

Early registration: May 1 – June 31: $85
Regular registration: July 1 – September 22: $100
Late registration: September 22 – 30: $115

Lunch will be provided both days.

When

Saturday, October 25 to Sunday, October 26, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Location

Arthur M. Blank Hospital

2220 North Druid Hills Road Atlanta, GA 30329

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Contact Information

For questions about the event, please contact beyondtheclassroom@choa.org.

Partnership Opportunities

For any questions about vendor or sponsor opportunities, please contact beyondtheclassroom@choa.org.