INS and diabetes mellitus: Optimal diabetes self-management requires titration of insulin doses against blood glucose levels, dietary intake and planned physical activities.3 9 This skill is essential for children to participate fully in school life and social activities outside school.10Models of children’s diabetes care emphasise a family-centred approach with intensive education and support following diagnosis, with increasing responsibility for care transferred to the child over time.6 7 There has been no standardisation of diabetes self-management information given to children to use at home and school.