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Conference

2013 Florida Association of Child
Life Professionals Conference

September 20-22, 2013 The Westin Colonnade at Coral Gables

Executive Board 2012-2013

President	Susan Kinnebrew, MHA, CCLS Director of Child Life and Patient Transport Miami Children's Hospital (786) 624-3871 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
President-Elect	Heather Mahoney, CCLS Miami Children’s Hospital, (786) 624-5312 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Treasurer	Renee Jadusingh-Sabillon, CCLS Miami Children's Hospital, 786-624-3931 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Secretary	Kelly Propst, BA, CCLS 954-712-4286 Chris Evertt Children's Hospital, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Newsletter Editor	Kendal Mundy, Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Member at Large	Shannon McQuown, St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Past President	Leah Class, MS, CCLS St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital (813) 357-0590 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

What is Child Life?

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.

Becoming a Child Life Specialist

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... Click Here for More Info

Florida Child Life Programs

All Children's Hospital St. Petersburg FL

All Children's Outpatient Care Tampa FL

Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Orlando FL

Children's Cancer Center Tampa FL

Children's Medical Center @ Tampa General Hospital Tampa FL Click Here to see the full list