Alabama
Birmingham
Practicum: fall, winter, spring
Contact: Margaret.Davis2@ChildrensAL.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: Lindsay.Joe@childrensal.org
Affiliation required
DCH Regional Medical Center
Tuscaloosa
Huntsville
University of Southern Alabama Women & Children's Hospital
Mobile
Alaska
Arizona
Banner Children's @ Desert Medical Center
Mesa
No student programming
Contact jennifer.Hansen@bannerhealth.com
Banner Children's @ Thunderbird
Glendale
No student programming
Banner Ironwood Medical Center
Queen Creek
No student programming
Contact: erica.jorgenson@bannerhealth.com
Honor Health Deer Valley Medical Center
Phoenix
No student programming
Contact: kelly.pintarich@honnorhealth.com
Phoenix
Scottsdale Shea Medical Center
Scottsdale
No student programming
Contact: sarah.hammerslag@honorhealth.com
Tuscon Medical Center
Tucson
Arkansas
Little Rock
Practicum: summer
Contact: fenwickmb@archildrens.org
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Fellowship offered
Springdale
Practicum: formation in progress
Contact: acnwchildlife@archildrens.org
California
Bakersfield Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield
No student programming
Contact: grace.wilhelm@dignityhealth.org
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: ChildLifePracticum@chla.usc.edu
No affiliation
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: ChildLifeInternship@chla.usc.edu
Enrollment in or completed masters program required
Orange
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required with Azusa Pacific/ Cal State Fullerton/ La Verne/ Loma Linda
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: ccampo@choc.org
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno
Student programming on hold
Contact: rryfo@communitymedical.org
Good Samaritan Hospital
San Jose
No student programming
Contact 4085592011
Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center
Fontana
No student programming
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles
No student Programming
LAC & USC Medical Center
Los Angeles
Loma Linda
Pracitcum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation with masters program
Fellowship offered
Contact: klflower@llu.edu
Stanford
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation with American Public/ Azusa Pacific/ Central Washington/ La Verne/ Loma Linda/ Mills College
Contact: 6504978336
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Practicum: spring
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: dfingerhut@memorialcare.org or aangulo@memorialcare.org
Northridge Hospital Medical Center
Los Angeles
Practicum: affiliation with Azusa Pacific/ La Verne
Contact: morinsola.keshinro@commonspirit.org
Orange County Global Medical Center & Orange County Burn Center
Santa Ana
No student programming
Contact: 7149533500
Providence Cedar-Sinai Tarzana Medical Center
Los Angeles
No student programming
Rady Children's Hospital
San Diego
Practicum: fall
Contact: childlifepracticum@rchsd.org
Internship: spring
Contact: childlifeinternship@rchsd.org
No affiliation, if affiliated must be with Azusa Pacific/ La Verne/ Loma Linda/ Nazarene San Diego State/ Point Loma
Riverside Community Regional Medical Center
Moreno Valley
No student programming
Contact: l.lopez@ruhealth.org
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital
Santa Barbara
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with Azusa Pacific/ Loma Linda
Contact: cristina.chandri@hhs.sccgov.org
Shriner's Hospital Northern California
Sacramento
No student programming
Contact: 9164532191
Shriner's Hospital Southern California
Pasadena
No student programming
Contact: 6263899300
Sacramento
Scaramento
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Fellowship offered
Contact: childlifestudents@ucdavis.edu
San Diego
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: viheredia@health.ucsd.edu
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with Azusa Pacific/ Eastern Washington/ Loma Linda
Contact: khamelin@ucsd.edu
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - San Francisco/ Mission Bay
San Francisco
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required, option for UCSB affiliation for unaffiliated students
Contact for both: kristen.beckler@ucsf.edu
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital - Oakland
Oakland
Practicum: fall, spring summer
Affiliation required
Contact bchochildlifepracticum@ucsf.edu
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact bchochildlifeinternship@ucsf.edu
Madera
Ventura County Medical Center
Ventura
No student programming
Colorado
Children's Hospital Colorado - Aurora
Aurora
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife101@childrenscolorado.org
