Bea- the Best Kind of Patient was written for the youngest patients age 1 to 7. Children can participate in their pain care by using My Pain Alert Scale which was created for them. Our field trial showed that toddlers can provide feedback about the level of their pain given after read-together story practice. MPAS is needed by families with little ones with painful conditions like: birth defects, cerebral palsy, sickle cell disease, chiari syndrome, and cancer Those families can not wait for their children to be old enough (age 8) to use Faces type pain scales. Singing the “Are you hurting?” song included in the book while giving pain medications can condition a child to show that pain help is needed. We learned from our own family that reading stories about our “hurt boy’s” pain experience, then practicing responses works both for the child and the family, reducing stress.

text and picture of Mom and Bea in exam room trying ASL signs for hug and kiss (to make it better). — Bea signs “hug” while Mom signs “kiss.”

Our “Bea” book has two parts: the go to the doctor story watercolored by Lexington KY artist and grandmother, Shirley Jeter, and the My Pain Alert(R) Scale training stories formatted with the ASL signs for each level on the facing page.

Facing pages of Bea- the Best Kind of Patient showing level 3 pain — Level 3 story, hurt boy icon and sign language

This book is a print-on-demand book produced by Amazon. clicking on Buy Product should redirect you to their site. To order in other countries put the complete title in your Amazon book search bar.

Amazon does sell MPAS cards but does not warehouse them. You can order the book and card directly from us as a kit shown above. If you prefer Amazon send you a MPAS card please put the complete product title My Pain Alert Scale card in the search bar.

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Bea – the Best Kind of Patient book and MPAS card Kit

Bea – the Best Kind of Patient print book via Amazon