For Children and Families
CHILDREN ARE INSPIRED & MOTIVATED
- Get Well Maps illustrate progress towards goals with a fun, engaging method that helps to encourage children & reduce anxiety when faced with a medical challenge
- Children of all learning styles & developmental abilities benefit from multi-sensory learning strategies
- Personalized name & photographs foster pride in goal achievement
- Whimsical Artwork becomes a keepsake that illustrates the child’s perseverance
- Complex Medical Dialogue is easier to comprehend and is softened by metaphors that children are interested in and can understand
- Get Well Maps add Visual Strategies that enhance comprehension (Auditory Processing is limited during Stressful Events)
FAMILIES ARE ENCOURAGED
- Get Well Maps visually illustrate their child’s progress towards their goal of going home
- Provides a tool for parents and caregivers when children ask difficult-to-answer questions like “When Can I Go Home?”
- Families are encouraged to see incremental progress during stressful times when they are displaced from their daily routines & environments