Back-to-school checklist includes diabetes tool kit

For most children, heading back to school means going to the store to pick up pencils, paper and folders, and meeting their new teachers.

For children with diabetes, however, even more preparation is needed for the new school year. Their school supplies will include their medications, supplies for monitoring their blood sugar and an at-school diabetes management plan developed by their doctors.

Sending a child with diabetes off to school and trusting teachers and school staff to handle possible emergencies can pose some anxious moments for parents. Roche Diagnostics, the maker of Accu-Chek diabetes management products, understands those concerns and wants to help. That’s why Roche Diagnostics created the Accu-Chek Back-to-School Tool Kit. The tool kit contains information and tips that parents and school staff can use to help ensure a healthy school environment for children with diabetes. The tool kit includes:

1) Diabetes Information Sheet - an overview for teachers and school staff to explain diabetes and how it affects students with diabetes.

2) Diabetes Medical Management Plan - a personalized student diabetes management tool to keep on file at the school.

3) Hypo-/Hyperglycemia Quick-Reference Card - a list of signs and symptoms associated with low and high blood sugar and tips for immediate treatment.

4) Sports and Exercise Information Sheet - tips on how to help kids with diabetes participate in sports safely.

Providing this information to a child’s school is an important part of an overall diabetes management plan and helps ensure that children with diabetes are properly cared for in the school setting.

“I had five students with diabetes in my middle school last year, and I truly believe the more information available to educate everyone involved in their care, the safer and healthier they are at home and at school. Having an Accu-Chek Back-to-School Tool Kit on hand would make it easier for parents, the school staff, and my team to coordinate healthcare for a child with diabetes,” said Amy Hanlon, school nurse at River Valley Middle School in Jeffersonville, Ind.

Julie Costakis, mother of a child with diabetes, said she definitely will use the tool kit this fall. “The Accu-Chek Back-to-School Tool Kit is a terrific resource for parents. The website provides what we need in a helpful, easy-to-use format. This is a valuable service to help equip us and our school with accurate, straightforward information to better understand type 1 diabetes.”

RELATED STORIES:
Internet Proves Important to Teens With Chronic Conditions   Safety measures protect kids on Halloween   Study Demonstrates Benefits of ‘Healthy Kids’ Program   Blindness from Smoking Terrifies Teens, but Few Realise the Two Are Linked   Prenatal vitamin D linked to kids’ dental health   Triptan nasal spray effective for adolescent migraine   Parents’ age tied to child’s autism risk   Breastfed babies cope better with stress in later life than bottle fed babies   Early parenting plays key role in infants’ physiological response to stress   Survey: U.S. children not wearing bike helmets   Too much breast-feeding makes babies more prone to allergies   Vaccines Are Important Prevention Tools at Every Age

Comments

[ + Post Your Own ]

Now you're in the public comment zone. What follows is not Armenian Medical Network's stuff; it comes from other people and we don't vouch for it. A reminder: By using this Web site you agree to accept our Terms of Service. Click here to read the Rules of Engagement.

There are no comments for this entry yet. [ + Comment here + ]