Overview

As your child grows and develops, they begin to learn about managing their behaviours and emotions. At the same time, they are learning how to understand and react to sensations. All of this helps them learn the social skills they need to interact and become independent.

Pediatric rehabilitation can help if your child is having challenges in these areas of development.

Behaviours and emotions

Learning to understand and put a name to emotions and feelings is important for your child’s development. This is the first step in being able to manage their feelings and their response to those feelings.

Remember to talk to your healthcare providers for any questions or concerns that you have.

Infant and toddler

• Crying, age 3 and younger
• Helping your child manage their emotional reactions
• Managing your toddler's frustrating behaviours
• Learning about how to discipline your toddler

Child

• Establishing limits with your school-age child
• Growth and development: Helping your child build self-esteem
• Helping your child build inner strength
• Helping your child manage their emotional reactions
• Learning about validating your child's emotions
• Listening to your kids
• Parents promoting positive mental health
• Stress management: Helping your child with stress
• Sibling rivalry: Reducing conflict and jealousy
• Recognizing and developing your children's special talents

Teen

• Active listening
• Being a role model
• Emotional and social development, ages 11 to 14 years
• Helping adolescents develop more mature ways of thinking
• Learning about how to teach your teen self-discipline
• Stress in children and teenagers
• Talking to your adolescent or teen about problems
• Tips for parents of teens

Written for teens

• Teens: Learning about what gets in the way of mental health care
• Teens: Talking about a difficult topic with your parent or guardian
• Teens: Tips for mindfulness in everyday life

Social skills

Social skills include how children learn to play and interact with others. These skills can affect how children take part in games and activities and help them become more independent as they grow.

• Helping kids handle peer pressure
• Learning about helping your young teen deal with conflict
• Learning about social connections in teens
• Shyness in children: Care instructions
• Teens: Getting out of an unhealthy friendship
• Learning about reducing sibling conflict
• Sibling rivalry: Reducing conflict and jealousy

Sensory processing

As your child grows and develops, they begin to understand and manage their feelings as well as process sensations. This affects how they take part in daily routines, play, learn and connect with others.

• Sensory processing and children