Learn about pain assessment of younger school-age children. By this age, children begin to develop a sense of cause and effect concerning their pain.
Impacts of chronic pain on children are discussed, including impact on mood, school, socializing, hobbies, sleep, and family.
Learn about how we feel pain, what acute and chronic pain are and the most common causes of pain in people with sickle cell disease.
Find suggestions to help your teen manage their sickle cell pain using positive coping behaviours.
Learn about some of the accommodations that may be available to make school more comfortable for your teen with sickle cell disease. Also find tips for communicating your teen's needs to their teachers.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain your child might feel.
Learn the signs and causes of recurrent abdominal pain and when to get medical help.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Learn about techniques for pain management and the treatment of pain.
Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
There are many ways to classify or categorize pain. Learn what these are and the factors that affect how much pain you might feel.
Learn about psychological treatments used to treat pain, such as hypnosis, biofeedback, and imagery.
Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your older child with chronic pain.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your young child with chronic pain.
Learn how to replace negative thoughts with more positive thoughts to help reduce stress, tension and 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.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
When you have pain, it may feel hard enough just to do the activities you need to do, but it's important to also do activities you enjoy. Learn about incorporating enjoyable activities to help you feel happier and reduce your pain.
