Child Life Practicum

INTEGRIS Health Children’s is a children’s hospital within an adult hospital. The Child Life Department has 10 Certified Child Life Specialists and 1 Child Life Tech, serving pediatric patients and children of adult patients. The child life program at INTEGRIS Health Children’s focuses on utilizing play-based, therapeutic approaches in every aspect of child life interventions. Hands-on learning is emphasized through creative methods, such as using specialized medical puppets and relevant medical equipment. As a children’s hospital within an adult hospital, INTEGRIS Health Children’s offers practicum students the unique opportunity to experience pediatric child life interventions, as well as tailored interventions for children of adult patients experiencing serious illness, injury, or death. 

The Association of Child Life Professionals pre-internship learning modules are incorporated throughout the child life practicum.

Practicum students participate in a 5-week, observation based, clinical experience, gaining approximately 150-170 hours of experience.

Practicum students will complete two 2-week rotations and 1 hospital wide observation week.

• Rotations are supervised by a qualified Certified Child Life Specialist.
• Pending staff availability, rotations and observations may include: Burn Service Line, Emergency Department, General Pediatrics, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Outpatient Services, and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit.

Practicum students are expected to be available for child life practicum during standard business hours.

• Certain rotations may require a practicum student to work some evenings.

Practicum students will complete the INTEGRIS Health Children’s child life practicum curriculum and assignments. 

To learn about dates for the next child life practicum, please reference the Application Timeline section below.

Junior level in college or beyond.

• Bachelor’s or master’s level academic preparations are accepted.
• We accept unaffiliated applicants and students affiliated with a college or university.

The following 3 courses must be completed prior to the practicum with a GPA of 3.0 or above.

*For all courses in progress, complete and submit the SACLP Confirmation of Course in Progress Form.

• (1) Child Development Course
• (1) Play Course
• (1) Child Life Course – taught by Certified Child Life Specialist

*For more information, please view the ACLP eligibility requirements.

Minimum of 100 hours of paid and/or volunteer experience interacting with children.

• At least 2 experiences must be listed and include the following: 1 with children in a healthcare setting and 1 with children outside of a healthcare setting.
• Listing additional experiences is encouraged.

Required immunizations:

• Full Hepatitis B Series
• Negative Tuberculin (TB) Test
• MMR
• Varicella
• Influenza
• TDaP

All application materials must be emailed to [email protected].

• Late, paper, or handwritten applications are not considered
• To learn about specific dates for the next child life practicum, please reference the Application Timeline section below.

Email Guidelines:

Title of email: *Insert First and Last Name* - Practicum Application

Attach all required documents in one email. 

• Title of attachments: *Name of Document* - *Insert First and Last Name*

Attachments must include:

• Completed Southern Association of Child Life Professionals Practicum Application.
• Official or Unofficial Academic Transcripts from all universities/colleges attended. 
• Cover Letter
• Resume
• List of 3 professional references - include each reference's name and email 

**One reference must be a person who has directly observed and/or supervised your experience with children. CCLS preferred.

*No reference letters or other forms - Practicum site will personally email references with a form to complete.

Conclude the email with the following:

• First and Last Name
• Phone Number
• Email Address

Please send one email with completed applications and supporting documents to [email protected] titled, “INTEGRIS Child Life Practicum Application.”

The INTEGRIS Health Children’s Child Life Practicum sessions will only be offered on the given dates listed below and typically begin in June.

Timeline information

• Each application will be examined to ensure that the student meets our program’s requirements.
• Submitting a completed application does not guarantee a student an interview or placement; only the most qualified applicants will be invited for an interview.
• Interviews are conducted via Microsoft Teams. 

Currently accepting applications!