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Treatment for pediatric brain cancer often comes with
side effects that impair a child physically and/or
cognitively, depending on the type and location of the
tumor. Your child's medical team is your first
point of contact when determining what type of support
your child will need moving forward. Some types of
treatment may require your child to remain in the
hospital for a time. During their stay (and if
they are feeling up to it), a Child Life team can be
engaged to help entertain the patient. Most
children's hospitals also equip rooms with televisions,
DVD players and video game consoles.
Children with cancer that are treated at Penn State
Children's Hospital have the opportunity to join a
program called THON, where an organization from Penn
State University can adopt your family. These
students develop a unique relationship with the patient
and family, and members from the organization will often
travels to Hershey and the surrounding area to spend
time with the family.
Your child may also need other types of support, such
as physical and mental therapy. Your child's
medical team will help you line up the appropriate teams
for this.
Learning Support - What do you do when your
child's cognitive skills have been affected by
treatment? Pennsylvania state law requires public
schools to provide the appropriate resources for your
child to learn. You will need to engage your
child's school's learning support team to put together
the appropriate learning program so that your child will
not be left behind.
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