Children With Diabetes
Guides
- Diabetes in Children - A Resource Guide for Families and Schools
This guide provides comprehensive and up-to-date resources that help children with diabetes grow up to be healthy and productive adults. In addition to providing practical tools and important information for school personnel, allowing children with diabetes to participate fully and safely in the school setting, the guide addresses the serious emerging issues of childhood obesity/overweight and type 2 diabetes in children, and provides promising strategies to reduce risk. (PDF, 4.0MB, 99pg.)
Glucagon Training
Tools and Resources to assist school nurses to train non-licensed personnel in the administration of glucagon to students with diabetes in the event of a hypoglycemic emergency.
- Glucagon Emergency Administration Training Tool (PPT, 6.6MB, 36slides)
- The "Glucagon Emergency Administration Training Tool" is also available as a PDF (PDF, 771KB, 36pg.)
- Emergency Hypoglycemia Care Plan for a Student with Diabetes (PDF, 44KB, 1pg.)
- Diabetes Medical Management Plan (PDF, 80KB, 5pg.)
- Glucagon Administration Poster (PDF, 166KB, 1pg.)
- Glucagon Certification Form (PDF, 66KB, 2pg.)
Projects for Type 2 Diabetes Prevention in Children
There are eight projects across New York State working to prevent type 2 diabetes in children. Their goal is to reduce risk factors for type 2 diabetes in children by increasing opportunities for physical activity and healthy food choices in the home, in the school and in the community.
- Project Locations (PNG, 4KB, 1pg.)
- Contact Information
