Accomodations* Individuals diagnosed with diabetes tend to experience frequent urination. Allow students to take extra trips to the restroom when needed.
* Diabetes increases individuals thirst, it is important that those diagnosed with diabetes are able to keep a water bottle with them, or allow them to use the drinking fountain often. *In order for individuals diagnosed with diabetes to be sure their blood sugar levels are remaining in appropriate levels, it is imperative that students are given the opportunities to eat whenever they feel it is necessary for their health. *Doctor's appointments become an frequent occasion for people diagnosed with diabetes. School officials need to allow extra absences for students. |
Modifications* During standardized testing, students diagnosed with diabetes, will be allowed extra breaks in order to use the restroom, water fountain, eating, or testing levels.
*Allow students with disabilities to work at their own pace. Students diagnosed with diabetes tend to miss many days of school due to doctors appointments, additional illness, etc. When working with students with diabetes, we should sit down with them and map out their educational outlook. Show them where they need to be at by the end of the year, and allow them to continue work when they are well enough to do so. Extend deadlines, and allow the students to take tests at appropriate times of the day that work well with their needed break times. |
Case Studies
Ten year old Morgan has been diagnosed with type one diabetes. Her body is unable to produce insulin. She experiences excessive thirst and dizziness. Morgan has an insulin pump that she uses to monitor the amount of insulin that is injected into her body.
*When working with Morgan, I understand that she has an increased thirst, so I would allow her to keep a water bottle within the classroom. By allowing her to keep a water bottle close to her desk, it will deter from frequent trips to the water fountain, which in turn would allow to not miss instructional time. By allowing her to have a water bottle in the classroom, I know that she may need to use the restroom often. Morgan will know that she doesn't need to ask to use the restroom, she will just take the bathroom pass and go when necessary .
Morgan experiences dizziness when her levels are off. I know that individuals with diabetes have strict diets and have to eat regularly. I would allow her keep snacks in her desk. When she feels that she needs to eat something, she will be able to eat a snack from her desk. I will be sure she is able to eat the scheduled times that she has set up with her health provider. If she needs to eat lunch sooner, I will allow for that to happen. When the others are at lunch, I will provide her with the materials that she may have missed while she was at lunch.
"J.S. is a 12-year-old boy who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 4 years. He lives with both of his natural parents and a 15-year-old sister. He was retained in the second grade and has struggled academically throughout his school years due to poor completion of class work and inattentiveness. He has also been suspended several times for obstinate and aggressive behavior in school. His parents confirm that he displays similar problems at home, but they express little concern about these problems, dismissing them as evidence that he is 'just being a boy.' Coping with diabetes has always been difficult for J.S. and his family. From the onset of his diabetes, he has been very resistant to his injections and blood glucose tests. As he has gotten older, he has become increasingly rebellious and dishonest about his diabetes responsibilities."
In order to ensure that J.S. is truthfully, and responsibly checking his levels, and taking his insulin injections, I would create a sheet which he would have to take down to the nurse office, where he would be checking his levels and injecting his insulin. I would require him to do this at the nurses office to ensure that he is truthfully taking care of himself. When individuals blood sugar levels are low, they become irritable. I feel that by hae J.S. go to the nurses office and having her sign off on his paper will guarantee that he is doing the appropriate measures to help him maintain appropriate levels.
*When working with Morgan, I understand that she has an increased thirst, so I would allow her to keep a water bottle within the classroom. By allowing her to keep a water bottle close to her desk, it will deter from frequent trips to the water fountain, which in turn would allow to not miss instructional time. By allowing her to have a water bottle in the classroom, I know that she may need to use the restroom often. Morgan will know that she doesn't need to ask to use the restroom, she will just take the bathroom pass and go when necessary .
Morgan experiences dizziness when her levels are off. I know that individuals with diabetes have strict diets and have to eat regularly. I would allow her keep snacks in her desk. When she feels that she needs to eat something, she will be able to eat a snack from her desk. I will be sure she is able to eat the scheduled times that she has set up with her health provider. If she needs to eat lunch sooner, I will allow for that to happen. When the others are at lunch, I will provide her with the materials that she may have missed while she was at lunch.
"J.S. is a 12-year-old boy who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 4 years. He lives with both of his natural parents and a 15-year-old sister. He was retained in the second grade and has struggled academically throughout his school years due to poor completion of class work and inattentiveness. He has also been suspended several times for obstinate and aggressive behavior in school. His parents confirm that he displays similar problems at home, but they express little concern about these problems, dismissing them as evidence that he is 'just being a boy.' Coping with diabetes has always been difficult for J.S. and his family. From the onset of his diabetes, he has been very resistant to his injections and blood glucose tests. As he has gotten older, he has become increasingly rebellious and dishonest about his diabetes responsibilities."
In order to ensure that J.S. is truthfully, and responsibly checking his levels, and taking his insulin injections, I would create a sheet which he would have to take down to the nurse office, where he would be checking his levels and injecting his insulin. I would require him to do this at the nurses office to ensure that he is truthfully taking care of himself. When individuals blood sugar levels are low, they become irritable. I feel that by hae J.S. go to the nurses office and having her sign off on his paper will guarantee that he is doing the appropriate measures to help him maintain appropriate levels.