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Coping with Pain

Therapeutic clown Soleil and Child Life Specialist Rachel share tips to help us cope when we are in pain. Deep breathing, using a Hoberman sphere (breathing ball), is featured in this video.

Coping with a diagnosis of congenital heart defects

Read about coping with a diagnosis. While the diagnosis may be upsetting, the good news is that a child's pain is no longer a mystery.

Coping with Pain with Help from a Child Life Specialist

In this edition: Child life specialists, Rachael, Alexis, and Katie talk about staying relaxed by creating a coping plan when we are nervous and stressed.Do you do any of the these activities?

How to help your teen cope with sickle cell pain

Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.

Coping strategies for pain

Discover some coping strategies you can use during a JIA flare-up. These strategies can help reduce pain by changing the way your pain signals are being sent to and from your brain.

Coping with pain

Read about pain management. Children show pain differently, depending on age. Ideas for comforting children of all ages are included.

Encouraging healthy coping behaviours

Encourage healthy coping behaviours in your teen with these expert tips.

Coping styles in children

Coping styles in children with an illness vary. Learn your child's coping style.

Coping strategies for fatigue

Learn how relaxation, distraction and changing your thinking habits can help to improve fatigue.

Coping with stressful or painful tests or procedures

Coping with the changes

After scoliosis surgery, you may find routine activities difficult for a while. Learn about some coping strategies that may be useful during this time.

Coping with symptoms, stress, flare-ups and setbacks

Negative coping when you are under stress

Negative coping includes the use of alcohol, drugs, overeating and other risky or aggressive behaviours to cope with stress or anxiety. Find out what you can do to avoid these behaviours or seek support for negative coping.

Coping with Worries

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

Chronic pain: How to assess in teens

​Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.

Coping with pain: Meditations for celiac disease

This page contains a series of guided meditations to help you cope with physical or emotional pain and discomfort related to celiac disease and stress.

Managing sickle cell pain

Learn about the 3P approach to pain management, which is a combination of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medications) strategies.

Acute pain: How to assess in young children

Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.

Trauma: Treatment and coping methods

Learn about the different treatment options for coping with trauma including psychotherapy, medication and coping mechanisms.

Coping with your emotions

When anticipating scoliosis surgery, there are a wide range of emotions to be felt. Read about fears, feelings and coping advice from other teens.

What is pain?

Find out why and how you feel pain, whether from JIA or another source, such as a needle or cut, and learn the differences between acute and chronic pain.

Pain: How to talk to kids about their pain

Learn about how to talk to your child about how much pain they are feeling and some strategies to help them cope with pain.

Mental health, wellbeing and celiac disease: Video resources

​Find out how you can find a sense of peace when your world seems overwhelming or when things are getting you down.