Reasonable accommodation when giving medicine

Reasonable accommodation means your early learning service must make sure all tamariki | children and their whānau are included as much as possible. That includes giving medicine to children who need it.

Reasonable accommodation is defined by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities.

Disability Convention – Whaikaha | Ministry of Disabled People

Medicine training

If a child has complex needs, you must know how many staff need to be trained to give medicine. You must make sure that training happens.

• HS29 – Medicine training for centre-based early learning services
• HS26 – Medicine training for home-based early learning services
• HS29 – Medicine training for kōhanga reo

Get support

It is important to have open and honest conversations about what can be reasonably accommodated.

You can get support from:

• local non-government organisations
• the child’s medical team
• the child’s whānau | family
• other government agencies.

You can also contact us for support.

Regional offices