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Writing and printing resources

Learn about resources that are available for parents to help their children improve their writing and printing skills.

Writing disabilities: Overview

A writing disability is when a child has significant challenges with writing. Learn about writing disabilities, their symptoms, and how they are diagnosed and treated.

Writing milestones

Learn about the development of writing skills at different stages.

Visual-motor skills: How to foster in children

Read about ways to help a child improve their visual-motor skills.

Visuomotor skills

Learn about visuomotor skills, which are the control of small muscles in the fingers. Vision and movement work together to produce actions.

Reading and writing resources

There are many resources available to help your child learn to read, including books, workbooks, games and computer programs.

Sickle cell disease and types of communication

Learn about different types of communication and find out why good communication is important when you have sickle cell disease.

Reading milestones

Mark Family Literacy Day by learning the reading and writing tasks a child can normally complete at different ages and stages.

Occupational therapy and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Communication and cancer

It's important that you communicate with your health-care team and your family about how you're feeling and what you're thinking during cancer treatment. Learn more about why communication is important and how to becoem a better communicator.

Learning disabilities: Overview

A learning disability can be related to reading, writing or math. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of learning disabilities.

Sensory and motor services for autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Provides information about resources you can access to address sensory motor issues in your child who has autism.

Liver transplant: Talking with healthcare providers on your own

Precision Child Health (PCH)

Learn about Precision Child Health, including how it can help to better predict, prevent, diagnose and treat disease.

Occupational therapy for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA)

Occupational therapy can be beneficial for children and teenagers with JIA. Find out what an occupational therapist does and about common occupational therapy services, such as assistive devices and splints.

Kidney transplant: Talking with healthcare providers on your own

Suicide and self-harm

Read about suicide and self-harm, including why these thoughts may occur, the signs and symptoms and how to find help.

Screen time for teens: Overview

Find out what screen time is, how much time you should be spending online and how too much screen time can impact your mental health.

Thanking your donor

Use of dissolve and dose containers

This information explains how to use a dissolve and dose container to dissolve medicine in water and give it to your child.

Developmental paediatricians

Developmental paediatricians are doctors who specialize in child development. Learn what they do and how they can help your child.

Suppository instructions

Learn how to give your child medication using a suppository. Included are some tips on how to make giving the suppository easier.

Moving on: Higher education

Screen time: Overview

Find out how much screen time your child should have each day and how screen time affects your child’s health and wellbeing.