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School and Daycare

We are currently meeting with preschool staff and want to balance informing them versus scaring them. How important is it that they be trained to give glucagon?

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Prior to my seven year old daughter’s diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (about a year and a half ago) she did very well in school, but now the teacher says she just stares off into space when she’s supposed to be doing her work, and her grades are dropping. Can her diabetes be affecting her schoolwork?

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School personnel of a local elementary school are refusing to learn how to give insulin injections that may be needed by a first grade boy with type 1 diabetes who does not self-inject. They are saying the legal ramifications are too great. Is there any legal statute on which they stand giving them the right to refuse to do this?

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My 13 year old son was recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes and currently prefers to go to the nurse’s office to check his blood sugar. However, I am reading more and hearing more about children testing at their desks in the classroom. Can school/college deny a child/young adult the opportunity to test blood sugars at their desk in the classroom?

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School bus drivers are not required to give glucagon (nor are they comfortable with that, I’m sure). What is the best information to give to school bus drivers?

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My eight year old son was recently told that he is not allowed to test his blood sugar while on the school bus. I’m not exactly sure, but isn’t this discrimination? Is this covered under the ADA? If so, can anyone point me to the actual text?

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My nine year old son has type 1 diabetes. Our problem is that lately his grades are dropping, and his teacher and I became concerned. I contacted his diabetes educator who gave us a referral to a psychologist. Is this common practice?

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My 10 year old, who has had type 1 diabetes for a year and is on a pump, really wants to eat lunch with her friends in the lunch room, but we are having a hard time getting the school to serve a diabetic lunch. What are our rights in this State?

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I work with our State’s pre-kindergarten program, and one of our sites will have a child with diabetes, who has to have insulin shots and other forms of treatment while in our care. What kind of classes will our staff need to take, if any? Are there any workshops we can hold for either parents or children so that the other people (the kids and their parents) know what to expect with this child in the class?

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I have been having a problem with my child’s school regarding how they treat her with her diabetes. She is denied field trips. They are not doing right how they are treating her blood sugars and also when it is time for her snacks are to be given to her. I want to know how I can go about filing a 504 plan. Every year it is getting worse.

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