Supporting Patients and Siblings

Patients

In this section, you will find ideas about how you or your classroom can help a child with cancer.  Educators will find information on talking to a classroom about a student's cancer diagnosis.

• How can your classroom support a child with cancer?

• How can you support a friend with childhood cancer?

• Talking with your classroom about cancer

Siblings

What about me?  This is often the sentiment, even if not vocalized, of children who have a brother or sister diagnosed with cancer.  Explore what this all means to the siblings and ideas on how to help them.

• What does cancer mean to the patient's siblings?

• What do siblings need?