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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...
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...
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...
Preventing Summer Brain Drain for the Food Allergic
06/10/2014
...Today’s post is from Elizabeth Bostic of Thriving with Allergies. Elizabeth is an art teacher and artist living in rural Iowa. She is a mother of two fantastic kids who happen to have food allergies, environmental allergies, and asthma. She draws inspiration from her everyday experiences, and learning to help her children thrive with allergies and asthma. You can find more of her blog posts and allergy related art work at www.thrivingwithallergies.blogspot.com School is...
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
...Three million children are affected by food allergies in the US. Studies have also suggested that food allergies persist longer in life than was once previously assumed.1Food allergies can have a wide ranging negative effect on children and their families, affecting life at home as well as the social lives of the family. Sending a food allergic child to school, camp or any child care can be a scary task for a parent. Doctors...
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
...goes off to school and picks up extracurricular activities you won’t be with them all the time. Plus, although some food allergies are outgrown, others are life-long conditions. For these children managing food allergies will always be a part of their lives. Teaching Toddlers and Young Children About Food Allergies The skills and information you give your child about her food allergies will depend on her age. Start out with the basics; providing too much...
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