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Taking Diabetes to School

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My daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes three years ago. Every year since, I've asked her teachers to let her read this book to the class at the beginning of the year. This is a great tool for the other children to understand what Diabetes is, why my daughter gets special snacks at special times, but most importantly it lets them know that she is just like every other kid. Having Diabetes is hard enough on children without the added stress it can cause at school. I encourage all parents who are in my position to make this book a part of your school education efforts. It shouldn't replace the training materials and meetings, but addresses the often overlooked element of how to help the child with Diabetes fit into the classroom.

Great book! I purchased this book because I have a student who was recently diagnosed with diabetes. I wanted the class to understand what their classmate was going through and to answer any questions they may have. I truly believe that educating children on issue such as this will help enhance their lives as well as the child who is experiencing it first hand. Thanks Kim, for a wonderful book for all ages!!

This book is perfect in every way! My son has been type 1 one for two years now, and off to K5 in less than a month - how scary! This is the perfect book to be read to his classmates so they can learn a bit about diabetes. The language describing his condition is clear and simple, as is telling a bit how he takes care of himself. It's very clear and reassuring to his new friends that he's still like everyone else, even though he does some different things. The book covers insulin pumps, too, which is great.

We will be taking this book to school at the beginning of this school year - as well as many to come!!!

This book is great! We bought it for our newly-diagnosed diabetic son to take to school to share with classmates. This book answers many common questions kids have about diabetes in a fun and informative story!

I love this book! I borrowed it from the library when my daughter was in kindergarten. The book was a hit with the children (5yrs).It was an easy read, and the classroom teacher felt that it helped answer some of their questions.
This year, she is in 1st grade. The classroom teacher nor the students had an understanding, nor knew anyone with diabetes. This was troubling my daughter- she feels different...
Although she is not the only child with diabetes in ther school, she is the youngest and the children in her grade level don't know diabetes.
I bought this book and gifted it to the school in hopes that children are made aware of this disease and perhaps have an understanding of what diabetic children go through.
I highly recommend this book...

This book is great my daughter was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes last year when she was in Kindergarden and the kids really liked it. She also took it to her class this year and helps the kids to understand why she is treated a little bit differently as far as being able to get snacks and having to leave the classroom.

I haven't had a chance to use it but just wanted it for my library. As a type 1 diabetic, I wish there had been more things around like this when I was younger.

This was my personal favourite standout book from the 5 or so diabetes related books I have ordered. It is a simply written picture book suitable for all ages of primary school children that demystefies diabetes in a way that is cool and easy to understand. It could be read quite easily by the teacher to the class or by the children. The main character does not wear an insulin pump but he has a friend in the book who does so both insulin pump wearing and injection therapy are well covered in this book. I think what I liked best about this book is the ten top tips for teachers at the back of the book- this is gold and would make a great gift for any teacher for their classroom library.

I purchased this book to share with the first and second grade classroom who will be getting a new student who is diabetic. It was great! Explained what diabetes is, that it is not contagious (kids won't catch it) and what to expect. It talked about the highs and the lows, about not sharing food because he has a special food plan to help control the diabetes, about the testing meter, the shots, and the pump. I loved that it shared suggestions about what behaviors they might see in their new classmate that might indicate that he is having a problem and what to do it they see them. It even had a little quiz at the end.

I highly recommend the book.

This book has become a very important back to school tool for our son. Our son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes right before his 5th birthday. This book was given to us by Children's Hospital as a tool to help him understand what was going on with his life & also as a way to help his friends understand what he is going thru. Each year he brings this book to share with his class so that they understand about his diabetes and know the simplest things like that they can't catch it from him. I highly recommend this book.