Play and Recreation During Hospitalization
Play and recreation can be therapeutic by giving children the opportunity to explore, express and process their healthcare experiences in a safe, non-threatening environment.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Thalassemia
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the public’s health.
Support Siblings of Hospitalized Child
Learn about the reactions siblings may have when a brother or a sister is in the hospital and what caregivers can do to help the family cope.
Preparing for Hospitalization and Medical Procedures
Find information on how to prepare your child for hospitalization and how the child life staff at CHOP can help.
The ABCs of the Hospital School Program
The teachers in the Hospital School Program at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia teach you everything you need to know about the ABCs of Hospital school.
Stay Connected with the Cardiac Center
Be among the first to know about our latest breakthroughs. Subscribe to Cardiac Connection, a special e-newsletter for families that includes: updates on our research and treatment advances, patient stories, profiles of our clinicians, and much more! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Optimizing Neurological Outcomes in Congenital Heart Disease
In this episode of Pediatric & Congenital Heart Talks, Maryam Naim, MD, discusses identification, monitoring and reduction of neurological injury and physiological stressors.
Heart Facts For You
Spreading the word about CHD is vital to educating the public as a step towards improving care and fueling scientific research.
When Your Teen Has an Eating Disorder: Practical Strategies to Help Your Teen Recover from Anorexia, Bulimia, and Binge Eating
If your teen has an eating disorder—such as anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating—you may feel helpless, worried, or uncertain about how you can best support them. That’s why you need real, proven-effective strategies you can use right away. Whether used in conjunction with treatment or on its own, this book offers an evidence-based approach you can use now to help your teen make healthy choices and stay well in body and mind.
Eating with Your Anorexic: How My Child Recovered Through Family-Based Treatment and Yours Can Too
This poignant and informative narrative relates how one mother rescued her daughter from the "experts" and treated the girl's life-threatening anorexia using a controversial approach. Known as the Maudsley Approach, this home-based, family-centered therapy, developed in Great Britain in the 1980s, has been receiving a lot of press here over the past few years.