Type 1 Diabetes Training Platform for Schools

The Type 1 Diabetes Schools and Training Community Platform is an innovative digital educational platform designed to prepare teachers and school staff with the knowledge and tools needed to support pupils with type 1 diabetes.

This unique new platform has been co-designed with specialist diabetes healthcare professionals, young people, teachers and parents. It is brought to you by DigiBete and Leeds Children’s Hospital Diabetes Team, in collaboration with the National Children and Young Peoples Diabetes Network, Breakthrough T1D and the Together Type 1 team within Diabetes UK.

This course will build knowledge and awareness of the impacts of type 1 diabetes, both physically and mentally, on young people in schools and will also highlight the critical role that the use of diabetes technologies plays, including the importance of mobile phone accessibility, in managing the health of pupils with type 1 diabetes.

This training programme is designed to be used by teachers, teaching assistants or anyone looking after someone with type 1 (for example schools/external clubs). The platform is simple to use with interactive elements, real-world scenarios, and quizzes ensuring that participants gain practical insights that can be immediately applied in their classrooms enabling children and young people to feel safe and enable them to reach their full learning potential.