Welcome to Just for Parents!
If you have accessed this area of the SchoolAsthmaAllergy.com Web site, it is probable that you have a child or children with asthma and/or allergic disease.
It is also likely that your school nurse or another school staff member suggested that you come to this Web site to download important information concerning the management of your child's condition.
You will find here many basic tools for helping your child learn to manage his/her asthma or allergies.
If you have questions regarding the use of the items you find in this section, please don't hesitate to ask your school nurse for help. That's what she/he is there for!
Downloadable Asthma Action Plan
 This is an Asthma Action Plan. It will serve as a guide to you, your child, and his/her school nurse and family physician should your child have an asthma episode at school or at home.
Please print out a copy of this plan and take it to your child's primary care physician to be completed. Then make sure that your school nurse has a copy of this plan at school. Keep a copy for your own guidance at home.
Download: the Asthma Action Plan (English).
Link to: the Asthma Action Plan (Spanish). From the ALA of WA Asthma Management Page, click on Mi Plano de Asma, print and fill out with your primary care physician.
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Student Asthma Card
This is a form concerning your child's medication needs and specific asthma warning signs.
Along with the Asthma Action Plan it should be filled out by you and by your child's primary care physician.
A copy of this card should then be given to the school nurse and to other staff members such as the principal and the physical education instructor.
Download: the Student Asthma Card.
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Child Care Asthma/Allergy Action Card
The Child Care Asthma/Allergy Action Card is an excellent resource for your childcare provider. It includes information about your child’s medication plans, signs of trouble and emergency steps to take.
Download the Child Care Asthma/Allergy Action Card.
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Peak Flow Instructions
Peak flow monitoring is one of the best ways of assessing your child's asthma condition.
Many children with asthma underestimate their asthma. Peak flow monitoring is an important step for understanding their real condition and preventing or limiting asthma episodes.
Along with advice from your child's physician and school nurse these instructions will teach you and your child how to monitor peak flow.
Talk to your primary care physician about obtaining a peak flow meter for use at home.
Talk to your school nurse about the possibility of peak flow monitoring for your child at school.
Download How to Use Your Peak Flow Meter from the "Practical Guide for the Diagnosis and Management of Asthma" (NHLBI).
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Peak Flow Meter Diary
This is a downloadable diary that you can print and fill out when you are ready to help your child begin peak flow monitoring.
Use this diary along with the asthma action plan that you have filled out with your child's physician. The asthma action plan includes a description of peak flow zones.
Link to: Peak Flow Meter Diary.
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Trigger Sheets
A "trigger" is something that makes your child's asthma worse or makes it harder to manage his/her condition.
Your primary care physician will help you learn exactly what "triggers" your child must avoid or prepare for.
To help you understand more about asthma triggers, here are three lists:
Click on one or all of these lists to learn about the kinds of things that can make your child's asthma worse and what you can do to avoid or prepare for them.
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Fact Sheets
Here are some fact sheets from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America to help you learn more about asthma and allergies.
Asthma Facts
Allergy Facts
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Health Teacher With Web MD
HEALTHteacher.com is as an online, alternative approach to improving school-based health education.
HEALTHteacher.com provides a comprehensive, sequential K-12 health education curriculum that consists of almost 300 lesson guides that meet National Health Education Standards and provide skills-based assessment methods.
The Web site is designed to address the significant health and behavioral issues facing today's youth and their classroom teachers.
HEALTHteacher.com covers nine areas of health concern, including:
- Alcohol and Other Drugs
- Community and Environmental Health
- Family Health and Sexuality
- Injury Prevention
- Mental and Emotional Health
- Nutrition
- Personal and Consumer Health
- Physical Activity
- Tobacco
The multiple lessons offered are designed with appropriate content for:
- Grades K-1
- Grades 2-3
- Grades 4-5
- Middle School
- High School
Please recommend HEALTHteacher.com as a valuable resource for educating students about health issues to the staff members at your school.
Link to: HEALTHteacher.com.
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Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
583,693 kids have become regular smokers in 2004. 186,782 will die prematurely from their addiction. Smoking is particularly dangerous for kids and teens with asthma. Learn more about what you can do as a parent and citizen to keep your kids tobacco free.
Link to: the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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Kids Source Online
Kids Source Online is a valuable education & healthcare information site with information about product recalls, book reviews, and health and safety articles concerning Newborns, Toddlers, and Preschoolers through K-12.
Link to: the Kids Source Online
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ALA: Open Airways for Schools
The American Lung Association's Open Airways for Schools is a program designed to help 8- to 11-year-old children and their parents manage asthma.
Children who participate in Open Airways for Schools have fewer asthma attacks. They also improve their academic performances, and have more confidence in their abilities to manage their asthma.
Open Airways is now available with both English and Spanish language text on the handouts and posters.
The Open Airways program consists of six lessons, which are taught during the school day. Each lesson is 40 minutes long and is designed to be easy for trained volunteers or school staff to present.
To arrange for an Open Airways program in your school, contact your local American Lung Association or call 1-800-LUNG-USA.
Link to: Open Airways for Schools
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