Child Life Resources
Patient Education Materials
- Child Life Department: helping children cope with a hospital stay (PDF 178KB)
- A brochure explaining and promoting the role of the Child Life Specialist at Children's Hospital in Seattle. Gives guidelines for when family or staff can request their services and benefits of play. Gives tips on how parents can help to reduce their child's fears in the hospital.
- E.E.G. Prep Book: A short story about what it's like to have an E.E.G. (electroencephalogram) test at Children's (PDF 8MB)
- This booklet uses lots of pictures to tell the story of Cody's visit to Children's Hospital for an E.E.G. (electroencephalogram). The pictures show where to go to at the hospital, and what the tests look like.
- Helping children take medicine: tips and tricks (PDF 194KB)
- Offers tips on how to help medicine go down easier. Gives suggestions for how to talk to your child about medicine and how to mask the taste of liquid, crushed and powdered medicines.
- Soothing your baby: in the hospital and at home (PDF 75KB)
- Offers advice on how to help a baby feel more comfortable in the hospital and at home. Includes tips on how to make medical procedures less unpleasant.