A School’s Guide for Children with Cancer

This guide helps the school and larger community to assist young people with cancer in maintaining continued involvement in school and other normal life activities.

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A Parent’s Guide to School and Childhood Cancer

This guide can help you be the mobilizing force behind your child’s education plan. It will provide:

– Insights about the challenges your child may face and what can be done

– Information about the laws that protect your child’s educational needs

– Specific ways schools can help meet your child’s educational needs

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Back to School Program for Children with Cancer

The Trish Greene Back to School Program for Children with Cancer offers free information and materials to parents, educators and healthcare professionals. The program was developed to encourage communication among parents, young patients, healthcare professionals and school personnel to assure children a smooth transition from active treatment to back to school.

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Staying Connected® School Program

Online course for school personnel and healthcare providers who support students who have survived or are being treated for any type of cancer. Interactive modules focus on treatment and side effects, education, and psychosocial challenges, coping with grief, and provide strategies and resources for professionals and the children and young adults they serve.

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Resources for Children and Teens

Staying vigilant about follow-up care, understanding the long-term and late effects of treatment, and ensuring your child understands the importance of monitoring their health as they transition from adolescence to adulthood are all things you will need to manage and Blood Cancer United is here to support you every step of the way. Find helpful resources on our “Navigating blood cancer care for children and teens” page.

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