I have spoken to Katie's teacher this morning and suplied her with lollies made with fruit juice and gelitine and nothing else to give Katie when sweets are given out (which I don't think they should do anyway), the teacher was very receptive to this and apologised for giving Katie a lolly she knew she should not have but had not alternative (I just managed to keep my temper).

It was a good job I spoke to teacher this morning as they are going on an Autumn walk this morning and planned to have hot cocolate and biscuits when they got back and it was not until I gave her the lollies that she realised that she had not thought about what to give Katie. I checked Chocolate powder and that was ok and luckily my son has too have a snack regularly at school and I make these myself so Katie's teacher is getting on of Jack's snacks to give her with the hot chocolate. You can't beat forward planning can you!!!!

Ultimatly I want to not have to talk to my childrens teachers everyday of the week to make sure things are being thought about without me pressuring them everyday, we trust the care of our children to these people everyday and they should care and think about there needs that is what we are trusting them to do.

Very few teachers really understand the diversity of symptoms and how they vary  from individual to  individual unless they hav received specialist training as part of their career development.

Parents like Johanne play such a vital role in informing teachers of this, not only for their own child's well being but to help other children too.

This can sometimes be difficult because the teacher is perceived as the professional and parents can sometimes feel difficult - telling them their job as it were.

The consultation questionnaire with your child's teacher is a great place to start with this as there is also a section on diet in there which when you talk about, you can draw attention to with the teacher. This will give them greater understanding into how food sensitiviry / intolerance / allergy can impact on behaviour...

And the point of doing this is to share strategies and goal setting between the great home school divide!!!

Might get them to look at a few of those addtives in the school vending machines as well!!!!

Another suggestion is to get them to sign up to the site - this is YOUR place to put YOUR message across.

I have had some very helpful feedback from Majella on how she is using some of the FREE downloads which might help other teachers share understanding about challenging behaviours with other children in the clasroom...

Keep us posted Johanne! Good luck