MAINE GUIDELINE FOR SCHOOLS
Preface: The “Maine Guideline for Schools” is intended to supplement two important manuals for schools to address the needs of students with diabetes:
“Helping the Student with Diabetes Succeed, A Guide for School Personnel”, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP), a joint program of the National Institutes of Health and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2003 and found at http://ndep.nih.gov/materials/pubs/schoolguide.pdf and,
“Pediatric Education for Diabetes in Schools, A Curriculum for Diabetes Care in Schools”, Mary Zombek, RN, MS, CPNP, published in 2001, with information on the web at http://www.pedsonline.org. (This document is available for purchase or can be borrowed from the Maine Health Education Resource Collection.) The web site is www.library.umaine.edu/lmc/herc.
Most of the materials used in the “Maine Guidelines for Schools” are taken from these sources. It is expected that these two manuals will be the school’s primary sources for process and procedure in the management of students with diabetes in a school setting. The Maine Guideline excerpts the most useful tools school nurses will need in order to manage students at school. It also provides additional guidance not covered by the two Guidelines.
Purpose: The Diabetes in Schools Workgroup was formed to identify information and tools to assist schools in creating a safe environment for students with diabetes. The Workgroup intended that the information in the ‘Guideline’ will:
Assist students to achieve academically to their full potential,
Enhance opportunities for student to fully participate in school activities,
Improve the quality of health care,
Provide standardization of care,
Support students as they move toward independence and self-management of care, and
Encourage collaboration between school, family, student, and provider.
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