Korean J Pediatr 2011;54(2)45:-50 • DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2011.54.2.45 49 schools close to students’ houses are being provided. I hope these policies will be spread throughout the country, and legal support Conclusion to guarantee an environment where children with diabetes can A diverse array of approaches are required of diabetes care teams appropriately control diabetes in school will be provided. To this to provide strategies for effective diabetes control to children newly end, I believe the efforts of the Korean Pediatric Society and Korean diagnosed with T1DM, who must adopt drastically different Pediatric Endocrine Society will be needed. Diabetes Camp lifestyles. Although there should be no objection to the fact that an insulin supply is indispensable to maintain the lives of children, it is thought that for children with type 1 diabetes to grow into healthy adults with diabetes, nonpharmacological therapy and psychosocial In Korea, a camp for 12 patients with childhood diabetes operated support systems should be activated further. In addition, efforts to by Jeonnam National University Hospital that opened in 1981 is develop diabetes education programs suitable to the Korean society recorded as the first camp. In 1986, a Seoul-based childhood diabetes should be continued. camp began, and childhood diabetes camps were opened in the Busan-Gyeongnam region in 1991 and in the Daegu-Gyeongbuk region in 1992. Recently, a childhood diabetes camp was opened in the Honam region, and thus camps based in 4 regions are now being operated in Korea, with approximately 200 patients with childhood diabetes attending a camp each year. Doctors, nutritionists, nurses, psychotherapists, exercise trainers, social workers, and diverse expert groups participate in these childhood diabetes camps. Children with diabetes will be provided opportunities to obtain knowledge necessary for diabetes self-management through these camps. To some children, the camps can become an opportunity to develop a spirit of independence by living apart from their parents. Diabetes camps help to alleviate a sense of isolation through communication between peer groups with diabetes. Sharing diabetes-related problems and finding clues to solve these problems are also important purposes of the camp. However, not all programs of childhood diabetes camps can consist of education for diabetes control because most of the children participating in the camps expect that enjoyable activities are included in these camps41). Even if children participating in the camp cannot achieve all of the purposes mentioned above at once, they can be provided with opportunities to selectively obtain what they need most urgently. Although it has been nearly 30 years since childhood diabetes camps were introduced in Korea, no campsite or staff operates childhood diabetes camps professionally. In particular, no single foundation supports these camps, and consequently, there are difficulties each year because stable financial support cannot be secured. It is thought that the childhood diabetes camps have continued for almost 30 years because of the sacrifices of the doctors, nurses, nutritionists, social workers, and numerous other volunteers. For the childhood diabetes camps in Korea to develop further, along with those who have been leading the childhood diabetes camps, more social groups should participate in the camps and find ways to help children with diabetes live healthy lives. 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