Getting Children with Asthma Ready for child care

Is your child with asthma ready and safe to go to the child care center?

1. Complete a pre child care physical:

• Have your doctor/nurse practitioner sign authorization for the child care provider to give asthma medication if needed.
• Work with your doctor or nurse practitioner to get an extra inhaler and spacer, or nebulizer medicine, and tubing for child care.
• Ask that your doctor or nurse practitioner complete an Asthma Action Plan for your child and bring a copy to the child care provider.

2. Does your child know how to:

• Identify early warning signs of an asthma episode and tell an adult
• Use a Peak Flow Meter (or beginning to learn)
• Use an inhaler with spacer (or beginning to learn)
• Identify things that make their asthma worse and how to avoid them

3. Contact the child care provider before the first day:

• Discuss your child's asthma and emergency plan with the child care provider
• Sign authorization for your child to receive medication at the child care center
• Bring the prescription labeled medication to the child care provider

*Taken in part from: Getting Children with Asthma Ready for Kindergarten/St. Paul Public Schools

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