Children's Health Resources

• Link to the new Canada’s Food Guide
• Lunch box tips
• Peanut free lunches
• Info on food labels
• Preparing food with your kids
• Gardening with your kids
• + other resources!

Check out what’s happening at the Ottawa chapter!

“Recreational circus arts are a great way to stay active while having fun, meet new people and challenge your body and mind at your own rhythm, develop and express your creativity, build self-confidence, build strength and flexibility and feel good in your body. Most of all, circus arts are fun and when you find an activity that is fun, you will want to do it over and over.

Aerial silks, static trapeze, partner acrobatic lifts, juggling, hula hooping, unicycle, tight rope and tumbling are all part of our programming for adults and for children.”

Through events, consultations and lessons, Lori Preshing (registered holistic nutritionist), is on a mission to “Helping families find health in evolution of food choices, one meal at a time… one step at a time!”

Lori is an invaluable resource to families in the Ottawa area.

Here is an in-depth guide on how kids can stay healthy and hygienic in and around swimming pools.

The guide covers important topics such as:

Basics of pool hygiene – how parents can help kids maintain good health and hygiene practices in and around the swimming pool.
Understanding and mitigating the risks of recreational water illnesses (RWIs) and other water-borne infections.
Important pool safety knowledge – understanding water safety signs, and helping kids recognise when it’s unsafe to swim or dive.
Other essential swimming and water safety advice and best practices for parents and their children.

MindMasters 2 (MM2) is a mental health promotion resource that helps children to develop social and emotional skills through relaxation, positive thinking and mindfulness.

Life Therapies can assist with the management a number of conditions in infants, children, and adolescents, including:

• Irritability, difficulty settling, or excessive crying;
• Digestive troubles (e.g., colic, excessive vomiting, reflux, or gas);
• Feeding complications (e.g., difficulties latching and/or sucking);
• Issues with sleep patterns;
• Jaundice;
• Head shape changes or asymmetries;
• Difficulties with movement;
• Hip dysplasia;
• Chronic ear infections, and;
• In children and teenagers:
  • Postural issues, breathing and asthma, repetitive strain, or ADD/ADHD, as well as;
  • Growth-related injuries (e.g., Growing pains or Osgood-Schlatter disease).

Services provided by Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Registered Massage Therapist, Accupuncturist.

If you have a child with attention, learning or reading difficulties, Opticalm may have solutions that help! They offer a wide range of assistive tools, technologies and services:

• Visual stress assessment services

• Specialty lenses and coloured filters

• Coloured overlays, paper and pens

• E Ink (ePaper) non-LCD computer monitor and tablet

• Screen tinting software

• Lighting solutions for home or office

While it may seem strange to think that a simple coloured item can help, once you understand that it isn’t about colour but about filtering light, it really does make sense.