Your child may have been outfitted with a Jackson Pratt (JP) drain during their surgery. With this information, you can properly care for a JP drain at home.
Learn how the body experiences acute pain.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
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.
Watch this video for tools to cope with uncertainty and unknowns about the future. This video can help you focus on what you can control right now.
Find out how you can use the 3P approach to support your child in acute pain.
Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.
Recommendations for navigating your way through the health-care system as a teenager and gaining independence in managing your own health care.
Find out why understanding the relationships between food, insulin, activity and high or low blood sugar readings is important for diabetes management.
Read about how to choose a car seat or booster seat, how to position your child in the seat, and other safety precautions.
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.
Sleep studies assess what is disrupting your child's sleep. Find out how to prepare your child, what to bring and what to expect during a sleep study.
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.
Recommendations for helping your child navigate through the health-care system and gain independence in managing their own health care.
Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.
Find strategies to help children manage their cancer related symptoms.
Find out how you can help your child cope with the challenges of a neurological condition and any related mental health issues.
Brain disorders can be caused by medical conditions, illness or injury. Find out how they can affect a child's mental health and overall functioning.
Discover the range of treatments and support your child if they face mental health challenges because of a neurological condition.
Recommendations for helping your child navigate through the health-care system as a teenager and gain independence in managing their own health care.
Halloween is a time for dressing up, eating candy, carving pumpkins and decorating homes. Learn how to make it safe as well as fun.
Learn step-by-step instructions for changing your child's tracheostomy tube and Velcro tube ties.
