few things. by air born do you mean if someone has a slice of cheese in the
classroom your child would react or do you mean if someone is mixing dried milk
it will be a problem? my son has airborn gluten issues to where he will seizer.
they can not mix ANYTHING in the class involving flour. they could have reguar
bread in the class but could not MAKE bread in the class. all kids are required
to wash hands after snack and all tables wiped clean with approved wipes so that
THEIR snacks and residue are not transfered all over the class making the room
unsafe. he also has milk (not just casein but also milk fat) and soy (not just
protien but lethathin, and oil in soy) reactions. so this minimizes all that
being transfered as well as egg anaphatic. art supplies are looked at ect. and
he has his own box of art supplies that is seperate as well so no other kids
have touched it. for lunch he can not eat in the cafe, kids eat in the class
with him. going INTO the cafe could cause seizers for my son.

I think honestly it's unrealitic to think that the school could force OTHER
parents NOT to allow kids to bring anything with dairy into the room. other
parents aren't going to be set up for what dairy free means or how to prepare
safe things. the only way it could happen would be to send an approved list of
safe snacks home with kids at the beggining of the year and you are still going
to have a ton of really mad parents and kids over something like that. so I
guess it comes down to HOW sensitive IS your child. could again cheese be IN
the room, or bread made with milk ect?



--- In foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com, Jessica Carr <carrfamily4wh@...>
wrote:
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> Thanks for responding Jenny. I'm meeting with nurse and principal on Friday.
It's just a little conerning because the nurse doesn't seem to know how to
handle his requirements. I've been talking with her for months on the phone. But
the school's required to figure out something. They do a peanut table so I'm
sure they can do a dairy one. The issue is there can't be any dairy in the
classroom and kids still bring snacks and b-day cupcakes.
> Thanks
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> On Jun 5, 2009, at 12:24 AM, Jenny Kalis <j_kalis@...> wrote:
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> We're homeschooling now, too, but when my son went to school they had a
special table for kids with severe allergies. They actually had about five
small tables and the nurse assigned kids to each table according to what they
were allergic to. Unfortunatley with dairy sometimes one kid sat alone because
it is hard to find other kids who don't have dairy in their lunch. Basically,
anyone sitting with him would not be able to have spillable dairy like milk or
yogurt or you could request no dairy in any form at his table. At my son's
table, kids couldn't have peanuts or seeds. Usually most schools have plans in
place. I would call the school nurse and ask about what their policies are and
how they would handle it. Another idea is to have him at his own special
table and to have a lunch buddy to eat with each day. Perhaps you can
coordinate a lunch buddy schedule with the teacher and send home a note to
parents stating that their child will need to
> bring a dairy free lunch to school on their designated day. Some kids will
forget and he may have some days eating alone but it is better than eating
alone, especially since lunch is such great social time. Another idea is
perhaps you could have your child eat in a separate room with a therapist and
knock out some therapy time integrated with lunch. Not perfect but productive.
>
> From: Jessica Carr <carrfamily4wh@...>
> To: foodallergyautism@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 9:12:51 AM
> Subject: [foodallergyautism] School
>
> Hi, I've been homeschooling my son for the past 2 years because he reacts to
dairy on contact and even air borne. I we've been considering getting him into
public school for next year. I was wondering what kind of ways other kids are
accomidated for. We are asking for a dairy free classroom and dairy free area
for him to eat. This has been done with peanuts, but that is easier than dairy.
> Thanks!
> Jessica
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