Ready to get a little recognition? Lucky for you, we are opening the doors for submissions!

Want to share your opinion on the latest child life practices? Struggling to climb the ladder? How about submitting a research paper you’re proud of?

Whether it’s a one page summary of your favorite day as a child life specialist, or an in-depth expose’ about the complexities of international program maintenance, we want to know about it. Why? Because it matters.

Light Spinner Quarterly has nearly filled its December issue space, but we’d like to consider your voice too. We accept submissions from any country, of any length, on any topic. Have photos of you, your team, or organization? Pass them along*!

Nervous about your writing style? No worries, we’ll gently walk you through things and support your vision. If we can’t make room for your in our magazine, then we’ll find space on our blog: guaranteed. What are you waiting for?

“Child Life is here. GET EXCITED!”       LSQuarterly@gmail.com

*subject to permission/approval

Oh snap! Is it already time for more giveaways? How about a couple?!

Subscribe by August 6th to qualify! 2 winners will be announced.

Does your playroom need a few more tunes to keep things fresh? Download the latest patient favorites with a $15 iTunes gift card!

Need a cool bedside that cleans up easily and wows everyone around you? We’re giving away two packets of Moon Sand to a lucky subscriber! Moon Sand is a non-messy colorful sand that can be shaped into anything, similar to Play Doh.

Let Light Spinner Quarterly hook you up! “Child Life is here. GET EXCITED!”

“My Child Life Specialist” coloring sheets are now offered in Spanish!

We’re giving you a break from the nationwide heat wave by giving away a cool deal…FREE COLORING SHEETS!

Click here for English. Click here for Spanish. 10 sheets total at no cost to you. Make as many copies of you like, front and back to save space.

Have fun child life!!

Gear up to be the crazy-awesome child life specialist you truly are!

This week we’re dressin’ for impressin’ by handing out 4 free child life t-shirts, compliments of Emspiration!

These ultra comfy shirts have inspirational meaning to specialists and those trying to learn about the field. Help educate others about what we do by simply sporting an empowering tee!

Subscribe by July 24, 2011 to be considered! 4 winners announced!

Congrats to Kimberly F. of Austin, TX and Erica L. of Los Angeles, CA for subscribing and winning the Art with Heart books! Check back next week for yet another giveaway!

Light Spinner Quarterly is honored to have a team of exceptional artists, writers, child life specialists and editors join us for the second issue.

Jeremy Kaye comes to the table with humor and creativity as LSQ’s guest illustrator. Look forward to cracking a smile!

Light Spinner Quarterly is always open to your ideas, articles and personal experiences in child life. If you have something you’d like to share, let us know at LSQuarterly@gmail.com . We welcome professionals, students, educators, medical staff and beyond. Light Spinner is an all inclusive publication working towards the advancement of the field of Child Life. Join us!

This week’s giveaway has a special place in our heart, as the power and significance of it has benefits beyond a simple bedside intervention.

Art with Heart book and art programs give children of all ages an opportunity to process their feelings of loss, fear, frustration, angst and everything else you can think of. Art with Heart books ask kids important questions and get the answers through creativity and self expression.

For the child life specialist struggling to reach and relate to a teen, Chill & Spill interactive journal will empower your approaches. This extraordinary journal gives emotional sanction and education to teens and tweens experiencing overwhelming stressors such as illness, family struggles, death, abuse and loneliness.

Want to connect with a younger crowd fighting to adjust to the change of hospitalization and loss? Ink About It was coauthored by a child life specialist to help process and reflect feelings, goals and hopes. Chalk full of funky designs, charts and space to vent.

GIVEAWAY: TWO SUBSCRIBERS WILL WIN Chill & Spill and Ink About It. Subscribe by 7/16/11 to be considered.

Looking for a few updated articles to read up on? How about some additional evidence to advocate for our field? Take a look at the latest in Child Life news:

Nationwide: Child Life Council says hello to Disney

Cleavland, OH: Child Life news video

Westminster, MD: Child Life in Hospice

Chicago, IL: CLS’ work with patient who has lived at  Hospital for 6 months

Orange County, CA: Angel Strike at CHOC

Houston, TX: Texas Children’s gets giant check

Maine: Child Life gets a shout out

Leesburg, VA: Hospital gets “Teens Only” space

Nationwide: CLS Roles

Want to see more of something? Let us know! LSQuarterly@gmail.com

Celebrate the month of July by getting free Child Life stuff! We’re promising 4 giveaways each week, but something tells us we’ll want to surprise you with more

This week’s giveaway: sign up for blog updates and receive a FREE set of coloring sheets! Because we love those that have already signed up, we’ll be sending them to you as well!

Keep checking in for new things!

“My Child Life Specialist ” ©  coloring sheets are here! Want to effectively explain your role in the hospital? How about give a patient a chance to be artistic while having an important conversation with them about their visit?

Every kiddo loves to color, and every family wants to know what we do. Let these child life coloring sheet sets make your job easier by meeting both needs at once!

Coloring sheet sets can be downloaded and copied as many times as you’d like. That’s right, we are giving you the rights to make as many copies as you need! Download a set of 5 coloring sheets for just a buck!

Want something different but don’t see it? We can customize coloring sheets to match a specific situation or person. Shoot us an email requesting what you’d like to see, or a photo* of who you want to see (including you) and we’ll make it happen! A customizable coloring sheet is just $1, and you’ll have it for life!

Child life coloring sheet sets include: Child Life Roles (Coping Techniques set coming soon!)

Keep checking back to see what new sheets have been created!

*all photos will be kept private and used solely for the creation of a coloring sheet. Coloring sheets sent as pdf.