school indentification training

Attendees will learn how to tell the difference between a nit and the nit look-alikes. (DEC plugs, hair casts, hair spray, and dandruff).
Principals, administration staff, teachers, health aids and parents are encouraged to be present.

In the Head Check Training and Nit Identification Training:

Learn how to do a head check in a highly effective manner.
Learn what equipment is helpful to assist them.
Learn how to tell between an old infestation and a current one.
Learn how to eliminate in a safe, effective pesticide-free manner.

Mini Student Teach In and Demo
Children with lice will be taught how it's done so they can DO IT THEMSELVES.

Mini Parent Teach-In
At time of the child's pick-up at the end of school, I will show parents who have children with head lice, how to quickly remove the lice quickly without using pesticides or pesticide sprays - or chopping off or shaving the hair.

Parent Presentation
Learn the myths of head lice removal
Learn about what works and what does not
Learn how to save months of doing needless laundry
Learn how to avoid chemicals or pesticides -and why we need to avoid them
See the ineffective tools compared to the professional grade tools
Understand that all nits and lice must actually be removed before you are 'nit-free'
Learn about the importance of a No Nit Policy at your school or daycare or camp
Learn to how to prevent head lice effectively - there are a few ways
See live demonstration on professional delousing method using a live model (under 6 years?) or Karen will demonstrate on her own hair, how a parent can combout themselves if need be.

See how one "nitpicks properly" and what is needed to do that efficiently

Uku Puppet Show
5 minute Puppet show for children and parents on the saddness associated with head lice,
and a simplified teaching of How To Get them out of your hair

Lice Removal at School Option
When at least two of the head checkers are confident in their ability to identify nits correctly, I can, (with a parent's permission), provide nit removal at school for a child who would most benefit from this gentle head lice removal service.

Access to Necessary Equipment
Schools can purchase our affordable equipment and have a School loan-out program for parents.

When the child returns - have them come with the parent and let the parent know that if any viable nits or lice are found, the child will have to go home and have all the nits removed. ( Let them know that there are resources to assist her with this process, or see if she would like to
borrow your School Loan Out Kit, and buy a LiceMeister comb from your school Office. Exact change Only)

1. Follow up with a through head check by your now newly trained head checker on the return to school. ( complete head lice removal is possible in one day: I accomplish this feat routinely.)
This follow up is essential to see if infestation really has been completely eliminated.

2. Do another Classwide check (of a badly infested class) in one week or two, to see if you missed any 'just started' infestations during the first check.

3. Provide education materials so they can get rid of head lice quickly, safely
and without using any pesticides.

4. See about having a School Presentation for Parents to come and learn how head lice can be beaten safely and easily.

“We are so happy with the head check training you provided our school. Much to my alarm, I learned that there have been many children I have sent home in the past whom I thought had nits but who actually did not have lice at all. Barbara, Diane and myself now feel confident to teach the other mothers how to tell the difference between the hair casts, DEC plugs and nits, and how to do a head check in a much more effective way.
Thanks again. ”
- Sarah Sandler, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

