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Children's education and care

Resources to support children’s education and care services to prevent and manage anaphylaxis

Best Practice Guidelines resources

Best practice guidelines for anaphylaxis prevention and management in Children's Education and Care

The Best practice guidelines have been developed in consultation with key stakeholder organisations, staff working in the children’s education and care (CEC) sector and parents of children who are enrolled in CEC services. These Best practice guidelines aim to provide guidance and support to reduce the risk of anaphylaxis in CEC services while supporting children to participate in the full range of CEC activities.

Anaphylaxis management policy and plans

Key principles for reducing the risk of anaphylaxis

Outlines what an allergy aware CEC service should have in place

Anaphylaxis management checklist children’s education and care services

A checklist developed to help CEC services meet the best practice guidelines recommendations

Strategies to reduce risk

Provides examples of ways to reduce the risk of allergic reactions in CEC

SAMPLE anaphylaxis policy for children’s education and care services

A resource to help CEC services develop an Allergy Aware policy

Anaphylaxis risk management plan template

A template to help CEC services to identify areas of potential risk and possible solutions to reduce the risk

National information

While the Best practice guidelines for anaphylaxis prevention and management in CEC services have been created as national guidelines, we recommend that CEC services check the national information to make sure you follow the national regulations

Allergy documentation for individual children

ASCIA Action Plans and
treatment

Provides CEC services with confirmation of the child’s allergies

Individualised anaphylaxis care plan template

A template to help CEC services document a child’s allergies and the strategies that will be used to reduce the risk of an allergic reaction

Food allergy record
template

A template to help CEC services collect information about a child’s food allergy that can help the cook or chef to provide appropriate meals

Staff training & emergency response

ASCIA anaphylaxis e-training for children's education & care

ASCIA anaphylaxis refresher e-training

All about Allergens for children's education & care online training

Training about how to manage food allergies for people responsible for preparing, serving or supervising meals

ASCIA First Aid Plan for Anaphylaxis poster


Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia Signs and symptoms of an allergic reaction animation

How to position a person having anaphylaxis animation

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia How to give Anapen® animation

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia How to give EpiPen® animation

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia Order an adrenaline injector trainer

NAC Minimum content requirements for anaphylaxis training

For schools and children’s education and care (CEC) services

Anaphylaxis update: schools and children’s education and care webinar 2021

Inform school and CEC staff about adrenaline injector devices in Australia and ASCIA Action Plans

Post incident management and incident reporting

Anaphylaxis incident reporting template

This template is designed to help children’s education and care services

How to report a food thought to have triggered an allergic reaction / anaphylaxis

To help you report a reaction and get a food or a facility investigated by the health department

Education for children and the community

What does it mean to be an allergy aware children’s education and care (CEC) service?

How can families support allergy aware children’s education and care services?

Sample letter about anaphylaxis and allergies for the children’s education and care community

Resources for younger children

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia’s Jeremy book series

Education for children in outside school hours care

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia curriculum resources – primary

A curriculum resource to educate children in primary schools about allergies

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia curriculum resources - secondary

A curriculum resource to educate children in secondary schools about allergies

Allergy 250K website

A website specifically for teens and young adults living with severe allergies

Allergy 250K primary school slide set

A slide set to help educate primary school aged children about allergies

Allergy 250K secondary school slide set

A slide set to help educate secondary school aged children about allergies

Food service

All about Allergens for Children’s Education & Care online training

Training about how to manage food allergies for people responsible for preparing, serving or supervising meals

Food allergy aware checklist

A free checklist to help make sure your food service is food allergy aware

All about Allergens booklet

A free downloadable booklet which contains key information and supports the All about Allergens online training

Food allergen menu matrix
template 

A food allergen menu matrix is a chart that lists all the menu items and shows which common food allergens are present

Standardised recipe
template

Use this template to create standardised recipes that everyone follows when preparing food

Food allergen management audit tool for CEC services

To undertake a comprehensive audit to assess food safety protocols and procedures regarding food allergy management

Food allergen ingredient
substitution tool

A list of alternative ingredients that can be substituted for allergen containing ingredients

Food allergy record
template

A template to help CEC services collect information about a child’s food allergy that can help the cook or chef to provide appropriate meals

Food service form for children with special dietaries

For staff to check and document meals provided to children with special dietary needs

Managing cow's milk allergy in children's education and care

Webinar recording

Other food service resources

All about Allergens resource hub

All the resources you need to manage food allergies when providing food and drinks

Food allergy animations and videos

View a range of short animations and videos to help you manage food allergies when providing food

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia resources

Allergy & Anaphylaxis Australia website

Food allergen cards

Online story books

Transition to school video

Chickens in the classroom

Food Allergy Week

ASCIA Anaphylaxis resources

ASCIA anaphylaxis resources


Content updated October 2024.