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      Finding a primary health-care provider

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      Read about tips and tricks for finding a primary health-care provider on your own.

      Finding a primary health-care provider

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      Read about tips and tricks for finding a primary health-care provider for your family.

      Moving on: Higher education

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      Learn about things to consider if you are planning to attend higher education including how to decide on the right type of education for you and expectations of higher education.

      Special education

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      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.

      Celiac disease and your health-care team

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      Learn the important roles your celiac disease health-care team plays in helping you manage your health.

      Transitions during hospitalization for intestinal failure

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      Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.

      About Us

      AboutKidsHealth is excited to celebrate SickKids 150th Birthday. From humble beginnings to becoming a global leader in paediatric health care, we have achieved so much together. We are thrilled to celebrate SickKids' rich legacy of care, research and learning. Learn more about our history.

      G/GJ tubes: Primary tube insertion by image guidance

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      Discover how gastrostomy (G) and gastrojejunostomy (GJ) tubes are placed, how to prepare your child for the procedure and what to expect once the procedure is complete. The majority of this page is specific to children who are patients at SickKids.

      Accessibility and support in higher education

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      Find out about the supports that are available to you to help you succeed in higher education.

      Helping your child transition through health care: Children

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      Recommendations for helping your child navigate through the health-care system and gain independence in managing their own health care.

      Emotional Well-being Tool Kit: Ages 18+

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      A list of free mental health resources available to youth in Ontario who are 18 years of age or older.

      Heart tumours

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      Learn about heart tumours in children, and how they are diagnosed. Both the most common types of benign and malignant tumours are discussed.

      Moving on: Higher education

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      School services for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

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      Provides information about the various services that are available in schools for children with autism spectrum disorder. Also provides information about other programs that can be used to help pre-school and school-age children.

      Intestinal rehabilitation program (IRP)

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      Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.

      Yoga

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      Sex education for children: Why parents should talk to their children about sex

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      Learn why starting to talk to your child about sex when they are young and continuing that conversation as they get older is a good strategy.

      Giving parenteral nutrition (PN) at home

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      Learn about the mixture of nutrients in parenteral nutrition (PN) and how to provide your child PN at home.

      Reading and writing resources

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      There are many resources available to help your child learn to read, including books, workbooks, games and computer programs.

      Moving on: Higher education

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      Learn what to expect when attending college or university, and what accommodations and supports are available to you when pursuing higher education.

      Primary immune deficiency (PID)

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      This page explains the diagnosis and treatment of primary immune deficiency (PID), a genetic condition that weakens the immune system.

      Transitioning into adulthood after leukemia

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      Learn about challenges a child who has had leukemia will face as they transition into adulthood.

      Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD)

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      Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare inherited disease that can cause recurring lung, ear and sinus infections. Find out how the condition is caused and treated and the long-term outlook for children with PCD.

      Somatization: Common treatments

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      Treatment for somatic symptoms is most effective when it is provided by a group of health-care professionals who work together. Discover the essential medical, mental health and rehabilitation supports that, together, can provide your child with the comprehensive care that they need.

      Epilepsy and college or university

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      Education is an important part of any child's life. Read about options for a child attending college or university while coping with epilepsy.

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