KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Western Michigan University graduate students Stephanie Lamos and Nicole Variot participated in the Great Lakes Association of Child Life Professionals' annual conference at the ...

A medical diagnosis or hospital stay can be tough when you’re a child, and it can be hard on family members as well. Fortunately, many hospitals, especially children’s hospitals, have certified child ...

Certified child life specialists help children and families cope with the hospital experience through play therapy, art therapy, and explaining medical procedures. The program at Akron Children's ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

I actually started as a pre-occupational therapy major because I knew I wanted to work with kids in the hospital setting. And it was during my second semester here that I realized that I kind of ...