Educating classmates in school

[basketballnut]

Children have lots of questions. What have you or your kids done to educate classmates about diabetes and their routine?

[basketballnut]

My kids recieved a great book when they went to camp. Taking Diabetes To School by Kim Gosselin.   This book was designed  to read out loud in your child's classroom.  Taking Diabetes To School is a superb children's book for kids with diabetes.  This book is wonderfully illustrated and written by a mother and her diabetic son.  It will help children discuss their diabetes with their schoolmates and friends.

[ellie12466]

we also used this book in the lower grades,now ashley does her  fingersticks at her desk and has been a good teacher.

[Lucysfam]

we are very fortunate, we go to a private school, which in itself could have presented a problem, but they are totally onboard w/it.  asked us whatever we needed to let them know!  it helped i think that the principal had type 2, so she's a little more informed.  she'll sometimes pull my daughter from class just to ask what her numbers have been for the day.  she's now a pumper and the school stepped up asking if there is anything else they could do for us.  believe it or not, in my child's grade (just 1 class per grade) there are 2 other kids that have siblings w/type 1, so they also helped inform the kids what she's doing, not to mention the teachers too.  she's in middle school so i found out that i needed to talk to certain teachers more than others.  but it never was an issue.

[deb3027]

my daughter has been the only one in both her jr and senior school that has diabetes,
it was a nitemare at the begin as noone understood what was going on ..but we have had a fantastic nurse that has been in to both of the schools( ie when she moved from litle sch to big sch) and gave all teachers heads up on what to do.
she has just been back in and gave them a refresh course.

we came across the kids that didnt understand it?
call my daughter a drug user and all the name calling at the begining but she stepped up to the plate herself and told the class what was what and that she needed it to keep her alive!

after that they have been really good (most of them ) and even in fact one girl listened that well that after a few months her mum was ill and she told her what was what and she went to the docs and found she was type 2!

the school has now jumped on board and have a session every so often of teaching kids about stuff  like kids that have fits....diabetes...etc etc and it has become very useful :-)

[fanlynne]

Yeah,basketballnut. "Taking Diabetes To School by Kim Gosselin",this book is really great.........