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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

Online courses with lifetime access
Certificate aligned with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
24/7 online support
Select and organise the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, no internet required

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.