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Check some tips and resources for supporting tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) through the COVID-19 vaccination process. This includes resources for supporting those with disabilities.

If your child has been tube fed, and is moving to eating and tube weaning, you will have support from a team. Find out what the process might look like.

Check the things you can expect from the service that carries out the needs assessment for your child.

If you're pregnant/hapū, or planning a pregnancy, it is important to have the COVID-19 vaccine. Studies have shown this is safe and better for you and your baby. If you get COVID-19 while you’re pregnant you can become very sick. You can get a COVID-19 vaccine at any stage of your pregnancy. 

A listing of organisations, resources and support available for parents, family and whānau of tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with cerebral palsy.

Skills like learning to crawl or walk, wave or talk are called developmental milestones. These milestones are things most pēpi (babies) and tamariki (children) can do by a certain age. All tamariki are different and develop at different speeds and in their own time.

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a very common virus in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is one of many viruses that cause infections of the respiratory tract - the parts of the body related to breathing. 

Tamariki (children) and rangatahi (young people) with diabetes aged 5 years and over can have their COVID-19 vaccination now. The Paediatric Society Clinical Network for Diabetes recommends all tamariki 5 years and over with diabetes have the COVID-19 vaccine to help protect against COVID-19.

Your therapist or doctor may use a standardised scale to help you and others understand your child's level of functioning.

Having the right support for your child with autism-takiwātanga can really help their learning and their relationships.

Read about what happens if you, your whānau, your child's teachers, Well Child nurse or health professional raise concerns about your child's development or notice signs of autism-takiwātanga in your child.

Tamariki (children) with autism-takiwātanga often have differences in the way they communicate and behave. Check the signs of autism-takiwātanga by age group.

Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) is a permanent neurosurgical operation. SDR reduces spasticity (stiffness) in the legs of tamariki (children) with cerebral palsy. 

See some videos featuring Cerebral Palsy Youth Alliance members talking about the Freedoms Project. They give personal examples of the Freedom they are speaking about. The Freedoms are about individual rights, human rights and the equitable treatment everyone deserves. 

Parents understandably can feel overwhelmed with their own grief when a whānau (family) member dies. It can be difficult to know how best to support tamariki (children) at this time. While each whānau has its own culture and traditions that may guide and comfort them following a death in the whānau, you can also check some of the main ways to support tamariki who are grieving.