Practice-Facing Resources · PF-01

Waiting-Room Coloring

Offer a low-pressure, non-clinical activity for people waiting at the practice.

Clinician-created · facilitator review required

Client group: Children, teens, siblings, and caregivers5-20 minutesColoring pageAdult professional use

For clinician-facilitated use

This is a professional resource, not a child-facing online service. A licensed clinician or other qualified adult must determine suitability, explain and adapt the activity, and supervise its use. Do not direct a child to access this webpage independently or enter client information.

Download for facilitated useView collection

The full-resolution WebP includes print-safe margins and should be downloaded by an adult professional. Read the guidance below before using the page.

How to use it

Choose any page, section, or color you want.
Color, doodle, look, or leave the page unfinished.
Take the page, recycle it, or leave it only where the practice says completed pages may go.

Reflection prompts

What part would you like to keep working on?
What would make the waiting space more comfortable or accessible?

Facilitator guidance

Place only neutral, non-disclosure-based pages in public waiting areas. Provide clear material and hygiene procedures, accessible seating and tools, and a private route for requests or concerns.

Adaptations & accessibility

Offer varied complexity, thick outlines, grips, clipboards, and digital options.
Provide quiet search-and-find or looking-only pages.
Keep a low-stimulation set without dense patterns.

Professional-use review

Required local customization plus accessibility, infection-control, privacy, and practice-operations review before use, including material handling and disposal instructions.

This clinician-created resource is published for professional evaluation. Before client use, the treating clinician or other qualified adult must determine whether it is appropriate and complete every specialist, accessibility, safeguarding, and local-policy review named above. Publication does not represent individualized clinical approval.