Preparing For and Coping Through a Visit

As members of your child’s healthcare team, Child Life Specialists partner with families to provide interventions and support to best meet each child’s individual needs. The resources below intend to provide preparation, education, and coping support to increase your child’s Emotional Safety. While Child Life Specialists provide this support while you are here at this hospital, please use these resources to help prepare your child prior to your visit if you find helpful.

First Steps

Download the Patient and Family Coping Questionnaire (DOC). If filled out, please bring with you to your appointment or visit.

Preparation for Surgery

• Getting Ready for a Procedure (PDF)
• Getting Ready for a Procedure - Spanish (PDF)
• Answering Tough Questions About Surgery (PDF)

Preparation for Other Procedures

• Comfort Positions (PDF)
• Comfort Positions - Spanish (PDF)
• MRI (PDF)
• MRI - Spanish (PDF)
• MRI with General Anesthesia (PPTX)
• Blood Draw Preparation (PDF)
• Blood Draw Preparation - Spanish (DOCX)
• Helping Your Child Cope with Blood Draws (PDF)
• Helping Your Child Cope with Blood Draws - Spanish (DOC)
• How to Best Serve Children with Autism - English (PDF)
• How to Best Serve Children with Autism - Spanish (PDF)
• Vaccine Preparation (PDF)
• Vaccine Preparation - Spanish (PPTX)

Non-Pharmacological Pain Management

• Adolescent Pain Management Tip Sheet (PDF)
• Adolescent Pain Management Tip Sheet - Spanish (DOC)
• Infant Pain Management Tip Sheet (PDF)
• Infant Pain Management Tip Sheet - Spanish (PDF)
• Preschool Pain Management Tip Sheet (PDF)
• Preschool Pain Management Tip Sheet - Spanish (DOC)
• School-age Pain Management Tip Sheet (PDF)
• School-age Pain Management Tip Sheet - Spanish (DOC)
• Toddler Pain Management Tip Sheet (PDF)
• Toddler Pain Management Tip Sheet - Spanish (PDF)

Sibling Support

• How to Help Siblings Cope (PDF)
• How to Help Siblings Cope - Spanish (PDF)

Medical Play

• Medical Play Resource (PDF)
• Medical Play Resource - Spanish (PDF)

Bereavement Support Within the Hospital

• We partner with our Heartlight program for additional resources and long-term support

Emotional Safety Video Resources