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Daniel Tiger Coping Card: Being NPO

Ages 2 - 6 Years

Medical treatments can be scary and confusing for young children, but caregivers can help them to feel secure. Daniel Tiger Coping Cards are designed to prepare young children with heart defects and their families for medical treatments. Each card includes information and coping tips for both adults and children. We hope you find them helpful.

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Strategies for caregivers

Daniel Tiger coping card parent tips for helping children who are NPO nil per os nothing by mouth.

Strategies for kids

Daniel Tiger coping card for kids about being NPO nil per os nothing by mouth.
"It Helps to Say What You're Feeling" video and song
"Things May Change And That's OK" song and video

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