Palliative care includes reducing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering that is associated with serious illness. Learn about the role palliative care providers can have in your child’s care.
Learn about the supports available to families coping with pregnancy and infant loss, including perinatal palliative care.
Learn about other types of pain, including recurrent, procedural, and palliative pain. Read about how they are treated. Lumbar punctures are discussed.
Learn about the different types of brain tumours, how they are diagnosed and treated, and the various supports available to families.
A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.
Books and websites with information about heart conditions in children.
Both cancer and cancer treatments can cause a range of symptoms. Find out why this is and hear from other teens about their experiences.
Find out how best to respond to a child's concussion and how to plan their safe return to everyday activities.
Learning to manage your own finances can be both exciting and overwhelming. This page contains some helpful hints about managing your finances.
Nurse practitioners are registered nurses who have additional formal education. Find out how a nurse practitioner is different from a nurse and what they can do to help you during your treatment.
Information is divided into two section: Information about managing and coping with cancer and cancer care educational videos. Find information about how cancer can impact your whole family and how to support a teen with cancer. The cancer care educational videos provide practical information about caring for a child with cancer in seven different languages.
Find out who you should tell about your child's osteoporosis.
When you have a child with a complex health condition it is a good idea to write a letter to your child's school to give them the information they need.
Find out how to work with your child's school to support your child with ADHD.
Recommendations for navigating your way through the health-care system as a teenager and gaining independence in managing your own health care.
The Blalock-Thomas-Taussig (BTT) shunt helps babies with certain heart defects get enough oxygen until they can have surgery to fix the defect.
It is normal to experience some pain and discomfort after surgery, but there are ways to manage it. Find out what you can do to help manage your pain after surgery.
Discover how best to manage the emotional, social and financial impact of limb lengthening and reconstruction.
Learn about the different types of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and find tips for managing symptoms and coping with JIA management.
Recommendations for helping your child navigate through the health-care system and gain independence in managing their own health care.
Learn strategies to help you manage daily tasks inbetween caring for your child with cancer.
There are certain things that you will need to do to prepare to come to the hospital on the day of your child’s surgery. Review the checklists in this article to help you and your child get ready for surgery.
