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Intramuscular injections: Injecting at home

A guide on giving your child injections into the muscle (intramuscular) at home.

Maintaining a healthy body weight

Helmets: How to get your child to wear one

A step-by-step guide for parents on how to fit a safety helmet and encourage a child to wear one.

Radon: Reducing your risk at home

Learn the facts about radon, what it is, health risks, and practical tips on reducing radon exposure in the home.

Mathematics: When to worry

Math skills are divided into different categories. Within these categories, learn about the specific signs that indicate your child may be having difficulty.

Sickle cell disease: Reducing negative thoughts and increasing positive thoughts

Learn how to replace negative thoughts with more positive thoughts to help reduce stress, tension and pain.

What does scoliosis look like?

There are five different curve patterns in the spines of children with scoliosis. Learn about these, and other physical changes that can occur.

Needle pokes: Reducing pain with numbing cream

Learn when, where and how to apply numbing cream to ease the pain of needle pokes for your child.

What is palliative care?

Palliative care includes reducing the physical, psychological, social and spiritual suffering that is associated with serious illness. Learn about the role palliative care providers can have in your child’s care.

What does scoliosis look like?

There are five different curve patterns in the spines of teenagers with scoliosis. Learn about these, and other physical changes that can occur.

Hemophilia and self-infusion

Teens living with hemophilia can learn tips on how to give self-infusions.

Closure device insertion

Holes in the heart or blood vessels can sometimes be closed with a small device that is put in using heart catheterization. Learn about this procedure.

Hemophilia and school

Teens living with hemophilia can learn helpful tips on post-secondary school, including how to budget.

Enoxaparin: Injecting at home

A guide on how to give your child enoxaparin injections. Find out the injection sites and how to discard the needle.

Café-au-lait macules (CALMs)

Café-au-lait macules are flat marks on the skin. Find out how CALMs are diagnosed, how they affect the body and how they are treated.

Communicating with school during cancer treatment

Keeping in contact with your school and during cancer treatment is important. Find out how you can communicate with your school, what you should tell them and what to expect when returning to class.

Tinzaparin: Injecting at home

A guide on giving your child tinzaparin injections at home. Also learn when to call your thrombosis team.

Cell morphology test

Learn how a cell morphology test is performed and how it can confirm a leukemia diagnosis.

Hepatitis C: Information for children

Hepatitis C is a virus that affects the liver. If you have hepatitis as a child, learn about how you got it and how you can look after yourself.

Preparing suctioning equipment and supplies

Learn how to set up a suction machine, what equipment you will need and which size catheter you should use for your child.

About scoliosis

Scoliosis is a condition that causes your child’s spine to curve sideways. Learn about the different types of scoliosis, some of its causes, and the risk factors that can increase your child's chance of developing a more severe curve.

Hemophilia: Diagnosing joint disease

Teens living with hemophilia can learn how doctors diagnose joint disease, a common complication of hemophilia.

What to expect during a pelvic exam

A pelvic exam should be done once you turn 25 or sooner and then every 3 years after that. Learn what to expect during your first pelvic exam.

Ostomy

An ostomy is an opening to collect urine or stool outside the body. Learn about different types of ostomies and what they look like.

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.