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Child Life Practicum Program: Israel

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ChildLifePracticumProgram:Israel

ChildLifeUnitedDevelopment&Education

Director&Founder

CourtneyMoreland,CCLS,MPH

Contact Information: Please contact Child Life United with any questions.

+1(512)771-3548(cell)

[email protected]

1. Title of program: Child Life Practicum Program: Israel

2. 100 - 120 hour Practicum

3. Program dates:

February 26th – March 23rd, 2017 - 4 weeks (not including travel)

4. Countries and cities to be visited: Save a Child’s Heart (SACH) 16 Haviva Reik Street, 5849538 Holon, Israel Please view http://saveachildsheart.org/ to gain a baseline understanding of the work of this incredible organization. In partnering with this organization Child Life United will be providing a practicum in an untraditional environment, with complementary hospital experience. The children served by Save a Child’s Heart live in The Children’s Home before and after their surgery. The Children’s Home will be the primary service area of the practicum. The practicum will follow and cover all 6 standards recommended by the Child Life Council (as stated below)


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Child Life Practicum

The Child Life Practicum is designed as an introductory experience for individuals interested in pursuing a career in child life. Through experiential learning and observation of Certified Child Life Specialists, child life practicum students begin to increase their knowledge of basic child life skills related to play, developmental assessment, and integration of child life theory into interventions with infants, children, youth and families. Child life practicum students will increase their comfort level by interacting with infants, children, youth, and families in stressful situations, health care settings and/or in programs designed for special needs populations. Through these experiences, child life practicum students will enhance their knowledge of the child life profession and investigate the process of applying child life and developmental theory to practice.

Child Life Practicum Recommended Standards by the Child Life Council

(http://childlife.org/StudentsInternsEducators/PracticumStudents.cfm)

While the Child Life Council does not require specific practices or protocols for child life practicums at this time, and child life practicums are not currently accepted to establish eligibility for the Child Life Professional Certification Examination, CLC encourages child life practicum programs to follow these recommendations set forth in 2013 by the CLC Practicum Task Force:

Standard #1: The child life practicum is largely an observational experience with child life practicum students beginning to engage in independent play and developmentally supportive interventions with infants, children, youth, and families as deemed appropriate by the supervising CCLS.

Standard # 2: The child life practicum student will be supervised by a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS) who has achieved a minimum of 2,000 hours of paid work experience as a child life specialist. The supervising CCLS must be currently practicing in the field of child life; however, the setting of the child life practicum could vary.

Standard #3: The child life practicum encompasses a minimum of 100 supervised hours. The child life practicum experience may include a combination of practicum hours being completed in no more than two different settings given each setting builds upon and strengthens a child life practicum student’s continual development and growth as a child life specialist.

Standard #4: Child life practicum hours should be completed in an appropriate setting that provides the child life practicum student with the opportunity to observe and learn from psychosocial interventions that assist infants, children, youth and families experiencing health related or stressful situations. Approved settings can include:

• Hospitals / Medical Centers • Therapeutic, medical or health related camp settings • Hospice, grief, or support centers • Rehabilitation settings

Standard #5: The child life practicum includes observation opportunities for students to explore the following theory and interventions related to child life practice:


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• Child life assessments • Developmental theory integration • Therapeutic play interventions • Rapport building

Standard #6: The child life practicum learning experiences include activities and assignments which allow the child life practicum student to begin to apply and integrate knowledge and theory application for future clinical practice and help to initiate the development of a personal philosophy of child life practice. These learning assignments should include:

• Journaling • Educational In-services and Discussions • Specific and Structured Readings

Purpose of travel component:

Traveling to Israel not only offers opportunities to be immersed in a rich cultural and historical experiences, but also allows students to work under the direction of Courtney Moreland and Rachel Werner established and experienced Child Life Specialists in bringing psychosocial care to children being provided services by SACH. This program offers opportunities for service learning in environments that push students outside their comfort zone and expand their understanding of the world. Learning takes place within and outside the prescribed course objectives as students experience the history, beauty, culture, and daily life of Israel.

COURSE WORK AND ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE ADJUSTED ONCE PRACTICUM STUDENTS HAVE BEEN SELECTED. LEARNING OBJECTIVES WILL BE DESIGNED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SPECIFIC STUDENTS ATTENDING. Below is simply a draft of course work.

Outline of course, including pre- and post-travel class sessions (tentative dates and content) and all graded components: TBA: Introduction to course expectations TBA: Practicum requirements and expectations TBA: Meeting psychosocial needs in partnership with SACH Assignment: Presentation of activities designed to meet psychosocial needs TBA: Israel history and culture Assignment: Verbal reports on various aspects of history and culture.

