Your team is clinically skilled

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But skill alone doesn't reach a dysregulated child.

Poke Pals trains clinical teams to prevent escalation before it starts — using a nervous-system–aware framework that improves first-attempt success, reduces staff stress, and protects patient dignity without slowing care.

WHO IS THIS FOR

Mobile phlebotomy providers
Solo and small practice operators who draw in homes, clinics, and schools — and need behavioral tools for their hardest pediatric cases.

Outpatient clinics
Pediatric and family practices where blood draw distress disrupts schedules, exhausts staff, and leads families to delay necessary care.

Diagnostics & lab innovation teams
Organizations exploring pediatric collection expansion who need observational access feasibility before performance evaluation.

THE PROBLEM

When pediatric patients escalate during blood collection, the ripple effect goes far beyond one difficult draw. Does your team face any of these?

• Appointments running overtime due to patient anxiety or refusal
• Staff feeling unprepared or unsupported with neurodivergent patients
• Procedures escalating to restraint or sedation
• Families canceling or avoiding future care after a bad experience
• Staff burnout from repeated difficult interactions
• No standardized approach for anxious or sensory-sensitive children
• No visibility into how often encounters result in no specimen obtained

That gap costs time, trust, and outcomes — leading to longer appointments, staff exhaustion, and families avoiding care altogether.

• Appointments running overtime due to patient anxiety
• Staff feeling unprepared to support neurodivergent patients
• Procedures escalating to restraint or sedation
• Families canceling or delaying necessary care
• Staff burnout from repeated difficult interactions
• Lack of standardized approaches for anxious or sensory-sensitive children
• No visibility into how often pediatric encounters result in no specimen obtained

Your team may be clinically skilled — but without preparation and regulation strategies, even routine blood draws can fail.

That’s where adoption enablement makes the difference.

Poke Pals trainings are grounded in a practical, nervous-system–aware framework that emphasizes:

• Calm: adult regulation and environmental support
• Explain: clear, developmentally appropriate procedural communication
• Involve: meaningful child participation and choice

This approach reduces escalation and refusals without altering clinical protocols or slowing workflow.

$499 | 2 Hours | Virtual or in person

This focused training helps teams:

• Reduce escalation and refusals
• Increase first-attempt success
• Improve staff confidence and consistency
• Adapt strategies to their specific clinical setting

This pilot is designed as a low-risk entry point, modeled after standard onboarding and staff development formats used in outpatient care.

Half-Day TrainingCustom

4 hours · for larger teams $699

• Everything in the pilot
• Case-based practice scenarios
• Team Q&A and protocol review
• Implementation planning session

Poke Pals provides education, implementation support, and consultation — not medical treatment, therapy, or diagnosis.

No pressure. No obligation.
Just a brief conversation to see if this approach fits your team.

SCHEDULE A 15-MINUTE EXPLORATORY CALL

Poke Pals provides educational training, implementation support, and consultation — not medical treatment, therapy, or diagnosis.

No pressure. No obligation. Just a brief conversation to see if this fits your team.

Most laboratory dashboards track specimens received - — hemolysis, rejection, turnaround time.

Far fewer track encounters where no specimen is obtained due to distress, refusal, or access breakdown.

When this happens, care is delayed, staff time increases, and families may avoid future visits.

Poke Pals focuses on strengthening readiness at the point of care to reduce these breakdowns and improve first-attempt success.

If your organization is exploring pediatric expansion and requires observational access feasibility prior to performance evaluation, please visit: www.AccessBeforeAnalysis.com