Patient and Family Education

• Helping Children Cope with a Hospital Stay (PDF)
• Helping Your Child Take Medicine (PDF) (Spanish)  
• Soothing Your Baby: In the Hospital and at Home (PDF)
• Music and Art Therapy (PDF) (Spanish)
• Music and singing for your infant (PDF)
• Relax by Drawing Mandalas (PDF)
• Books and Resources for Surgery and Hospital Stay (PDF)

Videos

• Getting an MRI While Awake
• Getting an MRI With Anesthesia
• Getting an EEG at Seattle Children’s Epilepsy Monitoring Unit
• Getting an EEG at Seattle Children's
• Parents, Speak Up About Pain
• Art and Music Therapy Activities

What to Expect Photo Books and Videos

See our full list of over 20 colorful “what to expect” story books filled with photos to help your child know what they will see, hear, and feel during their visit to Seattle Children’s. Topics include what to expect during a hospital stay, a blood draw, an EEG visit and more. Read these photo books together to lessen their worry and spark conversation. Some are also available in Spanish.