Patient and Family Resources

Diabetes Books and Resources (Spanish)

Diabetes Books and Websites for Teens and Young Adults

Helping Your Child Get Used toTheir Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (Spanish)

Helping Your Teen Manage Their Diabetes: A Guide for Parents

Living with Diabetes

Tips for Wearing Your Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (Spanish)

Living with Diabetes family education handbook

• Living With Diabetes cover and table of contents (Spanish)
• Release of Information (ROI) for School form
• Going Home Blood Glucose Food and Insulin Log (Spanish)
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Bag of Hope
• Diabetes Class Pre-Visit Checklist (PDF) (Spanish)

Part 1

• Living With Diabetes Diabetes Family Education: Part 1 (PDF) (Spanish)  Carbohydrate counting, blood glucose monitoring, insulin, injections, hypoglycemia, supplies checklist

Part 1 Handouts

• Disposal of Sharps (PDF) (Spanish)
• Insulin Injection Sites (PDF) (Spanish)
• How Do I Inject With an Insulin Syringe? (PDF) (Spanish)
• Hyperglycemia - illustrated symptoms of high blood glucose (Spanish)
• Hypoglycemia - illustrated symptoms of low blood glucose (PDF) (Spanish)
• Medical Alert ID (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)

Part 2

• Living with Diabetes Part 2 class slides (PDF) (Spanish) Advanced carbohydrate counting skills, insulin dose calculations and 3-hour “rule”, sick days/ketone management, physical activity guidelines

Part 2 Handouts

• Insulin Dose Calculating Worksheet (PDF) (Spanish)
• Basal-Bolus Insulin: Long-Acting and Rapid-Acting Insulin Therapy – (Arabic) (Spanish)
• Sick Days / Ketone Management (PDF) (Spanish)
• Exercise Checklist for Diabetes (PDF) (Spanish)
• Diabetes Care Quick Guide (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Blood Glucose Log (PDF) (Spanish)
• Why the Diabetes Team Visit? (PDF) (Spanish)
• About A1c (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) (PDF) (Spanish)

Nutrition handouts

• 15 Gram Carbohydrate Food List (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Reading Food Labels (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Going Home Blood Glucose Food and Insulin Log (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Going Home Food Plan (PDF) (Arabic) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)
• Snack Ideas for Kids with Diabetes (PDF) (Spanish)

Social Work

• Living With Diabetes Class – Social Work Slides (PDF) (Spanish)

Research

• Diabetes Research slides (PDF)
• Recruitment flyer - Join a study (PDF)

Back cover sleeve

• When to Call Your Diabetes Team (PDF) (Spanish) (Somali) (Vietnamese)

• Type 2 Diabetes (Kids Health)
• Type 2 Diabetes: Be Healthy Today; Be Healthy for Life Handbook (American Diabetes Association)
• Diabetes Books and Resources (PDF) (Spanish)
• Diabetes Books and Websites for Teens and Young Adults (PDF)
• Diabetes Care Quick Guide (PDF) (Spanish)
• Diabetes Travel Checklist (PDF)
• Exercise and Activity Guidelines for Children and Teens With Diabetes (PDF)
• Exercise Checklist for Diabetes (PDF) (Spanish)
• Food Planning Using the Hospital Menu (PDF) (Spanish)
• Going Home Blood Glucose Food and Insulin Log (PDF) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Going Home Food Plan (PDF) (Arabic) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Help Paying for Diabetes Care and Supplies (PDF) (Spanish)
• Medical Alert ID (PDF) (Somali) (Spanish) (Vietnamese)
• Menstrual Cycle Tracker (PDF) (Spanish) 
• My Activity and Eating Plan for Diabetes (PDF) (Spanish)
• School Overnight Camps: Making Carb and Insulin Adjustments for Students With Diabetes (PDF)
• Surgery for the Child With Diabetes: Before- and After-Surgery Care Steps (PDF)
• Why the Diabetes Team Visit? (PDF) (Spanish)

• L’Kidds support group for parents of kids with type 1 diabetes, from babies through grade school
• Diabetes and Me support for middle schoolers with diabetes
• Diabetes and Me: A workshop for middle schoolers with type 1 diabetes (PDF)
• Living With Diabetes Diabetes Family Education: Part 1 (PDF) (Spanish)
• See a schedule and sign-up details for our classes, including Diabetes and Me plus Parent-Designated Adult workshops for volunteers who help with diabetes-related tasks at school.

