Son starting Kindergarten with no allergy experience

Mommyhedge-The school is actually required to do quite a bit, legally. There is a 504 process and you should probably post this over the Schools section of the board to get a lot of specific feedback.

It isn't necessarily a bad thing that they've never dealt with food allergies before...you can kind of help set the path vs. a school who dealt with it before (but not well).

Do they have nurse in the school?
Are they willing to make his classroom a nut-free zone?
Will his Epipen be with him at all times?

If you haven't done so yet, I would have his doctor write a letter to the school highlighting what your son will need to keep him safe in a school setting. Again, on the Schools board, there are many sample doctor letters.

Nicole

Quote:Originally posted by mommyhedge:
[b]My son will be Starting Kindergarten this year. We live in a pretty rural community which takes a laid back approach to everything it seems. He's allergic to all nuts. We have an epi-pen but have luckily never needed it. When I went for his screening about a month ago they said they never had to deal with nut allergies before but would call other area schools to see how they deal with it. This quite honestly scares me because I don't know what they can do or should be doing legally if anything. I'm worried about him riding the bus and eating cafateria food. He'll be in school for the next 13 years so I want to make sure I start off right with them.

Any suggestions would be great! Thanks![/b]

If you live in Canada the Canadian School Boards Association already has a package that you should be able to get off thier website. It is 69 pages which include responsiblities and pretty much all the infor you will need.

FAAN has kits for schools -- start by giving them the DVD "It takes One Bite" and get a freebie dVd on how to administer Epipen. Start there with his teachers, etc.