Return to School

Going Back to School After a Major Burn Injury

Introduction

Going back to school is a very important step in a child’s healing after a burn injury. Learning and being with friends is important to your child’s progress.

Social Interaction after Burn Injury

Some burn injury survivors have changes in their appearance. They may worry about how people will react to them when they leave the hospital and go out in public.

Help Your Child Recover - Build Resilience after Burn Injury

Having a burn injury is a hard experience for children, their parents and guardians, and their families. But it is also an opportunity to build resilience. Resilience is the ability to adapt and overcome challenges.

Healthy Eating After Burn Injury— For Kids

This factsheet is intended to inform families of children with burn injury about nutrition during hospitalization and after they return home. Your child needs adequate nutrition to grow and develop. Having a burn injury dramatically increases the need for proper nutrition.

Laser Therapy for Burn Scars

What Is a Laser?

A laser is a device that creates a special, single color of light. Unlike a flashlight, the kind of light a laser creates is focused and full of energy. People use lasers for many things.

Infocomic: Itchy Skin After Burn Injury

Itchy Skin After Burn Injury Infocomic

As skin heals from a burn injury, it may get itchy. Almost everyone recovering from major burns has problems with itching—especially on or around the burn, graft or donor site.

Infocomic: Exercise After Burn Injury

Exercise After Burn Injury Infocomic

After a burn injury, your muscles and bones may not be as strong and you may not be able to move your joints as freely as before. The sooner you begin everyday physical activity, the better.

Infocomic: Understanding Burn Injury

Understanding Burn Injury Infocomic

How burn injuries happen and how to manage the symptoms of burn injury can be a lot to process.

How To Select a Moisturizer for Itchy Skin After Burn Injury

Itching is a normal part of healing after a burn injury. As your burn heals, scar tissue forms. Scar tissue and skin grafts do not have the same oil or sweat glands found in normal skin. This makes the scar feel dry and itchy. This infographic describes how to choose a moisturizer for itchy skin…

How to Cope with Cold Temperatures and Wind After a Burn Injury

This resource provides strategies on how to cope with cold temperature and wind after burn injury.

How To Select a Moisturizer for Itchy Skin After Burn Injury

Itching is a normal part of healing after a burn injury. As your burn heals, scar tissue forms. Scar tissue and skin grafts do not have the same oil or sweat glands found in normal skin. This makes the scar feel dry and itchy. This infographic describes how to choose a moisturizer for itchy skin…

Social Interaction after Burn Injury

View our slide show on social interactions after a burn injury.

Returning to School After Burn Injury

This educational video provides guidance on returning to school after a burn injury. This video follows people with burn injuries and their journeys with recovery and returning to school.