Looking for a way to expand your trauma knowledge and enhance your qualifications for this type of work? The National Institute for Trauma & Loss in Children has several upcoming conferences! For more information, course details, and to register, visit: https://www.starr.org/2018-conferences
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Are you – Concerned about childhood trauma beyond healthcare? Alarmed by the increasing environmental disasters and man-made events affecting children? Learn how you can build on your child life skills and support children after these traumatic events. Come to our presentation discussing these things and more at the ACLP National Conference in Washington D.C!  “When
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Thank you to all of the Child Life Specialists, interns, and students that braved Winter Storm Riley to attend our one-day Child Life specific Children’s Disaster Services training in Syracuse, NY! We hope you enjoyed learning about disaster, how to work with kids during and after, how to set up a play area, and then
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In case you missed it, Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Bruce Perry discussed treating childhood trauma this past Sunday on CBS – 60 Minutes.  Click the picture to watch the video segment.
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There are still spots open for the upcoming Children’s Disaster Services trainings – register now to secure your spot! CDS offers two types of training workshops – a standard CDS training and a child life specific training. Child life specialist and students are welcome to attend either training for CDS certification eligibility; only one training
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We are excited to announce additional Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) training opportunities. CDS is a partner of Child Life Disaster Relief for national deployments to large-scale disasters. There are two training formats. One is a 2-day overnight and the other option is a 7-hour one day training. Child life specialists and students are encouraged and
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Registration is now OPEN for the Children’s Disaster Services training in New York City on September 16th! Â For more details and to register, follow this link.
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Happy Child Life Month! Child life specialists in the Boston and surrounding areas will have the opportunity to learn more about CLDR at the New England Child Life Professionals‘ Annual Child Life Month Event on April 3rd.  Click here for more information. Also, SAVE -THE-DATE for the Spring one-day Children’s Disaster Services training in New York City
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REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the one-day Children’s Disaster Services training hosted by Cook Children’s Hospital Child Life Department in Fort Worth, Texas. Â This training will be on March 25th and is open to child life specialists**. Â Space is limited and we expect the spots to fill quickly, so register soon if you’d like
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We are so excited to have these (pictured) child life specialists and students joining the CLDR movement from the recent Children’s Disaster Services (CDS) training in Independence, Missouri! Participants at this training spent 27 hours together preparing to work with kids in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. We want to thank all those who made the
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