Survive school triggers and build your SCHOOL Battle Plan!

Your TOP priority is to make SURE that every member of your school team has a copy of your current personal asthma School SAFETY Plan and your parent's phone number. Remember to update the phone number if your parent's phone number changes and/or if they change jobs.

 

School is where kids go to get smart, but schools can be asthma traps. With this tip-list, you and your parents and teachers can work together to build a battle-plan to rid your school of asthma-dangers.

Look here for a checklist of all the things schools can do to create an asthma-safer school.

 

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School forms and school rules keep kids safer
 

• how school nurses help kids with asthma and their parents
   

• what kids with asthma need to know about their personal School SAFETY Plan

 

• you can print out an example of a personal School SAFETY Plan

 

• you can print out an example of a Medication Self-Carry Authorization Form
   

• you can print out an example of a Medication Administration Authorization Form
   

• you can print out an Epinephrine Authorization Form
   

• what parents and kids with asthma need to know about asthma-related school rules
   

• why  good asthma control and good attendance helps kids with asthma read better
  
   

How colds and flu hurt kids with asthma

 

• why kids with asthma are most likely to be hospitalized right after back-to-school
   

• why knowing how to NOT catch colds and flu helps prevent severe asthma attacks
   

• 80% of severe asthma attacks get triggered by catching a cold or flu
   

• fun handwashing method gets hands totally germ-free to prevent colds and flu
   

• how wearing face-masks can help kids with asthma avoid getting colds and flu
   

• why not touching your eyes and nose can help kids avoid getting colds and flu
  
   

Safer school supplies can help kids with asthma

 

• why many teachers and school janitors have asthma
   

• why sitting farther from the chalkboard can help kids with asthma
   

• how to find asthma-friendly certified art supplies
   

• how schools cut down on asthma triggers to help kids with asthma
   

• how asthma-friendly school cleaning products differ from traditional cleaning products
  
   

Fumes from idling buses and cars and pesticides
 

• why kids with asthma must avoid breathing exhaust fumes from idling buses and cars
   

• why kids with asthma must avoid areas that are being treated with pesticides