Help create an asthma-friendly school environment to allow students with asthma to maximize their potential.
NEW! Managing Asthma In Our Schools DVD and Resource Package
For many students with asthma, schools play an important role in the overall management of their condition.
The Managing Asthma In Our Schools DVD and resource package aims to help create an asthma-friendly school by providing educators with knowledge to support students in managing their asthma independently, and by enhancing educators’ understanding and confidence to respond to asthma-related situations.
The DVD supports the role of educators by:
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Providing a basic understanding of asthma.
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Identifying strategies to encourage full participation in physical activity.
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Identifying the symptoms of worsening asthma or an asthma episode.
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Preparing educators to help students manage worsening asthma, and identifying additional asthma resources.
Included in the DVD resource package are the following materials:
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Managing Asthma In Our Schools DVD
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4 brochures from Ophea’s Asthma Education Initiative (Asthma in the Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know; Asthma and Physical Education: What Physical Educators and Coaches Need to Know; Asthma: Managing Real Life Situations, Practical Strategies for Teachers; Daily Physical Activity is for Everyone: What Educators Need to Know about Daily Physical Activity and Asthma)
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Creating Asthma Friendly Schools brochure
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Managing Asthma Episodes poster from The Lung Association
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Student Asthma Management Plan Form from The Lung Association
The DVD and resource package is currently only available in English.
To order, please click here.
