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Coping with a diagnosis of congenital heart defects

Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.

Trauma: Treatment and coping methods

Learn about the different treatment options for coping with trauma including psychotherapy, medication and coping mechanisms.

Negative coping when you are under stress

Negative coping includes the use of alcohol, drugs, overeating and other risky or aggressive behaviours to cope with stress or anxiety. Find out what you can do to avoid these behaviours or seek support for negative coping.

Coping with your emotions

When anticipating scoliosis surgery, there are a wide range of emotions to be felt. Read about fears, feelings and coping advice from other teens.

Coping styles in children

Coping styles in children with an illness vary. Learn your child's coping style.

Coping with a brain tumour and its treatment

Read about how caregivers can cope when a child's brain tumour diagnosis and the effects of treatment.

Coping with chronic illness like congenital heart defects

Read about chronic illness and ways to cope. Congenital heart disease is a common example. While it can often be well managed, it never goes away.

Coping with the diagnosis of epilepsy

Find out ways to cope with the different emotions you may have about an epilepsy diagnosis and about seeing a child have a seizure.

Coping with Pain with Help from a Child Life Specialist

In this edition: Child life specialists, Rachael, Alexis, and Katie talk about staying relaxed by creating a coping plan when we are nervous and stressed.Do you do any of the these activities?

Encouraging healthy coping behaviours

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

Coping strategies for fatigue

Learn how relaxation, distraction and changing your thinking habits can help to improve fatigue.

Living with a chronic condition: Overview

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

Coping with a JIA diagnosis

You may feel a range of emotions after being diagnosed with JIA. Discover some strategies to help you cope with JIA.

Coping with epilepsy as a family

Siblings may receive less attention at times because the needs of a child with epilepsy take over. Helping siblings cope is an important aspect of family life as well.

Coping with symptoms, stress, flare-ups and setbacks

Coping with your family and others

When a child goes through scoliosis surgery, the whole family is affected in many ways. Suggestions for coping with family during this stressful time.

Your boyfriend or girlfriend

Learn some tips for communicating and coping with your boyfriend or girlfriend's reaction to the news that you need to have scoliosis surgery.

Coping strategies for pain

Discover some coping strategies you can use during a JIA flare-up. These strategies can help reduce pain by changing the way your pain signals are being sent to and from your brain.

Coping with the changes

After scoliosis surgery, you may find routine activities difficult for a while. Learn about some coping strategies that may be useful during this time.

Coping with stressful or painful tests or procedures

Coping with Pain

Therapeutic clown Soleil and Child Life Specialist Rachel share tips to help us cope when we are in pain. Deep breathing, using a Hoberman sphere (breathing ball), is featured in this video.

Bipolar disorder: Treatment and coping methods

Find out about some of the treatments and coping mechanisms available for bipolar disorder, including medications, psychotherapy and lifestyle changes.

How to help your teen cope with sickle cell pain

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

Helping a child cope with a brain tumour

Find advice to help you with the extremely difficult task of helping your child cope and adjust to a brain tumour diagnosis.