Guide to Your Child's Surgery
Learn about having surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, including what to bring, how to prepare your child, and what to expect.
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Homecare Company Contact List
This list of homecare company contact numbers is for Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) patients who receive supplies and devices from these companies.
Preparing for Surgery: Surgery Prep Books for Kids
If your child is scheduled to have surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia or one of our surgery centers, these surgery prep books can help prepare them for what to expect.
Having Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
This step-by-step guide — designed specifically for children with autism — explains what kids can expect during the entire surgical experience at CHOP.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Developmental Milestones
Provides downloadable resources and videos to help parents track their children's development and act early if they have any concerns.
Good Friends Are Hard to Find by Fred Frankel
Suggests ways in which parents can help children make and maintain friendships, including scheduling one-on-one play dates, encouraging good behavior, and overcoming hyperactivity.
Teaching Your Child the Language of Social Success by Marshall P. Duke, Stephe Nowicki, and Elisabeth A. Martin
Shows parents and teachers how to improve children's nonverbal communication skills, offering the tools children need to communicate ideas and establish and maintain relationships.
The Unwritten Rules of Friendship: Simple Strategies to Help Your Child Make Friends by Natalie Elman and Eileen Kennedy-Moore
This practical and compassionate handbook helps parents sharpen any child's social skills by identifying the "unwritten rules" that govern all relationships.
Freeing Your Child from Anxiety: Powerful, Practical Solutions to Overcome Your Child's Fears, Worries, and Phobias by Tamar E. Chansky
In Freeing Your Child From Anxiety, a childhood anxiety disorder specialist examines all manifestations of childhood fears, including social anxiety, Tourette’s Syndrome, hair-pulling, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and guides you through a proven program to help your child back to emotional safety.
Anxiety Free Kids by Bonnie Zucker, PsyD
Anxiety-Free Kids offers parents strategies that help children become happy and worry-free, methods that relieve a child's excessive anxieties and phobias, and tools for fostering interaction and family-oriented solutions.