Children's Hospital Colorado - Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs
No student programming
Contact: katie.kolbeck@childrenscolorado.org
Denver
Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children
Denver
No student programming
Contact: rmhcchildlife@healthonecares.com
Connecticut
Hartford
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: childlifepracticum@connecticutchildrens.org
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Lawrence + Memorial Hospital
New London
No student programming
Contact: 8604420711 ext2316
New Haven
Delaware
Wilmongton
Practicum: fall, spring
Contact: jana.teagle@nemours.org
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: laura.mitchell@nemours.org
Florida
Boward Health: Coral Springs
Coral Springs
No student programming
Contact: 9543554400
Boward Health Medical Center
Fort Lauderdale
No student programming
Contact: 9543443000
Community Hospice & Palliative Care
Jacksonville
Practicum: summer
Contact: Lstapleton@communityhospice.com
Fort Myers
Hollywood
Practicum: summer, with Nicklaus Children's
Affiliation with American Public/ Florida International/ Georgia Southern/ Nova Southeastern
Contact: ChildLife@mhs.net
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: CaRusso@mhs.net
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
St. Petersburg
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: achclinternship@jhmi.edu
Internship: fall, spring, summer (NO summer '23)
Affiliation required
Contact: achclinternship@jhmi.edu
Lakeland
Miami Cancer Center
Miami
No student programming
Contact: 7865962000
Orlando
Miami
Practicum: summer, sometimes with Joe DiMaggio Children’s
Affiliation with American Public/ Florida International/ Georgia Southern/ Nova Southeastern
Contact: childlifestudentprograms@nicklaushealth.org
Internship: spring, summer
Affiliation required
Orlando
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required with Central Florida/ Ohio U/ Texas State/ U of Alabama/ U of Georgia/ U of Iowa
Contact: sheri.mosely@orlandohealth.com
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Sarasota
Contact: 9419174755
Shriner's Hospital Florida
Tampa
Contact: 8139722250
Tampa
Struder Family Children's Hospital @ Ascension Sacred Heart
Pensacola
No student programming
Contact: coutzen@ascension.org
Tallahassee Memorial Hospital
Tallahassee
Programming for FSU students only
Contact: saville.sullivan@tmh.org
Tampa General Hospital
Tampa
No student programming
Contact: 8008223627
Gainesville
Orlando
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: deborah.spencer@adventhealth.com
Jacksonville
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required with Auburn/ College of Charleston/ Florida State/ Georgia Southern/ Iowa State/ Louisiana Tech/ Ohio U/ Samford/ U of Alabama/ U of North Florida/ U of Tennessee Chattanooga
Contact: childlifeinternship@bmcjax.com
Fellowship offered
Georgia
Macon
Practicum: winter, summer
Contact: erin.whitlock@atriumhealth.org
Internship: spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: amanda.dougherty@atriumhealth.org or abby.wilder@atriumhealth.org
Augusta University Children's Hospital
Augusta
Contact: 7067215503
Aurora Day Camp
Atlanta
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Atlanta
Practicum: spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: ChildLifeStudents@choa.org
Emory Proton Therapy Center - Winship Cancer Institute
Atlanta
No student programming
Contact: rebecca.schuetz@emoryhealthcare.org
Phoeby Putney Memorial Hospital
Albany
No student programming
Contact: 2293125110
Tift Regional Health System
Tifton
No student programming
Contact: 2293537650
Marietta
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation Required: University of Georgia, Auburn University, University of Alabama, Eastern Washington University, Missouri State University
Contact: childlife@wellstar.org
Savannah
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: mmcs.childlife@hcahealthcare.com
Hawaii
Kaiser Permanente
Honolulu
No student programming
Contact: 8084320000
Honolulu
Shriner's Children's Hospital
Honolulu
No student programming
Contact: 8089414466
Idaho
Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center
Idaho Falls
No student programming
Contact: 2085297288
St Luke's Children's Hospital
Boise
Contact: 2083814758
Illinois
Oak Lawn
Park Ridge
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Chicago
No student programming
Contact: 7739751600
Naperville
Hoffman Estates
Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago
Practicum: fall, spring
Contact: childlifepracticum@luriechildrens.org
Internship: full academic year program, summer
Contact: erogers@luriechildrens.org
No affiliation
Branches Child Life Consulting and Therapeutic Services
