Be Nice to People With Lice

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Be Nice to People With Lice
By Pang Her
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This book is dedicated to

• My mom for her patience and love, all the
  children who have experienced the hardship of
  lice, and to the literacy class for your support
  on this sensitive topic.

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About The Author

• Pang lives in St. Paul Minnesota with her husband
  Kong. She is currently attending the College of
  St. Catherine and completing her undergraduate
  studies in Elementary Education and the STEM
  minor. When shes not researching about head lice
  she enjoys spending time with her husband, family
  and friends, sunny days, and a cup of tea.

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Contents

• Dedication i
• About the Author ii
• Having Lice 6
• Lice, what are they? 10
• Treatment 15
• More information 21
• Glossary 22
• People with Lice Song 21
• Bibliography 24

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Be Nice to People with Lice

• By Pang Her
• WTR 2008

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Ever had a lice inspection at school before?
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You wait nervously in line while the nurse puts
on her gloves.

• With a toothpick in each hand she pries through
  your hair.

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Sometimes you pass and return to class. Other
sometimes you get a pink note sent back home.

• This one note, is no fun and makes big changes in
  your life.

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Because once you have lice you have to get
treated.

• And its not like going to the dentist if only
  it was that easy.

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So what are these little creatures that require
so much attention?
?
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Head lice are small insects with six legs that
live on or very close to the scalp.
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Lice has different stages in their life-cycle.
Nits are not the same thing as lice.
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A nit takes 7-10 days to hatch. Another 7-10 days
the female will mature and begin laying her own
eggs.
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The louses mouth is like a very small needle. It
sticks this into the scalp and drinks the blood.
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• What are the treatments and procedures needed to
  remove head lice?

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The methods of removing head lice are a chemical
or physical method.

• Click here for procedures to both methods

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What the schools can do to help

• Remember that most lice are caught in the family
  and the local community
• The school nurse can advise and support parents
  to check their own families
• Children who may have lice should not be excluded
  from school
• Provide information on lice for parents ad staff
  including guides and resources

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What the families can do to help

• Make sure family members know about good hair
  care
• Control head lice by checking their own heads
• Check all the familys heads every now and then
  with a plastic comb (including adults and
  childrens heads)

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Try not to worry too much about head lice.

• They are unpleasant, but they rarely do any harm
  other than causing an itchy scalp.

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Remember that people with lice have a lot on
their mind.

• So be nice to people with Lice.

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Be Nice to People with Lice Lyrics

• I got a note today from school
• Took it home with some special shampoo
• My mom looked so strange as she read it
• Why O why did I have to get it
• I get my own two days vacation
• Wash hair, my cloths, my pillow
• Back at school all the kids call me names
• They say hey lice boy!
• Someday you might get lice too
• Your friends will run away from you
• So be nice to people with lice.

Click on image to hear lice song
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For More Information Visit

• Websites
• The Lice Solution
• http//www.licesolution.com/licefaqs.html
• Head Lice Advice
• http//headliceadvice.blogspot.com/
• HeadLice.org
• http//www.headlice.org/
• Combing a Safe, Non-toxic Method of Lice Control
• http//lancaster.unl.edu/pest/images/lice/
• The Best Control for Human Lice and Scabies
• http//www.safe2use.com/licergone/lice-chapter/abo
  ut_lice.htm

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Glossary

• Lice small, flat-bodied, wingless biting or
  sucking insects
• Life-cycle the continuous sequence of changes by
  an organism from one form to another
• Nit The egg or young of a parasitic insect
• Parasite an organism that lives on or in an
  organism, known as the host, from the body to
  receive nutriment

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Bibliography

• Birch, Robin. Head lice up close. Minibeasts Up
  Close, Chicago Raintree, 2005.
• Glaser, Jason. Head lice. Mankato, Minnesota
  Capstone press, 2006.
• Huffman, Delores. Health Problems in the
  Classroom. Thousand Oaks, California Corwin
  Press, 2003.
• http//www.headlice.org/ retrieved April 28, 2008
• http//biotech.law.lsu.edu/cphl/Practice/lice/hl-m
  yths.htm retrieved April 28, 2008

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Head Louse at a Glance