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  • 1.  Thoughts on what the best DOT match is for a Child Life Specialist?

    Posted 01-17-2023 09:51
    Brief JD: The Child Life Specialist is responsible for the provision of child life focused care to children and their families served in a variety of health care settings. Individualized, therapeutic interventions are facilitated through collaboration with the patient. family, and health care team members. The choice of play outlets, educational approaches, and emotional support are built upon a strong foundation child life theory and expertise gained through ongoing practice experiences and intentional commitment to ongoing child life education. The child life specialist functions as an integral partner of the health care team, facilitating patient-and family-centered support and advocating and enabling psychosocially sound practices across the continuum of care.


    Job Responsibilities:

    1) Anticipates, initiates, and responds collaboratively to provide developmentally appropriate procedural teaching for patients and families utilizing available resources.
    2) Identifies patient/family learning needs, readiness to learn and choices. Meets patient/family needs by using appropriate internal/external educational resources. Recognizes and respects consequences of patient/family decisions.
    3) Recognizes, addresses, and utilizes therapeutic play to facilitate mastery and coping.
    4) Assists patient/family in identifying concerns and seeks assistance as necessary to advocate for patient/family needs.
    5) Completes Minimum Requirements and Additional Responsibilities at CCLS I, Proficient Level- from the Clinical Recognition Program listing


    Thank you! 
    -Rigaud 


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    Rigaud Desir
    Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant
    rdesir@aflac.com
    Pembroke Pines, FL United States
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  • 2.  RE: Thoughts on what the best DOT match is for a Child Life Specialist?

    Posted 01-17-2023 12:04
    Good Morning, Rigaud:
    It would be helpful to know the educational background and certifications of the Child Life Specialist.  If they are a teacher, I think the following might apply:

    094.227-030  TEACHER, LEARNING DISABLED

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    TEACHER, LEARNING DISABLED

    Teaches elementary and secondary school subjects in schools, institutions, or other specialized facilities to students with neurological problems in learning: Plans curriculum and prepares lessons and other instructional materials to meet individual need of students, considering state and school requirements, physical, emotional, and educational levels of development. Confers with parents, administrators, testing specialists, social worker, and others to develop individual educational program for student. Instructs students in all academic subjects. Creates learning materials geared to each student's ability and interest. Instructs students, using special educational strategies and techniques, to improve sensory-motor and perceptual-motor development, perception, memory, language, cognition, and social and emotional development. Works with students to increase motivation, provide consistent reinforcement to learning, continuous assessment of level of functioning, and continuous feedback to student for all learning activities. Works with parents to accept and develop skills in dealing with student's learning impairment. May work as consultant, teach in self-contained classroom, or teach in resource room. May be required to hold certification from state.

    If they are a Social Worker or Counselor, perhaps the following definition would apply:

    195.107-010  CASEWORKER

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE APPRENTICE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE MANAGER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE SPECIALIST; PATIENT ADMINISTRATION SPECIALIST; SOCIAL ACTIONS APPRENTICE, EQUAL OPP/HUMAN SERVICE; SOCIAL ACTIONS JOURNEYMAN, SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SOCIAL ACTIONS MANAGER; SOCIAL ACTIONS SUPERINTENDENT; CASEWORKER; COMMUNITY PLACEMENT WORKER; INTAKE COORDINATOR, SOCIAL SERVICES; INTAKE WORKER; MENTAL HEALTH OUTREACH COUNSELOR; MENTAL RETARDATION PROFESSIONAL; SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER; SOCIAL-WORK CONSULTANT, CASEWORK; VICTIM SERVICES COUNSELOR

    COMMUNITY PLACEMENT WORKER; INTAKE WORKER; SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER. Counsels and aids individuals and families requiring assistance of social service agency: Interviews clients with problems, such as personal and family adjustments, finances, employment, food, clothing, housing, and physical and mental impairments to determine nature and degree of problem. Secures information, such as medical, psychological, and social factors contributing to client's situation, and evaluates these and client's capacities. Counsels client individually, in family, or in other small groups regarding plans for meeting needs, and aids client to mobilize inner capacities and environmental resources to improve social functioning. Helps client to modify attitudes and patterns of behavior by increasing understanding of self, personal problems, and client's part in creating them. Refers clients to community resources and other organizations. Compiles records and prepares reports. Reviews service plan and performs follow-up to determine quantity and quality of service provided client and status of client's case. Accesses and records client and community resource information, manually or using computer equipped with keyboard, to input and retrieve information. May secure supplementary information, such as employment, medical records, or school reports. May specialize in providing, monitoring, and evaluating services provided to older adults. May determine client's eligibility for financial assistance. May work in collaboration with other professional disciplines. May be required to visit clients in their homes or in institutions. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in case work method acquired through degree program at school of social work. May be required to possess state license or certificate. When rendering advisory services to agencies, groups, or individuals, may be designated Social-Work Consultant, Casework (social ser.). May aid parents with child rearing problems and children and youth with difficulties in social adjustments [CASEWORKER, CHILD WELFARE (social ser.) 195.107-014].

