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Finding a primary health-care provider

Read about tips and tricks for finding a primary health-care provider on your own.

Finding a primary health-care provider

Read about tips and tricks for finding a primary health-care provider for your family.

Hemophilia and finding quality information

Teens learn how to find accurate information about hemophilia.

Talking with your doctor about your child

Parents with a sick child need open communication with the health-care team. Learn tips when talking with the doctor about your child.

Behavioural disorders: How to help your child at home

Learn how to manage your child's difficult behaviour.

Bipolar disorder: Treatment with medications

​Learn about the medications that can treat bipolar disorder, including their side effects and how your child will be monitored while they take them.

Sickle cell disease: Finding the positives

Find tips to help you find the positives in your life instead of focusing on the negatives, which can increase your positive emotions over time and reduce your pain.

Cognitive side effects of radiation

For some people, radiation can affect memory and ability to think, learn and concentrate. These are known as cognitive side effects. Find out who gets cognitive side effects, how you will know if you have cognitive side effects and the effects of these changes.

Wilson disease

Wilson disease is a genetic disorder that allows copper to build up in the body. Learn about how it is diagnosed and treated.

Coping with stressful or painful tests or procedures

Fever in a returning traveller

Find out what to look out for and when to see a doctor if your child has a fever after travelling abroad.

Understanding your child's epilepsy diagnosis

Find out how epilepsy is diagnosed and what questions to ask to make sure you understand the diagnosis.

Going to the Doctor

Therapeutic clown Soleil and Child Life Specialist Rachel share how they feel when they have to visit the doctor or need to get a vaccine. Rachel shows us how to feel brave and strong before a doctor's visit.

Precision Child Health (PCH)

Learn about Precision Child Health, including how it can help to better predict, prevent, diagnose and treat disease.

Pain after an operation: Taking care of your child's pain at home

Most children have at least some pain after an operation, which is called post-operative pain. Learn about relieving a child's post-operative pain at home.

Developmental/epileptic encephalopathy with spike wave activation in sleep (DEE-SWAS)

DEE-SWAS is a rare epilepsy syndrome that can affect children aged two to 12. Learn about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of DEE-SWAS.

Pain at home: Taking care of your child

This page give advice on how to relieve a child's pain at home.

Accessibility and support when working

Find out about the supports that are available to you to help you succeed at work.

The cancer care team: Doctor

When being treated for cancer, you will have many different types of doctors. Read about what you can expect from your doctor and how they will help you through your diagnosis and treatment.

Self-monitoring after cancer treatment

Even after cancer treatment has ended, it is important to continue self-monitoring for symptoms. Find out why this is important and why you should continue to attend all follow-up appointments.

Complete blood count (CBC)

Learn what a complete blood count (CBC) can find.

Infantile spasms

Learn about infantile spasms, a type of epilepsy. Learn how infantile spasms are diagnosed and treated, and who can help you and your baby.

Epilepsy: An overview

An overview of seizures and epilepsy, with information about treatment options.

Coping with your child's illness as a parent

Coping with your child’s illness as a parent means taking care of yourself. Learn practical stress relief approaches for parents.

Biopsies and cancer diagnosis

A biopsy allows doctors to look at the tumour cells to diagnose the type of cancer you may have. Find out about the different types of biopsies, why you may need a biopsy and the potential risks.