Learn about the different tools and sources of information that can help assess your child's pain.
Read about the assessment of pain in babies. From birth, babies are capable of feeling pain very acutely. Learn about tests that are run, such as the PIPP.
Read about assessment of pain in babies, which relies mostly on observing behaviours. For example, newborns are quick to respond to a heel prick.
Infants and toddlers can experience longer-lasting pain from certain conditions and repeated procedures. Find out how to assess longer-lasting pain in infants and toddlers at home and in medical settings.
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.
Discover how to assess acute pain in an older child (age six to 12) at home and in medical settings.
Learn to differentiate between myth and truth concerning children's pain. There are many common misconceptions of pain that should be dispelled.
Find out how the 3P approach to pain management can help your teen manage their chronic pain.
Find out how acute pain is identified and assessed, at home and in medical settings, in children not old enough to speak.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in an older child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Discover the signs of chronic pain in a young child and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
Find out how to assess acute pain in your young child (age two to five) at home and in medical settings.
Discover the signs of cancer-related pain in children and how cancer-related pain is assessed by the health-care team.
Find out how to recognize the signs of chronic pain at home and how chronic pain is assessed in medical settings.
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.
Learn about the process and goals of pain assessment to provide the information necessary to initiate optimal pain treatment strategies.
Bone pain is one of the most challenging aspects of osteoporosis. Learn about the different ways that bone pain can be treated.
Learn about how to talk to your child about how much pain they are feeling and some strategies to help them cope with pain.
Learn how to change your child's dressing and keep their pin and wire sites clean during limb lengthening or correction.
Read about various types and intensities of pain that a child may experience: acute pain, chronic pain, procedural pain, and recurrent pain.
Learn how people with diabetes measure their blood sugar levels and why it is important to do so.
The Pain Squad™ app helps children and teens with cancer to track their pain. Find out what this app does and the benefits of using it.
Pain treatment involves a mix of psychological, physical and pharmacological (medication) strategies. Learn more about the 3Ps for acute pain.
Find out how to recognize the signs of acute pain at home and how your teen's pain is assessed in medical settings.
Read about the long-term consequences of pain on a child, the importance of a child's pain management. A discussion of pain myths is included.