I don't like fear-mongering, but since I recently posted about schools that do not have nurses--particularly in the context of food allergic and asthmatic students--I thought this article would further drive home the point that parents of food allergic children (and other health conditions such as asthma or diabetes) need to consider whether a trained medical professional of some kind is on campus during all school activities should a medical emergency ever arise. It's a very serious problem.
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My first question to my sons new school next year was "WHERE DO YOU KEEP THE EPI PENS"? They assured me that I can have one in every room he's in and he'll have one with him at all times. I still have a lot to do to get them ready to handle his allergies, but that was a huge relief lifted off my shoulders. It's a private school and we were fully prepared to put him in public with a 504 plan and IEP for food allergies if we needed to. Every school district is different but at least here, if you get a 504 plan, they will let you keep the EPI's in the same room and not locked in the nurses office.
Scary stuff that article!!!
Yes, huge problem! I also have insisted on EpiPens with my daughter at all times while she's at school--she carries them in a little bag and they are also in the health office.
Parents need to know this info--and it doesn't hurt to check up even after the plans are put in place. Teacher/Parent conferences are a great time to do this!
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