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For parents who have younger children with allergies, managing their children’s allergies at school can be worrying when they need to hand the responsibility over to someone else. If the child has life-threatening allergy, entrusting them to someone else can be more difficult.
Here are some things parents can do to manage this easier.
Make sure your child has enough of the medicines they need. Make an appointment with your GP to ensure you have an extra supply of the medication to hand it over to the school.
Ask your doctor to help you write an action plan that you can give to the teacher at your school to let them know what medication your child takes and who should be in charge of administering it.
Make an appointment with the head teacher as how to manage your child’s allergy before term begins. Ask the teacher what system they have in place, and discuss your action plan with them. Even if the school has a system in place, it is important that each child has a sound action plan that has been agreed with the school, the parent and the child’s GP.
In the action plan, need to write down in detail who to call in an emergency and make sure both the head teacher and the school nurse have a copy.
Find out who can use an EpiPen in the school and whether this person is medically insured/qualified to do so.
Make sure the staff in the school is aware of the allergens, and the symptoms and signs of an allergic reaction of your kid.
Make sure your child knows who to go to in order to get medication.
Put a photograph of your child with any medication you hand over
Do not feel you are putting trouble to the school. Allergies are so common these days and the awareness of it is much higher than before. Some schools may already have a system in place. If they do not have, it will be a good learning experience for the school that you actually help them to set up one with your child’s case. Exercise your parent power, speak to the parent-teacher association, speak to the head of the school or whoever is in charge of school policy, go straight to the top yourself.
Discuss with the school would it be safer to have packed lunch or have school meals. Understand well if the school is confident to provide allergy free school meals to your child. If not, packed lunch will give you greater control over what your kid ate.
Children should be discouraged from sharing each others' packed food.
The dining area should be clean, and milk and other spillages wiped up quickly and efficiently.
Children should wash their hands before and after eating.
There have been a few cases where schools have set a food-allergic child at a table on his own, to remove all risk from other children's packed food. This is bad for the child's morale and unnecessary from the point of view of safety. Sensible precautions will minimize risk.
However, the issue of peanut butter and nut snacks does need careful consideration. Although the risks from casual contact with peanut butter have probably been overstated, it might reassure the peanut-allergic child if pupils who bring peanut butter sandwiches to school are placed at a different table.
Some schools choose to enforce 'nut bans', where it is forbidden for any pupil to bring the problem food to school. However, there are several pitfalls in this approach:
It would be impossible to provide an absolute guarantee that the school would be truly nut-free. Without going through pupils' bags and pockets every day, you couldn't be sure that a child hasn't got any snacks with nuts. The danger is that allergic children may be led into a false sense of security.
There is a strong case for arguing that food-allergic children will gain a better awareness of their allergies, and learn avoidance strategies, if they move in an environment where allergens may turn up unexpectedly. If they are trained to be vigilant, their growing awareness may pay dividends one day when, for example, a friend offers them a biscuit at a party. If they are used to a nut-free environment, they may take the biscuit without thinking.
Teachers should be informed that some lessons (especially cooking lessons) where allergens may be present need some careful thought. Inform teachers that they should inform parents in advance and discuss with parents for substitutes.
There is no need to exclude an allergic child from any school activity, but cleaning procedures should be thorough and any cooking recipes thought out carefully. For physical education lessons, if your child has asthma, discuss with teachers ways your child can get involved.
Whenever a severely allergic child goes out of school – for example, on a sports activity – their emergency kit should go too.
School trips may need a little planning and preparation, together with a meeting with the parents and the child to ensure they are satisfied with the plans. Risk assessment is necessary.
At least one person trained in administering the child’s allergic reaction plan must accompany the party. From the child's point of view, it is not a good idea for a parent to accompany them on school trips, although sometimes this may be unavoidable – for example, at times of staff shortage.
Insect sting allergy - Insect sting allergy causes a lot of anxiety and needs careful management. Children need to take special care outdoors, wearing shoes at all times and making sure any food or drink is covered and kept in sight. Adults must make sure that whoever is supervising outdoor activities is kept fully informed of pupils' allergies and that suitable medication is always on hand.
Find out if school pets are kept in the classroom, how often classrooms are cleaned or whether the children will be sitting on dusty floors, which may trigger eczema.
Help your Child to Blend in
Get Support from other Parents and Students Talk to the school about the possibility of holding talks about allergies to the rest of the class or school, and the parents, so it will be much easier to get the support when they understand the issue better.
Allergy Alert Labels can be worn on clothing or stuck on lunchboxes, school bags. So it will be much easier for people to know the kid has allergies.
Blend in must be 2 ways. While seeking others to support, the kids also need to learn to admit that they have allergies. Some children may find it hard to admit they have an allergy. However, you will need to explain to them that the more people around them know they have allergy, the safer they will be. Encourage your child to let other people know he has allergy. You can teach your child to response to people’s reaction in a positive way, e.g. "it is eczema, it is an allergy, it will not be transferred to other people."
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