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When it comes to managing food allergies in the classroom, be sure to include peer education as part of your plan. You can engage students by following these simple steps:
- Request to spend time in the classroom to discuss food allergies with students. Thirty minutes should be plenty.
- Show FAAN’s Alexander the Elephant Who Couldn’t Eat Peanuts Goes to School DVD, give students pictures to color, or do one of the age-appropriate activities suggested in the accompanying Discussion Guide. For older students, FAAN’s Friends Helping Friends: Make It Your Goal! Video and Discussion Guide would be appropriate.
- Ask your child if he/she wants to participate by showing off medical identification jewelry or by asking their classmates’ help to stay safe.
- Hand out free resources, such as FAAN’s Be a PAL: Protect A Life™ From Food Allergies materials. Some parents go an extra step and purchase pencils, stickers, coloring books, or other small trinkets to leave behind with the students.
- Encourage students to share with their parents and with others what they have learned.
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