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This booklet contains a collection of quick and delicious recipes that can help toddlers, children & youth bond with parents and siblings.
When your child has a new burn or wound, food is very important. Your child needs more calories (energy) to help heal the skin.; Learn how nutrition can help your child to heal. This handout explains how to:; -Optimize meal times; -Offer high-calorie foods; -Offer high-protein foods; You will also …
This YouTube playlist includes 10 informational videos on sex education for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities.
This pamphlet provides information on Developmental Dysplasia of the hip
This handout explains why your baby may have low blood sugar, how nurses check your baby's blood sugar, and how you can help your baby.
When you are in labour it is important to know what to eat and drink.This handout lists foods that are easily digested, and clear fluids you might want to drink. It also lists foods to avoid. Check with your health care provider about eating or drinking as your labour progresses.
Tube feeding at home is called home enteral nutrition (HEN). A disaster can directly affect you and your ability to give yourself tube feeds at home. This booklet teaches you how to be prepared for a disaster. Keep this booklet with your HEN Emergency Pack.
This pamphlet provides general guidelines for healthy eating for women with diabetes during pregnancy.
Toddler's First Steps provides trusted information on how to nurture the healthy development of your child. As your child grows, they will learn and change at an amazing speed. This resource provides guidance on how to support your child as they go through the many stages of toddlerhood and encount…
Activities to enccourage speech development for children aged birth to 2, 2 to 4 years and 4 to 6 years.
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…
Learn about how oral immune therapy benefits premature or ill babies. This pamphlet explains how to how to hand express colostrum and breast milk for your baby.
Supported by clinical data, Mental Imagery Therapy for Autism (MITA) is a unique, early-intervention application for children with language delay and autism. MITA trains mental integration and language, starting with simple vocabulary, and progressing towards higher forms of language, such as adjec…
Supported by clinical data, Mental Imagery Therapy for Autism (MITA) is a unique, early-intervention application for children with language delay and autism. MITA trains mental integration and language, starting with simple vocabulary, and progressing towards higher forms of language, such as adjec…
This website is designed to provide information to parents, professionals, and self-advocates on how to teach human sexuality to individuals with special needs with a focus on Autism Spectrum Disorders. It also links to additional resources.
This app is designed for children aged 8-12 and their parents to build healthy habits by following the simple, yet effective, Live 5-2-1-0 message: FIVE or more vegetables and fruits, no more than TWO hours of recreational screen time, at least ONE hour of active play, and ZERO sugary drinks every …
This app is designed for children aged 8-12 and their parents to build healthy habits by following the simple, yet effective, Live 5-2-1-0 message: FIVE or more vegetables and fruits, no more than TWO hours of recreational screen time, at least ONE hour of active play, and ZERO sugary drinks every …
This guide is a sexuality and sex education resource written specifically for autistic people age 15 and up. Autistic people sometimes don't have the chance to learn about sexuality and sex in ways that work for them, so OAR created this guide as a starting point to change that.; In each of the nin…
Mirror Read transforms reading, and learning, for everyone: Teachers, Parents, Students, Reading Professionals, Researchers, and everyone from around in the world who is looking to play in reverse - in any language
This resource guide is designed for multiple birth families living in Canada, particularly those in British Columbia and the Lower Mainland. Includes information on multiple birth statistics, nutrition and multiple pregnancy, pregnancy at-home care programs, safety, telephone support, and other res…
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A practical and informative guide for parents who discover their unborn child has a heart problem. Sections include: answers to commonly asked questions; choices and decisions; talking about feelings; building your support team; pregnancy-related questions.
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Explains what PMDD is, including possible causes, symptoms and how to access treatment and support. Includes self-care tips for helping yourself, plus guidance for friends and family.
Overview of what a fever is and how to treat it.
Information to assist parents and caregivers of a child with Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI).
This eBook is an anxiety workbook for children age 5-11. Best Practice Guidelines for managing anxiety in this workbook have been adapted to be fun, engaging, and child friendly.
This picture book prepares children for a procedure at BC Children's Hospital. Using simple language and photos, the story explains who the child will meet, and what will happen when they come to hospital. The book also includes links to videos, and what your child can expect if they stay overnight.
This booklet is a companion to the British Columbia Early Learning Framework. It provides ideas and suggestions to guide early learning practitioners for reflecting on the vision, principles and learning goals set out in the Framework. It also provides specific tools for using the Framework in you…
Information on what to expect during your visit to the Emergency Department.
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains what you can expect from us, for each approach.
This booklet is to teach parents about pain in children and to help them to ask for better care. It tells about sources of pain, how to measure it in children, and pain management.
This pamphlet provides information about C. difficile, also known as Clostridium difficile or C.diff. It's a germ (bacteria) that can cause diarrhea.; It answers the questions about what it is, who can get it, how it's treated, how it spreads, how the hospital prevents the spread, what you can do t…
Discusses aveolar bone graft, a surgery to repair a cleft in a gum. Provides information for parents on how to care for their child after this surgery.
This booklet includes several handouts to help parents of children with diabetes and youth learn more about basal-bolus insulin with multiple daily injections (MDI). Some of the information will help in understanding what basal-bolus insulin therapy is; other information and exercises will help pa…
This handout is for parents and caregivers of school-aged children (age 6-12 years) having surgery at BC Children's Hospital. Learn what your child may find stressful, and how you can prepare your child for surgery.
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key pillars to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible. The pillars are; preparation, communication, comfort positions, alternate focus, and medication.…
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains one of our approaches, communication. Learn alternate focus is, why it…
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains one of our approaches, medication. Learn why it matters, and what you …
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains one of our approaches, preparation. Learn why preparation matters, and…
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key pillars to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible. The pillars are preparation, communication, comfort positions, alternate focus, and medication.;…
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains one of our approaches, alternate focus. Learn alternate focus is, why …
BC Children's Hospital is committed to promoting comfort at every clinical encounter.; The Comfort PACT is a protocol that includes five key approaches to promote comfort and reduce pain whenever possible.; This handout explains one of our approaches, comfort positions. Learn why comfort positions …
From the authors:; "Many parents ask us, What can I read about cerebral palsy? This booklet was written to answer that very question. We hope this booklet will help explain what cerebral palsy (CP) is and what supports Holland Bloorview can offer."; Note: Pages 1-15 contain general information that…
Gives information to parents and guardians on how to best work together with your child's health care team to keep your child safe during their stay at BC Children's.
Gives information to parents and guardians on how to best work together with your child's health care team to keep your child safe during their stay at Children's & Women's Mental Health.
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…
This booklet summarizes the BC Consensus Statement on Hip Surveillance for children with cerebral palsy, which was developed in 2011 and 2012 by parents of these children, and lots of nurses and physicians across BC.
This booklet summarizes the BC Consensus Statement on Hip Surveillance for children with cerebral palsy, which was developed in 2011 and 2012 by parents of these children, and lots of nurses and physicians across BC.
This booklet summarizes the BC Consensus Statement on Hip Surveillance for children with cerebral palsy, which was developed in 2011 and 2012 by parents of these children, and lots of nurses and physicians across BC.