“Poke A Dot” the Comfort Dog Video Premier

SUPPORTING NEW PEDIATRIC INITIATIVES: POKE & PROCEDURE PLAN After years of study and focus groups, the University of Michigan MOTT Children’s Hospital’s team of Child life specialist and nurses created: “The Poke & Procedure Plan”. This innovated plan reduces the anxiety of young patients that need to have some type of injection / needle poke. The Poke Plan gives the young patients a voice and a choice by letting them pick from several comfort options that enables them to feel more at ease along with effective distraction techniques. CAP Animations creative director Norman Calfin worked for over a year with

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Association of Child Life Professionals Conference – May 2022

Due to the Pandemic, this event was held virtually.  Thus, all of  the vendors and supporters were not able to exhibit their products and services.  This highly anticipated and popular conference, will hopefully return in 2022 next year.  We will provide updated information as soon as it is confirmed. Clinical Animated Productions – CAP will be exhibiting when the  Association of Child Life Professionals Conference fully returns.  This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet and showcase our original CAP animated series to Child life Professionals and Hospital representatives. “I am looking forward to sharing our new programing concepts that

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Aw Nuts! I’m Allergic to Them!

Having a Nut Allergy is both a common and serious medical condition. Being a Squirrel with a nut allergy makes for an entertaining yet important educational story for children with and without food allergies. This entertaining animated video teaches about the importance of knowing what is in the food a child with a nut allergy eats every day! Especially valuable for their teachers. This 2D Animated Story engages the viewer immediately who becomes aware of this difficult problem that our star NUTTY the Squirrel has to overcome somehow if he can! This animated story about living with nut allergies was

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I’m Going To The Hospital!

 Sarah was not feeling well. So, her parents made an appointment to see a pediatric doctor at their hospital.  Like most of us, going  somewhere for first time can be frightening especially a huge hospital lobby!  However, as soon as she walked in, Remee, a well dressed talking rabbit hopped up to meet her, and her parent. Remee exclaimed, “No worries Sarah, after taking my tour, the kids all say: I’m not afraid anymore, NO Way!!” You see, Remee gave private VIP hospital tours so new patients could see for themselves what it looks like and what happens there. Remee

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Supporting Cast

This delightful & engaging program introduces the “Polk” He is the “Little Polk” the nurse or medical  staff says to each patient just before an injection: “Here’s just a Little Polk” His best friend, Cindy Syringe says  this about him:  “No matter where I go, sooner or later the Polk shows up!”

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Cindy Syringe’s Movie Debut!

Does anyone LIKE getting an injection? Cindy Syringe co-stars in this thought-provoking and entertaining animated program where she asks everyone to start thinking about all the good the medicine inside her does rather than the little Poke and a couple of seconds of ouch!   So, she tries to convince Poke A Dot and the studio audience to take her off their:  “We Don’t Like it List”

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CAP’s Program Library

Each program topic in our series was selected by researching the most common medical issues children are being treated for in the US, along with popular topics recommended by healthcare professionals and parents nationwide. Topics include: Going to a hospital or clinic for the first time, having an examination, diagnostic tests and treatments. 

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The Elephant in a Waiting Room No one talks about …

Watching children’s interaction with their parents and other young patients in a waiting room would make for a revealing research study or at least a term paper for anyone in the medical field that treats pediatric patients. Some kids are quiet and solemn staring intensely at their iPad or cell phone (yes a cell phone..that’s another study for another day!) While others are in constant motion, picking up and putting down toys, magazines or trying to talk with anyone that will listen. The parents becoming more uncomfortable by the minute try to get their attention by talking in a public

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