Co-developed with the cystic fibrosis team and the therapeutic education unit at Nancy University Hospital, Leo the Wolf helps children understand care, appropriate the steps of aerosol therapy, and rehearse the gestures in a reassuring setting.
Aerosol therapy is a repetitive treatment that requires children to understand a sequence of steps, handle equipment, and engage with a routine that can feel heavy for both the child and caregivers. The project was initiated with the cystic fibrosis team and the therapeutic education unit to create a support that is concrete, understandable, and useful in therapeutic education sessions.
An experience designed to reduce apprehension. The child sees the different steps of care, follows simple visual cues, rehearses the order of gestures, and understands the role of each object. Characters speak with voices recorded by healthcare professionals from the cystic fibrosis team and by patients, which makes the experience more familiar. Teams can use it during therapeutic education sessions, before a treatment, or as a rehearsal support between appointments.
The support helps explain care differently, structure the exchange with the child, check what has been understood, and make the steps easier to remember. It also creates a shared support between professionals, families, and the child in a format that feels less frontal than verbal explanation alone.
The underlying logic goes beyond aerosol therapy. It can be adapted to other repetitive treatments, preparation sequences, pediatric therapeutic education, or any situation where understanding, rehearsal, and reassurance need to work together.