The contents of the Asthma Resource Toolkit - Starter Kit may be used to raise awareness about asthma and environmental triggers, to help families manage or eliminate environmental triggers in their homes, and to reduce children's exposure to indoor asthma triggers in Head Start and child care facilities.
Children
The following resources can be used for integrating information on asthma and asthma triggers into classroom activities:
- Asthma Triggers Coloring Book [PDF, 1.6MB]
- Little House of Asthma Triggers Poster [PDF, 765KB]
Families
These resources may be used to teach parents about asthma triggers and management practices:
- Asthma Action Plan/How to Control Things that Make Your Asthma Worse [PDF, 138KB]
- Care for Their Air: Families (English/Spanish)
- Clearing the Air of Asthma Triggers: 10 Steps to Making Your Home Asthma Friendly (English/Spanish) [PDF, 49KB]
- Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers Checklist [PDF, 84KB]
- Help Your Child Gain Control Over Asthma (English/Spanish) [PDF, 1.1MB]
- How Asthma-Friendly Is Your Child-Care Setting? (English/Spanish) [PDF, 79KB]
- Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and the Health of Your Family (English/Spanish) [PDF, 1.6MB]
Memorandum of Understanding
Programs
The following resources may be used for training Head Start program staff and child care providers, and other early care and education partners on asthma triggers and prevention strategies:
Asthma Training Materials and Tools for Program Staff and Parents
- Asthma Resource Toolkit – Starter Kit Guide
- Asthma Action Plan/How to Control Things that Make Your Asthma Worse [PDF, 138KB]
- Asthma Resource Toolkit for Head Start and Child Care Learning Settings: Pre-Test Assessment and Post-Test Assessment [PDF, 59KB]
- Asthma Resource Toolkit Onsite Assessment [PDF, 58KB]
- Asthma Resource Toolkit - Pre-School Classroom Activity [PDF, 44KB]
- Asthma Resource Toolkit - Training Evaluation Form [PDF, 59KB]
- Asthma Training for Early Child Care and Education Staff [PDF, 668KB]
- Asthma Training for Parents [PDF, 640KB]
- How Asthma-Friendly Is Your Child-Care Setting? [PDF, 125KB]
Care for Their Air Materials
- Care for Their Air: Certificate of Achievement [PDF, 144KB]
- Care for Their Air: For Program Directors (English/Spanish)
- Care for Their Air: For Health Services Advisory Committees (English/Spanish)
- Care for Their Air: For Family Service Workers (English/Spanish)
- Care for Their Air: For Teachers (English/Spanish)
- Care for Their Air: For Home Visitors (English/Spanish)
- Care for Their Air: For Health Managers (English/Spanish)
Asthma Resource Toolkit - Starter Kit. HHS/ACF/OHS and EPA. 2012. English.
Last Reviewed: May 2012
Last Updated: June 4, 2012
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