The ability to assess the developmental and psychosocial needs of infants, children, youth, and families.

The ability to support infants, children, youth, and families in coping with stressful situations.

The ability to continuously engage in self-reflective professional and personal child life practice.

The ability to initiate and maintain meaningful and therapeutic relationships with infants, children, youth, and families.

The ability to provide teaching, specific to the population served, including psychosocial preperation for potentially stressful experiences, with infants, children, youth, and families. 

The ability to represent and communicate child life practice and psychosocial issues of infants, children, youth, and families to others.

The ability to provide opportunities for play for infants, children, youth, and families.

The ability to practice within the scope of professional and personal knowledge and skill base.

The ability to integrate clinical evidence and fundamental child life knowledge into professional decision-making.