Having Juvenile Diabetes and Going to School

The vital step after your child is diagnosed with juvenile diabetes is to develop a support network in the community. Your child's school should be at the top of this as a resource to tap into. Not only is it essential that the teachers at your child's school know about his special dietary needs and what to do in an emergency they can provide help in other ways too.

In addition to good control of blood glucose levels to ensure the current and future well-being of your child's health, good control of diabetes is critical to learning. When a child is experiencing highs or lows in the blood sugar reading this can create disruptions and make it hard for them to concentrate and learn.

The teachers or other support personnel are going to need instruction for handling your child's diabetes and what to do in case of an emergency. For a child with a low blood sugar it is important that their blood glucose level is checked and that they have something to eat. For a child with a high blood sugar, their blood glucose will need to be checked too and a decision has to be made whether or not to give insulin. This is a big responsibility to hand over to another adult and can be nerve-racking for parents.

An emergency kit should be with your child at all the time with instructions on what to do to help if something is wrong. Included should be a snack, a food item or glucose tablet that is fast acting (gets sugar into the system quickly), a list of emergency numbers to call, and a glucose monitor. A teacher or school nurse should be designated as the person responsible for your child while at school and they should have a back-up in case they are not present for a day or more.

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Juvenile Diabetes and Teenagers

Teenagers are young adults and are ready to take on new responsibilities. If your teenager has had juvenile diabetes for some time, this is the time to pass the reins of management over to them. It may seem a bit intimidating to you to let your child take control of their diabetes but it is the best thing you can do for them. They are approaching a time in their life when they are going to be going out on their own. For both your sake and theirs, a comfort level needs to be reached in reading blood sugars, giving injections and planning appropriate meals.

If your child was a teenager when he or she was first diagnosed, involve them in the process from the beginning. Their input and the ability to make some decisions will help them feel in control of a situation they would rather not be in.

The biggest point to stress and make sure your teenager understands is how important it is to keep proper control of their diabetes. Juvenile diabetes is a serious disease and it has serious complications if blood sugar levels are not kept under control.

Discuss with your child different scenarios that are sure to arise and try and come up with solutions or ways to manage them. Drinking can have a negative affect on blood glucose levels and it is important that a young adult realize the dangers.

When they reach legal age, they need to know how drinking can affect them and ways to incorporate that into their life if they so choose.

As a parenting, letting go is a hard thing to do but it is necessary to create independent adults.

Trust your child to make the right decisions for their diabetes and be there to guide them when necessary.

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