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EGH

Bringing Hope, Love, and Empathy into the New Year for Those Living with Food Allergies

January 4, 2021  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-Action-Plan, Asthma, Awareness, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Caregivers, Children, Civil-Rights, Compassion, Dining-Out, Education, EGID, Emotions, Empathy, EoE, eosinophil, Epinephrine, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Grandparent, Healthcare, Holiday, Holidays, Know-The-FAACTs, Label, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medication, Milk, Mom, Mother, Parent, Peanut, Pediatrician, Preparedness, Readlabels, Recipes, School, Sesame, Support, Support-Group, Teens, Tips, Travel, Traveling, TreeNuts, Wheat

by Eleanor Garrow-Holding, FAACT President & CEO December 5th, 2004 is a day I will never forget. On this day 17 years ago, my dad was laid to rest; and 16 years ago, 19-month-old Thomas had his first anaphylactic

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Brennan

Meet FAACT’s Teal Love Spotlight Contest Winner

December 31, 2020  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Bullying, Camp-TAG, CampTAG, Children, Civil-Rights, Civilrights, Compassion, Contest, Dairy, DBV Technologies, Education, Empathy, Epinephrine, FAACT, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Friends, Friendship, Know-The-FAACTs, Milk, Resilience, School, Teal, Teal-Love, Tips

Meet FAACT’s Teal Love Spotlight Contest Winner, Brennan from California Wise beyond his 12 years of life, Brennan, lit up the room as he sat with mom, food allergy advocate, Shannon, and shared his food allergy

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BTS

Back to School Blues? Dealing with Different Feelings about Going Back to School during the Covid-19 Pandemic

September 1, 2020  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Anaphylaxis, Back-To-School, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Compassion, COVID19, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Parent, Psych, Quarantine, Resilience, School, School-Nurse, School-Resources, Secondary, Self-Care, Support, Teens, Tips

by Emery Gewirtz, MA, School Psychology, FAACT's Director of Behavioral Health Breathe. It is going to be okay. Somedays, I am sure it does not feel like it, but that does not make it untrue. Any year getting ready to

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Compassion Blog

Compassion in a Time of Chaos: There is No Right Response

April 13, 2020  |  Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Children, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Emotional, Emotions, Family, Feelings, Food, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Grandparent, Healthcare, Know-The-FAACTs, Mental-Health, Mom, Mother, Parent, Preparedness, Psych, School, Self-care, Support, Teens, Tips

by Emery Gewirtz, M.A., School Psychology, FAACT’s Director of Behavioral Health This season is temporary, and so are these feelings. Still, while they may be temporary, and will not last forever, some days it

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Lost Memories

The Lost Memories of Students in Transition: Where Do We Go from Here?

April 12, 2020  |  8th-Graders, Adolescents, Adults, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-Awareness, Awareness, Behavior, Behavioral-Health, Blog, Caregivers, Children, College, Compassion, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, FAACT, Family, Feelings, Food-Allergies, Food-Allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Graduation, High-School, Know-The-FAACTs, Parent, Psych, School, Secondary, Self-care, Senior, Support, Teens, Tips

by Emery Gewirtz, M.A., School Psychology, FAACT's Director of Behavioral Health Amidst the coronavirus chaos, there is one forgotten group whose lives were taken out from under them. With little fanfare and no

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