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Your child’s main job is to be in school. By supporting your child’s attendance at school, studying hard and spending time with peers, you are expressing your conviction that your child can live a normal life. Depending on the demands […]

Here, we present information for parents to help their child return to school. The suggestions are specific and reflect the types of things that schools throughout the country are doing for children in treatment for cancer. The section is designed

Teachers Teachers can play a pivotal role linking the child, family, and school together. While it can be difficult to gauge the child’s needs and capabilities during the different phases of treatment, support from a teacher can be instrumental in

Because parents of newly diagnosed children have trouble describing their needs, researchers spoke with a group of parents who have been through the experience and asked them what types of support helped the most. They outlined the following suggestions. a)

Right after cancer diagnosis is a good time to set up a system for providing support to the family both immediately and long-term. The model presented here was established at the First Unitarian Church of Oakland and now serves as

When a child of someone you know has cancer, it is common to feel worried or sad and want to do something to help. However, many parents don’t know what to say when people offer to help. Sometimes the parents

Some chemotherapy drugs, other medications or radiation used to treat children’s cancer can damage hearing. Hearing loss can interfere with daily living. People who received the treatments listed below should have their hearing checked and obtain treatment if hearing loss

Some treatments for childhood cancer can damage hearing. Hearing loss can interfere with daily living, so it is important to have your hearing checked and treated if hearing loss is found. How severe hearing loss is varies by each person.

Children’s cancer treatment sometimes requires the use of medications or radiation that can affect the eyes. Because vision can have a significant impact on daily living, it is important for survivors who received these treatments to have their eyes checked

Certain cancer treatments can have long-lasting effects on the eyes. Vision problems can have a major impact on daily living, so it is important for survivors who are at risk for eye and vision problems to have their eyes checked