This startup provides virtual child life services, offering parents of children with medical needs access to professional guidance and resources. It assists families in navigating the challenges of medical conditions by facilitating connections with certified child life specialists and providing supportive content.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Navigating a child's medical journey can be overwhelming and frightening for parents, especially when they lack access to expert guidance and resources tailored to their child's specific needs. Many families struggle to find reliable support to help them prepare their children for medical procedures, cope with anxiety, and understand complex medical information.
Solution
Child Life On Call provides a suite of virtual child life services designed to empower parents, support medical facilities, and connect child life specialists. The company offers the SupportSpot app, which provides parents with on-demand access to tools and resources created by certified child life specialists, including coping plans, medical term explanations, and personalized guidance. For hospitals and clinics, Child Life On Call offers enterprise licensing of the SupportSpot app to extend the reach of their child life services and improve patient and family engagement. Child Life On Call also fosters a community for child life specialists through the Child Life Circle, providing professional development opportunities and a platform for collaboration.
Target Audience
The primary target audiences include parents of children facing medical challenges, hospitals and clinics seeking to enhance their child life services, and certified child life specialists looking for professional development and community support.
Features
- SupportSpot mobile app for parents, featuring coping plans, medical term explanations, and a symptom tracker
- Customizable e-book templates to prepare children for a loved one's surgery
- Online courses for caregivers to enhance their skills in supporting children during medical experiences
- A library of downloadable resources, including book lists and therapeutic activities
- A podcast featuring parent stories and expert advice
- The Child Life Circle, an online community for child life specialists offering professional development units (PDUs) and virtual clinical supervision
- Enterprise licensing options for medical facilities to integrate SupportSpot into their patient care programs