This policy ensures that parents, Centre Management, staff, students, and volunteers of the Squirrels’ Nest Child Care Centre have a clear understanding of their roles of responsibility when caring for children with severe life-threatening illnesses.  This also includes asthma and diabetes.

Children with Anaphylactic allergies will not be admitted into the Centre until the parent has completed the Anaphylactic Emergency Plan.  This emergency plan completed by the parent and physician outlines the child’s allergies, symptoms, action plan to be followed by the staff and location of the epi-pen. 

Children’s anaphylaxis emergency plans are posted in child’s room.

Staff, students, and volunteers are trained when a new anaphylactic child starts at the Centre, when changes occur and annually and must sign and date training charts after training is complete.

Parents must give written permission for child to carry epi-pen as well as provide fanny pack.

This policy ensures that parents, Centre Management, staff, students, and volunteers of the Squirrels’ Nest Child Care Centre have a clear understanding of their roles of responsibility when caring for children with severe life-threatening illnesses.  This also includes asthma and diabetes.

Children with Anaphylactic allergies will not be admitted into the Centre until the parent has completed the Anaphylactic Emergency Plan.  This emergency plan completed by the parent and physician outlines the child’s allergies, symptoms, action plan to be followed by the staff and location of the epi-pen. 

Children’s anaphylaxis emergency plans are posted in child’s room.

Staff, students, and volunteers are trained when a new anaphylactic child starts at the Centre, when changes occur and annually and must sign and date training charts after training is complete.

Parents must give written permission for child to carry epi-pen as well as provide fanny pack.

This policy ensures that parents, Centre Management, staff, students, and volunteers of the Squirrels’ Nest Child Care Centre have a clear understanding of their roles of responsibility when caring for children with severe life-threatening illnesses. 

Parents must give written permission for child to carry needles to check blood levels to possible inject insulin you must also provide fanny pack.