Turns out, the one application I got out in mid-December to Connecticut Children's Medical Center, is the one I received a call from last week! The director called me asking for more information, didn't specify what exactly, but it clearly necessitated a phone call. This is good news since it wasn't the, "Thank you for your interest, but..." phone call. I know I should have called her ASAP, but I didn't want to be caught off guard by anything and choke.
I emailed Cohen Children's in NY yesterday asking if they were planning on having a practicum this summer. I need to make sure I have my duckies in a row and not apply to places that may not be offering a program. I will call Boston Medical Center after posting this to see if they are offering a summer internship. I am working on the practicum application for Children's Hospital at Dartmouth, in NH. (The key difference between practicums and internships is one is full-time. While it would be great if I got a summer internship, my lease doesn't end until August 31st. So getting an internship in Philadelphia is out of the question, but a practicum is not.) CHaD requires three recommendation letters (at least for the internship) hopefully just two for the practicum. They also require a CPR Certification which I will obtain on February 19th through an Adult, Child and Infant CPR class given through the Red Cross.
Finally, I just booked my room for the Child Life Council's 29th Annual Conference on Professional Issues in Chicago, May 25th-29th. This will be my third CLC conference. My first was in Boston shortly after I graduated from college in 2009. I haven't been to Chicago, but I've heard it's windy there and they have two baseball teams, one good, the other, not so much.
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