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Post #21 When Should I Send My Sick Kid Back To School?
School and daycare criteria are often overly restrictive in their back to school policy for sick kids. This can unnecessarily hamper the education of your child without benefitting the health of the other kids in his/her classroom. Below is an excellent article highlighting policy from the American Academy of Pediatrics that helps parents (and doctors) understand when exclusion does and does not make sense. AAP Updates Guidelines for Infectious Disease Exclusions Pediatric News Volume 44 Issue 2 February 2009 DIANA MAHONEY (New England Bureau) Conjunctivitis: It's red, it's itchy, it's crusty, but it is notârepeat NOTâcause for automatic exclusion from day care or school, according to the latest edition of the American Academy of Pediatrics' âManaging Infectious Diseases in Child Car...