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R eturning to school after cancer treatment is a tough experience for a child.
Unprepared classmates may be shy and stand-offish or even make fun of physical changes such as hair loss and surgery scars. To make the return easier, case managers from The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation are working with schools to prepare classmates and others who have contact with young cancer patients. The Park, the Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at Children's Hospital of Austin, works closely with The Candlelighters Foundation to coordinate this and other services for young cancer patients and their families. We tell the children that they may see some physical differences in the child, but that he or she is still the same person on the inside. We ask the kids to put themselves in the kid's place.