Teenagers and Young Adults
All children and young people with type 1 diabetes and their families should have access to high-quality care and be under the remit of a children’s diabetes service. Diabetes UK has outlined what essential measures you should expect for your child’s diabetes care which you can read in the resources below.
Award-winning DigiBete.org has a range of specialist community resources and a self-management App that is available to all young people and their families free of charge and supported by the NHS Diabetes Programme.
The website is very comprehensive and houses everything from:
- Carb Counted Video Recipes
- Key Stage specific Schools and Teachers resources
- Age-appropriate Structured Education and Video stories
All resources are made by the Digibete community and clinically approved by their partners at Leeds Children's Hospital Diabetes Team. The DigiBete App is available to all patients and families in England and Wales. For more information click here.
Every school should have a medical condition at school policy which is updated annually so they know what medical condition pupils have, such as diabetes, and what treatment they may require.
If you have any questions or concerns, then it’s always best to contact the school directly so you can feel confident that staff have a good understanding of diabetes and what care they may need to provide.
To find out more about diabetes and teenagers and young adults, register for our Growing Up and Living with Type 1 online course. There is also a list of additional resources about diabetes in teenagers and young adults below.
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This resource explains how blood glucose levels in women and girls with diabetes can be affected by their periods and provides some tips for managing diabetes around periods.
The Type 1 essentials for children and young people outline the 10 things any parent should expect from their child's diabetes care. It includes the care, checks and help that the child or family need to make sure their condition is managed well - in hospital, school and wider society.
DigiBete is a video web platform and App designed to help support children, young people and families self-manage their own Type 1 Diabetes by extending the reach of clinical teams online. Their resources offer digital education, awareness, training and support to patients and families living with T…
This course provides information about continuous glucose monitoring and the Freestyle libre. It is aimed at anyone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes that is using or would like to start using a continuous glucose monitor.
This course, ‘Growing Up with Type 1’ is the second in a two-part series which provides information about life with diabetes. This part is especially aimed at young people with diabetes, particularly teenagers, who may be concerned about how their diabetes may affect them when facing new experiences…
