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“A+ LIFE© (Asthma Learning is For Everyone)©: A Family Centered Program,” developed by the National Capital Asthma Coalition (NCAC), provides opportunities for hands-on learning about asthma and encourages children and their parents/guardians to feel more comfortable talking about asthma with each other and with school staff and healthcare providers.

The National Capital Asthma Coalition (NCAC) developed a policy enacted into law by the DC Council as the “Student Access to Treatment Act of 2007" (A17-0226). This DC law permits public, charter, private, and parochial school students with a valid action plan to possess and self-administer lifesaving asthma or anaphylaxis medications at school, among other key provisions.

DC launched its first-ever standard Asthma Action Plan form for children and adults developed collaboratively by members of NCAC’s Health Services & Quality Improvement Committee, piloted at Children’s National Medical Center, and endorsed by the DC Department of Health. The form includes copies to share with schools, childcare providers, nursing homes, and other caregivers. It also fulfills t

DC launched its first-ever standard Asthma Action Plan form for children and adults developed collaboratively by members of NCAC’s Health Services & Quality Improvement Committee, piloted at Children’s National Medical Center, and endorsed by the DC Department of Health. The form includes copies to share with schools, childcare providers, nursing homes, and other caregivers. It also fulfills t

Interactive data base with asthma prevalence, hospitalization and mortality data available. Custom tables can be built using a variety of variables (e.g., age, race, sex, region)

AOEC provides educational modules on various aspects of occupational and environmental asthma

The PACE program is a two-part interactive, multi-media educational seminar to improve physician awareness, ability, and use of communication and therapeutic techniques for reducing the effects of asthma on children and their families. It also provides instruction on how to document, code, and improve asthma counseling reimbursement. PACE has been found in two rigorous studies to be highly effec

Experts recommend that both schools and families have a current asthma action plan for all school aged children with asthma. This CDPH approved plan includes important consent and authorization language as required by law (developed in statewide partnership with asthma stakeholders). Additional translations are available in CAPHI resources for schools.

http://impactasthma.missouri.edu/homestuff/demos2.html

Promote self-regulation among school age children

Online toolkit to assist policymakers, school personnel, parents, teachers, and children make informed decisions about ways to reduce harmful diesel emissions from school buses.