To a child, the first syllable of the word diabetes can sound terrifying. For parents, imposing the regimen of balancing diet and activity with insulin injections, monitoring daily blood sugar levels, and record-keeping for a young child or an adolescent seeking independence seems an impossible task. In When a Child Has Diabetes the Diabetes Team at Torontos renowned Hospital for Sick Children offers its medical expertise and practical know-how to parents to help them and their children understand diabetes and live happy and healthy lives. One of the keys to dealing with juvenile diabetes is to learn as much as you can about it. In When a Child Has Diabetes readers will learn the latest about the causes and management of this challenging condition.
Topics include:

• What diabetes is and how it is usually controlled
• How to know when diabetes is not being well-managed and what to do about it
• How to help young children deal with a condition that they may not understand
• How insulin pumps work, and who should use them
• How to teach older children and teens accept their difference and manage it responsibly
• What complications may develop and how you can reduce the risks

Dr. Denis Daneman, MB, BCh, FRCP(C), joined SickKids as a resident in paediatrics in 1975 and as a staff endocrinologist in 1981. He was named Paediatrician-in-Chief in 2006. The Chief Paediatrician is the leading physician at SickKids. The incumbent holds the R.S. McLaughlin Foundation Chair in Paediatrics and is Chair of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto.

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