Chicago
No student programming:
Contact: kmwallensack@msn.com
Urbana
Chicago
Comer Children's Hospital
Chicago
Practicum: on hold
Internship: fall, spring, summer or full academic year
Affiliation or enrollment required with a graduate level program
Contact: amy.carter@uchospitals.edu
HSHS St. John Children’s Hospital
Springfield
No student programming
Contact: 2175446464
La Rabida Children’s Hospital
Chicago
No student programming
Contact: 7732565904
Loyola Medicine Children's Hospital
Maywood
No student programming
Contact: 7082163161
Evanston
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: kbeyer@northshore.org
Winfield
Practicum: summer
Contact: mia.deroin@nm.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: dora.castro-ahillen@nm.org
No affiliation
Peoria
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: shira_p_miller@rush.edu
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Chicago
No student programming
Contact: 3122381000
Shriner's Children's Hospital
Chicago
Internship: summer
Contact: 8002375055
Sinai Children’s Hospital
Chicago
No student programming
Contact: 7735422000
Stroger Hospital of Cook County
Chicago
No student programming
Peoria
University of Illinois Medical Center of Chicago
Chicago
Contact: 3124130662
Indiana
Beacon Children's Hospital
South Bend
No student programming
Contact: childlife@beaconhealthsystem.org
Deaconess Riley Children’s Specialty Center
Newburgh
No student programming
Contact: 8128535300
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel
No student programming
Contact: 3176882000
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Peyton Manning Children’s Hospital @ Evansville
Evansville
No student programming
Contact: 8124854000
Indianapolis
Iowa
Blank Children's Hospital
Des Moines
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: Meagan.Froehlich@unitypoint.org
Des Moines
Iowa City
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: childlifeinternship@healthcare.uiowa.edu
Fellowship offered
Kansas
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Overland Park
No student programming
Contact: catherine.coakley@hcamidwest.com
Wichita
Kentucky
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington
No student programming
Contact: 8592606100
Kentucky Children's Hospital
Lexington
Practicum: spring
Enrollment required with U of Kentucky
Internship: fall, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: KCHChildlife@uky.edu
Louisville
Shriners Hospital Lexington
Lexington
No student programming
Contact: 8592662101
Louisiana
Children's Hospital
New Orleans
CHRISTUS Shreveport-Bossier Health System
Shreveport
No student programming
Contact: paige.cox@christushealth.org
Lexington
Practicum: fall spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: kathleen.coad@ochsner.org
Our Lady of the Lake Children's Hospital
Baton Rouge
Practicum: fall, spring
Contact: childlifepracticum@fmolhs.org
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: ashley.Bares@fmolhs.org
No affiliation
Our Lady of Lourdes Women's and Children's Hospital
Lafayette
No student programming
Contact: 3374705889
Shriner's Hospital for Children- Shreveport
Shreveport
No student programming
Contact: 3182225704
Willis-Knighton South & the Center for Women's Health
Shraveport
No student programming
Contact: lmleming@wkhs.com
Maine
Portland
Maryland
Children's National Hospital
Washington, DC
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@childrensnational.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: childlifeinternship@childrensnational.org
Affiliation required
Fellowship offered
Baltimore
Holy Cross Health
Silver Spring
No student programming
Contact: 3017547613
Baltimore
Practicum: only for Towson students
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: laurenmitchell@jhmi.edu
Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC
No student programming
Contact: kathleen.e.wallace@medstar.net
Mt Washington Pediatric Hospital
Baltimore
Practicum: fall, spring, summer,
No affiliation
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: cltrstudents@mwph.org
University of Maryland Children's Hospital
Baltimore
Practicum: only for Towson students
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: sjoslin@umm.edu
Massachusetts
Springfield
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: rachel.alley@baystatehealth.org
Boston Children's Hospital
Boston
Student programming partnered exclusively with Wheelock College
Contact: suzanne.graca@childrens.harvard.edu
Boston Medical Center
Boston
Student programming partnered exclusively with Wheelock College
Contact: molly.duggan@bmc.org
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Boston
No student programming
Contact: 6177325500
