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Using visual supports at home
… so you don’t forget it when you leave. Visual supports are commonly used with adults. I use visual supports every day … to point to. It’s important for you to decide what works best for your child. Visual schedules or checklists are most … online for premade visual supports. There are many websites that provide free visual schedules, checklists, and …
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Ventricular Assist Devices – Bridges to life
… with heart failure , which ranks it among the most common serious conditions in children. Heart failure occurs … to assist them to recovery from an acute condition. In both cases, a ventricular assist device may be the answer. …
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Leading the way in treatment of Spinal Muscular Atrophy
… disease modifying therapies that can change clinical outcomes and even result in normal motor development with early … Zolgensma, approved in May 2019, has been administered to 23 patients at Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix … Phoenix Children’s has been designated a Cure SMA regional site . Our patients are participating in real world data …
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Pretend scanner helps children overcome fears
… Pretend scanner helps children overcome fears Blog Child Life Imaging Radiology This Kitten … four “patients,” Ollie Elephant, Chris Crocodile, Robert Robot and Doris Chicken. Each character has its own story …
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Healing faster with Animal-Assisted Therapy
… with others Participate in their treatment Forget their discomfort or pain Get up, move, walk, leave their room and … two full-time employed facility dogs, Checkers and Gertie. Both are female black Labradors and were trained by Paws …
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Quality Day: More important than ever
… to further its mission to provide hope, healing, and the best health care for children and their families. Quality … quality improvement projects, introduces new ideas for the future, promotes staff participation in quality initiatives and creates a venue for sharing outcomes. This year, we will also celebrate the progress made …
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Mia's Story
… leg and foot with towels as they headed back to the shore. Both Will and Ronnie had basic EMT training. But it was … and running and able to take on an extremely intricate and complicated case right out of the gate.” Zoldos admits …
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The Right Diagnosis Helped Brennan Get Back to Being a Kid
… Month Type 2 Diabetes Type 1 Diabetes In the spring of 2023, 11-year-old Brennan was in Phoenix for a soccer tournament when he started complaining of stomach pain. It was the Friday night before … assistant with the endocrinology team and several nurses visited to teach Brennan and his parents what they needed to …
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Liquid Gold
… (or difficult labor or childbirth). It’s dangerous for both mom and baby, and at that point, it was too late for a … well as little tricks that could help. For example, they recommended putting a small piece of clothing in the bed with …
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Top questions to ask when considering a childhood cancer clinical trial
… only to accidents. As Childhood Cancer Awareness Month comes to a close, Phoenix Children’s is shining a spotlight … of new drugs and medical devices. The goal is to define the best course of action for a new drug/device and ensure … treatments before they are widely available, while helping future generations by contributing to medical research and …