Text Box: HOW TO CHECK LICE OFF YOUR LIST

1. Screening

·      Carefully screen your child’s head for lice once a week.

 

2. Detection

·      If you find lice, begin treatment

           immediately and contact the school nurse.

 

3. Removal

·       After treatment, make sure you have picked all the nits off your child’s hair.

 

4. Prevention

·       Teach your child to avoid sharing brushes, combs, hats,

         helmets, etc. with other children. Screen Weekly!
Text Box: If head lice are discovered in your child’s hair…… Don’t Panic Don’t be Embarrassed You are not Alone Between 8 and 12 million American school children have a problem with head lice every year.
Text Box: The four most important things to know: Treatment to get rid of lice is simple and virtually 100% effective, if all steps are followed to completion. Head lice are not disease carriers. They do not live on animals-Only Humans. ANYONE can get lice. This booklet will help you learn facts about lice and how to get rid of them.

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Screening

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Detection

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Removal

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Prevention