Organizer for families who have children with special health care needs. Families use Care Notebooks to keep track of important information about their child’s health and care. Includes instructions on setting up a notebook, tracking appointments and care, summarizing care, and creating a resources list.

Article on nutrition and feeding problems from keepkidshealthy.com

Article about the issues involved in the use of feeding tubes, recommendations, characteristics of children with feeding tubes, and more.

Includes a definition, background, diagnosis, and treatment.

Introduction to enteral (tube) feeding.

A detailed definition, from the Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence, of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA).

Informationon malnutrition symptoms and effects, from Growing Well.

From the Australian Iron Status Advisory Panel.

Helpful and practical information from The Allergy Connection.

From the National Digestive Disease Information Clearinghouse.

An article by William Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D., of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Outlines and charts from the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Screening requirements and rationale for nutritional assessment, from the Child Health and Disability Prevention Program of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services—Public Health.

Detailed information about nutrition assessment procedures, from the University of Washington.

Growth charts from the National Center for Health Statistics.

National Association of School Nurses position statement on IHPs.

National Association of School Nurses “Issue Briefs” including such topics as integrated service delivery and school nurses and IDEA