Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders Resources

These resources explain what lithium batteries are, how common they are in household items, how dangerous they can be if swallowed, and what symptoms your child may display if he swallows one.

If you're traveling to Children's Hospital of Philadelphia from a distance and you or a family member needs a place to stay, you have many options available.

https://www.asha.org

ASHA is the national professional, scientific and credentialing association for audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language support personnel; and students.

This interactive video demonstrates how to perform a trach change on your child.

This interactive video demonstrates when and how to change the ties that keep your child’s tracheostomy secure.

This video demonstrates how to operate the portable suction machine used for suctioning tracheostomy patients.

This video demonstrates how to suction a patient’s tracheostomy using a straight catheter.

This video demonstrates how to suction a patient’s tracheostomy using an in-line catheter.

This interactive video demonstrates how to keep your child’s stoma clean and free from infection.

This learning module will help you practice suctioning your child's tracheostomy with a straight or in-line catheter using your portable suction machine. 

Learn how to care for your child's tracheostomy in our book Breathe Easy.

http://www.amazon.com/Early-Communication-Skills-Children-Syndrome/dp/1890627275

This book describes the communication delays that are common in children with Down syndrome.

Ian Jacobs, MD, discusses common causes of stridor, including croup, foreign body aspiration, and laryngomalacia. He also talks about the most dangerous foreign body ingestions in young children and the latest clinical advances and research underway in the airway clinic at CHOP.

https://www.amazon.com/The-American-Sign-Language-Dictionary/dp/B00004R8JP

The ASL Dictionary (on CD-ROM) contains approximately 1,850 signs linked with 3,500 English synonyms.

https://www.amazon.com/American-Language-Dictionary-Inflection-CD-ROM/dp/0972094202

This CD shows ASL signs for English words, and shows these signs within ASL sentences, including how the signs can change depending on the ASL sentence.

Find a list of colleges and universities in the Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware that offer classes in American Sign Language.

http://www.amazon.com/Signing-teaching-children-American-Language/dp/0982714114

This excellent interactive DVD for infants, toddlers and young children includes 26 basic signs in American Sign Language, the alphabet, classical music and much more.

http://www.amazon.com/Signing-teaching-children-American-Language/dp/0982714106

This interactive DVD is excellent for infants, toddlers and young children. It includes 26 basic signs in American Sign Language, the alphabet, classical music and much more.

http://www.amazon.com/Sign-Me-Story-Sign-Language-Everyone/dp/6302276152

Linda Bove of Sesame Street narrates children's stories including Little Red Riding Hood and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Sign Out Loud is a community organization that offers ASL instruction to enhance family communication and language development. To register, call 215-572-5139.

http://www.amazon.com/Sign-Songs-Fun-Sing-VHS/dp/6303250505

In this DVD, children's songs are signed in American Sign Language.

http://www.amazon.com/Signs-Me-Vocabulary-Children-Teachers/dp/0915035278

This is an excellent book for preschool and elementary children to learn American Sign Language and written English.

http://www.amazon.com/We-Sign-Babies-Toddlers-VHS/dp/B00007M5HX

This two-tape VHS set is a great resource for teaching sign-language to young children.

http://www.amazon.com/We-Sign-Artist-Not-Provided/dp/B000EF3H9W

Join a group of moms and children as they sing, sign, laugh, move and play-along to such great songs as: Wheels On the Bus, This Is The Way, One Little Kitty and many more.

http://www.amazon.com/Where-Is-Baby-Lift-Flap/dp/1563683539

This fun, interactive book is written to teach basic American Sign Language to children ages 1 to 4.

CHOP airway surgeons describe three surgeries used to reconstruct the pediatric airway: laryngotracheal reconstruction (LTR), cricotracheal resection (CTR), and slide tracheoplasty.

http://www.tracheostomy.com/

The home of an active Facebook community, this website also features the TrachTies e-mail discussion group, a message board and networking resources for families of children with tracheostomies.

https://www.entnet.org

AAO-HNS is the world's largest organization representing specialists who treat the ear, nose, throat and related structures of the head and neck.

https://www.aap.org

The AAP is committed to the optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

https://www.lung.org

The American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research. 

http://www.thoracic.org/patients/

ATS is the world's leading medical association dedicated to advancing the clinical and scientific understanding of pulmonary diseases, critical illnesses and sleep-related breathing disorders.

http://bdhhs.org

This is a non-profit organization that provides sign language classes, interpreting services, consultant services, hearing screenings and a free assistive devices program for Berks County residents.

http://www.chargesyndrome.org/

This foundation provides support to individuals with CHARGE syndrome and their families.

http://www.dhhslancaster.org

DHHS of Lancaster County provides a variety of services to help those who are deaf or hard-of-hearing to be independent.

http://www.psd.org

DHCC offers a variety of communication services including sign language interpreting and CART (real-time captioning).

http://www.dcmp.org/

This free service provides thousands of open-captioned videotapes of educational videos for children of all ages and videos captioned in Spanish.

http://www.healthychildren.org

HealthyChildren.org, from the AAP, provides general health information by age groups, information about healthy living, safety and prevention information and more.

http://www.pahrtners.com/

PAHrtners Deaf Services offers behavioral, developmental and therapeutic support programs to deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

http://rrpf.org/

The RRP Foundation site features a discussion forum, up-to-date information about research and advocacy efforts, a newsletter, publications, and content just for kids.

http://www.signingtime.com/

Signing Time provides a wealth of DVDs, information, newsletters, blogs, coloring sheets and chore charts to support families who want to learn American Sign Language.