Health & wellbeing
Caring for a Child with Diabetes
This course is aimed at foster carers who are taking care of children living with diabetes. It will help you to understand more about their condition, how you can help them to live as normal a life as possible and what to do in case of an emergency.
What you will learn
- What diabetes is.
- How common it is in the UK.
- The types of diabetes and the main symptoms.
- What causes diabetes.
- How it is treated and what to do in case of an emergency.
- How to support a diabetic foster child.
How the course works
The course is broken into manageable online units and includes knowledge checks or quizzes where appropriate. Progress saves automatically, so learners can pause and return on any device.
A certificate is available when all required course elements are completed successfully.
Who it is for
Foster carers, support carers and fostering-service staff who need practical, up-to-date learning in this topic.