Your child should keep a box of diabetes supplies at school with things like snacks, glucose tabs and test strips. Some kids also keep an extra meter at school. Remind your child to check their supply box occasionally to make sure it has everything they need. 
 
School Checklist:

Have your child check off each item as they pack their backpack!

  • Homework

  • School books

  • Pens or pencils

  • Your child's lunch or lunch money

Diabetes supplies:

  • Your child's blood glucose meter

  • Test strips for your child's meter

  • Lancets and a lancing device

  • Your childs blood sugar logbook and a pen to write down his/her levels each time he/she check

  • Insulin pens or traditional syringes

  • If your child use an insulin pump, make sure that he/she brings an extra infusion set with tubing and a reservoir

  • Insulin

  • Alcohol swabs

  • Tissues for your child's fingers

  • A juice box or glucose tabs in case your child gets low blood sugar

  • A snack supply with foods like granola bars, fruits or veggies

Safety supplies:

  • Your child's medical alert bracelet

  • Emergency phone numbers for you and your child's doctor

  • A glucagon kit with a special, pre-filled syringe that can be used in case your child has severe hypoglycemia and is unable to take some form of sugar by mouth.

Note: Your child may want to keep a supply box at school so he/she doesn’t have to pack extra supplies every day.

Sources: Taking Diabetes to School by Kim Gosselin www.jdrf.org/files/Life_with_Diabetes/.../DiabetesEmergencyChecklists.pdf