Brockton Hospital
Brockton
No student programming
Contact: 5089417000
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston
Emerson Hospital
Concord
No student programming
Contact: 9783691400
Good Shepherd Community Care
Newton
No student programming
Contact: 6179696130
Mass General for Children
Boston
Student programming agreement exclusively through Wheelock College
Newton
Internship: fall (open to all), spring (only for Wheelock College)
Contact: kberksza@partners.org
Notre Dame Healthcare Pedi Pals
Worcester
No student programming
Contact: 5088525505
Shriner’s Hospital - Boston
Boston
No student programming
Contact: 6177223000
Shriner’s Hospital - New England
Springfield
No student programming
Contact: 4137872000
St. Luke’s Hospital
New Bedford
No student programming
Contact: 5089735637
Worcester
Michigan
Ascension St. John Children’s Hospital
Detroit
No student programming
Contact: 3133434000
Royal Oak
Kalamazoo
Children's Hospital of Michigan
Detroit
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: all, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Fellowship offered
Contact: DMCChildlife@dmc.org
Ann Arbor
Practicum: on hold
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: cfinternship@med.umich.edu
No affiliation
Fellowship offered
Grand rapids
Practicum: on hold
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Hurley Children’s Hospital
Flint
No student programming
Contact: 8102629577
Kids Kicking Cancer Heroes Circle
Southfield
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation is not required
Contact: Cindy Cohen cindy@kidskickingcancer.org
Munson Medical Center
Traverse City
No student programming
Contact: 2319352502
East Lansing
Minnesota
Multiple Locations
Essentia Health St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital
Duluth
No student programming
Contact: 2187864000
Burnsville
Maple Grove Hospital
Maple Grove
No student programming
Contact: 7635811000
Mayo Clinic Children's Center
Rochester
Regions Healthcare
St Paul
No student programming
Contact: 6512543456
Shriners Children’s Twin Cities
Woodbury
No student programming
Contact: 6125966100
St. Cloud Hospital
St. Cloud
No student programming
Contact: 3202555742
University of Minnesota Masonic Children's Hospital
Minneapolis
Practicum: fall, spring
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: kristen.weston@fairview.org
Mississippi
Jackson
Greenwood Leflore Hospital
Greenwood
No student programming
Contact: 6624592772
Missouri
Children's Mercy Hospital
Kansas City
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: dgasser@cmh.edu
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: ladaniels@cmh.edu
No affiliation
CoxHealth Dee Ann White Women's & Children's Hospital
Springfield
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required with existing agreement
Contact: rana.post@coxhealth.com
Springfield
St. Louis
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: on hold
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife@mercy.net
Maryland Heights
No student programming
Contact: katie.noll@rankenjordan.org
Shriners Hospital St. Louis
St. Louis
Contact: 3182225704
St. Louis
Practicum: summer
Contact: Timlyn.Runiewicz@ssmhealth.com or Emily.Bozzer@ssmhealth.com
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: Kasey.wayman@ssmhealth.com
Affiliation required
St Louis Children's Hospital
St. Louis
Practicum: spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@bjc.org
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: child_llife_internships@bjc.org
No affiliation
University of Missouri Children’s Hospital
Columbia
No student programming
Contact: 5738824141
Montana
Nebraska
Boys Town
Children's Nebraska
Omaha
Omaha
Practicum: fall, winter, spring, summer
No affiliation
Internship: on hold
Affiliation required
Nevada
Children's Hospital of Southern Nevada @ UMC
Las Vegas
New Hampshire
Manchester
Concord Hospital
Concord
No student programming
Contact: 6032252711
Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Dover
No student programming
Contact: 6037425252
New Jersey
New Brunswick
Newark
Internship: on hold
Affiliation required
Contact: 9739267355
Camden
Children's Specialized Hospital
New Brunswick
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: cdellibovi@childrens-specialized.org
Clara Maas Medical Center
Belleville
No student programming
Contact: 9734502000
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center
Livingston
Practicum: fall, spring
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: laura.cunius@rwjbh.org
Englewood Hospital
Englewood
No student programming
Contact: 2018943635
Morristown
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: 9739716795
Hudson Regional Hospital
Secaucus
No student programming
