IBD - CHEO

Below you will find a variety of resources to help you better understand, cope with and/or support someone with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Resources for children, youth and families

Books

Your child with inflammatory bowel disease: a family guide for caregiving / North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

FAM RC 862 .E52 Y68 2010

This book provides parents with practical advice on how to tell their children about their IBD and discusses the challenges children may face at school and in their social lives, especially as they grow older.

Videos

CHEO IBD Centre - Youtube

Cartoon GI videos

Transition to adult care

Websites

Blackboards and bathrooms - a comprehensive resource to help teachers support the education of children with IBD.
Camp Got2Go - Crohn’s and Colitis Canada's one-week, overnight summer camp for children and youth living with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
CHEO IBD Centre - Twitter

GI Kids - NASPGHAN patient education website
IBDtermined - (CCFA site for youth and young adults)
Just Like Me IBD - information and resources you need to enjoy life and all that comes with it.
Sophie's Science Project - a comic-book style to help parents and children learn about clinical research.
Stressed Teens ToolBox - provides mindfulness resources for teens and their parents.

Learning modules

Image of first page of flu shot learning module Find out about IBD and the flu to see if the flu shot is right for you.

Flu shot module

This educational module is free for non-profit use, and brought to you by the care team at the CHEO IBD Centre. It is protected under terms of the Creative Commons license.

Fact sheets

Taking pills

Needle phobias

Mindful tips for those with IBD

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Articles

The impact of IBD for children in Canada

To tell or not to tell others about your IBD

Apps

GoHere washroom finder

Available for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry

Doc4Me

Available for iPhone, Android

Local contacts

Crohn’s and Colitis Canada - Ottawa / Crohn et colite Canada – Ottawa
613-806-7956
ottawa@crohnsandcolitis.ca