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Social Issues: School and Daycare

I am a kindergarten teacher who has a little boy in my room that has been diagnosed with hypoglycemia or low blood sugar, not diabetes. His mother claims that when his blood sugar gets low he will become very active and talkative. I want to know if this is true.

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What are the effects, if any, of numerous low blood sugar levels on a 7 year old type 1 diabetic? What would be the appropriate blood sugar level for the school nurse to call home?

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I have a 6 years old son, diagnosed 6 months ago. I want to know how high blood sugars may affect his school work. He was tested to get into international school and he had high blood sugars and was very lethargic. He failed the test.

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I am a school nurse and would like guidance about how to implement a protocol for the use of glucagon in diabetes emergencies in a large public high school.

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My 10 year old, who is in the fifth grade, diabetes, hypothyroidism, and vitiligo. She was at a school where she was a person who happened to have a diabetes to a school where she is diabetes and not a person. What can be done to protect my daughter from being physically and psychologically harassed over a condition that she has no control over?

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If the parent of a pre-school child requests to be included in the school lunch program, what are legal ramifications if the school does not honor that request? I am a part-time school nurse in a Catholic grammar school and our lunch is provided for low-income families.

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We had a local child who almost died a few weeks ago at school. The school personnel assumed she was asleep when she really was unconscious due to a diabetic seizure. Now, the school district wants all parents of diabetic children to sign a contract.

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My son is 13 years old and was diagnosed 3 years ago. He attends a private school. This last fall he was to go on a trip that would last 5 days and 4 nights. I was told that I couldn’t go with the class, but the school finally gave me permission.

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My nine year old child has diabetes. We live about 0.8 miles from the school, and, this year, he will not have bus transportation. In the past, he has forgotten snack before leaving school and had low’s on the bus. I am worried. Do I have the right to request special accommodation for transportation?

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Our son was diagnosed last year at age seven with type 1 diabetes. he has had very good HbA1c results, but he is having difficulty concentrating at school. He is now in second grade, and his reading is at the beginner level. Could his learning disabilities be connected to diabetes?

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