Contact:2013923100
Joseph M. Sanzari Children’s Hospital @ Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifeinternship@hmhn.org
K. Hovnanian Children's Hospital at Jersey Shore University
Neptune Township
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: childkhch@hmhn.org
St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital
Paterson
Fellowship offered
Contact: 9737542500
The Children’s Hospital @ St. Peter’s University Hospital
New Brunswick
No student programming
Contact: 7327458600
The University Hospital UMDNJ
Newark
No student programming
Contact: 9739721189
The Valley Hospital
Ridgewood
Contact: 2014478000
New Mexico
University of New Mexico Children's Hospital
Albuquerque
New York
Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Elmira
No student programming
Contact: 6077374100
Albany
Practicum: on hold
Contact: piercel@amc.edu
Valhalla
Bronx Lebanon Hospital Center
Bronx
No student programming
Contact: 7185901800
Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center
Brooklyn
No student programming
Contact: 7182405904
Bronx
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation not required
Contact: champracticum@montefiore.org
Internship: fall, spring (part time and full time options)
Affiliation required program that already has affiliation with hospital
Contact: chaminternship@montefiore.org
Queens
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Elizabeth Seton Children's Center
Yonkers
Internship: on hold
Affiliation required
Contact: (833) 637-3866
Elmhurst Hospital Center
Queens
No student programming
Contact: 7183344000
Garnet Health Medical Center
Orange County
No student programming
Contact: 8453335150
Rochester
Practicum: summer
Contact: CLPracticum@urmc.rochester.edu
Internship: fall, spring
Contat: CLIntership@urmc.rochester.edu
Good Samaritan Hospital
West Islip
Practicum: on hold
No affiliation
Internship: on hold
Affiliation required
Contact: kathleen.fenton@chsli.org
Harlem Hospital
Manhattan
No student programming
Contact: 2129391000
Lenox Hill Hospital
Manhattan
No student programming
Contact: 2124342000
Lincoln Hospital
Bronx
No student programming
Contact: 7185795000
Maimonides Children's Hospital
Brooklyn
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: aellis@maimonidesmed.org or whenderson@maimondesmed.org
Valhalla
Manhattan
Mount Sinai Beth Israel Medical Center
Manhattan
No student programming
Contact: 2124202860
Manhattan
Mount Sinai South Nassau
Oceanside
New York Presbyterian - Brooklyn
Brooklyn
No student programming
Contact:7187805136
New York Presbyterian - Komansky Children's Hospital
Manhattan
Practicum: summer
No affiliation
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: cuc9004@nyp.org
Manhattan
Practicum: fall, winter, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: chony-childlifestudents@nyp.org
New York Presbyterian - Queens
Queens
No student programming
Contact: 7186702920
NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases
Manhattan
No student programming
Contact: 2125986205
Manhattan
Mineola
Oishei Children's Hospital
Buffalo
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Buffalo
No student programming
Contact: 7168451300 x6221
Stony Brook
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Contact: joan.alpers@stonybrookmedicine.edu
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn
No student programming
Contact: 7182701636
Syracuse
North Carolina
Brenner Children’s Hospital @ Wake Forest Health
Winston-Salem
No student programming
Contact: cmahan@wakehealth.edu
Durham
Practicum: fall, spring
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Fellowship offered
Contact: ChildLifeStudents@dm.duke.edu
Greenville
Jeff Gordon Children’s Center
Concord
No student programming
Contact: 7044033000
Levine Children's Hospital
Charlotte
Practicum: spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@atriumhealth.org
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: Sara.Gibson@atriumhealth.org
Affiliation required
Ashville
Novant Health New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington
Programming with Health Arts Network
Contact: 9106675002
Novant Hemby Children's Hospital
Charlotte
Chapel Hill
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with North Carolina-based universities
Contact: clinicaledreq@unchealth.unc.edu
Raleigh
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with North Carolina-based universities/Auburn University
Contact: CLStudent@wakemed.org
North Dakota
Essentia Health South University Clinic
Fargo
No student programming
Contact: 7013648900
Sanford Health- Bismarck
Bismarck
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: gvalloric@akronchildrens.org
Aultman Hospital
Canton
No student programming
