Learn about possible outcomes for premature babies.
Find out which substances teens use most often, and why, and what to do if you are concerned about your teen’s substance use.
Find out how limb reconstruction surgery can lengthen and repair shorter or crooked limbs.
Learn how to help your child use technology safely and what to do if your child has been bullied, has bullied others or has seen cyberbullying.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
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A hip spica cast extends from the chest to below the knees. Learn how to care for your child's hip spica cast.
Find out how you can use effective parenting to support the 3Ps of pain management for your teen with acute pain.
Juvenile enthesitis-related arthritis includes swelling and pain where tendons and ligaments attach to bone. It affects more boys than girls.
Learn from young people with arm and hand differences about how they perform school, work, and computer-based work in their own way.
Teens living with hemophilia can learn why trusting their senses and speaking up is the best way to recognize bleeds
Discover the phases of your child's limb lengthening and reconstruction treatment.
Learn how to how to care for your child at home after a myelogram.
Learn about the signs and symptoms of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), which can have more severe symptoms than acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL).
A congenital hand anomaly is a hand or arm deformity that develops during pregnancy or birth. Learn how to help your child function independently.
Learn how the Taylor Spatial Frame works to lengthen or correct your child's limb.
Learn about the safety of vaccines, their side effects, how they are given and what they protect your child against.
Your child needs to take the medicine called olanzapine. This information sheet explains what olanzapine does, how to give it and what side effects your child may have when they take this medicine.
Sheriauna is a young adult who is a below-the-elbow amputee. In this video, she demonstrates how she applies her makeup.
A body cast is a special type of cast that helps treat your child’s spinal curvature or protect spinal instrumentation after surgery. Learn how to take care of your child while they wear the cast and after it is removed.
Find out how to recognize and treat the signs and symptoms of a roseola infection.
Learn about rubella (German measles) and how it can be prevented.
Learn what the potential complications of diabetes are, the risk factors and how they can be reduced.
It is important to respect the words people use to describe themselves. Learn about how to be inclusive using gender-neutral language.
Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.
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