Master of Science in Child Life and Interprofessional Practice

Concordia University Wisconsin

USA,Wisconsin

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24 Months

Duration

CAD 15,457/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 60 FREE

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USA, Wisconsin

Type: University

Location Type: Semi-Urban

Founded: 1881

Total Students: 8,000 +

Int. Students: 540 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

12800 N Lake Shore Dr, Mequon, WI 53097, United States

Master of Science in Child Life and Interprofessional Practice

Program Overview

Concordia University is committed to preparing child life specialists who employ evidence-based methods in integrative health care settings and settings where children and families impacted by illness, injury, and health care are served. The intent of the Child Life Master’s Program is to prepare men and women for a life of service in the church, and in the world, within the specialized area of Child Life. This program is designed to deepen understanding of child development and of the processes of supporting children and families during medical interventions, crises or hospitalization, in developmentally appropriate and in trauma informed ways.

Children and families can encounter a variety of health care related stressors and potentially traumatic events when faced with acute and chronic illness, injury, trauma and bereavement. These experiences can lead to complex feelings that can greatly influence the child's development and the child's, and family's, abilities to cope. This program will help you to address them from a Christian perspective, within an interdisciplinary health care team, to provide exceptional child life services with a servant's heart. Students will examine how to provide evidence-based, developmentally and psychologically appropriate, interventions for children and families, as well as analyze the steps that child life professionals can take to advocate on behalf of the child and family impacted by illness, injury, and health care.