Children's Hospital Passport

A free resource from www.widgit.com to help communicate your child's needs and preferences to healthcare professionals. Please note this resource is from a UK website.

Download Resource Packs

www.Widgit.com provides a section with free symbol/widget based flashcards and booklets to help prepare children with additional needs for hospital appointments, procedures or staying in hospital. Please note this resource is from a UK website.

childreninhospital.ie/ | info@childreninhospital.ie| 01 290 3510

Children In Hospital Ireland provides play and recreation for children receiving inpatient and outpatient care in hospitals throughout Ireland.

Helping your child during a procedure

This short document explains how you can support your child during a procedure and how to prepare at home before a procedure

Using play to prepare your child for hospital

These videos show play ideas to prepare younger children and young people with learning difficulties for different tests or procedures. Please note this resource is from a UK website.

Preparing a child with a learning disability for hospital

This video shows interviews with parents of children with a learning disability. The parents share experiences and different ways they prepare their child for going to hospital, the doctor, the dentist or the optometrist. Please note this is resource is from a UK website.

HSE Health Passport - Apple Download | HSE Health Passport - Android/Samsung Download

The HSE Health Passport is now available as an App to support people with Intellectual Disability to communicate and express their unique needs when in a health care setting

Children's Hospital Passport

A resource created by Mercy Hospital Cork to help communicate your child's needs and preferences to heath-care professionals

whatwhychildreninhospital.org.uk/

This website provides lots of resources about going to hospitals, procedures and equipment. You can use the videos, information sheets and other resources to help you prepare your child and know what to expect before a procedure, appointment or hospital admission.

varietyireland.org/ | info@varietyireland.org| 01 437 0323

Variety - The Children's Charity of Ireland provides specially adapted trikes and pre-loved or new educational devices to children with disabilities.

helium.ie/ | hello@helium.ie| 044 939 6960

Helium Arts is the national children’s arts and health charity. They provide free creative art workshops in community venues throughout Ireland, as well as online and in hospitals for children and young people aged 6-15 years living with lifelong physical health conditions that require ongoing medical support. Examples of conditions include diabetes, epilepsy, cystic fibrosis, allergies, heart conditions, chronic asthma, spina bifida, juvenile arthritis, rare or complex conditions and many more.

cianskennels.ie/ | info@cianskennels.ie| 085 1488660

Cian’s Kennels bring pets closer to sick children and their families at CHI Crumlin by arranging visits from their dog during their hospital stay.

www.makeawish.ie | info@makeawish.ie| 01 2052007

Make-A-Wish Ireland aims to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions, to bring hope, strength and happiness

barretstown.org | info@barretstown.org| 045 864 115

Barretstown offers free, specially designed camps and programmes for children living with serious illness, and their families. – supported behind the scenes by 24 hour on site medical and nursing care