Article: Childhood diabetes and its impact on academic performance

Summary

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases in pediatric age, and it is quite possible that every teacher will have a child or adolescent with this disorder in their class during their professional life, Therefore, it is necessary for the teacher to know some aspects of it in order to create social integration and safe and affective inclusion of the child with diabetes. Ideally, the school should be prepared to care for children with diabetes, and parents should be part of this process by providing information to the school. The child affected by diabetes is a person with great potential for development as long as he has the necessary support so that his evolutionary progress is not affected by the disease, for which the various contexts surrounding him must be integrated, adapting them to their needs, medical and educational treatment so that their academic performance is not impaired.