10May

Get “Schooled” with PTO Mom – School food-allergy management plans

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Welcome to the NEW food allergy advice column, Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom! Candy Richards shares some tips on how to make sure your child is safe in school as enrollments for the next school year are in full swing. It’s that time of year again! It’s time to call your school to […]

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27Mar

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – Feeling Excluded

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Unfortunately, children who have food allergies are often excluded from school events that have to do with food. Sometimes the teachers don’t think to ask if the food is safe for everyone in the classroom while planning the event or the PTO/PTA don’t think to accomodate everyone. This tends to happen a lot and unfortunately, […]

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15Mar

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – Accommodations in Schools

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Providing the proper accommodations for your child when they are at school can be quite frustrating. What you find to be completely reasonable, others (who do not have to go through the food allergy life) think is completely unreasonable. School staff tend to think a parent is overreacting most of the time; thinking we just […]

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8Mar

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – School Activities

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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I have received quite a bit of private messages regarding school activities and how to handle them when having food allergies. It’s normal for a parent to feel nervous, especially a parent of a food-allergic child. Will my child be safe? Will they know what to do if she has a reaction? Will they know […]

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4Mar

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – Allergic Reaction Experiences

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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The day of the first reaction, we gave our son half of a peanut from the bag we received earlier that week. (We didn’t know he was allergic at that time.) Almost immediately, he started to act and look strange. Within seconds, his lips swelled up and started to turn blue. Then the vomiting began. […]

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26Feb

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – Dealing With Uncooperative School Personnel

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom. Suggestion from a reader: Dealing with schools that are not so willing to accommodate. ~Since I recently went through some “drama” with my son’s school, I thought this would be perfect for me to discuss. Unfortunately, sometimes you come across schools are that hesitant on providing accommodations […]

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25Feb

Get “Schooled on Food Allergies with PTO Mom – Entering Kindergarten

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Welcome to the NEW food allergy advice column, Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom. Thank you all for all of your “food allergies in school” questions! Normally, I would be posting several “Q & A’s” however, since I received several “personal” questions on the topic of entering kindergarten, so I decided to answer them […]

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22Feb

Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom.

Posted by: Candi Richards Categories: Blog posts Daily Posts
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Welcome to the NEW food allergy advice column, Get “Schooled” on Food Allergies with PTO Mom. Planning school events are part of being in the PTO but when food is involved, it can make you, well, a little nuts! Common misconceptions with food allergies, how to communicate with teachers and other parents about your child’s […]

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