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Becoming a parent after a transplant

Helping families cope following a traumatic injury

​Find out how you can manage your own health while caring for your family after your child experiences a traumatic injury. 

Drug and alcohol precautions after a liver transplant

Body image

Learn more about body image and how having a positive body image can improve your overall health.

Behavioural disorders: Signs and symptoms

Learn about the main symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder and conduct disorder.

Hemophilia: School and lifestyle

Teens living with hemophilia learn tips when away at school, including how to stay healthy, get better sleep and manage money.

Knowing your rights in a health-care setting

Learn about your rights when it comes to making your own health-care decisions and your right to privacy.

Self-care after leukemia treatment

Learn ways to encourage a child who has had leukemia to be aware of their medical history and to be an active participant in their own health.

Dealing with teasing and bullying after a transplant

Behavioural disorders: How to help your child at home

Learn how to manage your child's difficult behaviour.

Steps towards independence

Information to help your child or teen become more independent and take control of their own health care.

Self-monitoring: Recognizing symptoms and side effects

Learn what self-monitoring means, why it is important during treatment and how you can practice it.

Self-efficacy: How to foster in children

These practical tips for parents help foster self-efficacy, so a child learns to persist when facing a setback.

Routine self-monitoring after a liver transplant

Cannabis: How to talk with your teen

Learn about how to have an informed conversation with your teen about cannabis.

Monitoring your diet and fluid intake after a kidney transplant

Dehydration

Dehydration occurs when the body does not have enough water to function properly. Learn how illness can cause dehydration and how it is treated.

Chronic pain: Effective parenting for young children

​Find out how you can use effective parenting strategies to support the 3Ps of pain management for your young child with chronic pain.

Supporting your child with a neurodevelopmental disorder through the COVID-19 crisis

Learn about strategies and ways to help your child with a neurodevelopmental disorder cope during the COVID-19 crisis.

Self-efficacy in children

​​Learn why self-efficacy is important for academic success and well-being in children.

Anorexia nervosa: Signs and symptoms

Find out about the signs and symptoms of anorexia nervosa.

Body piercing

Learn about considerations for discussing body piercings with your teen, including how to identify a trusted piercing studio and how to care for a body piercing.

Is my child or adolescent feeling stressed about COVID-19?

Learn how children and adolescents express stress through their thoughts, feelings and behaviours. Find some strategies on how you can help your child.

Relative energy deficiency in sports (RED-S)

Learn about RED-S, a syndrome caused by not getting enough fuel through food to support the demands of daily physical activity.

Birth control and pregnancy