Pain Champions Guide for Parents
Learn all you need to know about how to manage needle pain and anxiety through this interactive tech tool.
Kids (3-11) Tweens & Teens (12+) Getting ready for a procedure How pain works Needle Pokes Pain Champions Talking with your care team Procedural Pain Getting ready for a procedure How pain works Needle pokes Pain Champions Talking with your care team
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About This Resource
You are more powerful than you realize, and we are excited to help you unleash the super powers you didn’t know you had! No one loves the freakout around needle pokes, but there are simple, effective ways to nip it in the bud. In just a few minutes, you can have the tools and strategies you need to make the medical experience better for everyone.
How To Use This Resource
Before you head into that next appointment, let SuperMeg guide you through learning about how pain works, different strategies for managing it, and how you can talk to kids and providers about what works for you and your family. There are links to videos and downloads that help you figure out what is best for you, and you can even have kids do it with you so you can both learn together. In just a few minutes, you’ll have what you need to make that next doctor visit a lot more calm and comfortable.
Who Is This For
Parents, caregivers, providers…anyone who wants a quick, efficient way to learn about how to make needle pokes and medical procedures easier and more comfortable.
Digital Tool
SuperMeg Poke Planner
Have no fear, SuperMeg is here! This interactive tech helps your child create a plan for being more calm and comfortable during needle pokes.
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Framing the Story AFTER Needle Pokes
What you say after a needle poke matters, and sets the stage for the future!
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Blog Post
Meet SuperMeg, Our New Interactive Chatbot That Helps Kids Manage the Anxiety and Pain of Needle Pokes!
The SuperMeg chatbot was developed by top experts in pediatric pain management, driven by research and supported by best practice guidelines of nearly every pediatric medical organization in the world…and kids love her!
A Note About Keeping This Free
Good pain care should be a right, not a privilege.
We’ve spent our careers treating pain and medical anxiety, and we know that comfort and control come from putting the power where it belongs: in your hands. Everything here is free and open source by design. No parent should have to pay to learn how to get their child through a vaccine or a bad headache. No provider should have to hunt for what they need to do their job well. Hundreds of thousands of people have used Meg tools, and not one of them has ever been asked to pay.
But free still costs something.
We rely on the generosity of people like you to keep it that way. It takes about 1 in 30 of us, each giving $15 a month, to keep these tools available for free. If they helped you and you’re able, $15 a month keeps these resources available the next time you or another family need them.
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