Give your team the tools to support neurodivergent and anxious kids during medical procedures — especially blood draws and vaccinations.
Virtual Workshop
In-Person Training
Poke Pals: Behavior-Focused Support
Designed for: RBTs, BCBAs, ABA clinicians
Goal: Teach behavior-based medical prep and coping support
Learn:
Great for in-clinic prep, home programs, and ABA clinics
Poke Pals: Neuroinclusive Needle Training
Designed for: Phlebotomists, nurses, lab staff, pediatric dental teams, pediatric techs
Goal: Equip medical professionals to work safely with neurodivergent children
Learn:
No ABA experience needed—just a willingness to help kids feel seen.
Community Version (Free PDF)
Professional Toolkit License
1:1 Clinical Consultations
Parent + child meeting to identify fears, coping tools, preferences
Mock Visit Walk through the steps with real tools at a clinic, playroom, or ABA center
Custom Toolkit Create a personalized story, visual schedule, and reinforcement plan
Follow-Up Coaching Brief support session after the actual procedure (what worked, what’s next)
$125
Because medical care should be predictable, not scary
Speaking Engagements & Custom Workshops
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Reach out and let us know your needs — we’ll work with you.
[I had the opportunity to work alongside Franchesca in a phlebotomy role and was able to observe first hand how well she works with patients of all demographics and backgrounds especially pediatric and neonatal patients and special needs patients of all ages. She is a very talented and highly skilled phlebotomist, and has a particular talent for making the otherwise unpleasant experience of blood draws a much more palatable and even positive experience for both the patient and their parents/guardians. I have had the chance to observe her work with so many patients who required special considerations to perform high quality blood draws while enhancing the patient's experience overall.
I particularly remember an encounter where a young adult patient with special needs arrived with his mother and a caretaker for routine blood work. Now this patient was non-verbal and very strong, and previously it had taken a significant amount of time (often around an hour) for myself and some of the other phlebotomists to work with him to allow us to draw his blood. However the first time Franchesca had the opportunity to work with him, she calmly worked with him at his own pace and quickly built a rapport with him and made him feel comfortable to the point where he immediately let her draw his blood. Her ability to build this rapport with her patients was one of the driving factors that made this encounter the smoothest and most efficient one this patient had ever had. His mother and his caretaker were blown away by how easy that experience was when Franchesca drew his bloodwork. There are many similar instances that come to my mind when considering how professional and effective Franchesca is at providing the highest quality of care for all her patients, but especially those young children and special needs patients who are unable to understand or are just plain scared to get their blood work done
John, UVA Medical Center
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