- Follow school district food allergy policy and procedure
- Participate in team planning meeting for students with food allergies
Be aware of:
- What food(s) the student can or cannot eat
- Emergency Care Plan (ECP)/Food Allergy Action Plan (FAAP)
- Individual Health Plan (IHP)
- 504 Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
- Best practice
- Change or remove food allergens from activities
- Have students wash hands or use hand wipes before/after eating
- Ensure that activities comply with school districts policies and procedures regarding life-threatening food allergies (LTFA). (ie. if no nuts allowed then all events should follow this policy)
- No food sharing
- Learn how to read food labels
- If meals/snacks are permitted, designated staff will wash all tables/chairs before and after use for students with LTFA, using separate cleaning supplies
- Understand food allergy anxiety, peer pressure, teasing or bullying
- Take all complaints seriously from students with life-threatening food allergies
- Prevention
Participate in Education/Training (at least annually and as needed)
- Learn signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction
- What to do if an allergic reaction occurs
- How to use epinephrine auto-injector
- School‘s emergency response protocol
- Identify and have a means of two-way communication (ie. cell phone, two way radio, intercom)
- Review
- Location of epinephrine auto-injector
- Who will give the epinephrine auto-injector
- School district food allergy policy and procedure
