Caring for a Seriously or Chronically Ill Child

These age-specific guides can help you be prepared for and keep track of your well-child visits.

• Balancing Schoolwork and Hospital Stays
• Birth Defects
• Camps for Kids With Special Needs
• Cardiofaciocutaneous (CFC) Syndrome
• Caring for Siblings of Kids With Disabilities
• Caring for Your Child With CP: Ages 6–12
• Caring for Your Child With CP: Birth to Age 5
• Caring for Your Teen With CP: Age 13 and Up
• Chemotherapy
• Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
• Clinical Trials
• Congenital Heart Defects
• Costello Syndrome
• Does My Child Need an Antibiotic? (Video)
• Electronic Health Records
• Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
• Financial Planning for Kids With Disabilities
• Finding Respite Care
• Getting Support When Your Child Has Special Health Care Needs
• Giving Teens a Voice in Health Care Decisions
• If Your Baby Has a Birth Defect
• Is My Child Too Sick to Go to School?
• Legius Syndrome
• Managing Home Health Care
• Neurocutaneous Syndromes
• Neurofibromatosis Type 1
• Occupational Therapy
• Palliative Care
• Physical Therapy
• RASopathies
• Radiation Therapy
• Sanfilippo Syndrome
• Speech-Language Therapy
• Spina Bifida
• When Your Baby’s in the NICU
• When Your Child's in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
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