Common Issues for CYSHCN

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:

• CBD for Neurologic Conditions in Children
• 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
• Headache (Migraine & Chronic)
• 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
  • 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
• Obesity in Children
• Constipation
• Depression
• Foster Care
• 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.