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.
Teenagers with phenylketonuria (PKU) face the unique challenge of balancing their health with their growing independence. Read about how you can support your teen with PKU.
Children growing up with phenylketonuria (PKU) need to incorporate health care into their normal routines. Read about encouraging proper development.
Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatment of middle ear effusion, a build-up of fluid behind the eardrum.
Find information to help you support your child with intestinal failure from birth to 11 years of age as they transition through developmental ages and stages.
Find information to help support your teen (12 to 18 years of age) with intestinal failure transition through developmental ages and stages.
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.
Recommendations for babies who have spent time in the NICU or CCCU to help improve neurodevelopment at eight months.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your older child with chronic pain.
Otitis media is a middle ear infection caused by a backup of fluid behind the eardrum. Learn the causes, symptoms, prevention and treatment of otitis media.
Learn about why children need limits, the challenges of limit setting and how to appropriately use consequences and time outs.
Read about when you will need to transition to adult care, why this is necessary, and advice from other teens who have made the transition.
Mastoiditis is an infection caused by bacteria within the bone behind the ear. Learn more about what causes mastoiditis and find out how it is diagnosed and treated.
Learn about chronic pain in teenagers and the effect that it may have. Pain management, responsibilities, drinking and drug use are discussed.
Discover the sources and acceptable daily intake limits, if any, of sweeteners and caffeine.
Learn how to give your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home and tips to make the injections less painful for your child.
Clubfoot is a malformation of the foot present at birth that causes the foot to be turned inward and downward. Learn about how it is treated with the boots and bar orthosis, and how to take care of your child.
Read about the transition that must be made from paediatric to adult care.
The teen years can be challenging for your child, and for you. Learn how you can guide your teenager to follow nutrition guidelines, develop good sleep habits, manage their mental health and make safe lifestyle decisions.
Learn how you can foster positive thinking in your child.
Morphea (localized scleroderma) is a rare skin condition that causes hard, thickened patches due to excess collagen. Learn about symptoms, treatment and outcomes in children.
Hypopituitarism is a condition that affects hormone development. Learn about the role hormones play in the body, the types of hypopituitarism and how it will impact your child's life.
Phonological awareness is the ability to recognize that words are made up of individual sounds. Phonological awareness goes through developmental stages like other language-related skills.
Learn stretches and strengthening exercises and about proper shoes to help your child if they walk on their toes beyond three years of age.
Learn about visuomotor skills, which are the control of small muscles in the fingers. Vision and movement work together to produce actions.
