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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Thursday, May 23, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM CST
    ACLP Meeting Registration Open
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Creating Emotional Safety in a School Setting with Assessments and Interventions
  • 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM CST
    Developing a Child Life Program in a Community Setting
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Clinical Supervision & Reflective Practice Intensive
  • 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM CST
    Simulation Facilitation Skills for Child Life Specialists: Case-Writing, Psychological Safety, and Debriefing with an Inclusive Lens
  • 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    AM Break
  • 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Meet Scout! ACLP's Newest Website AI Feature
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Caring for YOU, Too! – Supporting ourselves so that we can healthfully care for children and families who are grieving
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Functions, Worksheets, and Pivot Tables: A Guide to Using Excel for Departmental Statistics to Capture Data, Share Successes, and Advocate for Growth Aligning with Organizational Initiatives
  • 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Opening Doors for Child Life Innovators: Keys to Successfully Implementing your Child Life Skills in the Community
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Christus Children's Hospital Tour (Pre-Registration Required)
  • 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Bites & Bubbles Reception in Exhibit Hall
  • Friday, May 24, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM CST
    ACLP Meeting Registration Open
  • 7:45 AM – 8:15 AM CST
    A Legacy of Love: Abdulrahman's Oasis and Child Life Development
  • 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM CST
    Opening Session & Keynote with Kathleen Bartholomew
  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Break
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    "There's no Manual for That!!!" How to Parent Through Grief
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Bridging the Gap: A Collaborative Experiential Learning Program
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Building Resilience: A Brain-Based Perspective
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Demolishing the Silos: Clinical and Academic Program Collaboration to Elevate the Child Life Profession
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    The Role of Child Life Professionals in Overcoming Disability Stigma & Stereotypes
  • 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM CST
    Where Science Becomes Art: Supporting Patients Receiving Nitrous Oxide
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Meet Scout! ACLP's New AI Assistant
  • 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM CST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Poster Presentations Session 1
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    A Measure of Self-Efficacy: How City of Hope's Bereavement Support Group Helped Me and My Family
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    An Assessment of Barriers and Interventions to Improve Treatment Adherence in Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Anesthesia Services to Facilitate Medical Care for Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Single-Center Qualitative Study
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Importance of Addressing Sociocultural Challenges in Working with Immigrant Families
  • 1:20 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Teaching Rapport Building and Patient Support with Non-English Speaking Children and Caregivers
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    A Lifespan Approach to Integrated Child Life Services for Individuals with Single Ventricle Heart Disease
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    A Migrant’s Journey: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Caring for Unaccompanied Minors That Are Trauma Patients
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Balancing the Load: Supporting Supervisors to Ensure Student Success
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    CANCELED: Child Life in Child Advocacy Centers: Exploring the Role and Examining the Impact on Children and Families
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Disabling the Status Quo: Incorporating Disability Theory into Child Life Practice
  • 2:45 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    ReImagining Pre-Internship Learning Experiences through a Multi-Site Approach
  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    PM BREAK
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Breaking the Barriers: One Hospitals Approach to Language Accessibility
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Evaluation of a Child Life Leadership Program
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Health-Related Quality of Life in Parents of Children with Special Healthcare Needs: A Daily Diary Study
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Threads of Hope: Implementing an At-Home Bereavement Support Program
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    What’s Next? Embracing Growth and Change as an Early Professional
  • 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM CST
    Meet Scout! ACLP's New AI Assistant
  • 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM CST
    Welcome Reception
  • 5:15 PM – 6:30 PM CST
    Award Ceremony (By Invite Only)
  • Saturday, May 25, 2024
  • 7:00 AM – 4:00 PM CST
    Registration Desk Open
  • 8:00 AM – 9:00 AM CST
    ACLP Updates Meeting
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Charting Champions: A Peer-to-Peer Coaching Program to Elevate Charting Standards
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Creating a Culture of Care: Implementing Trauma Informed Care into Your Practice
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Safety First: Child Life’s Role in Building a Unit Wide System to Support Behavioral Safety Patients
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    Tension Between the Two: Navigating ethical responsibility and duty to provide care amidst an increasingly violent healthcare landscape
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    The Power of the Spotlight: Utilizing interventions from the performing arts
  • 9:15 AM – 10:45 AM CST
    What’s Next? Embracing Growth and Change as a Middle Professional
  • 9:15 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    University Children's Health Tour (Pre-Registration Required)
  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM CST
    AM Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Dynamic Dyad: Utilizing Music Therapy in the Pediatric Emergency Department
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Meaningful workplace connections: Why investment in a connected culture is crucial in the child life profession.
