Our Diabetes education program has been recognized by the American Diabetes Association.

"I felt that I had knowledge and people who cared. That's what has gotten me through this and that's why I have such a positive attitude."

To help our patients integrate optimal diabetes management into their everyday lives, we offer a variety of courses and programs to both patients and their families:

• Individual and Group Diabetes Classes for Adults
• Individual and Group Diabetes Classes for Children
• Insulin Pump Training
• Diabetes Education for School and Camp Personnel
• Special Topics: Exercise, Eating Out, Weight Loss, Research Update, Transplantation Support Groups
• Workshops for Grandparents and Care Givers
• College Workshops

Our Diabetes Education Programs have been recognized by the American Diabetes Association and cover the following:

Skills and knowledge assessment, overview, types of diabetes
Symptoms and diagnosis
Components of diabetes control
Behavioral change strategies

Insulin -- injection, interactions, pumps, pens, dose adjustments
Diabetes pills and others

Overview -- dietary goals, major nutrients
Food, blood sugar and cholesterol
Meal-planning methods -- exchanges, carbohydrate counting
Snacks
Alcohol
Eating out and special occasions

Exercise and diabetes -- an overview
Individualizing activity and decreasing inactivity

Blood sugar monitoring and diabetes control
Glycosylated hemoglobin
Urine testing for ketones
Sick day rules

Diabetes out of balance -- hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
Diabetic ketoacidosis

Good health measures -- smoking cessation
Stress management

Good health -- control of diabetes
Chronic complications -- eyes, kidneys, nerves
Foot problems and care
Diabetes and the heart -- cholesterol, blood pressure, aspirin
Research

Pregnancy in women with diabetes
Gestational diabetes

For more information on our schedule of classes, click here.