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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.
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…
Provides information to help parents make a choice about using Sucrose to manage infant pain.
This workbook teaches mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), a clinically proven program for alleviating stress, anxiety, panic, depression, chronic pain, and a wide range of medical conditions. Includes an MP3 CD with 21 guided meditations.; Also available as an eBook.
Regardless of whether your chronic pain includes endometriosis, IC, or IBS, or a combination of all of these, following an anti-inflammatory diet can help to reduce the intensity of the pain you are experiencing. It is also essential to include lifestyle changes, such as increased activity and exer…
Mind and Body is a book written for self-advocates covering topics such as the male and female body, relationships, sexual safety, pregnancy, and abuse, plus much more. We wanted to make the most comprehensive sexuality resource there is for individuals with disabilities, so we collaborated with pr…
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Guided meditations for pregnancy are accompanied by soothing flute music to promote relaxation, healing, inner strength, and opening the heart. Suitable for all stages of pregnancy and the newborn period.; *; Contents:; - Guided Body Scan helps to deeply relax the whole body and awaken healing ener…
WebMAP Mobile is a program for teens who have problems with chronic pain like headaches, abdominal pain, or back pain. WebMAP Mobile is designed to help teens cope with pain and increase their ability to do things that are important to them.
WebMAP Mobile is a program for teens who have problems with chronic pain like headaches, abdominal pain, or back pain. WebMAP Mobile is designed to help teens cope with pain and increase their ability to do things that are important to them.
Information for families with children in a hip spica body cast. Includes: cast care, skin care, day-to-day care, as well as other resources and hints.
Use Symple to track how you feel, to monitor your health, and to improve your wellbeing. Designed by both clinicians and regular people, Symple is an enjoyable way to connect to better health.
Puberty can be a scary and challenging 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 and spirit.
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The sexual, physical, mental, and spiritual safety of our children should be a top priority for everyone, This book was written to support children ages 3-10. The goal is to provide activities and discussions that will help increase abuse resistance.
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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 workbook for teens will show you how to deal with the day-to-day challenges of making healthy decisions about food. Instead of resorting to fad diets, you will learn how to avoid overeating in the first place, be more aware of your body, and really enjoy meals-instead of just popping food in y…
This book details powerful CBT skills to help you move past body-focused repetitive behaviours (BFRB). You will learn why you engage in these behaviors, and how to identify the places, things, or experiences that cause your behavior to become worse. Finally, you will learn strategies to use when fa…
This book outlines an attachment-based approach to help your child succeed based in the latest research. A secure attachment relationship between you and your child actually optimizes their learning ability by enhancing motivation, regulating anxiety, and triggering neuroplasticity. You will discov…
Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the…
Breathe2Relax is a portable stress management tool which provides detailed information on the effects of stress on the body and instructions and practice exercises to help users learn the stress management skill called diaphragmatic breathing.Breathing exercises have been documented to decrease the…
This compassionate guide contains 100 practical ideas to help those grieving after a miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy. The book teaches the principles of grief and mourning to practical, action-oriented tips for coping with the natural difficulties of a loss.
Beloved grief educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt compassionately explores the common feelings of shock, anger, guilt, and sadness that accompany a stillborn child, offering suggestions for expressing feelings, remembering the child, and healing as a family. Ideas to help each unique person?mother, father, g…
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 guide discusses how baby blues and depression may affect women's physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being and what to do if that occurs.; Part 1 - Basic Aboriginal Teachings; Part 2 - Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the first year of being a parent; Part 3 - Feelings during Pregnancy an…
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Addressing the significant loss that divorce represents for children, this caregiving companion makes it possible for adults to guide them through the natural grief that accompanies the experience. Contending that children can continue to thrive if they are shown the way, this sensitive guide provi…
Booklet describing breastfeeding techniques and common problems associated with breastfeeding.
Information on how to prepare for your child's heart surgery including dental care, what happens at the pre-admission clinic, what to do if your child becomes ill before surgery, how to prepare your child, what to pack, visiting.
Information on how to care for a child with a pacemaker used to treat an irregular heart rhythm (arrythmia). Including: how to care for the incision; activity recommendations; signs of possible problems; travel information; environmental hazards.
This pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Information on how to start and keep up breast milk supply when a baby is not breastfeeding.
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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Learn about why your child needs an implanted port, how they get one, and how the port works. Includes illustrations.
Learn how to flush Heparin solution through your child's implanted port. Includes photographs.
This pamphlet provides information for new parents about the flu, precautions they can take to protect their baby from the flu virus, and what will happen if you or your baby gets the flu while staying in the hospital.
Learn about living with an insuflon, like when it should be replaced, and how to give medicine through the insuflon.
This one page pamphlet describes the recommended steps to care for your child's chest wound.
Written in Vietnamese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Written in Punjabi, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
This pamphlets contains nursing discharge instructions for your child after surgery. It also explains how to care for your child after surgery, and when to get help.
This handout goes through the steps of managing and taking care of a Blake Drain.
This handout explains the limb lengthening process, including the operation and aftercare with a magnet.
A guide to help parents care for their child after heart surgery. Topics include: care of your child's incision; diet; pain management; post-surgical behaviour; activity; immunizations; returning to school and day care; preventing infection; and Post Pericardiotomy Syndrome(PPS).
Written in Traditional Chinese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Written in Simplified Chinese, this pamphlet offers tips and strategies for helping your child prepare for surgery. There's separate sections with tips for infants, toddlers, preschooler age children, school-age children, and teens.
Bronchiolitis is a cold virus (often Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)) that has gone down into your child's lungs. This pamphlet provides information about what to do, what treatments are available, and when to go to your family doctor and the emergency room.
Top experts James Lock and Daniel Le Grange explain what you need to know about eating disorders, which treatments work, and why it is absolutely essential to play an active role in your teen's recovery--even though parents have often been told to take a back seat. Learn how to monitor your teen's …
This 3 page pamphlet provides tips on breastfeeding for multiple babies. Includes tips on getting started, what to do if your babies are in NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) or IN (Intermediate Nursery), as well as information on breast feeding supplies.
This pamphlet offers advice to parents and caregivers on how to care for your child with croup. It explains croup, the symptoms, what you can do at home, how it's diagnosed and also how it's treated.
Advice sheet for parents on how to take care of your baby when he or she has colic. Includes tips on what you can do to help, when to see your family doctor, and when to bring your baby to the Emergency Deparment.
This pamphlet explains how you can help your child heal when they have an acticoat dressing, and what to expect next.