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Blog Entries - Aug. 2016

5 Creative Ways to Teach Children about Food Allergies

5 Creative Ways to Teach Children about Food Allergies

August 23, 2016  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Blog, Children, Education, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Kyledine, Medications, Nurses, School-lunch, Support, Tips

by Kyle Dine I remember when I was in elementary school, some of my close friends and classmates knew I had food allergies, but they likely didn’t know what exactly that meant. There weren’t too many

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Back-to-School Tips to Help Create a Safer and Smoother Transition into the New School Year

Back-to-School Tips to Help Create a Safer and Smoother Transition into the New School Year

August 8, 2016  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Blog, Civil-rights, Epinephrine, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medications, School-lunch, Support, Tips

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT Publications Manager When your child has food allergies, the start of a new school year can seem scary. It might feel overwhelming as you’re trying to gather different resources and

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