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Volunteer Opportunities

At CLC, our progress is fueled by the vision of our leaders and the hard work of a dedicated network of volunteers. Each year, we ask members to support the CLC Board and staff in keeping our organization vital and strong. Volunteering for a committee, work group, or task force is a great way to meet new people and to learn from established child life leaders.

 

How Can I Get Involved?

All current CLC members are eligible to volunteer. In order to be considered for a committee or task force position, please complete the Volunteer Interest Form and fax it to the CLC office no later than February 22, 2013. Your information will be forwarded to the appropriate committee chair(s) for consideration, and all volunteers will be notified by a CLC representative by late April 2013 as to whether they have been invited to serve. Volunteers are typically asked to serve a two-year term. Questions? Email membership@childlife.org.

 

 

 

Current CLC Volunteer Groups

 

Committees

Mission and Goals

  
Awards Committee
 The mission of the Awards Committee is to present the CLC Board of Directors with a list of recommended recipients for the Distinguished Service Award and the Mary Barkey Clinical Excellence Award. Additionally, the committee, in conjunction with CLC staff will select recipients of the CLC’s International Conference Scholarships. More Information
Child Life Certifying Committee
 The mission of the Certifying Committee is to maintain a quality certification program for the child life profession. More Information
Conference Program Committee
 The mission of the Conference Program Committee is to select presentations for the conference program and assist the CLC staff in planning, organizing and conducting the CLC Annual Conference. More Information
Conference Host Committee
 The mission of the Conference Host Committee is to utilize local resources, local members and non-member volunteers to assist the CLC staff on-site in planning, organizing and conducting the CLC Annual Conference. More Information
Education & Training Committee
 The mission of the Education & Training Committee is to promote the quality and consistency of academic and clinical preparation programs. More Information
Evidence-Based Practice Committee
 The mission of the Evidence-Based Practice Committee is to promote recognition and incorporation of research into clinical practice. More Information
Leadership Development Committee
 The mission of the Leadership Development Committee is to make recommendations regarding the design and implementation of a Leadership Initiative to identify, involve, and develop future leaders of the child life profession and CLC. More Information
Nominating Committee
 The mission of the Nominating Committee is to facilitate the succession of CLC Leadership. More Information
Partnership Review Committee
 The mission of the Partnership Review Committee is to develop criteria to assess major CLC partnership opportunities with other organizations and corporations, and to develop guidelines that will help frame other types of CLC relationships. More Information
Professional Resources Committee
 The mission of the Professional Resources Committee is to ensure that CLC is the undisputed resource for the child life profession. More Information
 
Research & Scholarship Committee

The purpose of the Research and Scholarship Committee is to promote, encourage, and educate the CLC membership regarding research and scholarly publication and presentation, and to collaborate and act as a resource and advisers regarding research design initiatives by outside consultants.

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Web and Online Networking Advisory Committee (WONAC)
 The mission of the Web and Online Networking Advisory Committee is to coordinate with the CLC office on ways for CLC to engage in existing and emerging social networking sites, and evaluates the applicability of Web functionality not yet in use on the CLC website. More Information
 

Work Groups

Mission and Goals

  
Archives Management Group
 The mission of the Archives Management Group is to maintain and catalog documents, photos and footage related to the history of the organization and the profession. More Information
AAP Liaison
 The role of the CLC Liaison to the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Health Care is to represent CLC in all proceedings of the Committee More Information
Bulletin Editorial Panel and Focus Review Board
 The mission of the Bulletin Editorial Panel and Focus Review Board is to produce the Child Life Council's Bulletin/ Child Life Focus, and develop the publication to become the foremost professional resource focusing on the unique knowledge and skills of the child life community. More Information
Past Presidents Advisory Group
 The mission of the Past Presidents Advisory Group is to serve as a resource to the association, as requested by the current president, and work with the Archives Management Group as needed. More Information
Webinar Advisory Group

The role of the Webinar Advisory Group (WAG) is to advise and work with CLC staff and contractors on the identification and selection of topics and presenters for CLC Webinars. In doing so and helping set an annual schedule of webinars, the WAG considers expressed member needs, strategic priorities of CLC, and child life competencies. Members of WAG may be called upon occasionally to correspond with prospective presenters.

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Task Forces

Mission and Goals

  

CLC Official Documents Revision Task Force

The charge to this Task Force is to follow-up on the recommendations of the 2011 Official Documents Task Force, revising current materials in the Official Documents where appropriate, and working with the CLC headquarters staff in identifying additional materials for inclusion or removal.

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Diversity Task Force

The charge to the Diversity Task Force is:

  1. To identify and recommend strategies that CLC can undertake to recruit underrepresented demographic groups into the child life profession; and
  2. To recommend what initiatives CLC can undertake to provide guidelines and expand educational opportunities for members to enhance cultural sensitivity skills in the practice of child life.

Time Frame: Complete report and recommendations by May 1st, 2013

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Internship Program Accreditation Task Force

Building on the “Essential Components” content work completed by the Internship Task Force, the charge of this Task Force is to develop overall standards and expectations for the conduct and administration coverage of child life internship programs, and to recommend a process and procedures for ongoing accreditation, endorsement, or other level of recognition of child life internship programs by CLC.

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Patient Ratio Study Task Force

The charge of the Patient Ratio Study Task Force is to identify and develop appropriate needs assessment and data collection tools, and to develop procedural guidelines for a pilot study on patient ratios in child life.

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Practicum Task Force

The Practicum Task Force is charged with examining and documenting the range of practices currently in use in practicums in child life programs, focusing on number of issues, such as hours, categories of specific activities undertaken during the practicum, degree of field supervision and how it is structured, extent of unsupervised activity allowed, scope of exposure to different units or specialties, formal efforts undertaken to guide and educate practicum students, and degree of interaction between an academic supervisor and the clinical supervisor.

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Program Standards Task Force

The charge to the Program Standards Task Force is:

  1. To explore implications, issues, and options for developing core standards for child life programs;
  2. To recommend a procedure and mechanism for the accreditation, endorsement, or other level of recognition by CLC of child life programs that meet the core standards; and
  3. To develop the recommended core standards.
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Public Policy Task Force

The charge to this Task Force is to explore and recommend whether CLC should be more actively involved in monitoring public policy and/or in advocacy in the legislative and regulatory process, to the extent permissible for a 501(c)3 organization, and to identify examples of specific issues, collaborations, and activities in these areas that may be appropriate for CLC.

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Task Force 2020: Elevating the Academic Preparation of Child Life Specialists

The charge of this Task Force is to recommend the progression of steps and a timetable whereby, effective beginning in 2020, all newly credentialed Certified Child Life Specialists must hold an advanced degree from an academic program that has been accredited by CLC. The Task Force is charged with developing related policies and procedures, including overall minimum curriculum and other requirements for programs, and a specific infrastructure for the accreditation process, including ongoing review and renewal.

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