Hi Mk13,
Any public school should be required to make a food allergy action plan-- not only "what if he has a reaction" with medications on site and teacher training about how to use them, but also prevention. Your kid shouldn't be the first egg-allergic they've had-- it's uncommon, but not *that* uncommon among kids this age. Legally, they have to keep him safe.
I'm glad you will be able to work through the second eval via EI. You sure do have a lot of balls in the air.
DeeDee
More correctly, they have to keep him BOTH
safe and
INCLUDED. He's considered disabled if he has an epinephrine injector and anaphylaxis history.
In other words, it's not okay to send him to the office so that the class can do "green eggs and ham" for Dr. Suess day, or to have the child "watch" his or her classmates do science activities with eggshells, or color Easter eggs. (Ugh-- yes, really. That is perfectly okay under a health-care plan, though-- because it meets the goal of "safety" just fine. It just doesn't let the child participate to the same degree as his/her classmates, and socially, this has very definite consequences.)
This is why I mentioned Section 504. If the major reasons for the placement are social/emotional to begin with, then inclusion is really critical.
