What is National Asthma Awareness Week?
National Asthma week which aims to promote awareness of asthma to the general population and highlight ways to help people manage asthma.
When is National Asthma Awareness Week?
From Monday, 1st to the 7th September
Activities:
- Group time: Learning about what is asthma, how it affects the lungs when certain triggers cause swelling and a narrowing of the airways and ways to prevent it.
- Have a display puffer for the children to be familiar with and their peers who have to carry one with them.
- Setting up drama play area as a hospital for children to role play medical scenarios
- Centre's can focus during the week to ensure families have provided an up-to-date copy their child’s Asthma Action Plan
- Grouptime: Picture stories for children regarding Asthma
- The Lion Who Had Asthma by Jonathan London, illustrated by Nadine Bernard Westcott
- I Have Asthma, What Does That Mean? By Wendy Chen
- I Have Asthma (What Do You Know About? Books) by Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
- Taking Asthma to School (Special Kids in School Series) (Special Kids in Schools Series) by Barbara Mitchell
- Zooallergy : A Fun Story About Allergy and Asthma Triggers by Terry Ravanelli