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1. The ability to assess the developmental and psychosocial needs of infants,
children, youth, and families.
2. The ability to initiate and maintain meaningful and therapeutic relationships with
infants, children, youth, and families.
3. The ability to provide opportunities for play for infants, children, youth, and families.
4. The ability to support infants, children, youth and families in coping with stressful
events.
5. The ability to provide teaching, specific to the population served, including
psychological preparation for potentially stressful experiences, with infants,
children, youth, and families.
6. The ability to practice within the scope of professional and personal knowledge and
skill base.
7. The ability to continuously engage in self-reflective professional child life practice.
8. The ability to represent and communicate child life practice and psychosocial
issues of infants, children, youth, and families to others.
9. The ability to integrate clinical evidence and fundamental child life knowledge into
professional decision-making.
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