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I. Student evaluation is based on:1. Written Mid-term and final evaluations using a tool based on the ChildLife Council’s competencies2. Objectives determined by the student.3. Objectives established by the student’s academic advisor.Required Reading Prior to Internship“Psychosocial Care of Children in Hospitals: A Clinical Practice Manual”Gaynard et al. (1990).“Child Life in Hospitals: Theory in Practice”. Thompson and Stanford, (1981).Recommended Reading:- Official Documents of the Child Life Council- Coping in Children: Early Intervention practices to EnhanceAdaptive Behavior and ResilienceBy Zeitlin and Williamson (1994)- A Child in Pain, How to Help, What to DoBy Dr. Leora Kutner (1999)- Play TherapyBy Virginia Axline- Meeting Children’s Psychosocial Needs Across the HealthcareContinuum By Holt Rollins, Rosemary, Ph.D. Bolig, and CarmelC. Mahan