Tag: education
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Enema prep
Enemas are usually scary and highly uncomfortable, especially for our younger warriors. While looking around our supply closet for something I could use for medical play, I found this baby alive doll! This particular doll can be fed play-doh through her mouth & the play doh falls right through her out of her bum. The…
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Diabetes made simple
Novo nordisk has many incredible resources to help patients and healthcare providers learn/teach about diabetes. This is one of my personal favorite teaching materials for a new diabetes diagnosis. To view, click here. By going onto their website, you can find many other fun, colorful, child friendly resources that are free and ready to print (click here to…
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Asthma Education
Asthma is a pretty common diagnosis, not just on the respiratory unit where I work, but everywhere! I had asthma as a kid and I know lots of other kids around me had it too. It was something pretty “normal” to me growing up and I never really thought twice about what it was, why I…
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Favorite find of the month
Probably just like most of you reading this, I’m a sucker for child life-y apps! This month’s favorite find is an app called “Okee in Medical Imagining” created by the Royal Children’s Hospital all the way in Melbourne, Australia. This very cute & child friendly app gives it’s users an insiders view on different radiology tests and…
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Favorite apps
I just recently got approval to use an iPad as a tool for distraction and education with my patients. I am so grateful to finally be able to use this amazing tool! Here are some of my favorite apps that I’ve been using: Medi toons is my go-to app when doing appy teachings for older…
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From Cruelty to Understanding: Trends in Special Education
One of my wonderful readers recently e-mailed me this infographic for me to post & spread the word about special education then & now. This is a topic that is near and dear to my heart as my mother owns and operates her own group home for people with disabilities and my best friends brother…
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I love this creative cartoon explaining what happens when you get a cut. Source: http://dogfoose.com/2011/03/cut-dried/
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This website has some awesome writing prompts available to print – love it! Source: http://whattheteacherwants.blogspot.com/2011/04/wonderful-world-of-writing.html
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What do my guts do?! Source: http://iheartguts.com/
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Happy tooth, Sad tooth worksheet activity -Discuss each food and have the children decide if it’s healthy or unhealthy for teeth and place them next to the appropriate tooth. Source: http://www.prekfun.com/themes/prekthemes/a-f/dental_hygiene/Dental_Hygiene__FlannelBoard.htm