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The health, safety, and educational progress of a student with diabetes depend on cooperation and collaboration between the family and school staff members. Working together, they form the school health team that implements the provisions of the student's written plans and provides the necessary assistance in the school environment. When available, the school nurse is the most appropriate person to plan diabetes care in the school and oversee implementation of the student's written plans. When a school nurse is not available, the diabetes medical community has found that nonmedical personnel ("trained diabetes personnel") can be trained and supervised to safely provide and assist with diabetes care tasks in the school setting, including blood glucose monitoring, insulin and glucagon administration, and urine ketone testing. Assignment of diabetes care tasks must take into account state and local laws addressing what tasks may be performed by nonmedical school personnel. |
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The responsibilities of each key school staff member are described in this section, along with those of the parents/guardian and the studentOne person may fill more than one role. For example, a teacher or a coach also may be one of the trained diabetes personnel. The recommended actions on the following information does not represent legal checklists of what people must do to comply with relevant federal, state, and local laws. Rather, they are steps that school personnel, parents, and students should take to ensure effective diabetes management. All substitute and appropriate after-school personnel should receive information relevant to their position. We recommend that you view these documents using Adobe® Reader® version 4 or higher. Otherwise certain typefaces and graphics will not be rendered properly. Adobe Reader is available as a free download from www.adobe.com. Click on the document name or Download Now button to download the file. |
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Produced by the National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a federally sponsored partnership of the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and more than 200 public and private organizations.
To obtain copies of the complete publication titled, Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel (NDEP-61), please call the National Diabetes Education Program at 1-800-438-5383 or visit the program's website at www.ndep.nih.gov to download copies.
This reprint is compliments of Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. Reproduced with permission.
Important Notice: Information provided is for general background purposes and is not intended as a substitute for medical diagnosis or treatment by a trained professional. You should always consult your physician about any health care questions you may have, especially before trying a new medication, diet, fitness program, or approach to health care issues.
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