Migraine Stigma Resources for Parents

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Migraine is often an invisible disease. This means many children and adolescents with migraine experience stigma. In order to fight migraine stigma, we need to learn more about migraine, how to create a supportive community for ourselves and our children, and get the resources we need.

7 Tips to Help Children with Migraine Have a Successful School Year

Three doctors weigh in on the back-to-school topics many parents have on their minds and share their top tips for helping children with migraine have a successful school year.

Understanding Pediatric Migraine

The American Migraine Foundation explains why migraine in children is oftentimes overlooked, misdiagnosed, and left untreated.

Children Get Migraine Too! | American Migraine Foundation

Migraine headaches can begin at any age. However, the presentation of migraine in a child may be different than that of an adult.

Migraine Forms for School

It is important your educators know you have migraine. Migraine.com has these easy to fill out forms to help communicate your migraine disease.

How to Treat Children with Migraine

Don’t underestimate the relief that you, the parent, can provide your child by offering reassurance and understanding.

Migraine in Schoolchildren: A Parent’s Guide

Learn how parents can help school administrators, teachers and staff members understand and better accommodate students with migraine.

Migraine Variants In Children

When migraine variants occur, they may be confused with other health conditions, and it is not uncommon for several different other health conditions to be considered while searching for the correct diagnosis. The American Migraine Foundation can help you recognize the difference.

Never Too Young for Chronic Headaches in Teenagers

Chronic daily headache presents a significant problem for many teenagers. For practitioners, patients, and their families, it is a challenging and frustrating entity to treat. The American Migraine Foundation can help you understand more.

Migraine Headaches in Children & Teens: Parent FAQs

Parents may benefit from information about the signs, symptoms and causes of migraines and how to help children and teens dealing with them.

CHAMP Language and Image Guide

In partnership with the headache, migraine, and cluster patient advocacy community CHAMP looks to change the way we speak about and represent headache diseases. Changing the way we speak about these diseases will reduce the stigma attached to this community.