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      Creativity: How to raise a creative thinker

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      Learn what creativity is, why it is important, and how you can help nurture creativity in your child at home.

      Encouraging healthy lifestyle habits

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      Exercising regularly, eating well and sleeping well are all important parts of proper JIA management. Learn how to encourage your teen to be healthy.

      Visual-motor skills: How to foster in children

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

      Phenylketonuria (PKU) transitions in the middle years

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      Children with phenylketonuria (PKU) need to learn how to balance everyday life and health care. Learn ways to encourage your child to manage their PKU.

      Ostomy: Day-to-day activities for children aged 1–11 years

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      Learn how an ostomy impacts your child's day-to-day activities and about considerations for protecting the stoma and ostomy pouch.

      Supporting your child with a neurodevelopmental disorder through the COVID-19 crisis

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      Learn about strategies and ways to help your child with a neurodevelopmental disorder cope during the COVID-19 crisis.

      Feeding my baby: Frequently asked questions

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      Find answers to frequently asked questions teenagers have about breastfeeding, including how long it's recommended, supplementing with formula, and troubleshooting.

      How to prepare for surgery based on your child's age

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      How you prepare your child for surgery will depend on their age. Learn about different ways to prepare, from infants to teens. 

      Helping your child cope after a blood and marrow transplant

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      Learn how you can help your child cope, after their blood and marrow transplant (BMT).

      Introducing new food textures to your baby

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      Learn how and when to introduce different food textures to your child.

      Coping with Worries

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      Therapeutic clown Soleil and Child Life Specialist Rachel show us different ways to manage our worries. How do you like to manage your worries?

      Get Your Body Moving

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      Therapeutic clown A. Leboo and Child Life Specialists tell us why it is important to get your body moving, even if it is a little painful, to help your body heal. Here are some examples of simple exercises.

      Typhoid fever

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      An overview of the causes, symptoms, treatment and ways to prevent your child from getting typhoid fever when traveling to regions where typhoid fever is known to occur. 

      Speech and language therapy for mutism after brain tumour surgery

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      Find in-depth information on the speech and language problems that can occur as a result of brain tumour treatment, and the ways that speech and language therapy can help.

      Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD): How to help your child

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      Learn how to avoid contributing to your child's OCD symptoms and to use limits, consistency and praise to improve symptoms over time.

      Treating and managing cancer-related pain in children

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      ​Discover how to use the 3P approach to manage cancer-related pain in children.

      Phenylketonuria (PKU) transitions in the early years

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      Children growing up with phenylketonuria (PKU) need to incorporate health care into their normal routines. Read about encouraging proper development.

      Distraction techniques to help manage cancer

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      Managing daily tasks when your child has cancer

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      Learn strategies to help you manage daily tasks inbetween caring for your child with cancer.

      The cancer care team: Occupational therapist

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      ​An occupational therapist can help you with everyday tasks. Find out why you might need occupational therapy as part of your recovery.

      Parenting a child with leukemia

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      Learn about ways you can manage the stress of parenting your child with leukemia.

      How to talk to your child about surgery

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      It is not easy to talk to your child about surgery, but your child’s health-care team is here to support you in having this conversation. This page contains some conversation recommendations and suggestions to help you prepare your child.

      Congenital hand anomaly (hand difference)

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      A congenital hand anomaly is a hand or arm deformity that develops during pregnancy or birth. Learn how to help your child function independently.

      Reading: How to help early and struggling readers

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      Learn about the everyday activities you can do with your child to develop their reading skills.

      Helping your child cope with leukemia

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      Learn what you can do to help your child cope with leukemia treatment, procedures, and side effects.

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