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Acquired brain injury: Teens talking to teens / Jacobsen, Suzanne (Exec. Producer) / 2000
This video highlights the personal stories of three adolescents who acquire a brain injury. Their candid discussions offer the viewer an insightful look at the challenges of living with an acquired brain injury, discussing their fears, sadness, and frustrations, as well as their triumphs, goals and dreams. It is an honest glimpse into the realities of learning to live with an acquired brain injury.
Description: 1 VHS cassette; colour; Length 25:08 min
Price: $15.00
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Adoption piece by piece: A toolkit for parents / Graefe, Sara / 2003
A Toolkit for Parents covers all the nuts and bolts of parenting adopted children with chapters on health care, the legal system, education, self-help and support, financial planning, self-care for parents and advocacy. This book will help caregivers through the maze of living as an adoptive family in Canada.
Description: Paperback: 184 pages, 6 x 9 in.
Price: $16.00
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Adoption piece by piece: Lifelong issues / Graefe, Sara / 2003
This book covers the core topics of adoption with chapters on grief and loss, open adoption, attachment, identity, search and reunion, disruption, single parent and gay lesbian adoption, and inter-racial families.
Description: Paperback: 219 pages, 6 x 9 in.
Price: $16.00
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Adoption piece by piece: Special needs / Graefe, Sara / 2003
This is a comprehensive overview of the challenges that adopted children often face such as FASD, prenatal drug exposure, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Conduct Disorder, mental health issues, histories of abuse and neglect, invisible disabilities and post-institutionalization.
Description: Paperback: 205 pages, 6 x 9 in.
Price: $16.00
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Adoptive families are families for keeps / Cowan, Lissa; Hill, Stephanie (Illustrator) / 2005
After living with three foster families, Tara is ready to be adopted. Like many children in BC, she experiences mixed emotions as she prepares to leave her temporary family. Children will follow Tara on her journey from foster care to adoption through a series of activities and a touching story. As a critical education tool, this activity book will provide social workers, foster parents, caregivers and educators with dynamic and instructive ways to introduce and discuss a wide range of adoption issues with young children. A companion CD-rom with exercises and discussion topics for professionals and caregivers to use with children going through the adoption process is also available.
Description: Spiral bound: 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 in
Price: $14.00
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Adoptive families are families for keeps book and CD set / Cowan, Lissa; Lee, Jennifer; Hill, Stephanie (Illustrator) / 2005
As a critical education tool, this activity book will provide social workers, foster parents, caregivers and educators with dynamic and instructive ways to introduce and discuss a wide range of adoption issues with young children. After living with three foster families, Tara is ready to be adopted. Children will follow Tara on her journey from foster care to adoption through a series of activities and a touching story. The companion CD-rom guides professionals and caregivers through over 50 relevant exercises and discussion topics to use together with the activity book.
Description: 1 spiral bound paperback, 80 pages, 8.5 x 11 in; 1 CD-ROM
Price: $21.00
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All about your operation and A parent's role in a child's surgery - Be calm, be ready / Durbach, Edna / 1998
This DVD prepares and reassures children and their parents before surgery. Two segments: one for children ages 3-8 years and one for parents with details of what happens in the operating room.
Description: 1 DVD (9:20 min. ; 13:20 min)
Price: $20.00  View a PDF version. Click on the links above to view
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Anesthesia for surgery cesarean delivery / / 2010
This four page pamphlet provides information about the two main types of anesthesia for a cesarean delivery: how they are given and the benefits and drawbacks of each. By using this information you and your anesthesiologist can make the best choice for you.
Description: 1 PDF file: 4 p.
Price: $100.00 View a PDF version. Click on the link above to view.
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Basal-bolus insulin with multiple daily injections: Focus on Children and youth / Nichol, Heather / 2009
This booklet includes several handouts to help parents of children with diabetes and youth learn more about basal-bolus insulin with multiple daily injections (MDI). Some of the information will help in understanding what basal-bolus insulin therapy is; other information and exercises will help parents / youth decide if basal-bolus with MDI is right for them. Several examples and practice questions are included in the booklet to help readers learn about adjusting insulin and calculating insulin doses.
Description: Spiralbound Paperback, 35 p.
Price: $14.00 PE410
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Beyond the basics: Meal planning for healthy eating, diabetes prevention & management / Canadian Diabetes Association / 2006
The new consumer resource to help promote diabetes management through diet. It contains information on a wide variety of topics, from eating out, to recipe makeovers, to physical activity.
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Description: 3 ring binder, 149 p.
