The Peanut that woke us UP

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The Peanut that woke us UP

• Individual and
• community
• Responsibilities

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Possible Conditions
Peanut Allergy
Diabetes Strawberry allergy Pine-apples
allergy Gluten allergy Celiac Lactose Dairy
allergies . . Salmonella DT 105 E coli 52 Food
safety issues Infectious diseases Hepatitis
B -- -
Individual with a condition
Vary in of individual affected Vary in severity
amongst individuals Vary in timing of effect
They all adversely affect a certain individual
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The first level of community --- Immediate
Family
Individual with a condition
Family

• Individual highly supervised by family and in
  the ideal situation
• To be trained to manage the condition
• Different diseases require a different degree of
  management

We must make sure that this type of educational
process is occurring - Provide information etc.
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Lower degree of supervision
Classroom
Individual with a condition
Family
Individual responsibility increases
Community responsibility increases
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The World
School wide
Individual with a condition
Classroom
Family
Individual responsibility increases
Community responsibility increases
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• Need to know if a student has a condition
• What level of individual management exist
• What resources are available for the family
• What are the grade specific responsibilities at
  the classroom level (ie. buddy system, maybe bans
  at the lower grades)
• What educational instruction should be done at
  the classroom level to develop a consciousness
  regarding food safety (no food sharing,
  recognition of signs, how to report a finding,
  etc)
• What are the responsibilities at the School level
  (lunch management type of foods offered, x
  free tables, food sharing policies, web
  communications etc.