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Chronic Illness Common Illness Common Problems Disability Donation Ears Emotional & Behavioural
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Liver/Kidney Mental Health Obesity Palliative Care Physical Activity Poisons
Procedures & Tests Safety Skin Sleep Spina Bifida Surgery & Hospital Teeth Transition
Allergy
Allergy and Allergy Tests
Egg Allergy and Egg Free Diet
EpiPen Use
Food Allergies and Anaphylaxis - information for schools
Food Allergies and Eczema
Fruit and Vegetable Allergy
House dust mite allergy - what should you do?
Latex Allergy
Milk Allergy and Milk Free Diet
Peanut Allergy and Peanut Free Diet (English)
- Bosanski (Bosnian)
- Samoan
- Tonga
- Turkce (Turkish)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Thai
- Vietnamese
- Arabic
- Dinka
- Farsi
Seafood Allergy (includes all fish and seafood)
Sesame Free Diet
Soy Allergy
Tree Nut Allergy
Urticaria (Hives)
Anaesthesia and Pain
Anaesthesia and risk in infants
Basic Life Support
CPR for children (over 12 months of age)
CPR for babies (less than 12 months of age)
Basic Life Support for Children over 12 months with a Tracheostomy
Basic Life Support for Infants less than 12 months with a Tracheostomy
Bones & Muscles
Achondroplasia (positioning and handling of babies)
Bowlegs and Knock-Knees
Broomstick Plaster
Connective Tissue Dysplasia
Crutches - instructions for safe walking
Curly Toes
Dega osteotomy
Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip (DDH)
Flat Feet
Fractures - bone healing
Hip Abduction Orthosis
Intoeing in Children (pigeon toes)
Knee Pain in Children and Adolescents
Lateral column lengthening of the foot
Perthes' Disease
Plaster cast or backslab care instructions for patients and their carers
Positional plagiocephaly
Slipped Captial Femoral Epiphysis (SCFE)
Thermoplastic Splint Care
Trigger Thumb
Wheelchair
Wrist buckle fracture
Brain & Nervous System
Anterio-venous Malformation of the Brain
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Cerebral Palsy
Concussion and mild head injury
Developmental Delay
Intellectual Disability
- Turkce (Turkish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesia)
- Chinese, simplified
- Tieng Viet (Vietnamese)
- Greek
- Thai
- Arabic
- Chinese, traditional
Brain Death
Breastfeeding
Breast care for breastfeeding mothers after the death of a child
Chest & Lungs
Assessing the severity of your child's Asthma Attack
Asthma Action Plan for Children and Young People
Asthma Contact List for Further Information
Asthma Introduction and Discharge Checklist
Asthma medications commonly used for children
Asthma Trigger Factors
Bronchiolitis
Child/Student Asthma First Aid Record
Children's Asthma Resource Pack for Parents and Carers
Chronic Neonatal Lung Disease
Croup
Daily Asthma Symptoms Diary
Giving your child Asthma Medications
Helpful Asthma Management Tips in Managing Your Child's Asthma
Oesophageal Atresia and/or Tracheo-Oesophageal Fistula
Passive Smoking
Pneumonia
Using a Puffer and Spacer Device
Using other Asthma Inhalation Devices
Viral Induced Wheeze
What is Asthma?
Chronic Illness
Common Illness
Abdominal Pain (Stomach Ache)
Breath holding spells
Constipation
Eczema
Febrile Convulsions
Fever
Impetigo
Influenza
Jaundice in Newborn Babies
Meningitis
Meningitis Infection
Pneumococcal Disease, Immunisation and your Family
Recognition of Serious Illness in Children
Seizures and Epilepsy
Slapped Cheek Disease or Fifth Disease
Sore Throat
Urinary Tract Infection in Children
Whooping Cough
Common Problems
Daytime Wetting
Evaluating Health Information on the Internet
Mis-shapen Head in Young Infants (Positional Plagiocephaly)
Nappy Rash
Reflux
Disability
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Cerebral Palsy
Conversations with child care and pre-school:
For children with developmental delay or disability
Developmental Delay
Family support for children with developmental delay or disability
Intellectual Disability
- Turkce (Turkish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Chinese, Simplified
- Tieng Viet (Vietnamese)
- Greek
- Thai
- Arabic
- Chinese, Traditional
Donation
Organ Donation
Tissue Donation
Ears
Can your Child Hear?
Ear Problems in Children
Glue Ear and Grommets
Hearing Loss in Children with Down Syndrome
Hearing Loss in One Ear: Babies & Pre-School Children
Microtia
Otitis Media (Middle Ear Infection)
The Inheritance of Deafness
Unilateral (Single Sided) Hearing Loss: The School Child
Emotional & Behavioural
Screen time and children
Trichotillomania
Eyes
Congenital Cataracts
Contact Lenses and Children - helpful hints from parents
Contact lenses and patching therapy
How to make an Eye Patch
Your Baby's Eyes
Face, Mouth & Speech
Cleft Lip and/or Palate - Feeding your Baby
Cleft Lip Palate - Feeding Bottles and Teats
Cleft Palate - Special Needs Feeders
Language Development - The Early Years
Special needs feeders for Cleft Palate
Stuttering
Food
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding.......is it for me?
