New Guide Helps School Personnel Handle Diabetes

Format: Resource Guide
Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Does your school-age child have diabetes? Are you a school teacher with a diabetic student in your class? Are you a school principal or administrator wondering about how diabetes should be controlled in your school?

Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel is a new guide developed by the National Diabetes Education Program, cosponsored by NIDDK and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The guide is designed to educate and empower school personnel to create a safe learning environment and equal access to educational opportunities for all students with diabetes.

The guide includes information about diabetes, how it is managed, and how each member of the school staff can help meet the needs of students with the disease. School principals, administrators, nurses, teachers, coaches, bus drivers, health care personnel, and lunchroom staff all play a role in making the school experience safe and sound for students with diabetes.

Next Steps
Download a copy of Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed: A Guide for School Personnel online at www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/Youth_NDEPSchoolGuide.pdf.

To receive a print copy of the guide, call the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse at (800) 438-5383, or order online at www.ndep.nih.gov/diabetes/pubs/order.htm.