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Diabetes in School

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Hi All

I have read all your letters/posts and have spoken to the appropriate folk here in Northern Ireland, as well as educationalists from the European Commission. Now this is important (listen carefully friends).

I, in my tribunal life would consider a child with diabetes in a school as having 'additional educational needs' (AEN); we are about to put out to consultation a Review of Special Education and (AEN) will form part of this review. It is important that an input is made from diabetic parents/children and adults as a chance like this comes around once in a generation.

Ideally, we need Northern Ireland groups to respond to the Review.

Ceara
 
Hi Ceara! How are you? You havent been on for a while - now i know why - you have been busy!
I have passed a copy of your message over to the childrens forum and i am sure you will get a lot of interest. Can you tell me exactly what input you think would be required? We can give you many stoires of how things have gone wrong with schools dealing with diabetic children - but is that what you need? Thanks. Bev
 
Hi Bev

The time for personal stories is now past. We have a blank sheet here, what is required is for enlightened folk to put forward their suggestions as to how the educational needs of diabetic children could be best met in schools while at the same time ensuring that their medical needs are met in a sympathic environment.

The Review will be published very soon. It would be important that DUK make a submission, but the most forceful group would be parents from Northern Ireland. If it could be arranged we could all meet at my school some time in the future.

Just one person from NI contacted me and my reply has yet to be read. Hardly a great lobbying force.

Ceara
 
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