Practicum hours will combine group/program time, classroom education sessions, hospital visits, guest speakers, and theory to practice opportunities.


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Discuss how student performance will be evaluated: a. Cultural report (50 points)

i. Students will be assigned various aspects of Israel culture to report to class 1. Due TBA

b. Psychosocial support activities (50 points) i. Students will present a series activities to be used when working with children

1. Due TBA c. Journals (4x50 points)

i. Students will complete weekly journals reflecting on practicum experiences 1. Week 1 Journal due 2. Week 2 Journal due 3. Week 3 Journal due 4. Final Journal due

d. Individual discussion with programs leaders i. Students will meet individually with program leaders to verbally process experience

e. Final Reflective paper (100 points) i. Students will write 2 page paper reflecting on four week experience

ii. Due: f. Practicum evaluation (100 points)

i. Due: Travel itinerary:

Official Program Dates: February 26th – March 23rd, 2017 (4 weeks – 120 hours) Travel from student’s home country: It is advised that students arrive in Israel no later than Friday, February 24th to allow for a rest day. Required attendance will start at 9 a.m. Sunday, February 26th (the work week in Israel is Sunday-Thursday), 2017

(Extended Travel: If you would like to extend your travel, please do so after the program is complete)

Medical Insurance will be required. Cost:

Self – Funded Each student will be responsible for self-funding their travel, food, sight seeing during free time and accommodation. Medical insurance

Service Agreement Fee Practicum supervisors transportation and accommodation, practicum course work, 1:1 practicum supervision, focused educational experience, administrative cost $2,300

SACH Post Practicum Fund Raising After working with SACH and learning about this great organization, we ask that you spread the word and raise funds to support the organization. A goal of $1,500 is the hope.


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If you would like to do some research on your transportation and accommodation cost, this information will help…. Once participants are chosen, Child Life United will connect you to your fellow practicum students if you give approval. This would allow shared cost and planning. IMPORTANT ADDRESSES: Practicum Locations

AccommodationSuggestionsYou are required to find your own accommodation, however once participants are accepted. Child LifeUnitedwillconnectstudentsiftheywishtoplanaccommodationasagroup.Rentalapartmentinfo:www.luxurioustay.com,www.airbnb.comHostelinfo:Pleasereaduponthebelowhostelsuggestionsaswellasothersonwww.hostelworld.comPopularhostelsinTelAvivare:Hayarkon48HostelAbrahamHostelTelAviv FlorentineBackpackersHostelHostelOverstayTLVFlorentinHouse

TransportationYouare responsible for yourown transportationwhileyouare in Israel. Thereare twomainbus companies inTelAviv. For information about transportation from where you are staying to the Children’s Home and/or WolfsonMedicalCenter,pleasecall:Dan*3456forEnglishpress2(localTelAvivroutes)Egged*2800forEnglishpress3(somelocalroutesbutmainlycountry-wide)

Children’s Home: 16 Haviva Reik Holon, Israel

WolfsonMedicalCenter:62HaLohamimStreetHolon,Israel


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About Courtney Moreland, Founder and Director of Child Life United. ChildLifeUnitedhasnoaffiliationwithStanfordorUCSB.CourtneyMorelandisemployedbybothorganizations.

Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford

Since 2006

http://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/about-us

&

University of California Santa Barbara Extension

Instructor for Child Life: Introduction to Theory and Practice

Development, Theory and Approach of International Child Life Programs

http://extension.ucsb.edu/index.jsp

SACH: MISSION STATEMENT SaveaChild’sHeartisanIsraeli-basedinternationalhumanitarianproject,whosemissionistoimprovethequalityofpediatriccareforchildrenfromdevelopingcountriesandtocreatecentersofcompetenceinthesecountries.Todate,SACHhassavedthelivesofover4000childrenfrom51countries.TheSACHmissionisachievedthrough:

• Life-saving cardiac surgery andotherprocedures for children fromdeveloping countrieswith a teamof 90dedicatedexpertswhodonatetheirtimeatWolfsonMedicalcenter.

• TrainingmedicalpersonnelfromthosecountriesservedbySACH.

• Leadingsurgicalandtrainingmissionstopartnercountriesinthedevelopingworld.

• Holdingpre-operativeandfollow-upcardiologyclinicsbothinIsraelandabroad.Webelievethateverychilddeservesthebestmedicaltreatmentavailable,regardlessofnationality,religion,genderor financial situation. Bymending hearts and building bridges, SACH is contributing to a better andmore peacefulfutureforallchildren.

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