Learn about how to help children and teens with chronic pain cope during the COVID-19 pandemic, and which medications are used to treat chronic pain.
Learn what creativity is, why it is important, and how you can help nurture creativity in your child at home.
Learn about what you should do after your child has been tested for COVID-19 and what to do if they test positive or negative.
Learn about the other members of your child’s blood and marrow transplant/cellular therapy health-care team.
Learn strategies to help your child relax in the days before and on the day of surgery. Strategy categories include mind-body, movement and medication.
Learn how sleep improves brain function and mental health and how much sleep your child needs each night.
Emily shares a brain break activity that shows us how to choose a breathing anchor. Brain Breaks are activities designed to calm your mind and body.
Learn about some ways you can help your child or adolescent to cope and stay connected with family and friends while they are separated from them.
Find out how to encourage your tween or teen to make healthy food and drink choices when eating out.
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.
Maintaining relationships with family and friends can help you feel normal during a cancer treatment. Find out some suggestions to help you stay connected during treatment.
Learn techniques to help distract your child from, and manage, their pain in the hospital and at home.
Your body can give you clues that you are feeling stressed. Learn about the physical and mental signs of stress to help you pay attention to your stress levels.
Learn how to create a wind-down routine that you can do in the 30 minutes before bedtime to help your body and mind get ready for sleep.
Learn what to expect when your child comes to the hospital for surgery. Everyone’s surgical journey is different and may look different depending on the hospital you are at.
There are many resources available to help your child learn to read, including books, workbooks, games and computer programs.
The mind-body, or brain-body, connection is the link between a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour and their physical symptoms. Learn about the role that this connection plays in your child's health.
Pharmacogenetics is an example of precision medicine that uses a person’s genetic make-up to predict medication response.
A video urodynamics study (VUDS) is a test done by your child’s doctor that provides information about how well your child’s bladder is working.
Discover some easy, creative and nutritious meal and snack ideas for your toddler or preschooler.
