Patient/Family Education Materials by Category

This section contains broad-ranging information Children's Hospitals & Clinics has developed about pediatric medicine. Here you will find plain talk about medical conditions or procedures, first aid, and the like. Many topics have illustrations and detailed instructions about how to provide care at home, and when to call for medical advice. Some topics offer links to Hmong, Somali, and Spanish versions.

The information in this section duplicates information given to the parents of Children's patients during their child's care in one of the hospitals or clinics.

This section has medical information, not medical advice. If you or your child has a health problem, contact your clinic. Use these materials only under the guidance of your child's health care provider.

Child Development and Rehabilitation
	Abdominal Binder:   See Also: Cast Care, Sprains and Strains
	Chest Physiotherapy (Age 2 and Older):  Explains NMES treatment and what to expect.
	Chest Physiotherapy (Birth to 2 Years):  Explains NMES treatment and what to expect.
	Chest Physiotherapy (Using Trendelenberg):  (Spanish)  Explains NMES treatment and what to expect.
	Drinking liquids: Helpful Hints for You and Your Child:  When your child is sick or has had surgery, drinking liquids is very important. This sheet contains some ideas to help your child drink enough for a good recovery. See Also: Adenoidectomy: Care at Home, Dental Surgery: Care at Home, Sore Throat, Tonsillectomy with or without Adenoidectomy, Tonsillectomy and/or Adenoidectomy (with a Bleeding Disorder)
	Infant Behavior Cues:  Helps you to know when to interact with your baby, and signs that your baby is getting overstimulated.
	Medical Record Access:  Stimulates white blood cell production and development in the bone marrow. See Also: Injections (subcutaneous)
	Mobility Changes: Helping Children Cope:  When children cannot or should not to be as active as usual due to illness or injury, here are some ways to help them and ideas for activities they can do.
	Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation:  Explains NMES treatment and what to expect.
	NICU Follow-Up (1 month):  There are two ways to measure the age of a baby born prematurely: Chronologic age and Adjusted age.
	NICU Follow-Up (10 months):  Your baby may show more emotions and moods, both positive and negative.
	NICU Follow-Up (11 months):  Language development begins long before we ever hear baby’s first words. Babies spend months learning to use their mouths, experimenting with sounds, and learning to listen.
	NICU Follow-Up (12 months):  At twelve months, your baby can do so many things, sometimes so independently that you hardly seem needed at all. Then the next moment, your baby may cling to you and need you more than ever.
	NICU Follow-Up (15 months):  NICU follow up clinic - education materials for 15 months.
	NICU Follow-Up (18 months):  NICU follow up clinic - education materials for 18 months.
	NICU Follow-Up (2 months):  Premature babies may not look or act the same as fullterm babies. Parents sometimes wonder, "Is my baby slow? Will my baby catch up?" It is normal to have these concerns.
	NICU Follow-Up (24 months):  NICU follow up clinic - education materials for 24 months.
	NICU Follow-Up (3 months):  All babies - and especially high-risk babies - need large amounts of caregiving time.
	NICU Follow-Up (4 months):  Isn't it great that your baby is beginning to sleep longer now at night? Those irregular sleep cycles are finally starting to change and now follow a pattern.
	NICU Follow-Up (5 months):  At 5 months, many babies start the first phase of an activity and growth spurt that will leave parents breathless.
	NICU Follow-Up (6 months):  Your baby’s personality is blossoming. She is developing ideas about who she is, who cares about her, and who is a stranger.
	NICU Follow-Up (7 months):  Your baby loves you and wants to please you. Sensible rules and gentle discipline can help you guide and teach your baby. Your baby is learning to cooperate.
	NICU Follow-Up (8 months):  Your baby is becoming more interested in the world and learns about it by moving around in it - developing from twisting and rolling to creeping and crawling, building skills for walking.
	NICU Follow-Up (9 months):  Many parents of high-risk infants have mixed feelings about their child’s first birthday. On one hand, they are happy as the day approaches. On the other hand, they may feel nervous, irritable, or reluctant to plan a party. Why the mixed feelings?
	NICU Follow-Up (Kindergarten):  Going to kindergarten is a major turning point for every child. Even if your child has attended preschool, now she will be expected to be much more grown up, with more responsibilities and more independence.
	NICU Follow-Up (Suggested Reading):  Suggested books for parents and babies.
	Passy-Muir Valve:  Explains what a Passy-Muir Valve is, how it works to help chidren with a tracheostomy speak, and what is involved in a Passy-Muir Valve trial.
	Playing with Sounds:  Ideas for helping your young child improve speech skills.
	Resonance Disorders:  Information about speech resonance disorders for a child with a cleft palate.
	Sign language for hearing children:  Gestures and body signals to ease communication.
	Speech and Language Development: 12 to 18 Months:  Typical patterns to expect as a child learns to talk.
	Speech and Language Development: 18 to 24 Months:  More typical patterns to expect as a child learns to talk.
	Speech and Language Development: 24 to 30 Months:  More typical patterns to expect as a child learns to talk.
	Speech and Language Development: 30 to 36 Months:  More typical patterns to expect as a child learns to talk.
	Speech and Language Development: Birth to 12 Months:  What to expect as your baby learns to communicate.
	The Listening Program - Home Program:
	The Listening Program - Introduction:
	TOT Collar:   See Also: Cast Care, Sprains and Strains
	Traumatic brain injury: Effects on speech:  How brain damage might affect your child's speech, and tips for communicating.
	Well-Child Check Up (1 to 2 weeks) (English-Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (12 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (12-16 years) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (15 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (18 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (2 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (2 years) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (3 years) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (4 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (5-11 years) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (6 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.
	Well-Child Check Up (9 months) (English - Spanish):  What to expect during this age, and how to keep your child safe and healthy.