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  1. What is a needs assessment? If your child has a long-term disability, you may be able to have a needs assessment. This is a meeting to find out what you and your whānau need to help support your child. As well as a needs assessment, other financial …
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  2. … In some cases, your child’s doctor may do a test run first with a special type of capsule that dissolves. This …
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  3. Key points about ARFID  ARFID is an eating disorder and a serious mental health condition tamariki with ARFID either strongly dislike or avoid food or restrict their food intake for different reasons this can affect their growth, development, health and …
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  4. Key points about how to support children when a family member dies Waiho i te toipoto, kaua i te toitoa. Let us keep close together not far apart (Māori Proverb). children and teenagers grieve just as much as adults but may show it in different ways …
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  5. Key points when you're worried about the safety of a child If a child is in immediate danger, call the police on 111 within New Zealand (use the appropriate emergency number in other countries). all tamariki deserve to feel safe and have their needs met - …
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  6. … show up in early life and are diagnosed within the first few months. Occasionally, constipation in children can …
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  7. … without a barrier cream so that you clear up the infection first. Then use the barrier cream to help clear up the nappy …
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  8. … Eating with gastroenteritis Your child may refuse food at first - this is OK as long as they take fluids.  Most …
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  9. … and print the 2-page guide on head lice (PDF, 999KB). The first page has information about head lice and the second …
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  10. … at home more than usual, particularly over your baby's first winter. Ask anyone who is unwell not to visit you. …
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  11. … the symptoms. Going to your family doctor is the best first step. They can give you advice about where to get more …
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  12. Key points about coping with a natural disaster following a traumatic event, it is normal for children, teenagers and adults to have strong feelings, reactions, and changes in behaviour children learn from their parents' responses, as well as what they …
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  13. … of the treatment. Going to your family doctor is the best first step as they will be able to provide guidance about …
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