I would love to poke the folks here who have more experience than I working with a student with anorexia.
I have a middle school girl who was inpatient this summer, back to school on first day of school. Bi-weekly weigh-ins at doctors, scheduled 2x daily snacks with me. Any beverage consumed must have a calorie (no water). Concern about continuing tachycardia. Student has 504 plan in place.
Student's weight has moved +/- 5 or so pounds since beginning of school, currently stable. She never checks in for snacks unless reminded, but when I can peer in at lunch, is eating lunch consistently (though not always extra snacks that are packed). Parent reports student does not eat much at home.
Tachycardia still a concern at weight-ins. I'm trying to see what else I can do. I've offered to have student eat with me, but bringing attention to student's eating just makes student less likely to eat.
Bumping up this thread: student back in school, though she returned with no forewarning from parents or hospital, so threw me for a loop as parents are upset at school. Student was referred to continue outpatient during the day, but she wanted to return to school, so outpatient is continuing as an evening program. Even program did reach out to me, however, while was great.
Student is awesome with checking with me for regular snacks and she and I are continuing to build our relationship. I haven't had to seek her out this week and she is checking in with me on her own for scheduled snacks. She and I have a check-in while she eats, usually about her day thus far in general. We shall see how the weigh-ins go.
JenTheSchoolRN, BSN, RN
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Bumping up this thread: student back in school, though she returned with no forewarning from parents or hospital, so threw me for a loop as parents are upset at school. Student was referred to continue outpatient during the day, but she wanted to return to school, so outpatient is continuing as an evening program. Even program did reach out to me, however, while was great.
Student is awesome with checking with me for regular snacks and she and I are continuing to build our relationship. I haven't had to seek her out this week and she is checking in with me on her own for scheduled snacks. She and I have a check-in while she eats, usually about her day thus far in general. We shall see how the weigh-ins go.