Information to help your child or teen become more independent and take control of their own health care.
Teens with sickle cell disease may need encouragement to become more independent with taking their medications as instructed, filling their prescriptions and making clinic appointments. Learn what you can do to encourage your teen to manage their condition independently.
Learn about sickle cell disease and how it can be treated. Also find information about helping your child or teen manage sickle cell pain and guidance on helping your teen become more independent with managing their sickle cell disease.
Discover strategies and tips to help your teen become more independent and take control of their own health care.
Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they do home, school, work, and leisure activities in their own way.
Teens living with hemophilia learn tips when away at school, including how to stay healthy, get better sleep and manage money.
Learn why children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are at risk for becoming overweight.
Learn ways to encourage a child who has had leukemia to be aware of their medical history and to be an active participant in their own health.
Learn the importance of self-care after your child survives a blood and marrow transplant.
Learn how you can help your teenager to feel more independent and in control while they go through cancer treatment.
This page contains information to help parents cope with their increasingly independent teen.
Learn about how to support your physical, mental and social health when you have a chronic condition.
Learn how you can help your child cope, after their blood and marrow transplant (BMT).
Information on HIV for teens including how people get HIV, managing HIV, disclosure and transitioning to adult health care.
Learn about the definition of and the causes and medical conditions associated with prematurity.
Find out how to prepare your child for taking charge of their own health-care, as they transition from the paediatric to adult health-care system.
Welcome to the transplant learning hub. Here you will find information for parents and teens on adjusting to life with a transplant organ whether waiting for surgery or managing a transplant for a number of years.
Read about the causes and symptoms of absence epilepsy and how the condition is treated.
Learn about different factors that affect how your child is able to take on more responsibility for their self-care.
Communication skills are something you can constantly improve on. Find out how you can become a better communicator.
Find out how active transportation and child-friendly communities can help children be more independent and physically active.
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.
Read about social and emotional development in a baby’s first year of life.
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