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Empowering Kids with Food Allergies

Get approaches for teaching kids [over time] how to self-manage their food allergies

These free resources are your 'teaching plan' for empowering your child in age appropriate ways to safely navigate allergic life when grown and flown. To use:

(1) Click 'Get resource' below and you will see a table with a list of different ways to teach a particular food allergy skill (e.g., epinephrine management) in the 1st column on the left.

(2) To the right of the 1st column you will see the different ages/stages when an approach can be used.

(3) A blue check mark under an age/stage tells you the approach can work for that age/stage. Parentheses around the check mark mean it would be an 'early start' but possible, depending on your child.

FUNDAMENTALS

Tree of knowledge on blue background represents diagnosis knowledge which is fundamental knowledge kids with food allergies must learn about their allergies. Links to downloadable resource for teaching food allergy diagnosis specifics across ages and stages.

Teach Food Allergy Diagnosis Specifics

Umbrella for rainy day on blue background represents fundamental knowledge about using an epinephrine autoinjector that kids with food allergies must learn to be empowered to self-manage. Links to downloadable resource for teaching epinephrine autoinjector use and care across ages and stages.

Teach Epinephrine

Use & Care

Dragon fly flying free on blue background represents fundamental knowledge about self advocating that kids with food allergies must learn to be empowered to self-manage their allergies. Links to downloadable resource for teaching food allergy self advocacy skills across ages and stages.

Hone Food Allergy

Self-Advocacy Skills

APPLICATIONS

Smiling sun on blue background represents food label reading skills kids with food allergies must develop to self-manage their allergies safely with confidence on the go. Links to downloadable resource for teaching food label reading skills across ages and stages.

Teach Food Label

Reading Skills

Four hot air balloons on blue background represent restaurant navigation skills kids with food allergies must develop to self-manage their allergies safely with confidence on the go. Links to downloadable resource for teaching skills for dining out safely across ages and stages.

Teach Skills for

Dining Out Safely

Swarm of fluttering butterflies on blue background represent social skills kids with food allergies must develop to self-manage their allergies safely with confidence on the go. Links to downloadable resource for nurturing food allergy social savvy across ages and stages.

Nurture Food Allergy Social Savvy

MORE RESOURCES

White heart outline on blue background represents family rules kids with food allergies must follow to self-manage their allergies safely with confidence on the go. Links to downloadable resource with ideas for creating family rules to help kids to manage food allergies across ages and stages.

Ideas for Creating

Family Rules

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Empowering Kids with Food Allergies — An Overview

Butterfly on blue background represents the readiness of kids with food allergies to fly free and self-manage their allergies safely with confidence on the go away from their family. Links to downloadable tool to help parents assess their kids' readiness to fully self-manage food allergies.

See if Your Child's Ready to Self-Manage

Check readiness

Bowl of alphabet soup spells love hugs from the front cover of the my food allergy abc-s coloring book from allergy force the food allergy app. Links to downloadable coloring book to teach young kids about food allergies in a fun and non-scary way.

ABC Coloring Book — a Tool to Teach the Basics

"The most important thing parents can teach their children is how to get along without them."
—Frank A. Clark, American lawyer and politician

CONTENT TO INSPIRE & GUIDE

Mouthwatering homemade whole grain pumpkin cookies on a rustic, dark blue platter with bright orange pumpkins in the background. Image by MBR Imaging.

Mouthwatering homemade whole grain pumpkin cookies on a rustic, dark blue platter with bright orange pumpkins in the background. Image by MBR Imaging.

Pumpkin No-Bake Cookies: Allergy-Friendly and Easy!

Family of four on vacation stands in front of a body of blue water and rolling hills on a sunny day, smiling at the camera. Image courtesy of The Allergy Aspect.

Family of four on vacation stands in front of a body of blue water and rolling hills on a sunny day, smiling at the camera. Image courtesy of The Allergy Aspect.

He’s Almost Ready: Preparing My Food Allergic Teen for College

EMPOWERING KIDS

Stir, Scoop, Smile: Allergy-Friendly Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

Football referee in black and white striped shirt calls a play in a football game making sure rules are followed. Image by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.

Football referee in black and white striped shirt calls a play in a football game making sure rules are followed. Image by Tim Mossholder on Pexels.

Food Allergy Rules for Families: Tips, Examples, and How to Get Started

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