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Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Search our collection of print books, eBooks, CDs and DVDs, games, and teaching tools on health topics.
Learn about why your child needs an implanted port, how they get one, and how the port works. Includes illustrations.
This pamphlet about the PBSC procedure. It explains what stem cells are and why this procedure is needed. It discusses how to prepare a child for PBSC and explains what to expect after the procedure.
Learn about living with an insuflon, like when it should be replaced, and how to give medicine through the insuflon.
A printing program, developed by the Sunny Hill Health Research Centre Therapy Department, to support primary grade children learn the correct way to form each letter so that printing becomes easier and more automatic. This can also help to make printing neater and quicker. This printing program is…
This pamphlet explains how you can help your child heal when they have an acticoat dressing, and what to expect next.
Explains the timing, procedure and care for alveolar cleft bone graft, a surgery to repair a cleft in a gum. Provides information for parents and guardians with children undergoing the surgery.
This pamphlet explains the red blood cell exchange (RBCX) procedure. You will learn when this procedure is needed, and how to prepare a child for RBCX.
This pamphlet is about therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE). It explains TPE is, how to prepare your child, and and why this procedure is needed.
For parents and guardians of children with heart failure (hearts that do not function normally). Explains causes, diagnosis and treatments for heart failure. Lists members of the heart failure team, explains adjustments to make at home, and what to expect during clinic visits.
Entering adulthood can be a scary time but with accurate and up-to-date information you can learn to embrace, and be excited about, the changes that are going to happen to your body, mind, spirit, and relationships.
This accessible handbook introduces the ICF to professionals working with children with disabilities and their families. It contains an overview of the elements of the ICF but focuses on practical applications, including how the ICF framework can be used with children, families and carers to formul…
This workbook provides effective approaches to putting babies and children to sleep. Includes the author's signature Sleep Lady Shuffle. Helps tired parents create and follow an effective sleep plan to achieve sleep success for babies and children of any age - from toddlers to tweens.
This book for young adults delivers facts about the differences between smoking and vaping, effects on their short-term and long-term health, and how addiction works. This book gives strategies for dealing with peer pressure, how to handle addiction, and how to quit smoking altogether. (Note: This …
For young adult readers looking for the lowdown on opioids, this book delivers the facts, including how opioids affect the brain and why painkillers can lead to dependence. This practical guide includes tips for coping with pain without resorting to opioids, and resources for those who are facing o…
One of the greatest challenges a parent faces is navigating their child's appetite. This book separates fact from fad, and shares the latest reliable science to help you decide what's best for you and your child. The book covers eating during pregnancy, milk-feeding (with breastfeeding or formula),…
This book for children explains that safety is about feeling secure, feeling protected and being responsive - no matter the environment or situation. The story addresses healthy boundaries, peer pressure, bullying, and Internet safety. The story also discusses when to get a caring adult's help. For…
This book will help children become smart digital citizens who know how to recognize reliable sources and safe websites. Learn to navigate the Internet, think carefully about the content they view and share, follow rules for healthy interactions, and reflect when you make mistakes. For ages 5-9.
This workbook blends cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR). You will learn how pain affects both your mind and body, how negative emotions can make pain worse, and strategies to help you turn the volume down on your pain, so you can go back to enjoying act…
In this workbook, you'll learn about the power of mindfulness, and how it can help you create your own special space for simply being with your thoughts. When you're dealing with difficult emotions, you'll have this safe space to go to again and again--no matter where you are or what you're doing. …
This is a practical guidebook for parents, teachers and other professionals supporting children with sensory and motor learning difficulties. It offers an understanding of developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and the impact that this can have in both home and school settings. Each chapter off…
