Asthma

Resources

Local school policy template for schools

A downloadable Asthma Policy template for Victorian government schools is available on the School Policy Templates Portal (login required). Schools can modify the template to suit their local circumstances.

Student health support plans

• Asthma Action Plan – for parents or carers to provide to the school, completed by the student’s medical practitioner (schools note: some medical practitioners may develop their own asthma action plans, and these should be accepted by schools where they contain the information required by this policy)
• Student Health Support Plan (DOCX) – schools should use this document to detail how the school will provide support, identify specific strategies and allocate staff to assist the student with asthma

Useful websites for further information

• Asthma Australia – resources for Victorian schools
• Asthma Australia: Asthma First Aid for Schools – free 1-hour online training module available to all schools for general school staff training
• Better Health Channel – Asthma action plans
• Better Health Channel – Thunderstorm asthma
• Better Health Channel – Thunderstorm asthma multicultural resources in a number of community languages

Additional training for inner-west schools (optional)

Schools in the inner-west local government areas of Maribyrnong, Hobson’s Bay and Brimbank have access to additional free asthma training by the National Asthma Council Australia. This course provides training tailored to the specific context of inner-west Melbourne.

This course does not replace the required general and targeted school staff training in the Asthma policy.