Little Oak Medical Education and Support

Kids Know. We Help Them Understand.

Building resilience, adaptability, voice, and empowerment to overcome anxiety in kids facing health challenges through our kid-friendly educational resources. By transforming fear into courage, we set the foundation for active participation and ownership in their healthcare journey.

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Kids know. We help them understand.

Our BRAVE OAK preparation storybooks and other personalized resources are essential in helping children understand and navigate their medical care, while decreasing the fear, anxiety, and traumatic stress that comes along with a medical journey - all in a kid-friendly, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-use format - so they can become active partners in their health care and better navigate life with illnesses or medical conditions.

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Why We Are Here

Our mission is to help children navigate life with complex illnesses or medical conditions. We aim to replace fear and uncertainty with confidence and empowerment, fostering their active involvement in their care. We offer simple, kid-friendly educational resources and practical support to help patients and their families thrive.

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Health Challenges Are Common Among Kids

19.5%

of children in the US have special healthcare needs

Up to 80%

of all ill or injured children (and their families) experience some type of traumatic stress following an illness, injury, or painful procedure.

More than 40%

of school-aged children have at least one chronic health condition such as asthma, diabetes, etc.

Hidden Impact: Kids and Families Struggle

Up to 30% of parents and 25% of children

experience persistent traumatic stress reactions following an illness, injury, or painful procedure.

This can lead to poor day-to-day functioning, affect medical treatment, and delay recovery; as well as increase fear and anxiety.

Most kids are left unprepared for their medical care

Many children receive no or inadequate information and preparation for their medical care.

Parents and healthcare providers may not effectively convey necessary information to children about their health and medical procedures.

There are few educational medical resources designed FOR kids, especially those with complex medical needs.

Medical care can be scary,

but it doesn’t have to be.

Medical care can be scary for kids, especially those with an extensive medical history and past or concurrent medical trauma. There are very few to no tools designed for young children to understand their care. We provide educational resources and tangible support for children and their families – in a kid-friendly, easy-to-understand, and easy-to-use format, to help them navigate life with illnesses or medical conditions.

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Stories from Little Oak Customers

“This is so meaningful, especially coming from another momma who has been there and gets it.”

-Lindsey B.
"Our son has always had a lot of anxiety about doctor's appointments. It was a struggle to get him to go and very traumatic once we were there. As soon as we started preparing him with books from Little Oak, we saw an immediate change. Not only did we see a steep drop in his anxiety, but he actually started to look forward to his appointments. I strongly recommend this product for anyone to prepare their child for medical appointments."

-Alex K.
"“I really like my book! It helps make it fun for me to go to the dentist and I’m not scared anymore!”

-Ollie K., Age 6
“My favorite part of my heart day book was the part about the jelly because the jelly hurts when they put it on you. This book helped me because it showed the jelly part!”

-Jonathan F., Age 6
“Becca took the time to sit down with me to get to know my family’s needs and discuss how our son’s medical appointments look. She listened to our challenges and victories and made the perfect “heart day” book for cardiology appointments. We started reading the book about two weeks before his most recent appointment. He was excited for “heart day” and even his brothers were asking when they would get to have a heart day. It was our best cardiology appointment t date with almost zero anxiety and no tears.”

-Christina F.