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*Season ONE now streaming everywhere you listen to podcasts!
Welcome to Code C.L.I.O.!
There is a crisis in pediatric developmental, psychological, and emotional safety. Certified Child Life Specialists (CCLS) want to care for you and your families. But, we can’t do that if we don’t get paid a living wage or if we’re constantly disregarded, disparaged, and disrespected by our colleagues.
So, we're calling the code, initiating a rapid response, and making sure the public knows we are here and our field matters before it's too late.
Join us for our inaugural season as we seek to ask, and answer, what is a Certified Child Life Specialist, does it matter that the field could disappear altogether, and is there anything we can do about it?
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 16 days
Average audio length:
52 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
7 episodes
since March 5, 2026
serial
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Welcome to CODE C.L.I.O.; A new podcast about uplifting the child life field + educating the public on our work as essential clinicians!
This podcast is for everyone and anyone who cares about the psychosocial, cognitive, and emotional development of children. Certified Child Life Specialists (CCL…
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Between junk certifications, hospitals hiring non Certified Child Life Specialists for "child life" departments, and people selling products promising the results of a CCLS without actually being a CCLS, there has never been a more important time to protect you, your family, and, most of all, your …
➡️ April 09.
🕔 5:00pm EDT
🗣️ Episode 3: The War on Wages w/guest Kirsten Black, MS, CCLS, Registered HPS
It matters that the people who care for your child’s psychological and emotional safety can’t afford their basic living expenses.
It matters that hospitals see Certified Child Life Specialis…
What does it look like when hospitals don't value your child's psychological and emotional safety? A 2023 salary survey suggests it might mean nearly 60% of the Certified Child Life Specialists who do this vital, necessary work become "likely" or "extremely likely" forced out due to an inability to…
Child development + stress/trauma/harm to that development doesn’t just exist during a hospital admission or a clinic visit.
The good news? The solution to supporting children and families outside the four walls of a hospital is already here. The real question is are we ready to listen and uplift …
While play may be a child's favorite language, words still matter during the hard moments. Books can be an essential tool in helping with everything from learning how to name + handle different emotions to providing a template for difficult conversations, diagnosis education, and trauma informed ca…
When Dr. Jody Thomas, PhD released her foundation's first blog post, she knew she had to make one thing clear, "Kids Hurt More Than They Have to and That Is Dumb.”
Here at CODE C.L.I.O. we tend to agree. Pediatric pain management is not a luxury, it's not a "nice to have," and it’s certainly not t…
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