Resources

Find strategies to help your child, and family, cope with medical procedures, which can be stressful.

This child-friendly video cartoon can help prepare your child for getting an MRI. Learn about what an MRI machine looks like, the MRI noise, and how the MRI scan works.

Learn about medical play and its therapeutic benefits for hospitalized children. Find links to age-specific information.

An MRI mock scanner simulates the real MRI experience, including the noises the camera makes throughout the scan. It is a useful tool to see how your child will handle the MRI.

Play and recreation can be therapeutic by giving children the opportunity to explore, express and process their healthcare experiences in a safe, non-threatening environment.

This resource is to prepare your child for their blood draw. Learn about what a blood draw is, the steps of getting one and ideas for coping.

Find information on how to prepare your child for hospitalization and how the child life staff at CHOP can help.

If your child is scheduled to have surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia or one of our surgery centers, these surgery prep books can help prepare them for what to expect.

Sibshops is a fun and rewarding program for brothers and sisters of children with special health or developmental needs to gain peer support and education through facilitator led discussions, activities and games.

Learn about the reactions siblings may have when a brother or a sister is in the hospital and what caregivers can do to help the family cope.