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Personal Statement For Addressing International Issues In Child Life

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Susan, thank you for addressing international issues in child life! I personally feel that we need to begin to advocate for internationalizing the field of child life on the individual and council level. If you look at other jobs, for example, a physician, there are universally understood careers and roles. Whereas child life is not internationally understood because there are so many different job titles and variations of our role across countries/continents. I have always been fascinated by the ‘child life’ service provision in other countries, which is why I loved this VT and the reserve readings. This is also why I have wanted to go to South Africa to volunteer as a CLS, not only to give back and share my knowledge, but also to gain knowledge
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