Nut and peanut allergies as they relate to school life.
The phrase “first day jitters” takes on a whole new meaning when going to school with a nut allergy. Especially if you’re the parent. If this is your child’s first year in school with a nut allergy and you’re enrolling your child into kindergarten, Debra Bloom wrote a relatable article for Snack Safely titled A Mom’s …
When you buy through our links, Nut Free may earn an affiliate commission. Includes Amazon, Thrive Market, HealthLabs, and Personalabs. Birthdays can be a hot button issue for the nut free community, especially when requiring a nut free birthday. Just thinking of them fills the minds of parents to food-allergic children with anxiety. Parents to …
Why celebrate without food? What’s the controversy? Celebrating school birthdays without food might not seem like a controversial topic if you don’t have a food allergy yourself. But as the number of children with severe food allergies continues to rise, many classrooms are looking for ways to celebrate student’s birthdays without using food. Nut allergies …
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Nut free school vs nut aware school… And, which one is better? With allergies to peanuts and tree nuts rising, there is a pressing need for more allergen advocacy and for certain protection policies to be created in schools. Every child, parent, student, and teacher needs to come together to create an environment of safe and …
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If you have a child with life-threatening nut allergies, the short answer is yes. Absolutely. You need a nut allergy 504 Plan. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act states: No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States . . . shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the …
When you buy through our links, Nut Free may earn an affiliate commission. Includes Amazon, Thrive Market, HealthLabs, and Personalabs. In the last few years, school safe snacks have become increasingly popular — and for good reason. Given that roughly two students per classroom have a food allergy (see FARE stats), this is an issue that …
