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Assessing younger school-aged children (age five to eight)

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.

Playtime at the hospital for school-age children

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This page is about play for school-age children staying in the hospital.

Assessing cancer-related pain in children

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Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.

Assessing toddlers and preschoolers (age one to four)

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Learn about how pain is assessed in toddlers and preschoolers. At this age, children can usually indicate the amount, type, and location of pain.

School-aged children with diabetes

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Learn about sharing responsibility for diabetes care with your school-aged child, and the impact diabetes management will have on them.

Acute pain: How to assess in young children

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Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.

Acute pain: How to assess in older children

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Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain with comfort positions and distraction

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Find out how you can use comfortable positions and distractions with your child to ease pain from needle pokes.

Epilepsy: Assessing your child's learning needs

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Read about why your child with epilepsy may require a psychoeducational assessment, who will perform it, and what it may consist of.

Assessing babies (from newborns to one year)

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Read about pain assessment in babies (from newborns to one year olds). Both behavioral reactions and physical reactions to pain are assessed.

Chronic pain: How to assess in young children

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Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.

Pain: How to talk to kids about their pain

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Learn about how to talk to your child about how much pain they are feeling and some strategies to help them cope with pain.

Leukemia and behavioural changes

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Learn how to recognize and deal with behaviour changes in your child with leukemia.

ADHD: Signs and symptoms

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Discover the main signs and symptoms of ADHD in school-aged children and teens.

Telling your child about the operation

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When you tell your child about the operation depends on your child's age and how anxious you think your child will be. Use the ages on this page as a guideline.

Acute pain: How to assess in infants and toddlers

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Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.

Chronic pain: How to assess in teens

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Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.

Pain assessment

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Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.

Myths about pain

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Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.

Brain disorders and mental health: Assessing your child for neuropsychological difficulties

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Learn what happens during a neuropsychological assessment and how you can use the results to help your child.

Social and emotional development in toddlers and preschool-age children

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As a toddler, and during pre-school age, 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.

Playtime at the hospital

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Playtime at the hospital can be fun. Learn what to do during playtime with your child of any age.

Somatization: Signs and symptoms

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Somatization is the expression of distress through physical symptoms and results from the mind-body or brain-body connection. Find out how it affects your child's health.

Factors affecting pain assessment

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Learn about the factors that affect pain assessment such as our emotions, behaviour and cultural attitudes to pain.

Physical activity and sport post heart transplant

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Find out why physical activity plays an important role in improving the social, emotional and physical health of children who have had a heart transplant.