Find out how you can use the 3P approach to support your child in acute pain.
Having scoliosis surgery can be a very emotionally difficult experience for a teenager. Learn about common stressors as well as how to cope with them.
If your child becomes sick before surgery, the surgery may need to be rescheduled. Learn about why it is important that your child is well before surgery.
Children with chronic health issues may be more likely to be bullied and also have parents that are overprotective. Learn what you can do to deal with these issues.
Find out what to expect as your child recovers from limb lengthening and reconstruction surgery.
Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) occurs when the immune system is overactivated and causes inflammation. Learn about the signs, causes and treatment of MAS.
Learn how doctors diagnose hemophilia, a bleeding disorder that mostly affects males.
It is important to keep your child as healthy as possible before a heart transplant. Learn about what happens while you are waiting for a donor heart to become available.
Learn how a child's transplant can affect their siblings and how you can help them adjust.
Learn tips to help navigate the transitions you and your child will experience during their hospital stay for intestinal failure and when planning to return home from the hospital.
Puberty is a stage of development where your child's body starts to take on adult form. Learn about puberty in boys and how to talk to your son about puberty.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
As a parent, you can play an important role in preparing your child for a stay in hospital. Learn about your child's operation, ask questions, and find out how you can prepare your child.
Learn what you can do to help your child cope with leukemia treatment, procedures, and side effects.
Find out what is involved in in-hospital hemodialysis and its benefits.
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a treatment which involves surgery to insert electrodes into a specific target in the brain. It is used to treat movement disorders and some types of epilepsy. Learn more about the surgery, how DBS works and how to care for your child after surgery.
Find out what happens when you receive chemotherapy as an outpatient, either in the hospital or taking medications at home.
Learn about multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare syndrome linked to a SARS-CoV-2 infection.
Find out how anorexia nervosa can occur and who is most likely to be affected by it.
Learn what blood clots are, how they form, how they are treated, and complications that can occur because of them.
Learn how child life specialists can help during your child's blood and marrow transplant/cellular therapy.
