Diabetes in School Health is a monthly school diabetes health teleconferencing program for school nurses and school personnel who care for students with diabetes. The DiSH – WA March 2024 webinar session hosted by Cassady Kintner, LMFT, MEDFT, was about grief associated with a new diabetes diagnosis. Some notes, resources, and links from this session are provided below:
Build Trust & Rapport with Students & Families
- Ask Open Ended Questions
- What has been the hardest part of their diagnosis?
- What are the biggest challenges they are facing in diabetes management?
- Name, Validate, and Normalize feelings
- Cultivate a Healthy Mindset
- Acknowledge their successes!
- Managing expectations, normalize that things will not always be perfect.
- Use positive diabetes language
- See the Language of Diabetes pdf
DiSH WA March 2024 Session Slides (.pdf)
DiSH WA March 2024 Session Recording (link)
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- May 15 – Diabetes & Disordered Eating