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Assessing toddlers and preschoolers (age one to four)

Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.

Preventing choking in toddlers and preschoolers

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Understand and prevent the most common causes of choking.

Assessing younger school-aged children (age five to eight)

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Learn about pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.

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.

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.

Playtime at the hospital for preschoolers aged three to five years

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Learn about play for preschoolers staying in the hospital.

Assessing babies (from newborns to one year)

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Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.

Longer-lasting pain: How to assess in infants and toddlers

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Infants and toddlers can experience longer-lasting pain from certain conditions and repeated procedures. Find out how to assess longer-lasting pain in infants and toddlers at home and in medical settings.

Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers with diabetes

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Find out what to expect when your infant, toddler or preschooler has diabetes, and what you need to know to manage it.

Stressed adults and anxious young children: Supporting infants, toddlers and preschoolers through COVID-19

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Changes in routine can cause stress and anxiety in infants, toddlers and preschoolers. How young children express their stress can be challenging for parents and caregivers, and when they are also stressed it may be more difficult for them to meet the physical, mental and emotional needs of their children.

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.

Acute pain: How to assess in older children

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

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.

Longer-lasting pain: How to treat and manage in infants and toddlers

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Find out how to treat and manage longer-lasting pain in infants.

Assessing cancer-related pain in children

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Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.

Playtime at the hospital for toddlers aged one to three years

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Play gives toddlers an opportunity for learning and social development and it may also help to alleviate boredom and stress. Find out about play activities for hospitalized toddlers.

Cancer-related pain: Parenting strategies to support the 3Ps

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Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your child with cancer-related pain.

Social and emotional development in toddlers and preschool-age children

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As a toddler, and during pre-school age, your child continues to grow socially and emotionally. Find out more about this developmental phase, and whether your child is on track to achieving specific milestones.

Acute pain

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Learn how the body experiences acute pain.

Phonological problems: How to help your child

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There are specific games and exercises that parents can do to help increase phonological awareness in their child.

Chronic pain: How to assess in teens

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Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.

Pain in newborns and babies

Babies can feel pain. Learn about ways pain in newborns and babies can be assessed and techniques that can help ease pain.

Sexuality: What children should learn and when

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This guide outlines what children can understand about sexuality and reproduction at different stages.

Drinks for your toddler or preschooler

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Find out what drinks to offer your toddler or preschooler as they adjust to solid foods.

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.