“I am extremely grateful for your training of our lice committee. We now feel confident in making a proper diagnosis, and learned a lot. The school parents are thrilled with your Lice Removal Kit loan out program. The mothers are reporting that it is much easier with those tools. With only 10 cases in over 400 students, we are going to be just fine this semester.”
- Denise Browning Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Our Head Lice Check and Education Day The Best Possible Help for Your school
Attendees will learn how to tell the difference between a nit and the nit look-alikes. (DEC plugs, hair casts, hair spray, and dandruff). Principals, administration staff, teachers, health aids and parents are encouraged to be present. In the Head Check Training and Nit Identification Training: Learn how to do a head check in a highly effective manner. Learn what equipment is helpful to assist them. Learn how to tell between an old infestation and a current one. Learn how to eliminate in a safe, effective pesticide-free manner. Mini Student Teach In and Demo Children with lice will be taught how it's done so they can DO IT THEMSELVES. Mini Parent Teach-In At time of the child's pick-up at the end of school, I will show parents who have children with head lice, how to quickly remove the lice quickly without using pesticides or pesticide sprays - or chopping off or shaving the hair. Parent Presentation Learn the myths of head lice removal Learn about what works and what does not Learn how to save months of doing needless laundry Learn how to avoid chemicals or pesticides -and why we need to avoid them See the ineffective tools compared to the professional grade tools Understand that all nits and lice must actually be removed before you are 'nit-free' Learn about the importance of a No Nit Policy at your school or daycare or camp Learn to how to prevent head lice effectively - there are a few ways See live demonstration on professional delousing method using a live model (under 6 years?) or Karen will demonstrate on her own hair, how a parent can combout themselves if need be. See how one "nitpicks properly" and what is needed to do that efficiently Uku Puppet Show 5 minute Puppet show for children and parents on the saddness associated with head lice, and a simplified teaching of How To Get them out of your hair Lice Removal at School Option When at least two of the head checkers are confident in their ability to identify nits correctly, I can, (with a parent's permission), provide nit removal at school for a child who would most benefit from this gentle head lice removal service. Access to Necessary Equipment Schools can purchase our affordable equipment and have a School loan-out program for parents. ********************************************************************** Some useful things to consider for Schools When the child returns - have them come with the parent and let the parent know that if any viable nits or lice are found, the child will have to go home and have all the nits removed. ( Let them know that there are resources to assist her with this process, or see if she would like to borrow your School Loan Out Kit, and buy a LiceMeister comb from your school Office. Exact change Only) 1. Follow up with a through head check by your now newly trained head checker on the return to school. ( complete head lice removal is possible in one day: I accomplish this feat routinely.) This follow up is essential to see if infestation really has been completely eliminated. 2. Do another Classwide check (of a badly infested class) in one week or two, to see if you missed any 'just started' infestations during the first check. 3. Provide education materials so they can get rid of head lice quickly, safely and without using any pesticides. 4. See about having a School Presentation for Parents to come and learn how head lice can be beaten safely and easily. School Lice Team Testimonials “We are so happy with the head check training you provided our school. Much to my alarm, I learned that there have been many children I have sent home in the past whom I thought had nits but who actually did not have lice at all. Barbara, Diane and myself now feel confident to teach the other mothers how to tell the difference between the hair casts, DEC plugs and nits, and how to do a head check in a much more effective way. Thanks again. ” - Sarah Sandler, Toronto, Ontario, Canada “I am extremely grateful for your training of our lice committee. We now feel confident in making a proper diagnosis, and learned a lot. The school parents are thrilled with your Lice Removal Kit loan out program. The mothers are reporting that it is much easier with those tools. With only 10 cases in over 400 students, we are going to be just fine this semester.” - Denise Browning Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Why Correct Nit Identification is Crucial Here on Kauai: A medical doctor had a look at a 5 year old girl's hair and didn't really know for sure if the child had nits or not. However, he prescribed the pesticide Kwell containing Lindane. The mother used it once or twice on her very small child -and was exposed to it herself through her hands. I suggested to her that she cut off some hairs with the suspected nits and provide them to me. the 'nits' were not nits at all. (her samples on file) True Story One: I had a 10 minute phone consultation with a woman over a year ago, who for five years had been in a war against 'nits' in her daughter's hair. She had been told five years ago, (at a school in Canada), that those white oval things attached to her daughter's hair were nits - and they certainly would look that way to the untrained eye. So... The woman had spent the first two years repeatedly applying the recommended head lice pesticides on her daughter and doing the nitpicking, washing, cleaning etc etc... But still the nits persisted. So, for the last three years, she had switched to natural non-pesticidal lice treatments. She had been in a living nightmare against supposed head lice for 5 years, nitpicking, using pesticides repeatedly, and doing loads of laundry and linen changing, till she heard of me. I was able to ascertain in a very short space of time, that she had been misdiagnosed from the very start. How did I reach that conclusion? Simple. In all those years, she had not once seen a head louse, nor had she seen a brown 'nit'. End of her lice nightmare. It was that easy. True Story Two: At the end of one of my presentations, a woman came up to me with her 7 year old girl, and showed me the nits in her daughter's hair. They were not nits but DEC plugs. She had been repeatedly been putting pesticides on the child's head for 6 months.