Schools already have to solve exactly these problems. Kids with known anaphylactic reactions have an epinephrine autoinjector and possibly a little pack of antihistamines in a baggie, with the kid’s name on it, in the school nurse’s office. And there’s a piece of paper (generally a standard-ish form that may or may not be comprehensible) with specific instructions for that kid. This being America, the kid’s doctor absolutely does not take the time to write clear instructions for that kid.
The only thing that I’m suggesting should change is to have a pile of epinephrine auto injectors (or nose sprays) supplied by the school, so the parents would instead just supply the instructions.
We've seen these kind of settings, but some schools will refuse a kid with "special needs" and punt it to bigger/more prepared schools, while others won't go the full length.
We were in one that couldn't provide meals (kid comes with it's own lunch, and they can't touch anything else) and individual medication was on a special cabinet in the classroom, but accessed by the kids.
TBH it felt more reassuring to us, as we only had to care about our kid properly reacting, and not about a whole chain of events we have no idea how well a generic school prepares for.
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Schools already have to solve exactly these problems. Kids with known anaphylactic reactions have an epinephrine autoinjector and possibly a little pack of antihistamines in a baggie, with the kid’s name on it, in the school nurse’s office. And there’s a piece of paper (generally a standard-ish form that may or may not be comprehensible) with specific instructions for that kid. This being America, the kid’s doctor absolutely does not take the time to write clear instructions for that kid.
The only thing that I’m suggesting should change is to have a pile of epinephrine auto injectors (or nose sprays) supplied by the school, so the parents would instead just supply the instructions.
We've seen these kind of settings, but some schools will refuse a kid with "special needs" and punt it to bigger/more prepared schools, while others won't go the full length.
We were in one that couldn't provide meals (kid comes with it's own lunch, and they can't touch anything else) and individual medication was on a special cabinet in the classroom, but accessed by the kids.
TBH it felt more reassuring to us, as we only had to care about our kid properly reacting, and not about a whole chain of events we have no idea how well a generic school prepares for.