Giz Kids Foundation collaborates with child life specialists to create educational videos and podcasts that ignite children's imaginations through storytelling and puppetry.
Woof Chat Kids™ , is a fully customizable program designed to support dedicated individuals working in clinical settings, providing comfort for patients and helping them thrive, stay healthy, happy and be confident.
Globally, the use of puppets in healthcare is extensively researched in clinical settings, providing positive, measurable, and effective results.
We feature puppets in broadcast videos, podcasts, and hospital visits to elevate pediatric patient care. Puppet performance speaks a universal language of compassion to collaborate as a unified network with child life, providing age-appropriate preparation and education.
Reach every child
The Giz Kids Foundation invites the child life specialists to co-create and author a customized series of videos in English and Spanish, with plans to expand to other foreign languages. This translation will ultimately allow this series to reach an even wider audience.
Using ADR voice-over puppetry performances will enhance the content's educational value and accessibility. This approach will present the endearing puppet characters as familiar and reliable companions, resonating with diverse audiences.
The Power of Podcast and Broadcast video format.
The live studio video broadcasts are meticulously repurposed into podcasts to cater to children who cannot view screens during recovery or prefer an auditory experience. These episodes showcase captivating short stories tailored for generation-alpha kids, whether viewing, listening, or on the move.
Working Along Side Child Life.
In close collaboration with your children hospital ’s child life specialists, we hope to partner, curate and actively participate in the development of our meticulously co-authored and crafted content, with a focus on:
Explanation
Education
Calming techniques
Reassurance
Comfort
Confidence Building
Establishing connections through puppetry
Demonstrating valuable skill-building concepts
We are dedicated to engaging in ongoing research studies on child life and fully leveraging puppetry's potential and power as an effective tool in working with children with developmental disabilities and supporting long-term hospitalizations.
We look forward to co-developing educational content for Woof Chat for Kids in collaboration with your Children's Hospital through our puppet-themed programming. This programming will offer your pediatric patients another valuable education and coping mechanism for your team of child life specialists.