In this article, we'd like to try a different approach by outlining some of the most common mistakes that parents
of food allergic children make.
And then, of course, there is the larger question of what constitutes appropriate accommodations for
food allergic children in schools.
He realized that there were many
other food allergic children across the state whose parents were trying to keep them safe at school each day!
When you are asked to write a letter outlining school accommodations for a
severely food allergic child, do you always suggest an allergen - free classroom (s) for the child?
The Task Force continues to this day helping to ensure that the district guidelines for keeping
food allergic children safe at school are followed, and that we continue to raise awareness about food allergies.
If you need additional assistance in finding product suggestions or where to find ingredients for substituting, post a message in the KFA Food and Cooking Support Forum (registration is free) to get suggestions from other parents of
food allergic children who are also managing the same food allergies.
Please see study abstract Food Allergy Education Session Improves Nurses» Knowledge, Confidence, and Attitudes Towards
Managing Food Allergic Children in a School Environment presented at AAAAI 2016 (JACI Vol 137, No 2, p AB85)
Robin Nixon Pompa is the mother of three
formerly food allergic children and author of Allergy - Free Kids: The Science - Based Approach To Preventing Food Allergies, which includes 70 allergy - preventing kid - friendly recipes.
But once it was published, the reader mail I received was frequently from mothers of
food allergic children thanking me for presenting a realistic, if terrifying, possibility that they had to live with every day.
I run a local and online support group and I hear time and time again of school nurses and administrators who refuse to prepare a 504 plan
for food allergic children — insisting that the EHP or IHP is enough.
If you need additional assistance in finding product suggestions or where to find ingredients for substituting, post a message in the KFA Food and Cooking Support Forum to get suggestions from other parents of
food allergic children who are also managing the same food allergies.
Sending
your food allergic child off to school can be scary beyond belief.
As a parent of
a food allergic child, most of my time is spent attending to the physical and mental necessities of caring for a child with food allergies.
When I shared this with other parents of
food allergic children, they understood exactly my fears.
One Senator told the audience prior to his vote that he was intending to vote «No» on the legislation until he heard the compelling testimony of parents of
food allergic children and Morgan.
My friends who didn't have
a food allergic child couldn't understand my consternation over preschool and kindergarten.
Or you can label foods with a sticker for
the food allergic child's safe foods.
Purchase a MedicAlert bracelet for
your food allergic child for everyone to know exactly what their allergies are.
Novelist Curtis Sittenfeld, a parent of
a food allergic child, took to the New York Times editorial page this past Sunday to urge passage of the School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act.
We'd like to share our experience with you to help you keep
your food allergic child safe, healthy and living as close to a «normal» life as possible.
I've had people tell me that
their food allergic child was finally able to have a cookie or a cupcake because they found a recipe on my blog that was safe.
Speak with your allergist about other families in your area who have
food allergic children, and start from there.
What can parents who are divorcing do better to take care of
their food allergic child?
Rose Ann Miller talks about her own experience sending
her food allergic child to summer camp.
Read about summer camp and
your food allergic child, allergy anxiety, new books for parents and more in the summer Pediatric Food Allergy Center newsletter
After - school activities can be difficult with
a food allergic child.
Parents of
food allergic children have shared thousands of their favorite recipes that are indicated as «free of» many different allergens.
I'm the father of
a food allergic child.
Dr. Land has a special interest in food allergy as a parent of
a food allergic child and has 4 family members with food allergies.
Therefore, obtaining a 504 Plan for
your food allergic child should no longer be as difficult to obtain.