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Educating Your Child’s School About Food Allergies
12/07/2010
...For parents of children with severe food allergies, sending them off to school can be a scary thing. Not only is there a risk that they will accidentally be exposed to an allergen, but bullying is on the rise. The best way to guard against this is to educate your child’s school about food allergies, from the students to their principal and everyone in between. To get you started, we’ve put together a...
Epinephrine Safety: How to Keep a Child Safe at School
02/25/2010
...Epinephrine auto-injectors, for any child with allergies, can be a huge life saver. However, sending your little one to school with their epinephrine can be rather stressful for a parent. There are a thousand questions that might go through your mind, “Will they be safe even with the epinephrine?” or “Will someone know how to use the auto-injector?” Epinephrine and Anaphylactic Shock Basics For those of you who don’t know, anaphylaxis or anaphylactic shock...
Back to school – Parents as Advocates
09/15/2011
...School is back in session and we thought it would be a great time to share with you how to make school a safer place for your child with food allergies. Befriend the school nurse. Take your child to meet the nurse, so they can build a relationship and your child will feel more comfortable going to them. Also, make sure to provide the nurse with all the emergency medications needed for your little...
Preventing Summer Brain Drain for the Food Allergic
06/10/2014
...out, and summer break is here! Time to relax, and enjoy the season. Many parents of school aged children worry about learning loss during summer vacation. If you are the parent of a seriously food allergic child than you may also be worried about your child’s learning loss in regards to school safety with food allergies. My seven year old daughter with multiple severe food allergies just finished first grade at our local elementary school....
Bullying and Food Allergies. What You Can Do?
Bullying and Food Allergies. What You Can Do?
01/04/2018
...allergic child using the potential food allergen. Allergy-Challenged child experiences increased stress and anxiety. This stress and anxiety lead to not eating during school, avoiding school, or even succumbing to peer pressure and eating off-limits food, in spite of possibly harmful side effects. Bullying can be emotionally and physically damaging. Since all these effects can result from just a single instance of bullying, prevention is essential. The take-home messages here are: Actively encourage your children...
Helping Families Manage Food Allergies at Schools*
01/02/2012
...more severe reactions involving laryngeal, pharyngeal or respiratory symptoms, severe vomiting or shock, followed by antihistamines with additional epinephrine as necessary. These protocols should be clearly communicated to parents by the healthcare professional. Food reaction scenarios are where an Emergency Plan or 504 plan for your child must be available and easy to follow for all appropriate personnel at the school. Full time nursing availability in schools is becoming uncommon, which has placed the burden...
New Year Resolutions and Food Allergy Awareness – Make 2016 The Year!
01/11/2016
...for inspiration? No worries, I pulled some ways you can get involved and help: In the Community Talk to your child’s school system. Find out what safeguards are in place for food allergy children within the school. Bring school staff information on State and National recommended guidelines for handling food allergies at school: CDC’s National Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools National and State School Guidelines If you need some inspiration on how to...
Tips for Teaching Your Children To Manage Their Own Food Allergies
09/23/2010
...School Kids Smartphone Apps: We don’t have to tell you that teens love their cell phones! Apps are a way for teens to manage their food allergies in a way that’s familiar and convenient for them! Here are just a few apps that showed up in a quick search. We haven’t tested them all out, and there are new apps every day, but they could be of interest: Allergy Eats iCanEat Gluten and Allergen Free...
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