Diabetes Diabetes, Cognitive Function, and

In recent years, parents, the diabetes healthcare community, school nurses, and other school personnel have begun providing better support for the needs of students with diabetes during the school day. Important reasons for this support in-clude promoting the students ’ immediate safety, long-term health and productivity, readiness to learn, and full participation in school activities (National Diabetes Education Program, 2003). Many of the accommodations sought for children with diabetes arise from the need to minimize hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia during the school day and to prevent unneces-sary absences. However, even with the best of care, all children with diabete