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Recreational water illnesses: Prevention and precaution

Learn how to prevent the spread of recreational water illnesses while cooling down in pools, fountains and water parks.

Transitioning to adult care: Resources

A list of resources for when your child is transitioning to adult care.

Special education

Special education is the public educational system’s approach to helping all kinds of exceptional students reach their potential and get a useful education. Exceptionality, with respect to needs, can be identified in a number of domains, including problems with the senses, emotional problems or behavioural problems, autistic spectrum disorders, global developmental delay or intellectual disability, specific learning disabilities and giftedness.

Masturbation

Masturbation means touching your own genitals and intimate areas. Learn more about this normal, safe and healthy part of exploring your sexuality.

How to support your child after a dog bite

When a child experiences a dog bite it can impact them and their families. Find out what to expect after a dog bite and how to support your child.

Anxiety: Signs and symptoms

Learn about the signs and symptoms of anxiety in children and teens.

Playground safety

Learn how to make sure your child stays safe at the playground, playing in the backyard or at a splash pad or wading pool.

Is my child or adolescent feeling stressed about COVID-19?

Learn how children and adolescents express stress through their thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Find some strategies on how you can help your child.

Transitioning to adult care

Learn what to expect when your child makes the switch to adult care, and how to prepare them for taking charge of their own care.

Returning to school after transplant surgery

Mumps

Learn about signs and symptoms of mumps and how to manage it in your child.

Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)

Learn about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare syndrome linked to a SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS)

Invasive group A streptococcal disease (iGAS) is a serious infection that occurs when bacteria called group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GAS) spread to different organs in the body.

Visiting your child in the Post-Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU)

Learn what to expect when you visit your child in the Post-Anesthetic Care Unit (PACU), sometimes called recovery.

Sudden unexpected infant death

Read about sudden infant deaths while sleeping and about ways parents and caregivers can lower the risk in infants.

Keeping kids on the move

Find out how active transportation and child-friendly communities can help children be more independent and physically active.

Contact precautions

Isolation precautions such as contact precautions may need to be used to stop the spread of infection. These are additional precautions that need to be taken to help prevent the spread of infections caused by germs spread by direct or indirect contact.

Warts

Learn about the types and causes of skin warts, how to prevent warts and what common treatments are used.

Helping families cope following a traumatic injury

​Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury. 

Common types of vaccines

Vaccines help to protect you against many different diseases. Learn about different vaccines and how to keep track of which vaccines you have had.

Measles

Measles is an infection caused by a highly contagious virus. Learn the symptoms and causes of measles and how it can be prevented.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Living with a fixator

Learn how your child's routine will change as they adjust to life with a fixator.

Cancer programs and resources

Find helpful resources and programs to support you, your child and your family during your child's cancer treatment.

Airborne precautions

Isolation precautions such as airborne precautions may need to be used to stop the spread of infection. These are additional precautions that need to be taken to help prevent the spread of infections caused by airborne routes of spread of germs.

Body piercing

Learn about the age restrictions for piercings, how to identify a trusted piercing studio, and about important things to think about before getting a body piercing.