Learn about play for school-age children staying in the hospital.
Play gives babies the opportunity for social interaction and learning. Find examples of appropriate toys for hospitalized babies from birth to 12 months.
Learn about play for preschoolers staying in the hospital.
Play gives toddlers an opportunity for learning and social development and it may also help to alleviate boredom and stress. Find out about play activities for hospitalized toddlers.
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.
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.
During the school-age years, your child is acquiring the fundamental skills to lead a healthy life as an adult. Find out more about this developmental phase, and whether your child is on track to achieving specific milestones.
Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your child with cancer-related pain.
Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 36 months old who are patients in the neonatal developmental follow-up clinic.
During the school-age years, your child continues to grow socially and emotionally. Find out more about this developmental phase, and whether your child is on track to achieving specific milestones.
Some children and adolescents are able to go back to school while receiving cancer treatment. Find out what risks you need to be aware of when going back to school and how to manage if you know you will be missing class.
During the school-age years, your child will demonstrate a genuine enthusiasm for learning. Find out more about this developmental phase, and whether your child is on track to achieving specific milestones.
How you prepare your child for surgery will depend on their age. Learn about different ways to prepare, from infants to teens.
While you're in the hospital, your health-care team may include a teacher to help you keep up with school work. Find out what you can expect from your in-hospital school teacher.
Coping styles in children with an illness vary. Learn your child's coping style.
Recommendations to encourage neurodevelopment in babies at 18 months old who have spent time in the neonatal neurodevelopment follow-up clinic.
Learn what an intestinal rehabilitation program is, which areas of care are involved in an intestinal rehabilitation program and how they help children with managing intestinal failure.
Learn about how complex medical conditions and admissions to the hospital can impact speech and language development in children.
Your goal is to work with your child's teacher to get the best education for your child. Your child has the right to attend school and if you feel they're not getting a "fair shake," get involved with the administration.
Learn how to care for your child at home after a liver biopsy.
Learn how to help your child get used to staying in the hospital.
Learn how to help your child transition back to school, after a blood and marrow transplant.
Read about preparing a teenager with congenital heart disease for high school. Guidance counselors and managing work, time and treatment are discussed.
Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.
A teacher's guide to congenital heart defects. Learn what you can do to help and what to expect if one of your students has a congenital heart defect.
