Self-Management

This book, written by Lori Laffel, M.D., and the staff of Joslin’s Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Section, provides the most current information about caring for children, adolescents and young adults with diabetes.

Written for parents and families, educators and school personnel, this book provides strategies, tips and tools – all to help the child with diabetes achieve the mutual goals of maintaining normal growth and development, successful schooling, outstanding physical fitness, and just having fun being a child or teen.  It focuses on management and care and ways to support the child or teen with diabetes at home with the family, at school, and in the community.