At Providence, our child life team helps children and families cope with health care experiences that can be stressful. Services we offer for children include:

• Addressing when a child has difficulty cooperating with medicine or treatments
• Calming a child who is significantly distressed or fearful
• Coping with and preparing for medical procedures, surgery or tests
• Facilitating a visit with a family member who is in the hospital and providing support before and after the visit
• Helping a child use non-medicinal pain management techniques
• Offering age-appropriate play or therapeutic activities
• Support for a child and their family after a new diagnosis, injury or illness
• Support for any child dealing with the death of a loved one

The Child Life Internship Program at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center offers a comprehensive, 600 hour Child Life internship program open to college or university-affiliated students seeking certification as a Child Life Specialist.

Students are offered extensive and varied opportunities to meet the standards set forth by the Certifying Committee of the ACLP (Association of Child Life Professionals). Internships at PSVMC are offered to one student per term in Fall and Spring. We follow the ACLP internship curriculum and recommended deadlines for application submissions.

Our program accepts the Internship Readiness Common Application found on the ACLP website: ACLP Internship Readiness Common Application.

Once complete, submit applications for review to [email protected]

The email subject line should state the internship session (Fall or Spring) and year.

The PDF downloaded as part of the ACLP Internship Readiness Common Application is the only component that will be reviewed. No additional documentation will be required or reviewed for a candidate’s initial submission (no letters of recommendation, cover letters, resumes, etc.).