Therapeutic clown Soleil and Child Life Specialist Rachel talk about the importance of practicing if you want to get better at an activity.
Hang out with Rachael as she walks you through an animal-themed calming and sleepy guided relaxation. Perfect for before bed or when you're feeling anxious or stressed.
Relaxation is a skill that you can learn and practice over time. Find out why you should practice relaxation and when to use these techniques.
Learn about what is involved in changing a baby's diaper.
Learn what self-monitoring means, why it is important during treatment and how you can practice it.
In this edition: Child life specialist, Rachael, and Librarian, Brian, practice book stretching.
Behaviour rehearsal is a distraction technique that can help you prepare for a stressful event. Learn practice tips to help you improve this technique.
Whether you've been following a strict gluten-free diet for a long time or the diet is still new to you, accidental gluten exposures sometimes happen! Find tips to help you prepare for gluten exposure and how to manage the symptoms that may come with it.
Learn how to support your child develop communications skills to discuss celiac disease and the strict gluten-free diet, as well as advocate for their medical and dietary needs.
Learn about relaxation techniques, such as progressive muscle relaxation and hypnosis, that can be used for pain management in children.
This page provides recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies aged six weeks, who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU.
A reading disability is a specific type of learning disability. Learn about the symptoms of a reading disability, diagnosis and treatment.
Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.
Meditation is a technique you can use to handle stress, pain or other strong emotions. Learn how you can practice meditation to help calm your mind.
Learn about the different kinds of health research and how research leads to better health care.
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.
Learn how you can help your child cope, after their blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Learn about different factors that affect how your child is able to take on more responsibility for their self-care.
Learn about eye examinations, the optometrist’s role and the equipment used, so you can prepare your child, and yourself, for the vision test.
A broken forearm requires six to eight weeks in a cast to heal. Read about follow-up appointments and care for your child's arm after the cast has been removed.
Learn why children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk for becoming overweight.
