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Schools Join In Fight Against Diabetes

Filed in archive Family Matters on May 29, 2006

Schools Join In Fight Against Diabetes
The best place for your child is home. But school is rising quickly towards second place, even for diabetic students.

Some schools, such as Center Drive School in Orrington, Maine, are making remarkable strides toward educating and treating children with diabetes.

They teach by example, watching what she eats, her activities and her blood sugars, with the goal that Alayna someday will monitor herself.

"We are so on top of this," Kate Doughty, an education technician who monitors the little girl, said Thursday after helping Alayna test herself. "We test [her blood sugars] four times a day, and she's very good at telling us when she feels off."


Please read the rest of this remarkable article, and perhaps you may want to show it to your local education officials. Is your child's school taking an active role in this issue?

(Photo Source: Bangor Daily News)

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