Home Featured Content Article Archive Directors' Choice Awards About Us Activities & Curriculum Arts & Crafts Teacher Quicksource Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Blog State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 7/30/2005 9:38:00 AM Author: williamsmummy (sarahchapman_gb@hotmail.com) Subject: teachers and childrens medical concerns. Your phrase of 'demanding mother/parent' is very revealing, its unfortunate that your perception of any child who may have a medical problem , ( and their parents) just add to being a irritation in a teachers busy day. i would be very concerned if I found out that a teacher was paying 'lip service' to our food allergic child's protocal. This would certainly put our child at risk. I would certainly view that teacher as being unproffessional, and would then question her/his teaching abilites as well. I have no idea what sort of money each school may have in your country, but as for school nurses, our community ones visit many schools many miles apart. So the idea of having a school nurse at school every day is impossible. Catering to a childs individual needs is covered by teacher training. Certainly it is in the UK, I am sure that other countries are the same. In an ideal world I would like to attend every field trip my child goes on, but as i have two jobs and four children, its difficult. Then again, field trips are there for educational reasons, and for my allergic child who is now 9yrs, he is of an age when he can start to become more allergy aware , and take steps to keep himself safe. Every adult in his care still needs to be trained to use epi-pens and the signs of food allergy. This is something that will have to happen all his life, as some reactions are so severe that even adults do not have time to administer their own epi pens. Its vital that a normal life is maintained, at all ages and development of these children and many others with life threateing medical issues. ( diabetes is a common child complaint these days , and is life threatening ) As for emotional issues, again I disagree with you, when a child is visibly upset because they find a certain task difficult, the encouragment a teachers gives at that point can make a huge difference. If a teacher is uncapable of dealing with this emotional issue , without asking for a kiddie shrink, they are in the wrong job. Teaching, has many overlapping areas, all aspects of school life should reflect this. Name: Email: Subject

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