Contact: 3304529911
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Cincinnati
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Fellowship offered
Contact: CLICEducation@CCHMC.org
Cleveland
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: hartjer@ccf.org
Dayton Children's Hospital
Dayton
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife@childrensdayton.org
Mt. Gilead
Cleveland
Columbus
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children’s Hospital
Toledo
No student programming
Contact: childlife@promedica.org
Cleveland
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: lissy.zaremba@UHhospitals.org
Shriner’s Children’s Hospital Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Contact: 6125966100
Oklahoma
Ascension St John
Tulsa
No student programming
Contact: 9187443131
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: Jocelyn.Giertz@OUHealth.com
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: Kortnie.Hays@ouhealth.com or Jocelyn.Giertz@OUHealth.com
No affiliation
Fellowship offered
Oregon
OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital
Portland
PeaceHealth Sacred Heart
Springfield
Contact: 5416867300
Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Portland
No student programming
Contact: 5032162298
Shriners Children’s Portland
Portland
No student programming
Contact: 5032415090
St. Charles Bend
Bend
No student programming
Contact: 5413824321 ex 3579
Pennsylvania
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Danville
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: ChildLifeInternship@geisinger.edu
Lancaster General Hospital
Lancaster
No student programming
Contact: 7175445511
Lehigh Valley Reilly Children's Hospital
Lehigh
No student programming
Contact: olivia.cuartas@lvhn.org
Penn State Health Children's Hospital
Hershey
Shriners Children’s - Philadelphia
Philadelphia
No student programming
Contact: 2154304000
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
Philadelphia
Contact: 2154275000
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@chp.edu
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifeinternship@upmc.edu
Affiliation required
Wellspan Health - York Hospital
York
No student programming
Contact: 7178124390
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
McLeod Children’s Hospital
Florence
No student programming
Contact: 8437778542
Charleston
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation with graduate program required
Contact: childlifeinternship@musc.edu
Prisma Health Children's Hospital - Midlands
Columbia
Practicum: fall, spring
Contact: ChildLifeMidlands@prismahealth.org
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: Christine.Fink@PrismaHealth.org
Prisma Health Children's Hospital - Upstate
Greenville
Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital
Seneca
No student programming
Contact: 8644823300
Shriner’s Children’s Hospital Greenville
Greenville
No student programming
Contact: 8642713444
South Dakota
Avera McKennan Hospital
Sioux Falls
No student programming
Contact: 6053223629
Tennessee
Knoxville
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: TVanDyk@etch.com
Memphis
Monroe Carell Jr Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt
Nashville
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: childlifestudent@vumc.org
Niswonger Children’s Hospital
Johnson City
No student programming
Contact: ashley.scharf@balladhealth.org
Memphis
St Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis
Practicum: summer
Contact: Jaclyn.greenwood@stjude.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: childlife.info@stjude.org
No affiliation
The Children’s Hospital @ Tristar Centennial
Nashville
No student programming
Contact: cent.childlife@hcahealthcare.com
Williamson Medical Center
Franklin
No student programming
Contact: 6154355000
Texas
Baylor Scott & White Health Dallas
Dallas
No student programming
Contact: Cinda.McDonald@bswhealth.org
Children's Health
Dallas
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with school that already has contract with Children’s
Contact: Krista.stringer@childrens.com
Children's Hospital of San Antonio
San Antonio
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: ChildLifePracticum@christushealth.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: ChildLifeInternship@christushealth.org
No affiliation
Houston
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
CHRISTUS Southeast Texas - St. Elizabeth
Beaumont
No student programming
Contact: 4098927171
Cook Children's Medical Center
Fort Worth
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring, summer
No affiliation
Fellowship offered
Contact: ChildLifeStudents@cookchildrens.org
Covenant Children's
Lubbock
Dell Children's Medical Center
