Age: School Age

Young children with celiac disease need to watch out for far more at preschool and school than just snacks and school lunches. Here's what you need to know to keep your young child safe in school.

Even though a child in upper elementary or middle school is old enough to recognize gluten and stay away from it, she'll still face some challenges remaining gluten-free. Here are xx tips to stay safe.

Details of requesting a 504 plan for celiac disease, to help ensure that children are protected from gluten in school activities, are summarized here.

A 504 plan for celiac disease can help ensure a child is protected from gluten in school lunches as well as from gluten in art class, on field trips, or other school activities. This article summarizes basic points about 504 plans for school children with celiac disease.

Have you or your children been to a gluten-free summer camp? Share your experiences here.

Favorite gluten-free cereals to eat for breakfast or carry along for a snack at work or school. List includes high-fiber, low-sugar, low-sodium, and casein-free gluten-free cereals.

Play Doh contains gluten, making it unsafe for children with celiac disease. Here is a recipe for gluten-free play dough, from the Celiac Sprue Association.

Most kids like stickers but the glue often contains gluten. This recipe makes easy-to-spread, tasteless glue that dries thin and clear. Spread it on the back of pictures cut out of magazines, color books or pictures printed off the computer.

Parents who would like their celiac kids to experience a traditional summer camp need to start planning for it in January. Fortunately, there are a variety of gluten-free summer camps to choose from.

From About.com's Guide to Gluten-Free Cooking: great take-along kids' lunch ideas.

Visit the National Foundation for Celiac Awareness website to download their guidelines for helping celiac children and their parents navigate their school's meal program.

Things your child's school and teachers should know about celiac disease (from About.com's Guide to Parenting Special Needs Children).

Do you need help explaining celiac disease to your child's friends? Invite one of the Gluten-Free Traveling Bears for a visit.

You've just learned that you need to protect your child from an ingredient that hides in literally thousands of food products today: gluten. Here are some steps and resources to get you started.

You can buy gluten-free (wheat-free) play dough or make your own. Follow these links for more information.

Buy these gluten-free treats and create your own gluten-free Easter basket.

Gluten-free kids may suffer from bullying at a rate far higher than kids without food issues. Here's what you need to know, and what you can do about it.