Food - Baby's first foods
Food - Fussy Eating in Toddlers
Food - Healthy Eating for Toddlers
Food - Healthy Snack Choices
Food - High Energy Eating for Children
Food - High Energy Eating for Infants and Toddlers
Food - Snack Attack Ideas
Food - Vegetarian Eating in Children
Food - Ways to boost iron intake for babies, toddlers and children
Food intake record
Food safety
Food safety - How to make infant formula
Parenteral nutrition
Home Enteral Nutrition
A Clean Mouth is Crucial for Children with Special Needs
Caring for your Child's Nasogastric Tube
Common Problems with your Child's Gastrostomy Button
Common Tolerance Problems your child may experience while Tube Feeding
Looking after your Child's Feeding Equipment
Trans-gastric Jejunal Feeding Device
Transitioning from Tube to Oral Feeding
Using pH paper to check Nasogastric Tubes
What is Tube Feeding
Your Child's New Gastrostomy Button
Your Child's Tube Feeding Formula
Immune System
Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Coeliac Disease
Infections
Chickenpox
Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Children
Kawasaki Disease
Multi-resistant Organisms (MRO)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Liver/Kidney
Mental Health
Anorexia nervosa in children and young people
Anxiety
Depression in children: What parents should know
Disruptive behaviour in children: What parents should know
NSW Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Obesity
A healthy lifestyle for a healthy weight
For my Adolescent with a Weight Problem: Where to from here?
For my Child with a Weight Problem: Where to from here?
How do I know if my Child has a Weight Problem
How to get the kids to be more active
How to talk to your child about weight: A parents guide
Losing weight: Why the whole family needs to be involved
Preventing Holiday Weight Gain: Managing the School Holiday Period
Weight Management Tip: Improve your child's sleep
Weight Management Tips for Parents
Weight Management Tips for Parents: Helping your Adolescent to Lose Weight
Palliative Care
Physical Activity
Hydration and the Active Child
Poisons
Bites and Stings
Lead
Poisonous Plants
Procedures & Tests
Anaethesia and Day Surgery
Analgesia - Patient or Nurse controlled
Blood Transfusion
Catheritisation and Supra Pubic Urine Aspiration
Colonoscopy
CT Scan (Computerised Tomography)
Cuffed Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter
Echocardiogram
Epidurals
Fetal Echocardiogram
General Movements Assessment (information for parents)
Immunisation
Immunisation - information on the diseases covered
IV - The facts about drips
Lumbar Puncture
Mantoux Skin Test
Micturating Cysto Uretherogram (MCU)
MRI Scan
Nitrous Oxide
Opioid (Pain Reliever) Infusion
Patent Ductus Arteriosus in the Premature Infant
Patient or Nurse Controlled Analgesia
PICC Lines in Neonates
Port (Implantable Venous Access Device)
Procedural Sedation
Radiation and its uses in Hospitals for Diagnostic Testing
Sweat Test
The Facts about Drips
Upper endoscopy
Vesicostomy
Safety
Skin
Food allergies and eczema
Haemangiomas
Henoch-Schoenlein Purpura (HSP)
Pressure Ulcers
Propanolol Treatment for Haemangiomas
Urticaria (Hives)
Sleep
Nightmares and Night Terrors
Normal sleep patterns 0-16 years
Sleep Study
Spina Bifida
Adolescents and Adults with Spina Bifida
Antenatal Consultation in Spina Bifida
Be Active Adolescents and Adults
Be Active Kids with Spina Bifida
Bladder Management and Spina Bifida
Care of a Newborn Baby with Spina Bifida
Dealing with Anxiety, Grief and Loss and Spina Bifida
Equipment Needs in Spina Bifida
Foot Care and Spina Bifida
Healthy Lifestyle for Spina Bifida
Hospital Admissions and Spina Bifida
Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida
Introduction to Bowel Management and Spina Bifida
Lipomas and Lipomyelomeningoceles
Living well with Spina Bifida
Lower Limb Paralysis and Spina Bifida
Making Decisions about Treatment in Spina Bifida
Pressure Relief Technique (weight shifts) and Spina Bifida
Protecting your skin and Spina Bifida
Relationships and Sexuality
Role of the Treating Team in Spina Bifida: Occupational Therapy
Role of the Treating Team in Spina Bifida: Physiotherapy
Role of the Treating Team in Spina Bifida: Social Work
Tethered Cord and Spina Bifida
Transition to School
What is Spina Bifida?
Surgery & Hospital
Adenoidectomy
Appendicitis
Burns Injuries: Burn Care Advice
Children's Pain - The Facts
Children's Painful Procedures and Operations - How can parents help?
How Do I Prepare my Child for Planned Surgery?
Hydroceles
Hypospadias
Inguinal Hernia
Tonsillectomy
Umbilical Hernia
Undescended Testes
Teeth
Tooth Development
What to do if a Child Knocks Out their Adult Front Tooth
Transition
Growing Up and Moving On: Transition Planning Information
