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Starting school in September.....

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My son was diagnosed with type 1 in July 2012. In the last month he started pump therapy with an animas pump and is starting school in September. I have two other boys at the school and so far have a good relationship with staff and the headteacher, but if I am being honest, I am really worried. There is another older child at the school with type 1 who tests and jabs himself, but I understand that the staff refused to treat him and for the first few weeks his mum had to come in every lunchtime to test his BG and administer insulin. On a positive, the school already has experience of type 1 but the other family are not carb counting and using pens so treatment wise it is quite different. I have the school lunches issue looming - I am more than happy for him to have a school lunch but will the LEA provide carb counted meals? Can the staff refuse to be trained to use the pump? When I spoke to the headteacher at a recent introductory session for the new reception children, she asked me if I was still at home and seemed very pleased that I am not yet working. I explained that I am planning to go back to work once my son is settled into school. It is a very negative attitude I know, but I can see years ahead of me being called into school each time his set becomes detached or he is feeling unwell with a hypo. Can anyone shed a little light/share a positive school starter experience?

Many thanks
 
Hi and welcome to the forum, I'll 'bump' your post up in the hope that other parents will see it.
 
I'll 'bump' your post up again, we did once have a few parents posting on a regularly on the forum but I don't know where they have all gone.
 
I work in a school but I'm the only T1, so that doesn't count! But I do know there are new guidelines being bought in for September which schools will have to adhere to. X
 
Hi Donna, I went to clinic with my son today and have found out, that currently, the school could refuse to ' treat him' if no one is willing to be trained to put in a new cannula or to jab him if anything happened to his pump.
 
Great, thank you. I ordered the JRDF schools/education pack when my son was first diagnosed but I hadn't thought about it much since then until now. The staff seem quite happy at the moment with the prospect of my son starting and we are going to program in a meeting with all parties. I did find out from the dietician that the LEA food service will provide carb counted meals which would help enormously.
 
That's great news, hope your boy has a great time at school and settles in well, best wishes to you all :)
 
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