The Florida Association of Child Life Professionals, Inc. seeks to foster and promote the health and well-being of children and their families in health care settings by the following means:
- Education of Child Life professionals, health care workers and students relating to all aspects of clinical and administrative responsibilities.
- Educating physicians, hospital administrators, health care providers and significant community organizations about the Child Life Profession, its purpose and goals.
- Providing a formal means of networking between Child Life professionals.
For more information on child life professional organizations, pleasecontact the national organization known as
Child Life Council
Child life specialists help reduce the stress and anxiety that many children experience in hospital and healthcare settings. Child life specialists can be found primarily in hospitals and are now branching out to pediatric physician and dental offices, outpatient clinics, counseling clinics, and any other environment that includes a pediatric population. 
Child life specialists have earned a minimum bachelor’s or master’s degree, with an educational emphasis on human growth and development, education, psychology, or a related field of study. All Certified Child Life Specialists must complete a supervised 480-hour clinical internship, pass a national examination... 