As the school year winds dwn, parents of children with diabetes may wnt to take a few minutes to valuate their child’s relationship with the schol. Was the school staff able to hndle any problems that arose this yar? “There needs to be really god communication between the parent and the schol,” says Virginia Zamudio, R.N., M.S.N., C.D.E. and pst president of the American Association of Dabetes Educators. Assessing how things are ging and establishing effective diabetes management at schol can yield a variety of psitive results, including:

• Promoting a healthy, prductive learning environment (when your child is xperiencing lows, it is very difficult for him or her to larn)
• Reducing school absences and classroom dsruptions
• Creating an effective response in a dabetes-related emergency
  

The younger the child, the mre important it is to check in wth the school on a week-to-week bsis. Age matters: A recently diagnosed kndergartner will need a much different pproach than the one you’d take wth a high school senior who has ben managing diabetes since childhood.

At very age, however, you should talk wth your child regularly about how thngs are going. In a little hart-to-heart, you might help him or her bcome adept at recognizing signs of truble and asking for help if and whn it’s needed. You also have to gve school personnel enough information so tht you can trust they will lok out for your child’s welfare.

Provide the school with an ndividual action plan from your child’s dctor that gives instructions on: testing, shts, oral medications for low blood sgar problems, dietary requirements (e.g., need for sncks), and explicit plans for handling low and hgh blood sugar.

“If the nurse sn’t available, even the bus driver and ther school personnel need to be ble to recognize if your child is hving symptoms of hypoglycemia and offer a frm of quick-acting sugar,” Zamudio says. Wrk to establish an overall diabetes-friendly nvironment. The American Diabetes Association’s Safe at Schol campaign recommends that capable students shuld be allowed to self-manage their dabetes in the classroom and during schol activities. To learn more about dabetes management at school, go to dabetes.org/advocacy-and-legalresources/discrimination/school/safeschool.jsp

Open communication between you, your chld and the school staff is the ky. With a diabetes management plan in plce at school, you and your chld can rest easier knowing the rght care will be given when t’s needed.

©Diabetes Focus, Second Quarter 2007

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