Whole school approach to asthma in schools
What support can we signpost CYP to?
Further guidance for supporting individual CYP including what to do if a child or young person (CYP) is having an asthma attack can be found in the associated Thematic Toolkit padlet for Asthma.
Ensure all CYP who have asthma have a personal asthma action plan (PAAP): see this example from Asthma+ Lung UK.
- Ensure all CYP know the details of your Asthma champion and know how to contact them.
- Beat Asthma has website for CYP where they can find all the information they will need to fully understand their asthma, know how to recognise important symptoms and know how their treatment should be to get the best possible control of their asthma. There is also advice for how to look after asthma in schools and help their friends understand more about it too.
- The MySpira app is designed to support CYP with diagnosed asthma to understand all the things they need to know about their condition and encourage good inhaler technique. It is best suited for 6-13 year olds and includes 8 fun modules. The app combines augmented reality and gameplay to offer the very best asthma education. The app is validated and safe, and has been developed with close assistance from asthma specialists.
How to download: - Download MySpira from your mobile device's app store
- Type in the following code when prompted: 62025117b8df4
- Follow the modules to complete the training
- Complete the asthma plan and enjoy the bonus game!
- This short, animated video will help CYP to understand why using a spacer is necessary to help get the medication deep into the lungs - where it is needed most!