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ALEXANDRA: WE’VE SEEN CASES OF COVID-19 IN METRO-AREA SCHOOLS AMONG BOTH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS. DAVID: IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS A COVID-19 TEST, DOCTORS WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE PREPARED FOR THE UNCOMFORTABLE PROCESS. SPECIALISTS AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL SHARE WAYS PARENTS CAN EASE NERVES WITH KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S WAVERLE MONROE. WAVERLE: IF YOU’VE HAD THE COVID-19 TEST, PREPARE KIDS FO THE TEST, BECAUSE IT CAN FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE THE DOWNRIGHT PAINFUL. IMAGINE YOU HAD THAT TEST WHEN YOU WERE A KID. THAT IS WHITE CHILDREN -- WHY CHILDREN HAVE SPECIALISTS TO PREPARE THEM FOR A COVID-19 TEST. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHILD LIFE SPECIALIST, MICHELLE PETERSEN, SAYS PARENTS SHOULD WALK THEIR KIDS THROUGH WHAT THEY CAN EXPECT BEFORE GETTING TESTED FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. >> WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE LESS ANXIOUS GOING INTO IT IF THEY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING INTO. WAVERLE: THE CHILD LIFE TEAM MADE A CHEAT SHEET FOR PARENTS DESCRIBING THE PROCESS AND HOW PARENTS CAN HELP KEEP KIDS CALM. >> WE CAN OFFER SOME DISTRACTION. THE PREP SHEET TALKS ABOUT HAVING SOMEONE HOLD A PHONE ABOVE YEAR -- ABOVE YOUR HEAD, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO LOOK UP A BIT. WAVERLE: GENERAL PEDEATRICIAN, SHANNON GODSIL, SAYS PARENTS NEED TO STAY CALM, TOO. >> I THINK THE IDEA AND THE BUILD UP IS SOMETIMES THE HARDEST PART. A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN THE PARENTS ARE SHOWING THAT NERVOUSNESS, OR EXUDING SOME OF THAT UNCOMFORTABLENESS, THEIR CHILDREN CAN PICK UP ON IT. WAVERLE: CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND TEST NEBRASKA HAVE PARTNERED TO MOBILIZE COVID-19 TESTING TO SCHOOLS AND CHILD CARE FACILITIES IN THE CASE OF AN OUTBREAK. THE PROGRAM IS ON AN AT-NEED BASIS, AND CHILDREN’S MEDICAL STAFF WILL TRAVEL UP TO 200 MILES TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN GET TESTED GODSIL SAYS PARENTS OFTEN ASK ONE THING -- >> SHOULD WE TEST? SO, I THINK AS A FAMILY IF YOU ARE WANTING A TEST TALKING WITH YOUR PEDIATRICIAN AND SEEING WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS. WAVERLE: THE PROGRAM RUNS THROUGH THE END OF OCTOB