1.5.0.0 School and Child Care

As a large por­tion of a child’s day is spent in school, close com­mu­ni­ca­tion with and the co­op­er­a­tion of school or day care per­son­nel are es­sen­tial for op­ti­mal di­a­betes man­age­ment, safe­ty, and max­i­mal aca­dem­ic op­por­tu­ni­ties. Refer to the ADA po­si­tion state­ments “Di­a­betes Care in the School Set­ting” (26) and “Care of Young Chil­dren With Di­a­betes in the Child Care Set­ting” (27) for ad­di­tional de­tails.