Food Allergy Resources

Food Allergy 101

FARE webpage showing basic info about food allergies, testing, anaphylaxis, and more.

Milk Allergy Guide for Parents

Includes milk allergy information, milk in US food labels, and food allergy chef cards

Egg Allergy Guide for Parents

Egg allergy guide includes info such as foods that are commonly made with egg.

Food Allergy Action Plan

Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan by FARE. Always follow your own allergist's plan.

Potential Allergens in School Crafts

By Kids With Food Allergies (KFA)

School 504 Plans

By Kids with Food Allergies (KFA)

How kids describe symptoms

This link from FARE gives examples of how children might describe their allergic reactions.

FA Therapists

Food Allergy Therapists have experience treating patients with anxiety related to food allergies.

Back to School

Back to school checklists from FARE

Additional Resources

One-Page Allergy Summary

There are so many people we communicate with regarding our son's food allergies: new teachers, additional teachers (e.g. art), coaches, and after-school staff. This One-Page Allergy Summary is something we came up to highlight our child's food allergy needs in a more succint way. It does not replace the need for staff epi-pen training or take the place of an emergency action plan. We still always keep an emergency action plan (we use this one from FARE) with our son's epi-pen. Always follow the action plan and treatment recommendations from your doctor.

It's free to download our File. Use the file as a starting point, then edit the info as you see fit to help highlight your child's unique allergy needs. This file can be viewed and edited using Microsoft Word on a desktop computer.

DOWNLOAD FILE

School Supply Tips for Food Allergy Families

Here are some of the things we have found helpful as a food allergy family over the years. If you find the items below helpful, please use the links included to add the items to your Amazon cart. We make a small percentage from purchases made through our links (as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases), which helps support our website's growth.

Related tips to the items below:

1) Labels: Label EVERYTHING FOOD-RELATED that goes to school with your child, with an eye catching recognizable washable name label (with a picture for younger children): drink containers, snack containers, prepackaged snacks, lunchbox, plastic tupperware, anything food related. If it doesn't have a label, it wasn't checked by mom and they should not eat it unless the teacher can call and check with you.

2) Placemats: Have young children use a placemat to give them a sense of their own space and teach them if their food falls outside of the placemat, they should not eat it. Our preschool teachers kept misplacing our big laminated allergy placemat, so we switched to these foldable silicone placemats that fit inside his medium sized lunchbox.

3) Water Bottles: Use solid color water bottles and add your own washable vinyl character stickers to avoid accidentally drinking from lookalike waterbottles in the same class (this happened with our son's popular Minecraft style water bottle in second grade).

4) Wipes: Teach them to wash hands every time before having a snack or treat. If wipes are needed in a preschool classes, send in their own wipes with their name label, in case teachers are using wipes on students after eating, to avoid potential cross contact. We like Waterwipes brand wipes, which are unscented, hypoallergenic, and contain only water and fruit extract. They can be used on faces and hands all week long without irritation.