Recommended References

The following publications are used to develop and validate the Child Life Professional Certification Exam. Candidates wishing to prepare for the exam should be familiar with their contents.

• Child Life Professional Certification Examination Content Outline
• Meeting Children’s Psychosocial Needs Across the Healthcare Continuum Rollins, Bolig, & Mahan (2018)
• The Handbook of Child Life Thompson (2018)
• Psychosocial Care of Children in Hospitals: A Clinical Practice Manual Gaynard, et al. (1998)
• A Child in Pain: What Health Professionals Can Do to HelpKuttner, L. (2010)
• How to Help Children through a Parent’s Serious Illness McCue & Bonn (2011)
• Making Ethical Decisions in Child Life Practice Child Life Council (2021)
• Child Life Competencies & Standards
• Research Methods for Child Life Specialists Burns-Nader et al (2021)
• Emotional Safety in Pediatrics Gordon (2021)
• The Value of Certified Child Life Specialists: Direct and Downstream Optimization of Pediatric Patient and Family Outcomes Boles, J. et al. (2020) 
• Health equity and children’s rights Council on Community Pediatrics and Committee on Native American Child Health (2010)
• Technology and interactive media as tools in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8 National Association for the Education of Young Children & Fred Rogers Center for Early Learning and Children’s Media at Saint Vincent College. (2012)
• The Impact of Racism on Child and Adolescent Health Pediatrics (2019)
• Any normal child growth and development textbook