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Steps to Creating Asthma Friendly Environments
Creating asthma friendly environments allows children and youth with asthma to: maximize their potential for growth, development, and achievement limit school absenteeism participate in physical activity experience positive educational, social, physical and health benefits develop lifelong skills...
Parent/Guardian Implementation Tips
Beyond the Walls: Activities for the Outdoors
Ophea’s Beyond the Walls: Activities for the Outdoors Resources have been developed to support elementary and secondary educators in using outdoor spaces safely and effectively for physical activity with students across the school day. This resource provides opportunities for students to observe...
Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education Resources
Gender-Based Violence Prevention Education Resources has been developed to increase educators’ understanding of what is gender-based violence and harassment and to raise awareness of how they can be prevented through early education and honest classroom conversations. Gender-Based Violence...
H&PE Secondary Resources
Ophea is excited to support quality implementation of the Health and Physical Education (H&PE) Curriculum: Grades 9-12 . Ophea's H&PE Secondary Resources support teachers in helping students acquire the physical and health literacy skills needed to thrive in the 21 st century and lead a healthy...
H&PE Elementary Resources
Ophea’s H&PE Curriculum Resources: Grades 1-8 addressing the H&PE Curriculum, 2015 continue to be available. Throughout the school year, new lesson plans will be added to further support you in teaching the current curriculum. With the release of the 2019 Elementary H&PE curriculum, Ophea will...
Teaching Harm Reduction regarding Substance Use - Tips for Educators by Youth
Asthma and Physical Activity
Physical activity is part of a healthy lifestyle. Asthma should generally not be used as an excuse to avoid participating. A child/youth can participate and perform better in almost any sport if their asthma is well controlled and breathing problems are recognized early. For additional information...
Community Based Programs: Arts, Crafts, Clubs
This section is to help those supervising arts, crafts, and clubs (that are non-physical activity based) better understand asthma triggers and strategies to support safe and successful participation. Triggers There are several substances or sources of exposures that may occur during activities that...
Recognizing and Managing Worsening Asthma and Asthma Emergencies
It is difficult to predict when asthma symptoms will worsen and an asthma emergency (attack or flare-up) will occur. It is an asthma emergency if any of the following symptoms occur: breathing is difficult/laboured and fast inability to speak in full sentences (can speak only a few words without...
Parent/Guardian Implementation Tips
School Board Implementation Tips
Child Care Administrator Implementation Tips
Vaccination Talks Toolkit
The Vaccination Talks Toolkit is a free online resource that integrates health literacy, digital media literacy and inquiry into discussions about vaccines as part of healthy living. This resource is intended to support children and youth in developing their health literacy related to vaccinations...
Always Changing & Growing Up
Always Changing & Growing Up resources are free, downloadable and support teaching adolescent growth and development, personal hygiene, and healthy, active living. Always Changing & Growing Up: Grades 5 & 6 Always Changing & Growing Up: Grades 5 & 6 is a resource for teaching pre-teens in Grades 5...