Thank you for your interest in an internship in Child Life. The Penn State Children’s Hospital is a 90-bed facility housed within a 463-bed teaching hospital. The Child Life Program provides direct patient contact with 60 of the 90 inpatient pediatric beds. (The NICU does not receive direct Child Life services.) Child Life services are also provided in the Pediatric Outpatient clinics, Pediatric Rehabilitation, and the Emergency Department.

We offer a full-time 40 hour per week, 12-15 week internship experience. Interns select two clinical areas in which to receive in-depth Child Life experience. Interns may choose from the following areas: Medical/Surgical, Hematology/Oncology, Pediatric Intensive Care/Intermediate Care, and Rehab/Emergency Department. Students will have opportunities to visit other clinical areas during the internship to provide additional Child Life exposure. At this time we are only able to accept applicants who are affiliated with a university.