Useful Information
Effective Communication in Children's Hospitals:
A Handbook of Resources for Parents, Patients, and Practitioners
This handbook had its origins in an article that Sarah Blackstone and Harvey Pressman wrote for the November 2011 issue of Brainchild, the official publication of the Hong Kong Society of Child Neurology and Developmental Pediatrics. The article, entitled “Communication Enhancement in Children's Hospitals: Practical Tools to Support Communication Vulnerable Patients,” ended with a section (“Summary and Available Resources”) directing the reader to our Patient-Provider website to find multiple resources and references to many of the tools, forms, communication boards and strategies that have proven their value in the field”, and “to find the most useful resources and references”.
This handbook is designed not only to provide those available resources, but also to assemble a growing collection of materials that, with periodic updates, may prove of value to others dealing with issues of communication vulnerability in children's hospitals. We hope it proves helpful to our readers, and welcome your suggestions for additions to future editions.
