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This pamphlet was developed by the Neurosciences Department at BC Children's Hospital to provide tips for families on recording seizures by using a "Seizure Log."
For more than 30 years, parents, caregivers, and health care providers have trusted Seizures and Epilepsy in Children to provide comprehensive, science-based information and practical answers to the most common questions about these conditions. In this new edition, completely revised and updated, a…
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Explains what a seizure is, what you should and should not do when your child is having a seizure.
This pamphlet was developed by the Neurosciences Nursing Department at BC Children's Hospital to provide information to families about administering Midazolam in the cheek.
Information on how to keep your child safe while s/he is having a seizure including: generalized tonic-clonic seizures; complex-partial seizures; simple partial seizures; absence seizures. Also discusses seizure safety in the water, in the bathroom, during sports or activities, while driving.
Kannon is a little boy with a form of epilepsy that sometimes gives him the wiggles, and when that happens, just like jello, his whole body jiggles. Kannon would very much like to go to school with everyone else his age, but he worries his condition might scare the other children away. After much t…
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This story follows Lee from her first seizure, to the doctor's office, and then home with new medication to control her seizures. It's a tale for young children with epilepsy.
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Paraldehyde is a medication used to treat seizures that last longer than 5 minutes, or come in clusters. This pamphlet explains to parents the right dose, the right time, and the right way to give this medication.
Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. An aspiring hockey player travels back in time to meet with Olympic gold medalist and professional hockey player Chandra Gunn. Gunn has lived most of her life with epilepsy.
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Now in its seventh edition, Ketogenic Diet Therapies for Epilepsy and Other Conditions is the premier resource for anyone considering starting or already implementing a ketogenic diet for epilepsy or other medical disorder. Coauthored by a multi-disciplinary care team from the world-renowned Johns …
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This pamphlet was developed by the Neurosciences Nursing Department at BC Children's Hospital to provide information to families about administering Midazolam in the nose.
Pamphlet provides information on how to recognize signs and symptoms of infection, including fever, in an infant. Also gives details on the tests for infection and how it is treated.
This pamphlet offers advice for parents and caregivers on how to know if your child has a fever, what you can do at home, and how it's diagnosed by a doctor.
Overview of what a fever is and how to treat it.
Learn how to tell if your infant or child has a fever, what medicines you can give them, and when to get help.
This useful, resourceful and practical guide provides those working with dyspraxic and DCD children one hundred ideas of how to support and develop their learning. Lists cover the entire school age range and range from developing fine and gross motor skills to preparing children for their next tran…
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Le sommeil est incontestablement la clé du bon développement de l?enfant, mais aussi d?une vie familiale sereine et équilibrée. Pourtant, il reste un défi à atteindre pour plusieurs personnes?Fruit de nombreuses années d?intervention, Enfin je dors?et mes parents aussi présente une nouvelle fois le…
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Les enfants anxieux sont en quelque sorte les otages de leurs peurs. Ils font tout ce qu'ils peuvent pour éviter les situations redoutées et posent sans cesse les mêmes questions angoissées. Pourtant, les réponses qu'on leur donne ne leur apportent pour ainsi dire aucun réconfort.
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Après 20 ans de recherche et d'expérimentation, Louise Reid découvre le déclencheur unique de toute anxiété. À partir d'une combinaison alliant une expérience personnelle de troubles anxieux, des études universitaires en psychologie, une longue recherche accompagnée d'expérimentations et la certitu…
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Votre enfant semble-t-il souvent malheureux ou inquiet? Éprouve-t-il des difficultés à dormir ou à se concentrer? Souffre-t-il d'une phobie ou encore d'une angoisse à l'idée d'attirer l'attention? Si vous reconnaissez l'un ou l'autre de ces symptômes chez lui, il souffre peut-être d'une dépression…
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