|
Different schools have differing policies and guidelines on
head lice prevention and control.
Depending on where you live your school may have a no lice policy, a
no - nit policy, or no policy at all.
Head lice do not carry disease but they are still worrisome to
schools and child care facilities.
Many schools have an extreme no - nit policy. This can lead to
children being absent for multiple days.
The American Academy of Pediatrics
and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention are all opponents of the no - nit policy. Both
organizations do advocate a no - lice policy.
Your school should be screening all children when school starts up
in the fall and ideally on a Friday. Kids do not need to leave the
school early if head lice is detected. With the lice check being
done on a Friday, parents have over the weekend to treat the child
with a lice killing shampoo. If live lice are found on Monday during
a school check, the child should not be allowed into the classroom
and need to be sent home . The child must be checked again the
following Friday because it takes about six to ten days for nits to
hatch. The parent should be urged to check their child and if live
lice are found to re - treat.
Natural lice remedies are an alternative to the over the counter
pesticides that are found in drugstores. These often contain
essential oils such as tea tree oil
and peppermint. As well as being safer to use on children who have
lice, they smell is much more tolerable than pesticide laden
treatments.
| 
