Managing your child’s food allergy in childcare services - Webinar

Managing your child’s food allergy in childcare services - Full webinar

Dr Katie Frith - Understanding the risks

Maria Said - What does it mean to be allergy aware

Can my child have an allergic reaction if another child has had peanut butter on their hands and they're playing with the same equipment?

We're repeatedly given action plans from parents that are in black and white. We ask for a coloured plan as per the Allergy Aware website or give a colored blank plan to give to a doctor. But parents have difficulty getting repeat appointments and often they don't wanna go back to get these completed. Can we use the black and white plan or should we insist on a coloured plan?

My child has a milk allergy and they've already had one reaction in childcare because they were given milk. I've asked the centre to go milk-free, but they won't.

The centre will outsource a chef to cook all the foods which will be delivered to the centre. They do not allow families to bring in food. My child is anaphylactic to wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and egg, and highly sensitive. Is it unreasonable to compromise and ask that they will eat food cooked from home

Will a child having a mild to moderate reaction regularly through contact with food, through contact on play equipment and things, and ingesting traces on toy surfaces increase the severity of their allergy?

Can the severity of a child’s food allergy change over time? If it’s a low allergy can this increase? Can a child ‘outgrow’ an allergy?

Can extremes in temperature (such as cold) cause anaphylaxis?

At our preschool we have a range of strategies in place to ensure our children with allergies are safe. One of these is storing the children with allergies' lunch boxes separately. So not in the fridge, but in in a cooler bag. Is this best practice or not necessary?

My son has anaphylaxis to peanut, egg and milk. He had anaphylaxis at day care recently. The centre is on high alert but is now calling me almost daily to check whether to give an antihistamine for hives. I have suggested giving the antihistamine to my child before they go outside, which is every day really. Would you recommend giving antihistamine to prevent hives in this way?

I teach first aid in an education and care setting. What is the best way for me to explain antihistamine doesn't stop anaphylaxis, but is often part of the action plan?

Could you please clarify food products that say they may have traces of tree nuts which can be found in food products but not found in the ingredients?

I am a food provider at a school and find the separation of meals sometimes makes the students feel uncomfortable. Is there any suggestion on how to make them feel comfortable? We generally pack, seal and label any dietary needs at mealtimes.

I’m a first aid trainer, and I always feel concerned when I have childcare kitchen staff come in for anaphylaxis training. Although this training is interesting, given they have little to do with the children, but all to do with food preparation, is there a specific food handling course that deals with allergy and anaphylaxis that I can refer them to?