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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Keeping Food Allergy Children Safe at School

The author gives advice for information to provide the school as a parent of a child with a food allergy. There is a list of symptoms to provide teachers so they can recognize a reaction and an emergency plan to follow if a severe reaction occurs. There are also tips to provide teachers and school officials for ways to minimize the risk of an accidental exposure. The author provides really good tips for parents to give to schools to ensure that children are safe. School officials should certainly appreciate a parent being willing to educate the necessary individuals to keep their child and others safe at school.