    OR

    195.107-014  CASEWORKER, CHILD WELFARE

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    ADMISSIONS COORDINATOR; CASEWORKER, CHILD PLACEMENT; CASEWORKER, CHILD WELFARE; CASEWORKER, INTAKE; CASEWORKER, PROTECTIVE SERVICES

    Aids parents with child rearing problems and children and youth with difficulties in social adjustments: Investigates home conditions to protect children from harmful environment. Evaluates children's physical and psychological makeup to determine needs. Refers child and parent or guardian to community resources according to needs of child. Evaluates foster home environmental factors and personal characteristics of adoption applicants to determine suitability of foster home and adoption applicants. Places and is responsible for children and their well-being in foster or adoptive homes, institutions, and medical treatment centers. Counsels children and parents, guardians, foster parents, or institution staff, concerning adjustment to foster home situation, plans for child's care, interactional behavior modifications needed, or rehabilitation. Places children in adoptive homes and counsels adoptive parents pending legal adoption. Provides service to unmarried parents, including care during pregnancy and planning for child. Arranges for day care or homemaker service. Employed in establishments such as child placement (foster care or adoption), protective service, or institution. Maintains case history records and reports. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work. May specialize in specific area of child-directed casework and be designated according to work performed as Caseworker, Child Placement (social ser.); Caseworker, Protective Services (social ser.). May interview clients for purpose of screening to determine eligibility for agency services and be designated Caseworker, Intake (social ser.).

    OR

    195.107-018  CASEWORKER, FAMILY

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    CASEWORKER, FAMILY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNSELOR; FAMILY COUNSELOR; SHELTER COUNSELOR; TRAVELERS AID COUNSELOR

    FAMILY COUNSELOR. Aids individuals and families having problems concerning family relationships or other aspects of their social functioning affecting unity of family and welfare of community: Counsels clients on problems, such as unsatisfactory relationships between marriage partners or between parents and children; unwed parenthood; home management; work adjustment; vocational training; need for financial assistance; care of the ill, handicapped, or aged, care of other family members at time of physical or mental illness; desertion of parent; or difficulties encountered in travel or stabilization in new community. Helps clients to use agency's services, such as homemaker, or day care, and other community resources. In a public assistance or voluntary agency ascertains client's eligibility for financial assistance and determines amount of grant and assumes responsibility for services rendered. May assist travelers, runaways of any age, migrants, transients, refugees, repatriated Americans, and problem families drifting from community to community, encountering difficulty in traveling or needing help toward stabilization. Employed in organizations, such as public assistance, family service, Travelers Aid, and American Red Cross Home Service. Usually required to have knowledge and skill in casework methods acquired through degree program at school of social work.

    If they are a Licensed Psychologist, the following definitions might apply:

    045.061-010  PSYCHOLOGIST, DEVELOPMENTAL

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST; RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGIST; RESEARCH PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGIST, DEVELOPMENTAL

    Investigates problems concerning growth and development of emotional, mental, physical, and social aspects of individuals, to increase understanding of origins of behavior and processes of human growth and decline: Formulates hypothesis or research problem and selects or develops method of investigation to test hypothesis. Studies behavior of children to analyze processes of learning, development of language in children, and parents' influence on children's behavior. Administers intelligence and performance tests to establish and measure patterns of intellectual and psychological growth, development, and decline in children and adults. Observes and records behavior of infants to establish patterns of social, motor, and sensory development. Analyzes growth of social values and attitudes, using information obtained from observation, questionnaires, and interviews. Formulates theories based on research findings for application in such fields as juvenile delinquency, education and guidance of children, parent education, and welfare of aged. Experiments with animals [PSYCHOLOGIST, EXPERIMENTAL (profess. & kin.)], to make comparative studies across species lines to contribute to understanding of human behavior. May specialize in study and treatment of children and be designated Child Psychologist (profess. & kin.).

    OR
    045.107-022  CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

    ALTERNATE JOB TITLES (Might also be known as):

    CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST (MIL); CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST,  CLINICAL NEUROPS; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST, ENTRY; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGY ASSOCIATE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOLOGIST, CLINICAL

    PSYCHOLOGIST, CLINICAL. Diagnoses or evaluates mental and emotional disorders of individuals, and administers programs of treatment: Interviews patients in clinics, hospitals, prisons, and other institutions, and studies medical and social case histories. Observes patients in play or other situations, and selects, administers, and interprets intelligence, achievement, interest, personality, and other psychological tests to diagnose disorders and formulate plans of treatment. Treats psychological disorders to effect improved adjustments utilizing various psychological techniques, such as milieu therapy, psychodrama, play therapy and hypnosis. Selects approach to use in individual therapy, such as directive, nondirective, and supportive therapy, and plans frequency, intensity, and duration of therapy. May collaborate with PSYCHIATRIST (medical ser.) 070.107-014, and other specialists in developing treatment programs for patients. May instruct and direct students serving psychological internships in hospitals and clinics. May develop experimental designs and conduct research in fields of personality development and adjustment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. May serve as consultant to industrial, social, educational, welfare, and other agencies on individual cases or in evaluation, planning, and development of mental health programs. May specialize in behavior problems and therapy, crime and delinquency, group therapy, individual diagnosis and therapy, mental deficiency, objective tests, projective techniques, or speech pathology.

    Hope this is helpful. There are additional titles that might apply.  I would start with whether this person's educational degrees and certifications are in Education, Social Work/Counseliing, or in Psychology.

    Best Regards,

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    Michele Erbacher, MS, CRC, ABVE/F
    Erbacher Rehabilitation & Consulting
    Cell:  (716) 807-6708