ISPAD Position Statement on Type 1 Diabetes in Schools

P W Goss¹, N Bratina², L E Calliari³, R Cardona-Hernandez⁴, K Lange⁵, S E Lawrence^{6

7}, C A March^{8

9}, G Forsander¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Team Diabetes, Granada Medical Center, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, UMC, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa of São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Hannover Medical School, Department Medical Psychology, Hannover, Germany.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, gun.forsander@gmail.com.

Practice Guideline

P W Goss et al. Horm Res Paediatr. 2026.

. 2026;99(1):147-157.

doi: 10.1159/000541802. Epub 2024 Oct 3.

P W Goss¹, N Bratina², L E Calliari³, R Cardona-Hernandez⁴, K Lange⁵, S E Lawrence^{6

7}, C A March^{8

9}, G Forsander¹⁰

¹ Team Diabetes, Granada Medical Center, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
² Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, UMC, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
³ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Santa Casa of São Paulo School of Medical Sciences, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain.
⁵ Hannover Medical School, Department Medical Psychology, Hannover, Germany.
⁶ Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
⁸ Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Pediatrics, Institute for Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, gun.forsander@gmail.com.

No abstract available

Keywords: Legal obligations; Management; Schools; Type 1 diabetes; Workplace safety.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

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