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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, June 17, 2023
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CST
    Registration Desk Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    ACLP Associations Update
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Beyond Physical Safety: How Child Life Care Can Promote Emotional Safety in Behavioral Health Patients
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Caring for the Caregiver: The Needs and Experiences of Caring for Children with Medical Complexity
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Childlife Community Collaborative Series 2: Presented by the Mentorship Committee
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Development and Implementation of Child Life Curriculum for Medical Students
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    It’s Okay to Ask for Help!: Co-treating with Child Life
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Slow Your Roll: Reducing traumatic stress in pediatric procedures through patient screening and staff education
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Assessing and Addressing Delirium in Pediatric Patients
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Creating emotionally safe, gender affirming pediatric emergency rooms for transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Taking Child Life to School: Child Life in the Education System
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    The Intern(Z) Are Coming! Effective Precepting in the Age of Generation Z
  • 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Affinity Group Meeting: LGBTQIA+
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    ACLP Aspiring Professionals Resource Center
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Hospital Tour: Cook Children's
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Creating continuity of care: Expanding child life support in maternal fetal medicine
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    DEI Initiatives within the Child Life Field: Initiating Change in Ourselves and our Teams
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Evaluation and Research within a Child Life Community Setting
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Lessening the Trauma: A Sensory Approach to Promoting Emotional Safety
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    When the Word “Emotion” Doesn’t Exist- A Multi-Pronged Approach to Creating Emotional Safety for Vulnerable Children in Africa in a Community-Based Nonprofit Setting
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Empowering parents and improving care of newborns exposed to substances
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Helping the Hospital Make Sense: Developing a standardized pathway to an inclusive healthcare culture for neurodivergent patients
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    The Impact of a Child Life Video Preparation on Preoperative Anxiety and Post-Hospital Behaviors: An experimental child life study
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Use of the Buzzy as a non-pharmacological pain management tool for vaccinations among young adults
  • 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM CST
    Aspiring Professionals Reception