Allergy Action Plans: What to Give Your School

If your child has a severe allergy, a current plan and medication on file let staff act within minutes.

Give the school an allergy action plan signed by your child's doctor at the start of each year, along with any prescribed epinephrine auto-injectors.

Questions to ask the school nurse

Who is trained to recognize anaphylaxis and use an auto-injector? Where is the medication kept, and does it travel on field trips and the bus? Who calls you, and when?

Sources

• Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan (FARE (Food Allergy Research & Education))

This post is general information. Your school's own plan comes first, so ask the school office for its specific procedures.