Children and Young People

Resources

General

• Useful portal for access to a range of resources on safeguarding issues

 

• RCGP Adolescent Health Group links to a range of initiatives including Confidentiality and Young People Toolkit.

 

• Association for Young Persons Health provides support for professionals

 

• Young Minds Charity committed to improving the emotional wellbeing and mental health of children and young people.

 

• Wide range of information available for children, young people, parents and teachers available from Royal College of Psychiatrists.

 

• Books for parents, teachers and carers from RCPsych Publications.

 

Coping with Chronic illness

 

For children

 

• Teenage health freak offers information to teenagers about some illnesses and common worries

 

• Medkidz contains many comic vignettes for early years.

 

• Youthhealthtalk has info for young people on conditions like epilepsy and diabetes and also stories on how they feel about the diagnosis. 

 

• Bandaides and Blackboards: US website on growing up with terminal illness

 

• Disability Alliance has information on disability and coping with it 
   

For families

 

• The American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry has “facts for families” information  sheets which include chronic illness, grief, Children and AIDS, obesity, Teen pregnancy

 

• Contact a Family provides information and support for families of children with a variety of conditions  

 

• SIBs supports brothers and sisters of disabled children and adults 

 

• Starlight supports seriously ill or terminally ill children 
  
  

 

Respiratory

For clinicians

• Scottish Guidelines on children with Bronchiolitis
  
  

For children

 

• 'Disease Detectives' - a website by the Center of Disease Prevention for children with asthma ages 9 to 13

 

For older children and familes

 

• Asthma UK has excellent information about asthma with a special section for parents
  

 

For families

 

Useful information on cystic fibrosis can be found in the following site:

 

• Cystic Fibrosis Trust

 

Epilepsy

• Epilepsy Action
  
  
• National centre for young people with epilepsy
  

 

 

For children,  families and clinicians

 

• NCYPE - National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy (Helpline Mon-Fri 9am- 1pm on 01342 831342) 

 

Diabetes

For children and families

 

• Guide for parents of children with diabetes insipidus 
  
  
• Website set up by parents of children with diabetes and with online support group for parents. Also has information on recruitement of volunteers for research trials for children with diabetes.

 

• Diabetes UK child and young people friendly sections for the newly diagnosed and access to support. Balance magazine gives practical advice for people with diabetes

 

 

Eating Disorders

• b-eat provides resources for young people, families and professionals on all aspects of eating problems.

 

 

Medically unexplained symptoms

For parents and teachers

 

• RCPsych Information leaflet on medically unexplained symptoms for parents and teachers

 

 

Cancer

For Children

 

• Coping with Chemo supports seriously ill or terminally ill children

 

• Teens Living with Cancer resource for cancer sufferers

 

For children and families

 

• Children's Brain Tumour Foundation is a good source of information for parents of children with brain tumours

 

 

For professionals

• Cancer Research UK - Leading Cancer charity that supports professionals and cancer patients

 

• Leukaemia and Lymphoma Society is a good resource for professionals and patients

 

 

 

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