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Behavior Support - Using Planned Ignoring at Home
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Behavior Support - Using Planned Ignoring at Home

Planned ignoring, or extinction, is not paying attention to a problem behavior in order to decrease the behavior in the future. Your behavior support provider will teach you how to use planned ignoring.

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Cast: Hip Spica

A hip spica cast keeps your child's pelvis and one or both legs from moving. This type of cast is used if a child has a broken bone in the thigh or has had hip surgery. The cast holds your child's leg(s) in the right position for healing. It is made of Fiberglas® casting tape. It will be put on in the operating room.

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Ibuprofen (Motrin®, Advil®)

This Helping Hand™ includes dosing information, side effects, and how to take the common pain reliever ibuprofen (Motrin®, Advil®).

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Sphincter Pharyngoplasty Surgery

Sphincter pharyngoplasty is a surgery done to help correct velopharyngeal dysfunction, or VPD.

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Abdominal Pain: Outpatient

This Helping Hand™ is about what steps to take if your child's belly (abdominal) pain is unknown.

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Child Passenger Safety: Car Seats and Booster Seats

Ohio law requires that a child ride in a car seat (and then a booster seat when he has outgrown the car seat) until he is 8 years old, unless the child is 4 feet 9 inches tall. The exceptions are children who are 4 feet 9 inches or taller before they are 8 years old.

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Percutaneous Pinning

What to expect if your child is having a percutaneous pinning. 

At-Home Safety Guide for Self-Harm or Suicide
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At-Home Safety Guide for Self-Harm or Suicide

Your child has been in the hospital because he or she is at risk of self-harm or harming others. When your child leaves the hospital, there are some things you need to do for safety at home.

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Child Care and Illness: Should Your Child Stay Home?

Sometimes it is hard to decide if your child is too ill to go to childcare. Usually, children should stay home if illness keeps them from enjoying the daily activities of childcare.

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Patch Testing for Skin Allergies

Be prepared for your child's patch testing for skin allergies with this Helping Hand.

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