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• Salmonella – see Diarrhoea & Vomiting
• Sarcoidosis (British lung foundation)
• Safeguarding children (Patient UK);
  • See also Female Genital Mutilation and Non-accidental injury
• Scabies
  • ​Patient UK
• Scarlet fever (Patient UK)
• Schizophrenia
  • RCPsych
  • Information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people (RCPsych)
• School exclusion times
  • Patient UK
  • Healthier Together
• School nurses
  • ​Isle of Wight
  • Monkey Wellbeing Video
• Scoliosis
  • Scoliosis Association UK
  • Curves in the spine (Southampton Children’s Hospital)
• Screen Time
  • The health impacts of screen time (RCPCH)
• Seborrhoeic dermatitis – see Cradle cap
• Seizures
  • Following a first seizure without a fever in children and young people (RCPCH)
  • See also Febrile convulsions, Non-epileptic seizures and Midazolam (Buccal)
• Self-harm – see also CAMHS, Suicide
  • NHS Choices
  • harmLESS (NHS)
  • Harmless
  • Mind – for better mental health
  • National Self Harm Network
  • Samaritans
  • Self-injury support
  • Patient's journey video (Young Minds)
  • No Harm Done: Young person's guide (Young Minds)
  • Coping with self-harm: a guide for parents and carers
  • Conversation starters - Talking about suicide (PAPYRUS)
  • Coping strategies (PAPYRUS)
  • Creating a hope box (PAPYRUS)
  • Distraction from suicide techniques (PAPYRUS)
  • Suicide safety plan from (PAPYRUS)
  • Self-harm in young people: information for parents, carers and anyone who works with young people (RCPsych)
  • Calm Harm - App designed to help people of all ages manage self harm urges, by promoting a variety of activities and using a cognitive behavioural therapy intervention. For ages 13+. 
  • Self harm - An NHS self-help guide (NHS Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
  • Book: The Truth About Self-Harm by Celia Richardson (Mental Health Foundation)
• Sepsis
  • Spotting Sepsis in under 5s (NHS)
  • Spotting the signs (Healthier Together)
  • The Sepsis Manual (The UK Sepsis Trust)
  • Patient UK
• Septic arthritis
  • ​NHS Choices
  • Healthier Together
  • Southampton Children’s Hospital
• Sex education 
  • Advice for young people (NHS Health for Teens)
  • Safer Sex (Patient UK)
  • Sex & Sexuality (MindEd)
  • Multiple resources (FPA - the sexual health charity)
• Sexual abuse or exploitation – See Child Sexual Abuse or Exploitation
• Sexually Transmitted Infections (FPA – the sexual health charity)
  • So you want to know about STIs? (BPAS)
  • What's my STI? Bingo Game (BPAS)
  • Chlamydia (FPA)
  • Genital Herpes (FPA)
  • Genital Warts (FPA)
  • Gonorrhoea (FPA)
  • HIV (FPA)
  • Non-gonococcal urethritis (FPA)
  • Pubic lice and scabies (FPA)
  • Syphilis (FPA)
  • Trichomonas vaginalis (FPA)
  • Thrush and bacterial vaginosis (FPA)
• Sickle cell disease
  • ​Patient UK
  • Sickle Cell Society
  • Sickle cell trait & testing (Patient UK)
• Sixth Disease – see Roseola
• Skin Glue (Get Well Soon song)
• Skin Prick Testing – see Allergy
• Slapped cheek syndrome​
  • NHS Choices
  • Patient UK
• Sleep - see also Obstructive sleep apnoea
  • Back to Sleep Fact Sheet (Lullaby Trust)
  • Safer sleep for babies: a guide for parents (Lullaby Trust)
  • Baby sleep advice - (Paediatric sleep council)
  • Sleep difficulties (MindEd)
  • Sleep problems in childhood and adolescence (RCPsych)
  • Sleep problems and insomnia self-help guide (NHS Inform)
  • Self-help videos and worksheets (Oxford CAMHS)
  • How to help your child get a good nights sleep (Paediatric Pearls)
  • Calm App - good resources for all ages  including sleep stories and mindfulness exercises
  • Sleep Time (App)
  • Recommended books:
    • Bedtime Meditations for Kids: Quick, Calming Exercises to Help Kids Get to Sleep by Cory Cochiolo (ages 4-8)
    • A Kid's Guide to Relaxation & Sleep by Noel Anderson (ages 6-8)
    • What To Do When You Dread Your Bed: A Kid's Guide to Overcoming Problems with Sleep by Dawn Huebner (ages 6-12) 
• Sleep studies
  • Polysomnography sleep study (Southampton Children's Hospital)
  • Polysomnography sleep study and multiple sleep latency test (Southampton Children's Hospital)
  • Respiratory polygraphy sleep study (Southampton Children's Hospital)
    • with tracheostomy-invasive ventilation (Southampton Children's Hospital)
    • with non-invasive ventilation (Southampton Children's Hospital)
• Slipped upper femoral epiphysis – SUFE
  • ​Patient UK
  • Steps
• Smoking
  • Second-hand smoke kills (Smokefree)
  • Healthier Together- young people
  • Healthier Together- parents and carers
• Snuffles – see blocked nose in babies
• Social anxiety (​NHS Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
• ​Spina bifida
  • ​Shine
  • Patient UK
• Spirometry – see Lung Function
• Strabismus (squint)
  • ​NHS Choices
  • Patient UK
• Stress
  • Coping with stress - RCPsych
  • Stress - An NHS self-help guide (NHS Northumberland, Tyne and Wear)
  • Books:
    • Fighting Invisible Tigers by Earl Hipp (Free Spirit)
    • The Teenage Guide to Stress by Nicola Morgan (Walker Books)
• Stroke
  
  • Perinatal stroke (Southampton Children's Hospital)
    
• Stutter/stammer
  • ​NHS Choices
  • Patient UK
• Substance abuse – See Drugs and alcohol
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
  • NHS Choices
  • Reducing risk of cot death (Patient UK)
  • Lullaby Trust
• Suicide prevention - see also Self Harm
  • Crisis plan (Blurt)
  • Stay Alive (App)
  • Hope box (Papyrus)
  • Ideas for distraction (Papyrus)
  • Coping strategies (Papyrus)
  • Conversation starters (Papyrus)
  • 24/7 Text service (Give Us A Shout)
• Sun safety (​NHS Choices)
• Surgery
  • Your child’s operation – children’s orthopaedics (Southampton Children’s Hospital)
  • See also Dermatology Surgery, ENT surgery, Pain & individual operations
• Swallowing Tablets (Kidzmed)
• Sweat test
  • ​​Isle of Wight
• Syncope (STARS)