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This book offers coping strategies for facing the combined elements of academic performance, high achievement standards, media messages, peer pressure, and family tension.
The COVID-19 pandemic has left many adults and children searching for answers about how they can stay safe. This illustrated guide gives children the tools they need to understand what's happening in the world and to discover how they can become a virus warrior.; For ages 5-10.
Learn to cook delicious, healthy food that will help your child's behaviour, focus, and development. This cookbook provides a current review of the commonly used diets for the treatment of ADHD and autism, and recipes appropriate to specific diets. It also provides suggestions for feeding picky eat…
This resource from BC Children?s Hospital can support families to explore their perspectives together and incorporate ways to foster the appropriate inclusion of children in healthcare decisions.; The Partnership Guide was developed to improve the guidance, support and participation of children ag…
One of the very best scientific predictors for how any child turns out - in terms of happiness, academic success, leadership skills, and meaningful relationships - is whether at least one adult in their life has consistently shown up for them. In an age of scheduling demands and digital distraction…
The social world is a big, complicated place that requires us to constantly figure out hidden rules in situations to help us make sense of how we are all interpreting and responding to each other?s actions and reactions. This book teaches students how to recognize and develop social skills. Every o…
BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, June 6, 2024 |
This activity book is a helpful and creative tool for children aged 4-8 to learn and understand their emotions to help reduce anxiety. It is intended to be used in conjunction with the 10 Steps to Reducing Your Child's Anxiety on the Autism Spectrum: The CBT-Based 'Fun with Feelings' Parent Manual.…
copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Friday, April 26, 2024 |
Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains how ADHD affects the body and behaviour.
BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, June 5, 2024 |
This vibrant and beautifully illustrated book educates children about sex, gender, and relationships in a way that is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Covering puberty, hormones, pregnancy, consent, sex, babies, relationships, and families, it uses gender-neutral language…
BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Thursday, April 18, 2024 |
Learn more about how lab and imaging tests are used to help detect (diagnose) and treat blood cancers (types of leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, myelodysplastic syndromes and myeloproliferative disorders). Includes tips to help keep track of test results and a handout with suggested questions to ask yo…
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When we learn about something bad - even when we hear only bits and pieces of it - our brains get busy trying to make sense of what we've heard. Seeing distressing events on the news, or hearing about them later, can feel scary and overwhelming. Talking about what happened, and how we feel about it…
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What to Say to Kids When Nothing Seems to Work offers parents an effective, step-by-step guide to some of the most common struggles for kids aged 5-12. Written by mental health professionals with over 30 years' experience listening to kids' thoughts and feelings, this book provides a framework to e…
copy 2 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Tuesday, December 12, 2023 | ||
copy 1 BC Children's and Women's Family Library | On Loan, due Wednesday, February 14, 2024 | ||
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what deep brain stimulation is, how it works to help with spasms, and what to expect from the procedure.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains why people need a stoma, what stomas look like, and how they work.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains how an MRI works, and what to expect from the procedure.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains how a PICC line works, what to expect from the procedure, and how to care for the PICC.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains why spasms happen, and treatments that can help.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what happens inside the body during an allergic reaction, and gives tips on living well with a food allergy.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what hemophilia is, how infusion factors help, and what you can do to help stay healthy.; Ages 7-12
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Comic book featuring Medikidz, superhero experts on health and illness. Explains what happens inside the body when a person has chronic kidney disease. Also explains how treatments work, and why eating healthy food is important.; Ages 7-12
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