The Child Life Program at Cooper is now offering a 600 hour internship experience for students interested in pursuing their certification to become a Child Life Specialist. Internship students are exposed to a variety of Child Life educational opportunities, as well as a variety of experiences facing children and adolescents in the healthcare setting. Students will observe and learn to implement Child Life interventions as well as facilitate and engage patients in therapeutic activities in order to prepare them for the Child Life Certification exam.
Internship students will complete their 600 hours over an approximately 16-week period. We currently accept only one applicant per semester to the program.
Interested candidates may complete and submit the Internship Readiness Common Application, found here: Internship Readiness Common Application.
Please email the completed applications to Child-Life@cooperhealth.edu.
We will consider accepting applicants who are not affiliated with a college or university, pending candidate’s ability to obtain appropriate student liability insurance.
If you have questions, please email Child-Life@cooperhealth.edu.
Application deadlines:
- Fall – Application due March 15, 2025, session starts early September 2025.
- Spring – Application due September 5, 2025, session starts late January 2026.
We are planning to conduct and are accepting applications for all sessions. If a session needs to be cancelled, that will be noted in the application deadline above.
For more information regarding child life specialist certification, please visit www.childlife.org.