Health Conditions & Care Plans

Allergy & Anaphylaxis

Rules and Guidelines

• Colorado Rules for the Administration of Medications 1 CCR 301-68 
• Stock Emergency-Use Epinephrine Guidelines for Colorado Schools (July 2026)

Forms

• Colorado Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plan and Medication Orders (April 2026 PDF) *Colorado Standard Form
• Care plan directions with epinephrine devices training visuals for use with school health plan (Children's Hospital Colorado 2026)
• Allergy Self Carry Contract - English and Spanish (2025 DOC - opens in downloads)
• Allergy Anaphylaxis Training Delegation Record (2025 DOC - opens in downloads)
• Family Food Allergy History Form (Intake Form)  (exiting CDE)
• CDE Special Dietary Needs - Meal Modification Forms and Guidelines

Reporting

• Severe Allergic Reaction and/or Epinephrine Administration Report 

  • Required within 10 days of severe allergic reaction occurrence at school or school-sponsored event, even if epi not given
    • Reporting Form
      • Link to reporting form for Severe Allergic Reaction and/or Epinephrine Administration Report
    • "Cheat Sheet" for Severe Allergic Reaction and/or Epinephrine Administration Report
      • Optional worksheet to collect information prior to completing report)
         

• Stock Epinephrine Reporting

  • Schools with stock epinephrine policy required to report annually

    • School Nurse Report of Designated Personnel to Administer Stock Epinephrine

Trainings

• See Training Tools page for current allergy trainings list

Additional Resources

• FARE: Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE)
• NASN Resources: Allergies & Anaphylaxis (NASN)
• CDC Food Allergies in Schools Toolkit (CDC)
• Kids with Food Allergies (AAFA)

Epilepsy / Seizures

Rules and Guidelines

• CDE Guidance for Medical Seizure Safe Schools, Action Plans, and Training (PDF March 2025)
• Rules for Individualized Medical Seizure Action Plans including training (1 CCR 301-112)
• HB21-1133  K-12 Seizure Training & Individual Action Plans (Exiting CDE)

Forms

• Seizure Action Plan (Children's Hospital sample)
• Epilepsy Foundation of America (Exiting CDE)
  • Seizure Forms including parent questionnaire & Seizure Action Plan (Epilepsy Foundation)
  • Managing Your Seizures Toolkit (Epilepsy Foundation)

Trainings

• Seizure Training for School Personnel - 75 min (Epilepsy Foundation)
• Seizure Training for School Nurses - 2.75 hours (Epilepsy Foundation)
• Seizure First Aid Ready - 30 minutes (Epilepsy Foundation)

Additional Training Tools

• Sample Nurse Resources from Children's Hospital Colorado (exiting CDE)
• Children's Hospital Colorado: How to Give Midazolam Video (Children's Hospital Colorado)

Resources

• ​Epilepsy Foundation of Colorado (Exiting CDE)
• School Nursing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline:  Students with Seizures and Epilepsy CPG Implementation Tools (NASN)

• For school concussion management support, please visit MINDSOURCE.

• For student brain injury supports, please visit the Exceptional Student Services Unit webpage: Colorado Kids with Brain Injury - Colorado Department of Education.

• Colorado 2025 REAP Concussion Guidelines (PDF)
• Colorado Concussion Management REAP Flow Chart (PDF)
• Concussion Process Report Card/ Self-Assessment (PDF)
• 2023 Brain Injury in Colorado Infographic
• Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado (BIAC)
  • Brain Injury Case Management for Children and Youth
• CDE Exceptional Student Leadership Unit; Traumatic Brain Injury
  • BrainSTEPS Teams
  • Brain Injury in Children and Youth-A Manual for Educators (PDF)
• Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA)
  • CHSSA Concussion Policy
  • CHSAA Concussion Management
  • CHSSA Training Videos
• Colorado Children's Hospital Comeback Plan