Proefschrift Universiteit van Amsterdam. / Auteursnaam op omslag: Anne van Kempen. Met lit. opg. - Met samenvatting in het Nederlands.

This thesis, entitled The Specific Needs of a Child with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Primary School, is divided into two main parts. The theoretical part deals with the disease of diabetes mellitus, mainly type 1 diabetes mellitus and the specifics of childhood diabetes. In the practical part I focus on identifying the specific needs of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus attending the first level of primary school. Research information was obtained through interviews with parents of these children. The aim of the research was also to determine the level of satisfaction of parents with the schools' approach and whether and what they would like to change about the schools' approach. According to the responses, all school staff should know that a child is diabetic and be able to help them with hypoglycaemia. The child should be able to tell their classmates about the illness, respond to glycaemia at any time and contact parents if necessary. A negative experience associated with diabetes in the school environment was reported by 6 out of 15 children. In contrast, the same number of parents were satisfied with the approach and found nothing they wished to change. Parents would like teachers to be more empathetic and better educated. As a didactic output, an educational lecture was developed for...