The Common Issues section of the Medical Home Portal provides clinical information about health issues for children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN). The topics are:

• Children with Short Stature Born Small for Gestational Age
• Contraception & Menstrual Management
• Cranial Deformation and Craniosynostosis
• Developmental Coordination Disorder
• Drooling in Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
• Integrative Medicine for CYSHCN
• Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)
• Oral Health
• Osteoporosis and Pathologic Fractures
• Pain in Children with Special Health Care Needs
• Procedural Anxiety
• Puberty and Pubertal Variations
• Seizures & Epilepsy
  • CBD for Neurologic Conditions in Children
  • Childhood Absence Epilepsy
  • Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (CECTS)
  • Epilepsy Surgery
  • Evaluation & Treatment of a First Unprovoked Seizure
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME)
  • Ketogenic Diet
  • SUDEP (Sudden Death with Epilepsy)
  • Tapering Antiepileptic Medication
• Self-injurious Behavior
• Sensory Processing/Integration Disorder
• Sexuality & Children with Disabilities
• Skin and Wound Care for CYSHCN
  • Care of Surgical Wounds in Children
  • Caring for Burn Injuries in Children
  • Ostomy Care
  • Treating Diaper Rash
• Sleep Issues
  • Behavioral Techniques to Improve Sleep
  • Medical Conditions Affecting Sleep in Children
  • Sleep Disorders & Parasomnias in Children
  • Sleep Medications
  • Sleep Tips for Children (Medical Home Portal) ( 189 KB)
• Syncope
• Toe-Walking
• Toilet Training Children with Complex Medical Conditions
• Types of Hearing Loss

Related, more in-depth material for specific common conditions can be found at:

• Anxiety Disorders
• Asthma
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• Constipation
• Depression
• Foster Care
• Headache (Migraine & Chronic)
• Intellectual Disability & Global Developmental Delay
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Seizures/Epilepsy

Diagnosis and management information for specific conditions can be found in the Portal's Diagnoses & Conditions section.