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School and Daycare

My daughter will be in pre-Kindergarten in the fall. What suggestions do you have for training the school staff? Where can I find out about other rights and options?

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The school nurse, who is responsible for many schools, says she’s the only person who can legally work my grand-niece’s pump and that a parent must come do a bolus when the she is not available. What is the law? Where can we find more information?

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The school is insisting that my son check his blood sugar three times a day when the doctor recommended one check and is threatening to move my son to a school with a full time nurse. What are my rights to keep him at his current school?

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I am a school bus driver, and I will be transporting a child who has diabetes. I want to know what to do, besides the obvious of contacting an ambulance, if he passes out or has a seizure. Is there anything that I could do until the paramedics get there?

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I am visiting home-school teacher of a 14 year old boy who has type 1 diabetes with blood sugars usually in mid 200s mg/dl [11.1 mmol/L] but as high as 400 mg/dl [22.2 mmol/L] or more. He is reading at second grade level, and his abilities change each time I visit him. Could this boy’s lack of reading skills be caused by the hyperglycemia?

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My son is playing freshman soccer this year, and the nurse told us she can’t train, coach, etc. to give glucagon if needed, so we would have to be there. Who can administer glucagon should my husband and I not be able to attend?

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My eight year old son was sent home from school because he wore a pump to school, and we were told he could not come back.

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My seven year old daughter’s school nurse claims she’s trained in diabetes, but has made several incorrect statements. If she is trained, shouldn’t this school nurse already know what to do?

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If my 12 year old son has a high blood sugar, and we give a corrective dose of insulin, what can we reasonably expect of his ability to do homework and take a test at school? We want him to learn how to work despite not feeling great, yet we want to be fair with him.

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What do most parents do for insulin at school?

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