Learn why self-efficacy is important for academic success and well-being in children.
These practical tips for parents help foster self-efficacy, so a child learns to persist when facing a setback.
Learn about attachment, and the social and emotional development of babies. Explore topics such as bullying, anger management, resilience, puberty, sexuality and sleep.
A child or teen may turn to self-harm as a way of responding to distress. Find out about the main causes and coping methods.
Learn how to protect your child if they have thoughts of suicide or self-harm.
Self-esteem is how we feel about our abilities and strengths, including our ability to overcome challenges.
Learn practical tips to help you self-monitor for late effects of cancer treatments and answers to some commonly asked questions.
Find out how your child's self-esteem may be affected by changes in appearance resulting from brain tumour treatment.
Having scoliosis can be emotionally upsetting for young children and teenagers. Find out about some common issues they face, such as negative self-image and increased stress.
A child with epilepsy may experience a range of emotions, which may include depression or anxiety. Learn how to help your child manage their emotions and nurture their self-esteem.
Learn how to help your child accept changes in appearance caused by leukemia treatment.
Learn about encouraging self-care in children with congenital heart disease.
As a toddler, and during pre-school age, your child continues to grow socially and emotionally. Find out more about this developmental phase, and whether your child is on track to achieving specific milestones.
Learn about pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.
Find out how an organ transplant can affect your child's development, school performance and self-esteem.
Learn how to support your child develop communications skills to discuss celiac disease and the strict gluten-free diet, as well as advocate for their medical and dietary needs.
Learn about self-esteem and how to improve the way you feel about your value and self-worth.
Learn about helping those with congenital heart disease have a healthy body image. Read about issues that may arise, such as embarrassment over scars.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Find out how to reduce the risk of suicide and self-harm by helping your child cope with difficult and overwhelming emotions.
Suicide can result from many factors. Find out about the leading causes.
Read about the symptoms of self-limited epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (SeLECTS) as well as treatments and long-term outlook.
It can be very difficult to motivate teens to complete self-care tasks. Use small rewards and make sure you acknowledge efforts they make towards self-care.
Learn some of the reasons why teens may stop doing self-care tasks and what you can do to help them. Also learn about some of the issues that teens with special needs have and how to help them learn new tasks.
