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Navigating the Emotional Seas of Food Allergies: One Parent’s Journey Towards Resilience

Navigating the Emotional Seas of Food Allergies: One Parent’s Journey Towards Resilience

June 18, 2018  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Caregivers, Children, Civil-rights, Civilrights, Education, Elementary, Emotional, Emotions, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Label, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medications, Patient, Psych, Readlabels, Recipes, School, School-resources, Self-care, Support, Support-group, Tips, Travel, Traveling

by Tamara Hubbard, MA, LCPC As a parent, there are days that are etched in your mind forever. The day your children were born. Their first words. Their first steps. Their first days of school. But when you’re the

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Food Allergies & Field Trips

Food Allergies & Field Trips

May 10, 2018  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, Faaw, Field-Trips, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Foodallergyawarenessweek, Know-the-faacts, Label, Medic-alert, Medication, Readlabels, Safety-tips, School, School-nurse, School-resources, Support, Tips

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT’s Director of Publications If your child’s school is planning a field trip, be sure to find out the answers to these 5 things:When, Where, How, What, and Who. By discussing these

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Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies at School

Managing Your Child’s Food Allergies at School

January 9, 2018  |  Action-plan, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Civil-rights, Elementary, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medications, School, School-nurse, School-resources, Secondary, Support

by Lisa Musician, RD How can parents best partner with a school to insure their child’s food allergies are managed safely and successfully? For anyone sending a child off to school, it can be exciting,

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10 Important Safety Reminders for Celebrating the Holidays from FAACT

10 Important Safety Reminders for Celebrating the Holidays from FAACT

December 5, 2017  |  Allergies, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Blog, Christmas, Dining-out, Education, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Giving, Hanukkah, Holiday, Holiday-tips, Holidays, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medications, Recipes, Safety-tips, Support, Tips, Traditions, Traveling, Vacation

by Stacey Stratton, FAACT's Publications Manager The holidays are approaching, and can bring your family party invites and travel plans. Here are some food allergy safety reminders to help you have a safe and enjoyable

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Risk-Taking and Teens with Food Allergies

Risk-Taking and Teens with Food Allergies

September 6, 2017  |  Action-plan, Adolescents, Advocacy, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Behavior, Blog, Board-certified-allergist, Civil-rights, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medical-id, Medication, Medications, Patient, Readlabels, Research, Risk, Risk-taking, Self-care, Support, Teens

by Tiffany deSilva, MSW, LSW When you were a teenager, did your mother ever ask you the age-old question, “If all of your friends jumped off a bridge, would you jump, too?” If adolescents answered this

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The Food Allergy Parent’s #1 Back-to-School Tool: Educate, Educate, Educate!

The Food Allergy Parent’s #1 Back-to-School Tool: Educate, Educate, Educate!

August 23, 2017  |  Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Back-to-school, Blog, Civil-rights, Education, Elementary, Epinephrine, Food, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, Know-the-faacts, Medic-alert, Medical-alert-id, Medications, Readlabels, School, School-lunch, School-resources, Support

by Alison Grace Johansen If you’re a food allergy parent like me, you’re undoubtedly in full back-to-school preparation mode. You’ve probably been planning for quite a while now. Whether we’ve

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Why Should Your Child Wear A Medical ID?

Why Should Your Child Wear A Medical ID?

July 19, 2017  |  Action-plan, Advocacy, Allergies, Allergy, Allergy-awareness, Anaphylaxis, Anaphylaxis-action-plan, Awareness, Blog, Education, Epinephrine, Food-allergies, Food-allergy, Food-allergy-blog, ID, Know-the-faacts, Medic-Alert, Medical, Medical-Alert-ID, Medical-ID, Medication, Medications, Patient, Self-care, Support, Support-group, Teens, Tips

Does your food allergic child wear a medical ID? Here is the importance and positives of why they should. We have our emergency action plan, a trusted allergist, and always carry two epinephrine auto injectors. All

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