Atlantic Health System offers a 600-hour child life internship during the spring and fall semesters. The Child Life Program at Atlantic Health System accepts students who are affiliated or unaffiliated with an academic institution.
Child life internships are completed at Goryeb Children’s Hospital at Morristown Medical Center and Hersch Children’s Center at Overlook Medical Center.
The program accepts the Internship Readiness Common Application available on the Association of Child Life Professionals Application Portal >
In addition to the common application, applicant is required to complete the AHS Child Life Internship Appendix >
Completed application and appendix should be submitted to childlifeinternship@atlantichealth.org. Applications that are not submitted in this format will not be accepted for review.
Our Child Life Program follows the Association of Child Life Professionals (ACLP) deadlines for application and offer dates >
