- Comply with federal and state laws
- Implement state and school district food allergy policy and procedure
- Identify your 504 coordinator
- Schedule team planning meeting for students with food allergies
Be aware of:
- Emergency Care Plan (ECP)/Food Allergy Action Plan (FAAP)
- Individual Health Plan (IHP)
- 504
- Individualized Education Plan (IEP)
- Best practice
- Identify and provide a means of emergency communication devices (ie. two-way radio, intercom, walkie-talkie, cell phone) for all school activities
- Develop procedures for managing food allergies on field trips
- Consider allergic reaction implications for classroom animal and pet
- Notify substitute teachers and provide a copy of student’s ECP/FAAP in the substitute’s folder
- Assure that outside vendors are in compliance with district food allergy policy & procedures
- Include food allergy education into curriculum*
- Educate students on: hand washing, not trading/sharing food, food allergy awareness
- Educate the student with food allergies on the importance of taking responsibility for their food allergies
* See Resource List for information on student food allergy curriculum and bullying.
- Notify parent/guardian of changes in personnel
- Develop a food allergy plan Emergency/ Shelter-In-Place (i.e., safe foods and epinephrine auto-injectors)
- Send all necessary forms home at the end of the school year to plan for upcoming year
- Prevention
Educate/Train (at least annually and as needed)
- Implement and schedule ALL staff comprehensive education and training (including emergency response drills)
- Learn the signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction
- How to respond to an allergic reaction
- How to use epinephrine auto-injector
- School’s emergency response protocol and follow-up
- Role specific training may include: food label reading, proper cleaning/hand washing, and avoiding cross contamination/ cross contact
- Social and emotional needs of the student with LTFA/Bullying*
* See Resource List for information on student food allergy curriculum and bullying.
- Provide community education as appropriate, this may include: letters to parent/guardian, food allergy workshops, parent/guardian presentations/discussion
- Implement and schedule ALL staff comprehensive education and training (including emergency response drills)
- Review
- Compliance with state and school district policy/procedure (this includes reviewing cleaning practices with all staff including support staff such as facilities and transportation providers)
- School’s emergency protocol
- Send newsletter
