Faculty & Staff Resource Page
To Learn How to Recognize Signs of an Allergic Reaction, click here ---> Signs of a Reaction
If a Student Appears to be Experiencing an Allergic Reaction:
To Show Your Students the Proper Way to Wash Their Hands, click here ---> Hand-Washing
To Learn More About Food Allergies, click here ---> Food Allergies
To View a Teacher's Checklist for Managing Food Allergies, click here ---> Teacher's Checklist
Click here to see a sample 4th & 5th grade lesson plan ---> ASSURE Lesson Plan
Click here to connect to a 6th-8th grade WebQuest on allergies---> WebQuest
To test your knowledge of the information listed above, click here ---> Faculty & Staff Quiz
If a Student Appears to be Experiencing an Allergic Reaction:
- Refer to the student's "Food Allergy Action Plan". Copies of this plan are in the office, the playground backpack, and the child's classroom.
- Follow the treatment option recommended on the "Food Allergy Action Plan".
- If the student is experiencing difficulty, ask someone else to call 9-1-1 right away.
- Administer the Epi-Pen if the plan calls for it, or if the student is having trouble breathing. When in doubt, it is better to give the Epi-Pen than to withhold it.
- Bring the Epi-Pen to the student...do not move the student. Physical exertion (such as running to the school office) can make the reaction worse.
- Stay with the student at all times. Do not send the student alone to the office.
- Contact parents if an Epi-Pen has been administered.
To Show Your Students the Proper Way to Wash Their Hands, click here ---> Hand-Washing
- One of the keys to good hand washing is to keep scrubbing for as long as it would take you to sing one verse of "Happy Birthday" slowly.
- Hand sanitizer is NOT a substitute for hand washing. It does not remove traces of nuts from hands.
To Learn More About Food Allergies, click here ---> Food Allergies
To View a Teacher's Checklist for Managing Food Allergies, click here ---> Teacher's Checklist
Click here to see a sample 4th & 5th grade lesson plan ---> ASSURE Lesson Plan
Click here to connect to a 6th-8th grade WebQuest on allergies---> WebQuest
To test your knowledge of the information listed above, click here ---> Faculty & Staff Quiz