PEDIATRIC ASTHMA

EDUCATION CLASSES FOR KIDS

As part of Health New England’s pledge to family health, the Health Programs Department is pleased to offer asthma education classes for kids.  This class will focus on what asthma is and will teach kids how to keep it under control.  Classes will be interactive and combine learning with fun. The instructor will spend time helping the children to share feelings and to talk to each other about how asthma affects them.

Each session will run once a week, for two weeks.  Each class will last approximately 1 hour. In the first week of each session, parents or guardians will be given the opportunity to review asthma control, common medications, action plans and peak-flow charting. In the second week of each session, the adult group is invited to meet on their own (parents must remain on the premises during class).  During the last 20 minutes of the second class, the adults will be asked to join the children for a peak flow and inhaler review, a short “demo” by the class, certificate awards and door prizes.  The classes will be held at the Best Western Sovereign Hotel, 1080 Riverdale St., West Springfield, Mass.

Ages 8-12 Pediatric Asthma Class meets twice (6:30 – 7:30pm):

Wednesdays, January 9 & 16, 2002

Wednesdays, February 6 & 13, 2002

Wednesdays, March 6 & 13, 2002

Tuesdays, June 4 & 11, 2002

Tuesdays, September 10 & 17, 2002

Wednesdays, December 4 & 11, 2002

Ages 13-17 Pediatric Asthma Class meets once (6:30-8:00pm):

Wednesday, February 27, 2002

Wednesday, March 20, 2002

Wednesday, April 10, 2002

Tuesday, June 18, 2002

Tuesday, September 24, 2002

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

For more information about the Pediatric Asthma Management Program or to enroll, please call (413) 787-4000 or 800-842-4464, ext. 3391.