Books to help prepare children for medical procedures

At Educasia Publishing we believe that children deserve honest preparation for medical procedures. This is reflected in our award-winning Bastian Adventure Book series.

As daunting as honesty in the medical setting might seem to some, it is the respectful thing to do. With compassionate honesty comes trust. With trust comes less anxiety, and less anxiety creates less trauma in the medical setting.

Whether you are looking to prepare your own small child or one of your patients for medical procedures, you’ve come to the right place. With honesty, accuracy and fun, Bastian takes children through medical procedures such as CT scan, X-ray and surgery.

Each book was written by an RN in cooperation with other medical professionals and has a Parent Advice page in the back with tips on how to best help a child through each procedure. The Bastian Adventure Book series won the Mom’s Choice Award in 2014 for being among the best in family-friendly books and media.

Our books are used in children’s hospitals around the country by child life specialists and other medical professionals.

Children need an accurate, reassuring explanation of procedures, presented in a manner appropriate to their level of understanding. Deprived of such explanations they are left to formulate their own, weaving fantasies and misguided observations into frightening inaccuracies.

All children who are cognitively capable of understanding simple explanations of events and procedures should receive preparation.

– R. H. Thompson, M.A. & Gene Stanford, Ph.D., Child Life Specialists

Parents, of course, should be partners in the preparation process, receiving explanations themselves and assisting in preparation of their children… By providing parents material to discuss with their children, the hospital personnel spare parents the discomfort of not knowing how to talk to their children about upcoming events. By providing information and emotional support to parents, hospital personnel can reduce parental anxiety, thereby indirectly benefiting the children. A combination of information plus emotional support has been found to be most effective in reducing anxiety.

– R. H. Thompson, M.A. & Gene Stanford, Ph.D., Child Life Specialists

Remember, unexpected stress is considered more disturbing than stress that the child can anticipate and prepare for.

As our books spread their wings and fly to whoever will need them, Educasia is working on expanding its topics in health-related literature for kids.

Our Bastian Adventure series has been called the “Dr. Seuss of nursing” and we consider that a high compliment! Our intention is to develop health information for kids in a Dr. Seuss kind of way – the materials are fun to read, and you learn without realizing it.

Our Mission:

To provide children around the world with medical and health educational materials, in an age-appropriate and creative way.

Our intention:

To improve children’s understanding of health and of medical procedures, and to decrease anxiety and increase trust in the medical setting.