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Nevertheless, They Persisted: Analyzing Resilience Among Chronically Ill Pediatric Patients
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Research Rapid Review: This Year's Evidence on Child Life Practice
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    The Ins and Outs of Providing Emotionally Safe Care to Behavioral Health Patients
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    The Road to Recovery: Identifying Challenges within an Inpatient Eating Disorder Protocol and Implementing Change
  • 12:15 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Lunch in the Exhibit Hall
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Poster Presentations Session 2
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    The Starting Line: How We Took Off Participating in the Data Center
  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Paws for Reflection: Exploring Education and Training Pathways of Certified Child Life Specialist Facility Dog Handlers in Pediatric Healthcare
  • 12:45 PM – 1:45 PM CST
    Affinity Group Gathering: Member of Color (open to all attendees of color)
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Affinity Group Gathering: Community-Based Programs
  • 12:45 PM – 2:00 PM CST
    Affinity Groups
  • 1:05 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Challenges of Transitioning Back to School from Hospitalization: The Role of Child Life Specialists in Schools
  • 1:05 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Maternal Experience of Family-Centered Care and Parenting their Children with Down syndrome and Congenital Heart Defect.
  • 1:05 PM – 1:30 PM CST
    Therapeutic Uses of Stuffed Animals in the Hospital
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    An Outreach Partnership Between Child Life and Radiology to Reduce Sedation, Increase Safety, and Improve Patient Experience
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Becoming Competency (not Setting) Centric: Strategies for Supporting Sustainability and Growth Across Academic and Clinical Settings
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Integrating and Facilitating Family Sessions in Multiple Clinical Environments
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    When Love Meets Loss: Early Child Life Partnership in Adverse Fetal Diagnoses
  • 2:15 PM – 3:45 PM CST
    Where Are All the Leaders: Succession Planning in Child Life
  • 2:15 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Wonders & Worries and Children's Bereavement Center Tour (Pre-Registration Required)
  • 3:45 PM – 4:00 PM CST
    PM Break
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Bearing the Unseen Burden: Ambiguous Loss in Teens Living with Chronic Illness
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Finding Your Voice: Strategies for Effective Communication in Child Life Practice
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    Tech-Enhanced Child Life: Balancing Human Connection and Professional Fulfillment
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM CST
    What’s Next? Embracing Growth and Change as a Seasoned Professional
  • Sunday, May 26, 2024
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM CST
    Registration Desk Open
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    End-of-Life Dreams and Visions
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Inclusivity Kits: Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in play opportunities
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Intent Vs Impact- How do we bridge the gap
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    It Takes Two: Academic and Clinical Approaches to Building Students’ Self-Reflective Practice
  • 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM CST
    Understanding Entry: Motivation, Engagement, and Burnout in Emerging Child Life Professionals
  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM CST
    AM Break
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    A Look at How an Organization Partnered with a Retail Pharmacy to Improve the Pediatric Vaccination Experience
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Academic and Clinical Perspectives of Child Life Internship Readiness
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    Outside In: Regulating the Waves of Hospitalization through Natural Restoration
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    The Lived Experiences of First Responders during Emergency Events involving Children: Child Reactions, First Responder Roles, and the Need for Child Life
  • 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM CST
    You’re putting that tube where?!? Supporting patients and families through invasive Gastroenterology procedures
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM CST
    Closing Keynote Session