Price: $28.30
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Beyond the basics poster pin-up / / 2005
An easy to use poster about healthy eating, for people with diabetes. It contains useful information on food portions and meal planning.
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Description: 1 sheet: 15 x 19 inches
Price: $3.00
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Breast pain / / 2009
Explains the types of breast pain and how it is diagnosed and treated.
Description: 1 PDF file
Price: $50.00 View a PDF version.
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CalorieKing : Calorie fat & carbohydrate counter / Borushek, Allan / 2010
This pocket-sized book contains more than 14,000 food listings including full nutritional data for over 200 fast-food chains and restaurants as well as international, carnival & fair, movie theater, and food court foods. This edition also includes specialized guides on diabetes, glycemic index, calcium, protein, cholesterol, fiber, sodium, iron, caffeine and high blood pressure.
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Description: Pocket-sized paperback: 302 pages
Price: $13.00
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Canada's best cookbook for kids with diabetes / Bartley, Colleen / 2005
With 125 tasty, kid-friendly recipes, this cookbook is great for kids and even better for their parents! The first chapter, written by a dietitian, discusses meal planning for diabetes, including sections on carbohydrates, sugar, fibre, and fat, as well as reading nutrient labels and the Glycemic Index. There are eight more chapters featuring healthy and delicious recipes for the following: breakfasts; beverages; snacks and appetizers; sandwiches, burgers and pizzas; dinners; baked goodies; and desserts. All recipes are based on the 2005 Canadian Diabetes Association meal planning system, Beyond the Basics. Loaded with useful cooking tips, recipe variations, and nutritional tidbits, families are sure to find this cookbook to be a treat! Introduction is written by Doreen Yasui of BC Children's Hospital.
Description: Softcover: 192 pages
Price: $20.00
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Central diabetes insipidus / Kelton, Sheila / 2005
This booklet describes the condition of central diabetes insipidus, how it is diagnosed, and how it is treated. There are sections on determining the correct dose of replacement hormone, and balancing the fluids of infants. The last section on frequently asked questions will assist the reader to manage similar scenarios.
Description: Paperback; 17 pages
Price: $10.00
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A child in pain: How to help, what to do / Kuttner, Leora / 1996
A book to help parents help their child cope with pain as well as ensure that the pain is properly managed by health care professionals. Includes how pain affects children and their parents; assessing and measuring pain; the uses, benefits and risks of medication; and how to relieve pain in different situations (e.g., home, dentist, doctor, hospital etc.).
Description: Softcover; 271 p.; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x 9.50 x 6.00
Price: $19.95
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A child in pain: What health professionals can do to help / Kuttner, Leora / 2010
This book, written by a Clinical Professor in the Pediatric Department of the University of British Columbia and BC Children's Hospital, focuses on pediatric pain management. It is designed to help health professionals of all disciplines who work with children, gain understanding and skill in how to approach and treat children's pain, and how to help children understand and cope with their own pain.
Description: Softcover: 389 p.
Price: $49.95
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Cocktails: Facts for youth about mixing medicine, booze and street drugs / Youth Health Program / 2002
Designed by youth for youth, this book outlines actions and risks of alcohol, smoking and street drugs on their bodies and minds. Also, 105 medications and their interactions with alcohol, caffeine, street drugs and oral/injectable contraceptives have been researched and outlined in a youth friendly format.
Description: Spiral bound paperback, 5.5 x 8.5 in.: 283 pages
Price: $10.00
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Complex pain: What to do when pain won't go away-DVD / Complex Pain Team, BC Children’s Hospital / 2003
In this program three youths tell their stories about mastering complex pain and returning to wellness. Whether or not their pain is visible, or is associated with a known medical condition, they provide unique perspectives on minimizing the impact of pain on daily living. All have worked with a multidisciplinary health care team, using pharmaceutical, physiotherapy and psychological strategies, yet they differ on the aspects they found most helpful. These stories are validating and inspirational for youth with complex pain, their families, teachers and care providers.
This is an award winning DVD at the 2006 7th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain Mediafestival.
Description: 1 DVD : 17:30 min.
Public Performance Rights included.
Price: $25.00
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) / Kelton, Sheila / 2003
This booklet describes the condition, including the physiology of the adrenal pathway, but it has an emphasis on practical details, such as measuring/giving salt to infants, preventing adrenal crisis, giving emergency injections, etc. There is also a section on issues for families and girls whose fetal development has been affected by excess androgens. The booklet has been written with input from parents and adult women affected by CAH.
Description: Paperback, 32 pages
Price: $15.00 View a PDF version. (391KB).
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