Elementary age children need 10 – 11 hours of sleep per night and teens need 8.5 – 9.25 hours to optimize learning. Lack of sleep can affect your child’s ability to process, learn and retrieve information.
Food Allergy Plan #4: Contact Information
FOOD ALLERGY PLAN #4
Give the school contact information for your child’s doctor or allergist in case there is a bad food reaction. This doctor should be someone familiar with your student’s food allergy problem. Preferably it should not be a random walk in clinic doctor that does not know your child, but a doctor that can address the issue with school staff in case of a problem.
Food Allergy Plan #3: How To Treat
FOOD ALLERGY PLAN #3
Provide the school with information on what kind of treatment your student should receive in case of a food allergy reaction. For this you need to assume that your child ingested a food that they shouldn’t have. What would you want a teacher or school nurse that doesn’t know your child to do? Prepare for the worst. Food allergies are not predictable. Even if your child has had only minor reactions in the past, that doesn’t mean the next one won’t be severe.
Food Allergy Plan #1: List the Foods
Your food allergy action plan should consist of detailed information that school staff can use in case of an allergic reaction. There are 4 major pieces of information that are vital to making a food allergy action plan successful. Over the next several days we will go in-depth into each essential part of the plan that may save your child’s life.
FOOD ALLERGY PLAN #1
Make a list of the foods that your student is allergic to. If it happens to be a specific chemical or ingredient, list all of the possible foods that contain what your child should watch out for.
Food Allergies In School
Studies have shown that up to 25% of first time allergic reactions happen in school. Teachers and school nurses are not trained or equipped to treat your child’s symptoms without your help. If your student suffers from major food allergies, create a food allergy action plan. Come back tomorrow for simple steps you can take to protect your student from a bad food reaction in school.
Seasonal Allergy Tip #7 – Bedroom Windows
Seasonal Allergy Tip #7: Keep bedroom windows closed to avoid pollen entering the house.
Seasonal Allergy Tip #6 – Nasal Irrigation & Neti Pot
Seasonal Allergy Tip #6: Use warm water or saline solution to wash pollen or other allergic substances out of the nose. Nasal irrigation through the use of a neti pot or spray bottle can flush the nasal cavities of excess mucus and debris.
Seasonal Allergy Tip #5 – HEPA Filter
Seasonal Allergy Tip #5: Use a HEPA (High Efficiency Particulate Air) filter in your vacuum. HEPA is a type of filter that can trap a large amount of very small particles that other vacuum cleaners would simply re-circulate back into the air of your home.
Seasonal Allergy Tip #4 – Hot Water
Seasonal Allergy Tip #4: Wash linens in hot water. Also wash bedding in hot water weekly.
Seasonal Allergy Tip #3 – Dust Mites
Seasonal Allergy Tip #3: Use special mattress and pillow covers that block dust mites.
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