
Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks is a series of five books designed to help children learn and talk about pain with their family, friends, teachers and health professionals. The first four books each address one key target concept; the fifth book brings these learning outcomes together with an empowering action plan. Used together, these books are targeted pain science education at its best.

Full-color illustrations bring the story to life

Zoe is with her Uncle Ozzie who has an alarming accident, with a surprising outcome! They all learn that feeling pain does not necessarily mean your body is damaged.
This series covers multiple pain topics and features easy-to-follow visual aids and language. Sold as a series of five hardcover books within a slipcase, each book is between 28-40 pages. Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks includes the following storylines:

Zoe visits her Grandma Lizzie’s science lab where a colorful experiment reveals something amazing about pain and the brain. Zoe learns anything and everything can change her pain!

Zoe, Zak, and their classmates explore the brain through a mind-blowing virtual reality experience. The students learn that pain is one of their body’s powerful protectors!

Zak explains to Zoe how he is retraining his body and his brain with this action-packed action plan—he is getting back to school! Zoe wonders whether she could use a similar plan for her tummy pain?

Zoe is seven weeks into her own action plan. Through her diary entries on a typical day, we see all she has learned so far. Having an action-packed action plan can be life changing!

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Dr. Josh Pate is dedicated to bringing pain science education to the masses. Working with an international team of experts, he developed the Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI), which was published in 2020. He is also the author of the Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks book series.
Clinicians, educational experts, and researchers from around the world have reviewed and endorsed these books as helping educators to work effectively with children challenged by persistent pain. This book series can help:

Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks is a series of five books designed to help children learn and talk about pain with their family, friends, teachers and health professionals. The first four books each address one key target concept; the fifth book brings these learning outcomes together with an empowering action plan. Used together, these books are targeted pain science education at its best.

Full-color illustrations bring the story to life

Zoe is with her Uncle Ozzie who has an alarming accident, with a surprising outcome! They all learn that feeling pain does not necessarily mean your body is damaged.
This series covers multiple pain topics and features easy-to-follow visual aids and language. Sold as a series of five hardcover books within a slipcase, each book is between 28-40 pages. Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks includes the following storylines:

Zoe visits her Grandma Lizzie’s science lab where a colorful experiment reveals something amazing about pain and the brain. Zoe learns anything and everything can change her pain!

Zoe, Zak, and their classmates explore the brain through a mind-blowing virtual reality experience. The students learn that pain is one of their body’s powerful protectors!

Zak explains to Zoe how he is retraining his body and his brain with this action-packed action plan—he is getting back to school! Zoe wonders whether she could use a similar plan for her tummy pain?

Zoe is seven weeks into her own action plan. Through her diary entries on a typical day, we see all she has learned so far. Having an action-packed action plan can be life changing!

A Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Dr. Josh Pate is dedicated to bringing pain science education to the masses. Working with an international team of experts, he developed the Concept of Pain Inventory (COPI), which was published in 2020. He is also the author of the Zoe & Zak’s Pain Hacks book series.
Clinicians, educational experts, and researchers from around the world have reviewed and endorsed these books as helping educators to work effectively with children challenged by persistent pain. This book series can help:
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