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Acute pain: How to assess in older children

Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.

Spinal muscular atrophy

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a genetic disorder that causes muscle weakness and muscle atrophy (shrinking), and can affect a child’s ability to speak, walk, and breathe.

Acute pain: Effective parenting for teens

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Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.

Outcomes for premature babies

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Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.

Acute pain: How to treat and manage in older children

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Find out how you can use the 3Ps of pain management to support your older child (age six to 12).

Managing symptoms when your child has cancer

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Find strategies to help children manage their cancer related symptoms.

Acute pain: How to assess in teens

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Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.

Heat-related illness: How to prevent

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Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.

Acute pain

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Learn how the body experiences acute pain.

Substance use and substance use disorder: Overview

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Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.

Acute pain: How to treat and manage in teens

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Find out how the 3Ps of pain management can help your teen manage their acute pain.

Acute pain: How to assess in infants and toddlers

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Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.

Acute pain: How to assess in young children

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Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.

Cyberbullying: Talking to your children

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Learn how to help your child use technology safely and what to do if your child has been bullied, has bullied others or has seen cyberbullying.

Tuberculosis (TB) disease

Tuberculosis (TB) is a curable bacterial disease spread from person to person through the air. Learn more about TB in children, including its causes, signs and symptoms and how it is diagnosed and treated.

Acute pain: How to treat and manage in infants and toddlers

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Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.

Ondansetron

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Your child needs to take the medicine called ondansetron. This information sheet explains what ondansetron does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Acute pain: How to treat and manage in young children

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Find out how you can use the 3P approach to support your child in acute pain.

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Speech-language pathology services during hospital admission(s)

Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.

Avoiding high and low blood sugar episodes when a child has diabetes

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Find out why understanding the relationships between food, insulin, activity and high or low blood sugar readings is important for diabetes management.

Diabetes and exercise

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Exercise will have an impact on your child's blood sugar levels. Learn how to adjust insulin accordingly.

Chronic pain: How to treat and manage in young children

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Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage chronic pain in a young child.

Foot and ankle: Treatment of idiopathic clubfoot

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Clubfoot is a condition that affects the lower leg, ankle and foot. Learn about the main treatments available for clubfoot, including casting, minor surgery and bracing, as well as how to care for your child as they go through treatment.

Sickle cell disease: Sleep restriction

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Find out how to set up a new sleep schedule to help you spend more of your time in bed sleeping instead of tossing and turning.

Chronic pain: How to assess in young children

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Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.