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“Get your child into the habit of regularly using their preventer and make sure they take their reliever inhaler with them to school.”Action plans are essential self-management documents outlining how to recognise and respond to worsening symptoms of asthma.

e foundation recommends all children with asthma have a plan, and this is shared with their child’s school and class teacher.

Free resources e foundation also encourages schools to have an Asthma Emergency Kit and be informed on how to respond to asthma emergencies.

“With one in eight Kiwi kids living with asthma, it is vital that educators know what to do in an asthma emergency,” says foundation chief executive Letitia Harding. e foundation has free resources for both parents and educators. See: www.asthmafoundation.org.nz