· Establish a good working relationship with the parent/guardian
· Establish a health assistance plan
* Provide parent and emergency contact information
* Provide situation for parent notification (emergency)
* Provide doctor's diagnosis of the impairment
* Provide doctor’s orders
* Establish a food allergy action plan and practice the plan
* Provide parent suggestions for accommodations that have been successful in the past
* Establish procedures for when student is involved with a school activity but not during the routine school day (i.e. on the bus, field trips, extra-curricular activities)
· Train school personnel in how to handle emergency situations that may arise with reactions to food allergies including the administration of an Epi-pen.
· Have back-up people trained in how to handle emergency situations
· Make sure all medications are stored properly and the medication kept accessible in a central location
· Review current plan with trained school personnel, parents, student (age appropriate) and possible physician after a reaction has occurred
· Communicate regularly with school nurse and school personnel and develop a good relationship with them
· Notify the school of the student’s allergies
· Work with the school nurse to develop a health assistance plan
· Provide the school nurse with the doctor’s orders, provide written documentation, instructions, and medications at school
· Replace medications after use or upon expiration
· Provide emergency phone numbers of parent/guardian and other responsible individuals so the school can contact these individuals about allergy-related questions and/or during emergencies. If an emergency arises and none of these people can be contacted the school will contact trained medical people and have the student transported to a medical facility to receive medical treatment, at the expense of the parent
· Educate the student in self-management of their food allergy:
· Safe and unsafe foods
· Strategies for avoiding exposure to unsafe foods
· Symptoms of allergic reactions
· How and when to tell an adult they may be having an allergy-related problem
· How to read food labels (age appropriate)
· Do not trade food with others
· Do not eat anything with unknown ingredients or known to contain any allergen
· Be proactive in care and management of their food allergies and reactions (age appropriate)
· Notify an adult immediately if they eat something they believe may contain the food to which they are allergic
***These are not complete lists of suggestions or accommodations, but are ideas used by parents, teachers, and students to help a student access a general education.