Child Life Specialist Programs in California

Azusa Pacific University

• Azusa Pacific University, a Christian university in Southern California offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a child life specialist concentration. Students graduating from Azusa Pacific University with this concentration can expect to work in a variety of settings such as a hospital, child development center or special education setting.

  Azusa Pacific University
  901 East Alosta Avenue
  Azusa, CA 91702
  626-815-6000
  APU.edu

Loma Linda University

• Loma Linda University offers a Master of Science degree in Child Life Specialist. There are many requirements to enter this program including academics, emotional stability and maturity. There are certain courses that you must have prior to attending the Loma Linda University program. You will also be entered into psychological testing to measure your emotional stability and maturity to become a child life specialist. Students take courses in consultation and leadership, and family systems theory.

  Loma Linda University
  Department of Counseling and Family Sciences
  11065 Campus Street,
  Griggs Hall, Room 115
  Loma Linda, CA 92350
  909-558-4547
  ChildLifeSpecialist.llu.edu

Mills College

• Mills College in Oakland offers both graduate and undergraduate child life specialist programs, according to ChildLife.org. The Mills College Child Life Specialist Program specifically focuses on child life issues within a hospital setting. Students participate in weekly seminars and observe of child life specialists on the job.

  Mills College
  5000 MacArthur Blvd.
  Oakland, CA 94163-1301
  510-430-2328
  Mills.edu

University of La Verne

• The University of La Verne offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in their child life specialist program. The master's degree program requires 24 semester hours of core coursework to earn a Child Life Certificate. The master's program includes classes ranging from Child Life Administration and Program Development to Developmental Process of Grieving. All of these classes will help child life specialists relate to and help children and their families.

  University of La Verne
  1950 3rd Street
  La Verne, CA 91750
  909-593-3511
  ULV.edu