The Kidshealth organisation of New Zealand provides information on a range of topics specifically targeted at children and their parents. The diabetes topics are:
blood glucose meters
diabetes (brief)
diabetes (detailed)
diabetes: emotional and mental wellbeing concerns
diabetes: healthy eating and physical activity
diabetes: school information
growing up and diabetes management (www.kidshealth.org.nz/tags/diabetes).
National Diabetes Education Program USA: The following site provides information for schools regarding the management of children with diabetes during the school day. It highlights the importance of glycaemic control, assisting children with diabetes care and having designated trained diabetes personnel: http://ndep.nih.gov/publications/PublicationDetail.aspx?PubId=97#effectivediabetesmanagement.
Evert (2004) discusses tools and techniques for working with young people with diabetes, with a particular focus on nutrition: http://spectrum.diabetesjournals.org/content/17/1/8.full.pdf+html.
The American Diabetes Association provides a booklet designed specifically for adolescents with type 2 (the link to the full booklet appears to be broken but the individual links to sections are intact): www.diabetes.org/living-with-diabetes/parents-and-kids/children-and-type-2/.
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