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      Sickle cell disease: Encouraging your teen's independence

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      Teens with sickle cell disease may need encouragement to become more independent with taking their medications as instructed, filling their prescriptions and making clinic appointments. Learn what you can do to encourage your teen to manage their condition independently.

      Steps towards independence

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      Information to help your child or teen become more independent and take control of their own health care.

      Steps towards independence

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      Discover strategies and tips to help your teen become more independent and take control of their own health care.

      How hospitals support teen independence

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      Your child's paediatric hospital may have resources and processes to help your child prepare to enter the adult health-care system. Learn more about these.

      Chronic pain: Effective parenting for teens

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      ​​​Find out how you can support the 3Ps of pain management with effective parenting strategies for your teen with chronic pain.

      Phenylketonuria (PKU) transitions in the teenage years

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      Teenagers with phenylketonuria (PKU) face the unique challenge of balancing their health with their growing independence. Read about how you can support your teen with PKU.

      How to help your teen cope with sickle cell pain

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      Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.

      Growing independence for children with heart disease

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      Learn about encouraging self-care in children with congenital heart disease.

      Healthy food and drink choices outside the home

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      Find out how to encourage your tween or teen to make healthy food and drink choices when eating out.

      Intestinal failure: Transitions during adolescence

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      Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.

      Helping your teen cope with scoliosis surgery

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      Having scoliosis surgery can be a very emotionally difficult experience for a teenager. Learn about common stressors as well as how to cope with them.

      Encouraging healthy lifestyle habits

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      Exercising regularly, eating well and sleeping well are all important parts of proper JIA management. Learn how to encourage your teen to be healthy.

      Moving from paediatric to adult care

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      Read about the transition that must be made from paediatric to adult care.

      Living with a chronic condition: Overview

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      ​Find out how a chronic condition affects your child's mental health and how to help them adjust to a recent diagnosis.

      Getting through the teen years and cancer

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      Find information to help promote independence in your teenager while continuing to help them manage their cancer treatment.

      Teenagers and chronic pain

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      Learn about chronic pain in teenagers and the effect that it may have. Pain management, responsibilities, drinking and drug use are discussed.

      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.

      Sickle cell disease and communication: Keeping it positive

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      While it may not be possible to completely eliminate negative communication with your teen, you can create balance by increasing positive communication. Discover five tips for more positive communication with your teen.

      Pre-teen

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      As your child enters the pre-teen years, they have more opportunities to express their independence. Find out how to support their mental health, prepare for puberty and handle influences from the media.

      Teens Taking Charge: Letting go

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      This page gives an overview of how to help your teen with arthritis take control of their arthritis. It leads to pages on how to help your teen learn to manage own health care.

      Long-term follow-up and late effects of cancer treatment

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      Learn what late effects are and why your teen should continue to self-monitor and attend follow-up appointments, even after treatment is completed.

      Encouraging healthy coping behaviours

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      Encourage healthy coping behaviours in your teen with these expert tips.

      Sickle cell disease: Review of Modules 1 to 5

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      Review the information you learned in Modules 1 to 5 of the iCanCope with Sickle Cell Pain program.

      Brain disorders and mental health: How to help your child cope

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      Find out how you can help your child cope with the challenges of a neurological condition and any related mental health issues.

      Substance use disorder: How to help

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

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