Management Tools & Resources For Keeping Food Allergic Children Safe at School
Please visit the sites below as they are comprehensive and outline practical considerations for managing food allergies. Including:
Medical Management
-Development of Individualized Healthcare Plan (IHP)
-Placement and Accessibility of Epinephrine
-Recruitment and Training of Designees Who Volunteer to Administer Epinephrine
Risk Reduction
-Strategies for the reduction of risk of exposure to food allergens throughout the school day
Communication and Implementation
-Suggested (Implementation checklists) for Roles and Responsibilities of Parents, Students and School Administration, School Nurse, Teachers, Food Service Manager, Coaches, and After School Activity Managers
-Procedure for reporting an incident involving a life-threatening allergic reaction that includes notifying emergency responders
-Statement of how the policy is to be disseminated and communicated
Guidelines for the Management of Life-Threatening
Food Allergies in Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
Guidelines & Practices
Managing Life
Threatening Food Allergies
In Elementary School Children, Ann Arbor School District
Managing Life Threatening Food Allergies, Massachusetts
Department of Education
Guidelines for Managing Life-Threatening Food Allergies
in Connecticut Schools
California Department of Education Training standards for the administration of epinephrine auto-injectors in accordance with Education Code Section 49414
These standards are intended to provide guidelines for training school personnel who have volunteered for training. They are not mandates or requirements for local agencies.
State of California's School Health Policies
Click Here to read the (Education Codes 49423 & 49414 and California Code 606)
National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
8/27/08
New Survey Shows 3 out of 4 School Nurses Have Students at Risk for Severe Allergic Reactions Whose Parents have not provided the school with Auto-Injectable Epinephrine. Parents of students with known allergies are urged to put auto-injectable epinephrine at the top of the school supplies list.
In-Service Training Program for School Staff
by Safe@School™ Partners
Safe@School partners is a non-profit organization that provides food allergy safety training to schools, camps, daycares, and other child enrichment programs.
Section 504 Primer For Parents & Educators of Children With Food Allergy and Asthma
The analysis pertains to schools that receive federal financial assistance (FFA) from the federal government.
There are various methods for formalizing a food allergy management plan in school.
No one method is standard, or superior to another. Just as children and their needs vary,
so too should individual food allergy management plans. It is recommended that any plan be documented in writing
so that it is clear to all and available for revisions and review as necessary. Possible options may include
individualized health plans (IHP); 504 plans; IDEA plans; Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or combinations thereof.
ACAAI Video: Life-Threatening Asthma and Allergy Attacks Common in Schools 11/11/07
A survey of 171 California school nurses showed that 57% had witnessed a life-threatening asthma attack and 38% had seen cases of food anaphylaxis, according to Larry Posner, M.D., of the West Coast Allergy and Asthma Center in Napa, California.
He added that many schools had no stocks of medicine available and had no policies to outline what should be done if a student had a dangerous attack.
Click here for Poster of CSNO Survey: Anaphylaxis and Acute Asthma in California Schools
"Allergic Reactions-Instruction Sheet"
This information was provided by Rady Children’s Hospital. For more medically reviewed health information written for parents, kids, and teens visit www.chsd.org. ©2007 The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth. Used under license.
"Someday" Children Speaking About Having Food Allergies
Video produced by the
Food Allergy Initiative
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