For Child Life Specialists
Help children meet their procedure before it happens.
Hand-held anatomical models, sized for small hands and made for the conversations that matter most: the ones that happen before a procedure begins.
Children fear what they cannot picture.
Words and books only go so far. Abstract explanations leave abstract worry, and a child walking into a procedure with abstract worry is a child whose body is bracing for the unknown.
Each MiniMed model is built at 1:1 scale, accurate to the device a child will encounter. It is made to be picked up, turned over, and asked about. Not a teaching tool for clinicians. A bridge between a child and what comes next.
The Models
Tools for the procedures children meet most.
Each model maps to a specific procedure. Built for repeated session use, easy to clean, safe in any small hand.
Model
Portacath
For preparing children for port placement and access.
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Model
Butterfly Needle
For preparing children for blood draws and IV starts.
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In Development
More models on the way.
We're working with child life teams to build the next generation of prep models. Reach out if there's a procedure you'd like covered.
Why These Models
Made for the room a child life session happens in.
True to scale
Built at 1:1 to the actual device a child will see. The shape and proportions match what they'll meet in the room.
Made to be held
Built to be picked up, turned over, and asked questions of. Sturdy enough for the session, and for everything that comes after on a nightstand.
Safe in small hands
Materials chosen with pediatric safety as the first criterion. Easy to clean between sessions, gentle on the smallest patients.
Theirs to Keep
Each model goes home with the child it was made for.
When the prep session ends, the model travels home in a backpack. It sits on a nightstand, gets shown to grandparents and best friends, becomes the way a child explains to a sibling what's inside.
For a kid whose body has been through something, holding a real, accurate object can be the difference between something done to them and something they can talk about on their own terms. A reminder that they understood it, got through it, and have the proof in their hand.
Resources
Material to support your prep sessions.
FAQs, talking points, and reference material, written for the questions children actually ask.
Order a sample for your team.
Free for child life specialists. We'll follow up to learn how your team works and what you need.
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