Diabetic resources for Children, Staff & Parents

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Waltham Forest PCT - Primary Care Trust NHS.uk website have a good PDF booklet for Children with Type 2 Diabetes.

walthamforest-pct.nhs.uk - Diabetes Children
Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Young people.

The Gift Bag programme is the USA's Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's out reach idea to help support those with a connection to Diabetes.

A couple of Book titles I've come across
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Child diabetic books:

Taking Diabetes to School - Rufus Comes Home: Rufus the Bear with Diabetes - Both books - Kim Gosselin



Trick or Treat for Diabetics looks amazing .. it's not cheap, if you've got the book and would like to post a review .. please do



Kim Gosselin along with various author illustrators have a huge selection of other titles available - Special Kids in School series.

If anyone has links, information from local or wider community, resources, printables or own experiences that can help highlight the awareness of Diabetes in Children, healthy diet, insulin & sugar, please feel free to add on ..

NHS Yorks & Humber SHA have recently held a clinician level workshop on the role the UKs NPfIT's Care record system will & could have for the ongoing support of children, diabetes & famillies.. again if you have any ideas or experience of how you think this could help in your preschool work or maybe how you think preschool could influence it .. please post

General news item from Kirklees PCT - November 2007 and Spotlight on diabetes from Kerrier District Council Cornwall

Children with Diabetes - You tube Video

If your child is poorly - Leeds Teaching hospital