• About A1c (PDF) (Spanish)
• Blood Glucose Log (sample) (PDF) (Spanish)
• Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) (PDF) (Spanish)
• Helping Your Child Get Used to Their Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (PDF) (Spanish)
• Insulin Dose Calculations Worksheet (PDF) (Spanish)
• Insulin Injection Sites (PDF) (Spanish)
• Insulin Pump Therapy (PDF) (Spanish)
• Getting Started on Your Insulin Pump (PDF) (Spanish)
• Steps to Getting Your Insulin Pump (PDF) (Spanish)
• Tips for Wearing Your Insulin Pump and Continuous Glucose Monitor (PDF) (Spanish)
• Basal-Bolus Insulin: Long-Acting and Rapid-Acting Insulin Therapy (PDF) (Arabic) (Spanish)
• Glucose Tolerance Test (PDF)
• How to Prevent Ketoacidosis While on a Pump (PDF) (Spanish)
• How Do I Inject With An Insulin Syringe? (PDF) (Spanish)
• Sick Days/Ketone Management (PDF) (Spanish)
• Administering Insulin (Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta) (Video 5:57) This video may have small differences from what we teach at Seattle Children's. In those cases, follow our instructions.
• Calculating Insulin Doses (DIY Diabetic) (Video 5:30)
• Using a Glucagon Emergency Kit with a Conscious Child (PDF)

• Adolescent and Young Adult Diabetes Program (Spanish) (PDF)
• Diabetes Books and Websites for Teens and Young Adults (PDF)
• Preparing Students With Diabetes for Life at College (American Diabetes Association)
• Adolescent and Young Adult Diabetes Transition Clinic (University of Washington)

• Breakfast Options Planner
• SMART Goals for Keeping Healthy
• Sugar Content of Cereal - PE2214 (Spanish)
• Ten Guidelines to Help Manage Your Weight (Spanish)
• What Can I Drink? Beverage Choices for Diabetes (Spanish)
• Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery (PDF)
• Breakfast Basics (Spanish) (Kids Health)
• Champions for Change Recipes (California Department of Health)
• Nutrition and Healthy Eating Whole Grains (Mayo Clinic)

• Contact our Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Program to learn more about this condition.
• ACTH Stimulation Test (PDF) (Spanish)
• Adrenal Insufficiency Emergency Response Card
• Adrenal Insufficiency Action Plan
• Cortisol Replacement Therapy (PDF) (Spanish)
• CARES Foundation for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
• Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (Spanish) (Hormone Health Network)
• Magic Foundation

Cortisol Replacement Therapy Packet

• Packet Cover (Spanish)
• Cortisol Replacement Therapy (Spanish)
• Adrenal Insufficiency Emergency Response Card
• Adrenal Insufficiency Action Plan (Spanish)
• Solu-Cortef Injection Instructions
• Visit your EMT Care Provider – Cares Foundation

• Calcium: Why Does My Child Need It?
• DEXA Bone Density Scans (Spanish)
• Fragile Bones
• Pamidronate (Spanish)
• Vitamin D (Spanish)

• What Is a Growth Disorder? (Kids Health)
• Growth Hormone Therapy Insurance Coverage (PDF)
• Growth Hormone Stimulation Test (PDF) (Spanish)
• Glucagon Test for Growth Hormone and/or Cortisol (PDF)
• Glucose Tolerance Test (PDF)

• Pediatric Obesity (Hormone Health Network)

• Water Deprivation Test for Diagnosing Diabetes Insipidus (PDF)
• Growth Hormone Deficiency (Hormone Health Network)

• Leuprolide Stim Test (PDF) (Spanish)
• Workshops for girls who are starting puberty early (precocious puberty)
• Precocious Puberty (Spanish) (Hormone Health Network)
• What's Happening to Me? A Story for Girls Starting Puberty Early (PDF) (Magic Foundation)
• Precocious Early Puberty (Hormone Health Network)
• Delayed Puberty (Hormone Health Network)

• Contact our Thyroid Program to learn more about thyroid conditions.
• Hashimoto Disease (Hormone Health Network)
• Low Iodine Diet (PDF)
• Hypothyroidism  (Hormone Health Network)
• Congenital Hypothyroidism (Spanish) (Hormone Health Network)
• Congenital Hypothyroidism: A Guide for Families (Pediatric Endocrine Society)
• Graves Disease (Spanish) (Hormone Health Network)
• Radioiodine Treatment for Graves Disease (PDF) (Spanish)
• Iodine Deficiency (Spanish) (American Thyroid Association)

• Turner Syndrome Clinic at Seattle Children’s
• Estrogen Patches (PDF) (Spanish)
• Turner Syndrome Society
• What Is Turner’s Syndrome Animation (Video 3:35) (Turner Syndrome Support Society)
• Estrogen Replacement Therapy for Turner Syndrome (Endocrineweb)