Austin
Practicum: summer
Contact: alyssa.geis@ascension.org
Internship: fall, spring
Contact: MStalberger@ascension.org
Affiliation required with Texas State/ University of Texas/ University of Iowa/ Texas Woman’s University/ Texas Christian University/ Oklahoma State/ Eastern Washington/ Ohio University/ University of Central Oklahoma
Fellowship offered
Edinburgh
Coprus Christi
El Paso
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Internship: fall, spring
No affiliation
Contact: nicole.boik@elpasochildrens.org
HCA Houston Healthcare Clearlake
Webster
No student programming
Contact: 2813383406
Hendrick Children’s Hospital
Abilene
No student programming
Contact: 3256705951
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
No student programming
Contact: 4097723424
Temple
Houston
Dallas
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: MCCH.ChildLifePracticum@MedicalCityHealth.com
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: MCCH.ChildLifeInternship@MedicalCityHealth.com
No affiliation
San Antonio
Practicum: fall, spring, summer (ON HOLD)
No affiliation
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Nexus Children’s Hospital
Houston
No student programming
Contact: 2812937774
North Central Baptist Hospital
San Antonio
No student programming
Contact: 2102974083
Parkland Health & Hospital System
Dallas
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Affiliation with Texas Woman’s University
Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Dallas
Shannon Medical Center
San Angelo
No student programming
Contact: 3254816198
Shriner's Children's Galveston
Galveston
Contact: 8139722250
St. David’s Children’s Hospital
Austin
No student programming
Contact: 5129011999
Standish Foundation for Children
Austin
No student programming
Contact: 5129427342
Houston
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@texaschildrens.org
Internship: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifeinternship@texaschildrens.org
No affiliation
Lubbock
Practicum: fall, spring
Affiliation required with Texas Tech/ Lubbock Christian University
Contact: childlife@umchealthsystem.com
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas
Contact: 2146458300
UTMB Children’s Hospital Galveston
Galveston
No student programming
Contact: 4097721594
UTMB Clear Lake
Webster
No student programming
Contact: 8326327721
Valley Baptist Medical Center
Harlingen & Brownsville
No student programming
Contact: 9563895493
Vitas Healthcare
Multiple Locations
Contact: 8779756805
Utah
Huntsman Cancer Hospital - University of Utah Health
Salt Lake City
No student programming
Contact: abbie.lofgren@hci.utah.edu
Multiple Locations
Hospitals Included: McKay Dee Hospital/ Primary Children's Hospital/ Primary Children's Outpatient Services at Riverton/ Riverton Hospital/ St George Regional Medical Center/ Utah Valley Hospital
Practicum: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife.practicum@imail.org
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife.intern@imail.org
Fellowship: all requirements for CCLS exam required
Contact: childlife.intern@imail.org
Vermont
University of Vermont Children’s Hospital
Burlington
Virginia
Bon Secours St Mary’s Hospital
Richmond
No student programming
Contact: 8042852011
Roanoke
Children’s Hospital of Richmond VCU
Richmond
No student programming
Contact: Bethany.Fisackerly@vcuhealth.org
Norfolk
INOVA Children’s Hospital
Church
Practicum: fall, spring, summer
Contact: childlifepracticum@inova.org
Internship: fall, summer
Contact: emily.freeborn@inova.org or stephanie.harris@inova.org
No affiliation
Washington
Mary Bridge Children's Hospital
Tacoma
Practicum: summer
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Fellowship offered
Contact: childlifestudents@multicare.org
Spokane
Practicum: fall, spring
Internship: fall, spring
Affiliation required
Contact: shmcchildLF@providence.org
Seattle Children's Hospital
Seattle
Practicum: summer
Affiliation with CWU only
Internship: spring, summer
Affiliation required, list available online
Fellowship offered
Contact: jennifer.truant@seattlechildrens.org
West Virginia
CAMC Women & Children’s Hospital
Charleston
No student programming
Contact: 3043882596
Hoops Family Children’s Hospital
Huntington
No student programming
Contact: 3045262137
Morgantown
Wisconsin
American Family Children's Hospital
Madison
Bellin Health Hospital
Green Bay
Wauwatosa
Green Bay
Marshfield
Practicum: fall, winter, spring
Internship fall, spring, summer
Affiliation required
Contact: childlife@marshfieldclinic.org
Wyoming
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Practicum
Contact: info@childlifeunited.org
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Practicum
Contact: michele@wondersandworries.org