| East Muskingum Local School District |
| Bylaws & Policies |
5335 - CARE OF STUDENTS WITH CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS
Students with chronic health conditions will be provided with a free appropriate public education. If their impairment does not require specially designed instruction for them to benefit educationally, they will be eligible for accommodations/modifications/interventions of the regular classroom, curriculum, or activity (i.e. the school setting) so that they have the same access to an education as students without disabilities. Such accommodations/modifications/interventions will be provided pursuant to a Section 504 Plan (Form 2260.01 F13).
Chronic health conditions, for the purposes of this policy, may include depending on the severity or case by case determination by a physician's written notice:
| A. | "peanut" and other food allergies; | |
| B. | allergies; | |
| C. | asthma; | |
| D. | diabetes. |
All information regarding student identification, health care management, and emergency care shall be safeguarded as personally identifiable information in accordance with Policy 8330 - Student Records and Policy 8350 - Student Confidentiality.
The District will coordinate school health practices for management of a chronic health condition and may provide for:
| A. | identification of individuals with chronic health conditions; | |
| B. | development of individual health care allergy action plans; | |
| C. | coordination of health care management activities by school staff; | |
| D. | communication among school staff who interact with children with chronic health conditions; | |
| E. | development of protocols to prevent exposure/episodic reactions; | |
| F. | awareness and training of school staff regarding Board policy on acute and routine management of chronic health conditions, information on signs and treatment of chronic health conditions, medication and administration, and emergency protocols for dealing with reactions in "unusual" situations such as field trips; | |
| G. | attach allergy action plan on field trips. |
School health practices shall provide students with chronic health conditions the opportunity for:
| A. | full participation in physical activities when students are well; | |
| B. | modified activities as indicated by the student's health care action plan, 504 plan, or Individualized Education Plan (IEP); | |
| C. | access to preventative medications before activity (as prescribed by their medical providers) and immediate access to emergency medications during activity; | |
| D. | communication regarding student health status between parents, physicians, all teachers (particularly physical education teachers), coaches, kitchen staff and monitors and transportation; | |
| E. | send out second semester; | |
| F. | put in sub folder. |
Healthcare management activities shall include:
| A. | procedures to obtain, maintain, and utilize written health care action plans, signed by the child's parents and physician, for each student with a chronic health condition; | |
| B. | a standard emergency protocol in place for students experiencing a distress reaction if they do not have a written health care action plan on site; | |
| C. | procedures for students to have immediate access to medications in accordance with Policy 5330 and AG 5330 that allow students to self-care and self-administer medications, inhalers, and Epi-pens, as prescribed by a medical professional and approved by parents/guardians; | |
| D. | prevention strategies to avoid causal elements and situations to cause health issues if requested; | |
| E. | management and care of the student's chronic health condition in the classroom, in any area of the school or school grounds, and on field trips. |
Staff will be trained about chronic health conditions and their control on a case-by-case basis in each school in which there is a student with a chronic health condition.
Designated staff who have responsibility for specialized services such as giving inhaler treatments or injections, or conducting glucose and/or ketone tests shall be provided training specific to the procedures by a qualified individual at least one time while the student attends a specific building.
The school nurse shall maintain a copy of the training program and the records of training completed by school employees.
Administrative guidelines shall provide guidance for the implementation of this policy.
Adopted 8/12/10
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