{"id":221,"date":"2016-12-22T13:51:24","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T13:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mcns.scot.nhs.uk\/sparn\/?page_id=221"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:19:35","slug":"families-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/families-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients and Families"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\u2019s Health Scotland now offers an online Self-management Service: SMS Connect\u2014for children and young people living with long term health conditions<em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/em>Self-Management means improving the relationship you have with your health and wellbeing and building your confidence and self-esteem<em>.&nbsp; Please click on the links below for further information.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparn.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/09\/CHS-trifold-SMS-CONNECT-FINAL.pdf\">SMS Connect information leaflet<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sparn.scot.nhs.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2020\/09\/200630-SMS-Health-Professional-Referral-Form-Editable.pdf\">Health Professional referral form<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>Two beautifully written and illustrated books by Vanessa Raimondo (Paediatric Rheumatology Nurse Specialist) and Emily Farrugia (Art Therapist &amp; Illustrator) can be accessed by clicking on the titles below.<br>The books were written to help children and young people understand Uveitis and JIA and why treatment is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snac.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pollys_Sore_Knee_Digital.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.snac.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Pollys_Sore_Knee_Digital.pdf\">Polly\u2019s sore knee and snowy eyes!<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snac.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Seeing_Through_The_Snow_1-29-19.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.snac.uk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Seeing_Through_The_Snow_1-29-19.pdf\">Seeing through the snow<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"nhsuk-card__description\">Children\u2019s Health Scotland now offers an online Self-management Service: SMS Connect\u2014for children and young people living with long term health [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-221","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=221"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2702,"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/221\/revisions\/2702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nn.nhs.scot\/sparn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}