Child Life Course
What will I learn?
Improve your skills in looking after children in hospital with our Child Life Programme. This programme is for people who want to be better at caring for children. You'll learn how to involve families, and how to help brothers and sisters of sick children, and how to talk to parents. You'll also learn how to talk to children of different ages, and how to use play and other things to help them feel better. You’ll also learn about how children think and feel, how to find the things you need, and how to see what children need so you can look after them well and with kindness.
Apoia's Unique Offerings
Develop your skills
Enhance your practical skills listed below
Be good at family-centered care: Work well with parents and brothers and sisters.
Talk to children well: Make them trust you and explain what's happening clearly.
Use child life techniques: Use play and things to keep their minds off what's worrying them.
Manage resources well: Work with other people and use the things you have in the best way.
Understand how children think: Help them with their feelings and how they are growing up.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters similar to the examples below
This is a free course aimed at personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but provides practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.