Whether you are a child life student or an already working specialist, professionalism is super important to keep up on. How you present...

Today I am so excited to be sharing a bit about Child Life Disaster Relief (CLDR), a nonprofit organization created in 2016 by Katie Nees...

Goals are synonymous with success. That is part of the reason why the goals section was added to the child life common application. There...

The impact of Covid-19 is being heavily felt by all in the child life community right now and its continued threat looms large in the...

The world today has turned into a different one than students and professionals are used to operating in. Covid-19 has changed the...

With all the changes to hospital policy and visitation ability due to Covid-19 there has been an increased need for child life...

Today is the beginning of child life month and the perfect time to get back into writing! Sorry for the hiatus. Let's talk about child...

Woof! It's been awhile since there's been a post on here huh? The Captivated By Child Life mentoring program has been taking up a TON of...

N. O. Those two little letters independently don't really mean much, but when the two of them get together it can be really...

Captivated By Child Life is excited to have another guest blog, this one is sure to provoke some conversation. For understandable reasons...

No matter where you are in your professional journey, just starting, newly certified, or 25+ years in, we all face struggles. What makes...

Happy Child Life Month! March has become my favorite month of the year because I get to unashamedly celebrate what I do everyday (I...

One of the best ways to make yourself feel like crap is to compare yourself to someone else. Comparison leaves no room for self love, and...

It's that time of year again when internship applications have gone out and now the waiting game begins. To share with you the student...

Self-care can be tough to master. I recently took some time for myself to help me focus on the most essential roles I have in life right...

Since last weekend was the Midwest Child Life Conference in St. Louis, (shout out to the hosts for an awesome conference weekend!) PDUs...

Joy Bots are one of my favorite therapeutic activities to complete with patients and families. The concept for these small, but mighty...

Captivated By Child Life is extremely excited to share with you a second guest blog, this one about the Hawkeye Wave that has captured...

The first guest blog on Captivated By Child Life is written by Carissa Howard, MS, CCLS! She is currently a professor at Azusa Pacific...

By far the most frequent procedure I help with in the ED is the placement of peripheral IVs. This is also a poke procedure, so it brings...