Re: Diabetes Care in the School and Day Care Setting

silers wrote:
Thanks Kurt. Still having trouble with our school. I'm still going in at lunchtime everyday to count carbs and do insulin as no one is willing to learn how to do this. The assistant principal agrees that I can't keep doing this, not with a small baby and another small child. His solution is to teach my eldest daughter to do the injections! She's 10, and is very anxious about that idea. She doesn't want to hurt her little sister, and I don't think she should have to be responsible for that. At first they wanted Conner to do it. She is 6, hasn't even been dx for 2 months yet, and I'm just happy she's testing herself. I guess their concern is liability issues. I can understand that, but if my eldest was giving the injections, they would still have to draw it up. Therefore, if they made a mistake with the insulin, it would still be their fault. Dammit, I had to learn everything I needed to know in about 2 days, and they've had 2 months and still don't really know that much. The only thing they've really done is send out an info *** on my daughter, because during the first week of school, one of the aides thought her case that she carries everywhere was her lunch, and when she went to test herself was told to put it away. She had my girl crying before she was told by another STUDENT that Conner has diabetes. Talk about a huge lack of communication. These people just really piss me off. Sorry, but I had to get that out!
Thanks for listening!

Tasha


"Kurt" <kurtwheeling1965@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1158290905.769310.324990@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

There have been a few moms of children with diabetes that have had
problems with the child's school. This might be of use to them, or
others who come here...

http://care.diabetesjournals.org/cgi/content/full/29/suppl_1/s49




What you Shae to do is notify the principal that you are filing criminal charges against him under the law,

Write to the US Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights and tell them about the failure of the school to follow the disabilities law.

You should contact the REGIONAL office. I donut know what region you are in, but call the national office and ask them

That will get some action going,

Next, contact the children s disability advocates in your area, Check with the ACLU, and the Juvenile diabetes foundation as to whose local.

Drop me a line if you need more help finding people.
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