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New PDUs

Hear the latest evidence-based practices and earn PDUs through upcoming webinars, courses, and independent learning opportunities.

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Have YOU Played Today? Embracing Play In Adulthood As Self-care

This session explores play in adulthood as a self-care strategy, beginning with a review of research on play as a coping technique and the stress, compassion fatigue, and burnout child life specialists face.

Ensuring Comfort and Cooperation: Strategies for Supporting Autistic Children in a Pediatric Ophthalmology Clinic

This webinar will explore the importance of eye exams for autistic children, the challenges they face during exams, and evidence-based strategies for child life specialists.

Innovative Child Life Programs Enhancing Culturally Sensitive and Empathetic Care in a Multicultural Setting

This workshop will focus on the development and implementation of child life programs that cater to the unique cultural needs of patients and their families.

Certification

Certification Resources

Whether you are preparing to take the Child Life Exam, maintaining certification, or recertifying, ACLP has a variety of tools and resources available to help support you.

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Research and Publications

Read the latest in child life research and publications

ACLP Bulletin Winter 2025

Read 10 articles in the latest issue of ACLP Bulletin!

ACLP Bulletin

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10 Tips for Engaging with Research as Child Life Professionals

If you’re interested in research but feeling intimidated or unsure where to begin, these 10 tips can help you to ease in gradually to build your knowledge, engagement, comfort and confidence.

Child Life Blog

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Journal of Child Life Vol. 5, Issue 1

Explore the latest research published in the spring issue of the Journal of Child Life.

Journal of Child Life

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Career Opportunities

Browse or post an open child life position in the ACLP Child Life Career Center.

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As a member of the ACLP community, you'll gain access to free PDUs, receive discounts on certification fees, expand your professional network, and more.

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