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Social and emotional development in a baby’s first year

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Read about social and emotional development in a baby’s first year of life.

Social & emotional effects for children with heart disease

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Learn about the social and emotional effects that congenital heart disease might have on a child.

Scoliosis and emotional issues

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Having scoliosis can be emotionally upsetting for young children and teenagers. Find out about some common issues they face, such as negative self-image and increased stress.

Emotional Well-being Tool Kit: Ages 18+

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A list of free mental health resources available to youth in Ontario who are 18 years of age or older.

Emotional Well-being Tool Kit

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A list of free mental health resources available to youth in Ontario.

Physical activity and intestinal failure

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Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have intestinal failure.

Limb lengthening and reconstruction: Managing the impact on your family

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Discover how best to manage the emotional, social and financial impact of limb lengthening and reconstruction.

Physical activity and sport post kidney transplant

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Physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a kidney transplant.

Intellectual development and children with heart disease

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Read about how the development of a child's intellect may be affected by a congenital heart condition.

What is stress?

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Learn about stress and how it affects the body. Also learn the differences between good stress and bad stress.

Social and emotional development in school-age children

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During the school-age years, 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.

The cancer care team: Social worker

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A social worker can help you and your family manage your social and emotional needs during cancer treatment. Find out when you or your family would talk to a social worker and why.

Newborns and babies

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Learn about newborn nutrition, routine care and everyday health issues as well as some common physical and emotional adjustments to life after pregnancy.

Substance use disorder: Signs and symptoms

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Discover the most common emotional, physical and behavioural signs and symptoms of problematic substance use.

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.

Mind-body connection

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The mind-body, or brain-body, connection is the link between a person’s thoughts, feelings and behaviour and their physical symptoms. Learn about the role that this connection plays in your child's health.

Living with leukemia

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Learn about the challenges children being treated for leukemia face and how their diagnoses can also affect their siblings, parents and caregivers.

Burn injuries: Helping families cope

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Learn how to cope with emotional, social and financial stress as a family when your child has a burn injury.

Brain disorders and mental health: Common treatments

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Discover the range of treatments and support your child if they face mental health challenges because of a neurological condition.

Social and emotional effects after a blood and marrow transplant

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Parents can learn about social and emotional late effects for transplant survivors.

Suicide and self-harm

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

Suicide risk in children and teens: Signs and symptoms

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Learn about the range of signs that a child might be at risk of attempting suicide.

Toddler

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The toddler years bring new opportunities to support your child and understand the value of patience! Learn about toilet training, managing appetite slumps, handling common health issues and disciplining your child.

Sickle cell disease: Communicating with health-care providers, teachers and other school staff

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Learn strategies to help improve your communication with your teen's health-care providers, teachers and other school staff.

Special education

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Special education is the public educational system’s approach to helping all kinds of exceptional students reach their potential and get a useful education. Exceptionality, with respect to needs, can be identified in a number of domains, including problems with the senses, emotional problems or behavioural problems, autistic spectrum disorders, global developmental delay or intellectual disability, specific learning disabilities and giftedness.