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Resilience

Resilience is a learned skill. Resilient children are able to cope with stress, particularly after a traumatic life event or stressor.

Self-care tips for teens living with celiac disease

Being diagnosed with celiac disease and navigating the strict gluten-free diet can be tough. Learn how incorporating self-care activities into your routine can help you reduce stress, manage symptoms and build resilience.

Organized sports: A winning formula for children

Learn about the benefits of taking part in organized sports for your child.

Physical activity and sport post lung transplant

Learn about the important role physical activity plays in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a lung transplant.

Physical activity and sport post heart transplant

Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.

How to become more resilient

Find out what mindfulness is, how it can help you to build resilience and lower your stress levels, and different methods to practise mindfulness everyday.

Physical activity: Benefits of exercise for health and wellbeing

Discover how physical activity can improve your child's physical health, brain function and mood.

Staying active when you have juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Living with a chronic condition: Helping your child manage their health

​Learn how you can support your child to understand their condition and manage it independently over time.

How to keep your child active

​This World Health Day, learn how to help your child stay active and provide them with the support they need to stay motivated.

Physical activity and intestinal failure

Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have intestinal failure.

Physical activity and sport post liver transplant

Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a liver transplant.

How to foster positive thinking in your child

Learn how you can foster positive thinking in your child.

Substance use disorder: How to help

​Discover how to monitor your teen's substance use effectively and what to do if your teen has a substance use disorder.

Epilepsy and sports

Children with epilepsy can participate in most sports and physical activities. Read about sports risks and benefits for children with epilepsy.

Promoting self-esteem in children

Self-esteem is how we feel about our abilities and strengths, including our ability to overcome challenges.

The right to safe spaces

Learn about your right to receive care and services in a safe and welcoming environment, including at school, work and in health-care environments.

Heat-related illness in young athletes

Learn how to prevent and treat heat-related illness in children and teens who exercise in hot and humid conditions.

The right to safe spaces

Everyone has the right to receive care and services in a safe, welcoming environment. Learn more about your child’s rights to safe spaces.

Enhancing movement skills in your child

Discover some tips to help your child learn fundamental movement skills.

Type 2 diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is less common in children and teens than in adults. Learn the signs of type 2 diabetes and how it is diagnosed.

Emotional Well-being Tool Kit: Ages 18+

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

Neonatal neurodevelopmental follow-up recommendations: 18 month visit

Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 18 months old who have spent time in the neonatal neurodevelopment follow-up clinic.