Overview
This M.S. Child and Family Studies - Child Life program offered by Ohio University prepares students for a career as a Certified Child Life Specialist (CCLS), as designated by the Child Life Council, the governing organization that oversees this profession.
Key facts:
- The CCLS helps normalize the hospitalization experience for children and families, and provides specific services that include preparations for medical procedures, coping skills for children during stressful healthcare experiences, support for siblings and parents, therapeutic medical play, planning and implementing activities to enhance growth and development, and interdisciplinary team involvement.
- In addition to core courses in the child and family studies program, students in this concentration are required to take special courses. Applicants having volunteer experiences (50 hours minimum) in a child life department within a hospital will be given priority application review, so we highly encourage applicants to begin volunteering before the fall semester for which they are applying.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Professional Assessment and Helping Skills
- Dynamics in Parent-Child Relations
- Transitions in Development: Middle Childhood
- Transitions in Development: Adolescence
- Children, Families, Stress & Trauma
- Children & Families in Healthcare Settings
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Family & Consumer Science Childhood Studies View 210 other Masters in Family & Consumer Science in United StatesAcademic requirements
English requirements
Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
- Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
- Liability
- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
A degree-seeking application must include:
- Appropriate application fee
- Academic transcripts
- Resume or CV
- Evidence of English Proficiency (non-native speakers of English only)
- Letters of recommendation
- Test scores
- Writing sample
- Personal statement, statement of professional goals, or biographical statement
- Portfolio or audition recording
Tuition Fee
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International
32370 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1079 USD per credit during 24 months. -
National
32370 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 1079 USD per credit during 24 months. -
In-State
17490 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 583 USD per credit during 24 months.
Living costs for Athens
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Funding
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Scholarships Information
Below you will find Master's scholarship opportunities for Child and Family Studies - Child Life.
Available Scholarships
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