Puberty is a stage of development where your child's body starts to take on adult form. Learn about puberty in boys and how to talk to your son about puberty.
Learn how a child's transplant can affect their siblings and how you can help them adjust.
Sleep brings many physical and mental benefits. Follow these tips to help your child fall asleep and stay asleep through the night.
Children with chronic health issues may be more likely to be bullied and also have parents that are overprotective. Learn what you can do to deal with these issues.
Learn how to help your child's burn injury heal when your child comes home from the hospital and between visits to the outpatient clinic.
With adolescence often come new communication challenges for parents and caregivers. Learn about some of the barriers to good communication and how to overcome them.
When a child is hospitalized, their siblings may feel a variety of emotions including but not limited to confusion, upset or sadness. Find ways to help children cope with having a sibling in the hospital.
Help your teen to learn new skills by breaking down tasks and skills into smaller more manageable steps and using techniques such as forward chaining, backward chaining and shadowing.
Learn about your child's care at home, after a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.
Learn how to care for your child at home, after the blood and marrow transplant.
The way someone reacts to and copes with a traumatic event varies from person to person. Learn about what causes trauma and when to see a health-care provider.
Learn about the different types of hemophilia, how it is inherited and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about some of the common problems your child may have when falling asleep and staying asleep and what you can do to help your child sleep well.
Learn about the different treatment options for coping with trauma including psychotherapy, medication and coping mechanisms.
Your child needs to take the medicine called metoprolol. This information sheet explains what metoprolol does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Diet and exercise directly affect your child’s sickle cell disease and how they feel. Read about how a healthy diet, enough water and regular exercise can help manage sickle cell disease.
Learn how doctors diagnose hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that mostly affects males.
An easy-to-understand overview of the causes, symptoms, and treatment of children who have experienced a natural or man-made disaster.
Your child needs to take the medicine called levofloxacin. This information sheet explains what levofloxacin does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.
Discover the causes and rates of post-traumatic stress disorder in children and teens.
You will have many appointments with your health-care team as part of your treatment. Read about why it is so important to attend your regular appointments, even if you feel fine.
Click on icons to learn about the physical and behavioural symptoms of an anxiety disorder. Then, scroll down for things to try when feeling anxious.
Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
