The Coping Toolbox: What Every Parent and Healthcare Provider Should Know to Reduce Pain and Fear
Dr. Jody Thomas breaks down the way to prevent and manage needle fear in kids on The Coping Toolbox podcast.
About This Resource
This wonderful podcast by The Coping Toolbox enlists the help of Dr. Jody Thomas, Clinical Psychologist and Founder & CEO of the Meg Foundation for Pain to provide parents and providers with helpful, evidence-based skills to help reduce needle pain and fear in children. Don’t be afraid to listen along and take notes…this is a good one!
Downloads
Printable Take Control Poke Plan for Teens
We all do better with a plan! Use this to help teens create one of their very own before their next poke.
Digital Tool
Take Control Mobile App for Teens
Meet the monsters helping your teen breathe easier, stress less, and take control during shots. Because doc visits don't have to be the actual worst.
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.
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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— Dr. Jody, Founder and CEO
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