For Parents
Parental Guidelines.
IAP-authored guides on child health, nutrition, and development — organized by topic for quick reference.
105 Guidelines
How To Take Care of My Child
10Guidelines for Healthy Eating and Junk Food
View PDFGuidelines for Normal Sleep and Physical Activity
View PDFGuideline for Dental Care, Diapers, and Clothing
View PDFGuidelines for Prevention of Accidents and Injuries
View PDFScreentime Guidelines for Parents
View PDFGuideline for School and My Child: Parental Concerns Regarding Schooling
View PDFGuideline for Toys, Plays, And Sports
View PDFGuideline for Early Childhood Development
View PDFGuideline for Studies, Coaching, and Vocational Counseling
View PDFGuideline for Traveling with children
View PDFPreventing Diseases by Immunization
2Behavioral and Developmental Issues
9Guideline for Prepare Your Child to Deal with Bullying
View PDFGuideline for Thumb-sucking, Temper Tantrums and PICA
View PDFGuideline for Enuresis and Encopresis
View PDFGuideline for Stammering and Stuttering
View PDFGuideline for When and How Do I Suspect and Prevent Abuse in My Child?
View PDFGuideline for AUTISM
View PDFGuideline for Care of an Inattentive/Hyperactive Child
View PDFGuideline for When to Suspect Specific Learning Disability in Your Child?
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Intellectual Disability
View PDFIs My Child Growing Well?
4Guideline for How My Child Grows
View PDFNormal Development and When to Suspect Abnormal Development?
View PDFGuideline for When to Suspect Visual Impairment and Care of a Child with Visual Impairment?
View PDFGuideline for When to Suspect Hearing Impairment and Care of a Child with Hearing Impairment
View PDFUnderstanding My Adolescent Child
4Infections
9Guidelines for Fever
View PDFGuideline for My Child has a Fever with Rash
View PDFGuideline for Typhoid
View PDFGuideline for Viral Hepatitis
View PDFGuideline for Suspecting a Serious Bacterial Illness
View PDFGuideline for Tuberculosis in Children
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with HIV/Child Born to HIV Positive Mother
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Immune Deficiency
View PDFGuideline for Preventing Mosquito-borne Illnesses
View PDFNutrition
10Guidelines for Breastfeeding
View PDFGuideline for Complementary Feeding
View PDFGuideline for Vitamins and Minerals for My Child
View PDFGuideline for Nutrition Between 1 and 2 Years of Age
View PDFGuideline for Nutrition for Preschoolers (2–5 Years)
View PDFGuideline for Nutrition for Children Between 5–12 Years
View PDFGuideline for Nutrition of Adolescents (10–19 Years)
View PDFGuideline for Which Nutritional Supplements are Needed for My Child?
View PDFGuideline for Prevention and Care of Malnutrition in Children
View PDFGuidelines for obesity
View PDFNewborn Infants
6Guideline for How Do I Prepare for Arrival of My Newborn Baby?
View PDFPhysiological Variations in a Newborn
View PDFGuideline for Care of the Low Birthweight Newborn
View PDFGuideline for Identifying a Sick Newborn
View PDFGuideline for Neonatal Jaundice
View PDFGuideline for Birth Defects
View PDFCardiovascular Disorders
3Endocrinologic Disorders
4Gastro-Intestinal Disorders
5Hematological Disorders
7Guideline for Thalassemia: What Parents Need to Know?
View PDFGuideline for Hemophilia
View PDFGuideline for Anemia
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Leukemia
View PDFGuideline for Care of Children with Cancer
View PDFGuideline for Post Bone Marrow Transplant/Stem Cell Transplant Care
View PDFGuideline for Care of Childhood Cancer Survivors
View PDFNervous System Disorders
6Guideline for Home Care of a Paralytic Child
View PDFGuideline for Home Care of a Child with Cerebral Palsy
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Epilepsy
View PDFGuideline for Acute Episodes of Seizures: What to Do?
View PDFGuideline for Care of Children with Febrile Seizure
View PDFRespiratory Disorders
7Guideline for My Child is having Fever with Cough: What to Do?
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Child with Cystic Fibrosis
View PDFGuideline for Allergic Rhinitis
View PDFGuideline for Acute Attack of Asthma: What to Do?
View PDFGuideline for Home Care of Chronic Asthma
View PDFGuideline for Home Care of Child on Oxygen and Ventilation
View PDFGuidelines for Recurrent Cough
View PDFRenal Disorders
4Miscellaneous
15Guideline for Care of a Child with Skin Allergies
View PDFGuideline for Environmental Pollution
View PDFGuideline for When a Dog Bites My Child?
View PDFGuideline for When to Suspect Drug and Substance Abuse?
View PDFGuideline for Genetic Disorders: How to Prevent Recurrence?
View PDFGuidelines for Down Syndrome
View PDFGuideline for Rheumatic Disorders
View PDFGuideline for Child Labor and Rights of Children
View PDFGuideline for I Want to Adopt a Child
View PDFGuideline for Chronic Disease in Children
View PDFGuideline for Care of a Terminally Ill Child
View PDFGuidelines for First Aid
View PDFGuideline for Corona virus Disease-2019 in Children
View PDFGuideline for Yoga for Children
View PDFGuideline for Psychosocial Concerns during Pandemic
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Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP)
These guidelines are authored and published by the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, the national professional association of pediatricians in India, and are shared here for parents' quick reference. View the original source at iapindia.org →