A tool that fits your setting.
Without adding steps to your day.
Lakunakai tools are used in hospitals, clinics, therapy practices, and classrooms. Low-contact, intuitive, and built to work within the workflows you already have — not around them.
Built for the people who hold the hard moments.
Whether you are preparing a child for a procedure, supporting a student through a difficult transition, or helping someone process what just happened — there is a tool designed for your setting.
Healthcare Professionals
Nurses, physicians, child life specialists, and paediatric staff. Metal-free and magnet-free, safe for clinical and hospital environments. Use it before a procedure, during a difficult moment, or as a leave-behind for ongoing support. The buddy can also act as a role model — demonstrating to a child what to expect during a procedure in a calm, familiar way.
Medical Offices
Chiropractic, family medicine, paediatric offices, and specialist clinics. Reduces patient anxiety before appointments and helps families feel supported — without requiring additional staff time. Use the buddy to walk a child through what will happen before it does, turning the unknown into something familiar and manageable.
Therapists & Counsellors
Individual therapy, group sessions, and emotional regulation work. Introduce the buddy's skill in session, then send it home so the language continues between appointments. The tool travels with the child — the support does not stop at the door.
Schools & Educators
Classroom teachers, educational assistants, student resource teachers, occupational therapists, and school counsellors. Supports nervous system regulation within existing SEL frameworks — no program to learn, no curriculum to adopt. Available through our Pilot Program.
Most support tools ask you to do more.
This one asks you to do less.
The Supportive Little Buddy is designed to do the work without requiring the professional to hold it all. Here is how it fits into what you already do.
Hold it. Name it. Let it work.
Your buddy's Guided Card explains the skill in plain language. A nurse, teacher, or therapist can use it confidently on day one. The weighted design begins working before any words are needed.
Show them what is coming before it arrives.
Professionals use the buddy to walk children through upcoming procedures, appointments, or experiences — demonstrating steps in a calm, tangible way that reduces fear of the unknown and prepares the nervous system before it is challenged.
What you start, home can continue.
When the same tool and the same skill language shows up across hospital, school, therapy, and home — the child does not have to start over every time. Support compounds instead of resetting.
Designed to go where you go.
No metal. No magnets. Washable. Safe for clinical spaces, hospital rooms, and school settings. It goes where the child goes — including the places most comfort items cannot.
Grounded in nervous system science.
Each buddy's coping skill is rooted in established psychology and nervous system regulation research. Grounding, emotional flow, present-moment awareness, and cognitive reframing — translated into accessible, practical tools for everyday use.
Not a program. Not a replacement.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — existing therapeutic, medical, and educational frameworks. They work alongside what you already provide, not instead of it.
The buddy, in a format built for clinical use.
Buddy Keychains — designed for the moments where a plush is not practical.
Healthcare staff who work with multiple patients, teachers who support many students, and older children or teens who want discretion — the Buddy Keychain was designed with all of them in mind.
- Clips to a lanyard, badge, or bag — stays with the professional, not on a shared shelf
- Low-contact option for staff seeing multiple patients
- Same four characters and skill reminders as the full buddy
- Discreet for older students and teens who want the reminder without the plush
- Durable for everyday clinical and classroom use
Lakunakai® Buddy Bag Coming Soon
A wearable bag that holds the weighted buddy securely inside — allowing the user to receive grounding support without drawing attention. Designed for clinical settings, schools, and older users who prefer low-profile regulation. Available to Pilot Program participants first. Express interest when you apply ›
Now open. Built for every professional setting.
The Lakunakai Pilot Program is designed for professionals who want to evaluate how Supportive Little Buddies support regulation, coping skill development, and shared language within their setting — before committing to a larger rollout.
What to expect from the pilot
A supported, structured introduction to Lakunakai tools in your environment. Everything you need to get started is included. No extra meetings. No ongoing obligations. Just a real opportunity to see what these tools do when they are in the hands of the people who need them.
The Pilot Program is open to any professional or institution working with children, families, or individuals navigating hard moments.
- ✓All four Supportive Little Buddies at a pilot discount
- ✓Full support materials for your setting
- ✓Staff or team orientation resources
- ✓Buddy's Guided Card + private QR video guide
- ✓No licensing fees. No subscription costs.
Ready to bring this into your setting?
Tell us about your environment and what you are hoping to support. We will take it from there and find the right fit for your team.
- Structured support from day one
- Group discounts for staff, families, and bulk orders
- Priority access to the Lakunakai Buddy Bag
- First access to new tools as they are developed
- Your feedback shapes what we build next
We respond within 2 business days.
Tell us about your setting.
We will handle the rest.
Whether you are a school, clinic, therapy practice, or medical office — fill in the form below and we will be in touch within 2 business days to discuss next steps.
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The support your setting needs
is already built in.
No program to adopt. No training to complete. Just a tool that meets the moment — and keeps working long after it.
