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HEALTHY KIDS: THE KEY TO BASICS is dedicated to promoting a better understanding of the health and educational needs of students with asthma and other chronic health conditions. Healthy Kids resources are designed to improve educational and environmental health policies and practices so that schools are safe for children's healthy development. Please SCROLL DOWN down for the complete list of publications.

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Finding Solutions to Problems of Asthma at School.* Unfair policies and practices? 1989. Item A1 $2

Back to School with Asthma and Allergies. Fall, 1989. School-Parent-Child Communication. Item A1a $1

Inhalers in School: Guidelines for Self-Management,1989. A model program. Item A2 $2

Staying Healthy in School. The MA Report, 8/90. Legal rulings clarify rights for students with asthma. Item A3 $2

How Healthy Is Your School? The American Journal of Asthma and Allergy for Pediatricians, 10/90. Item A4 $2

Raising School Health Standards. A PTA's story. Item A5 $2

Asthma at School: Getting Formal. When to develop a written plan and use federal and state laws. Item A6 $2

Nebulizers in the Classroom. A preschool values parent-teacher relationships and safety for students with asthma and severe allergies. Young Children, National Association of Educators of Young Children, 1/94. Item A7 $3

A School EpiPen Policy That Saves Lives. Item A8 $2

Getting Off to a Good Start. * New school planning for children with chronic health conditions. Family-Centered Care Network, ACCH, Summer, 93. Item A9 $2

Using Medicines Safely - Rx for Busy Families. How to coordinate medication plans at home, school and play. Item A10 $2

He Looks Fine to US. Why are you so Worried?* Anticipating comments from school staff. Item A11 $2

Why Didn't He Tell Me? The Importance of Good Parent-Child Communication. Suggestions for preventing, recognizing and coping with school-produced anxieties. Item A12 $2

Overcoming Obstacles to Health Management at School.* What are my child's rights? What if my child's needs are not being met? Item A13 $2

Forced Exercise: What Can Parents Do? Item A14 $2

Students with Chronic Health Conditions: The School's Obligations and Liability Concerns.* Item A15 $5

Students with Food Allergies. What Do the Laws Say? Food Allergy News. 8/92 Item A16 $2

Missing School Time? Filling the Gaps. 1992. Item A17 $3

Growing Up with Asthma. Taking Charge. HealthlinesUSAY 1992. Item A18 $2

Asthma at School: A Comprehensive Care and Advocacy Plan. Alliance Newsletter, American Academy of Allergy & Immunology (AAAI , 9/92. Item A19 $2

Individualized Health Plans: A Strategy for Achieving Educational Equity, Coalition Quarterly, The National Network of Parent Centers, Fall/Winter 92-93. Item A20 $2

Translating Rights into Realities, Using the IHP. Model goals and objectives. Alliance Newsletter, AAAI, 3/93. Item A21 $4

For Safety's Sake: Planning for Students with Food Allergies.* Comprehensive safety and emergency plan. Item A22 $2

Preventing School Absences.* 1992. Item A23 $2

The Americans with Disabilities Act: How Does it Affect You? Advance, AAFA, 9/93. Item A24 $4

What To Do if Animals in School Make your Child Sick.* 1993. Item A25 $4

Exercise and Asthma.* Sidelines, National Youth Sports Foundation for the Prevention of Athletic Injuries, Summer, 93. Item A26 $2

Information for Parents. Using Individualized Health Plans for Students with Asthma and Allergies. What is an IHP? What if a nurse isn't there? Should I sign a waiver? Item A27 $2

Coaching the Parent Advocate, Alliance Newsletter, AAAI, 9/94. Item A28 $2

Child Wins Right to Nebulizer Treatments; Parent reimbursed for lost work time.* 1994. Item A29 $3

Liability Waivers and Food Allergies.* Liability releases, risk management issues. The Food Allergy News, 8/94. Item A30 $3

School Zone: Clearing the Air, Indoor air quality advocacy advice and references. AAAAI News, Fall 95. Item A31 $3

Pesticides At School? On the Playground? Put Integrated Pest Management on Your School Safety Agenda. Safety is Elementary, The Laboratory Safety Workshop, Spring 95. Item A32 $3

Say No to Pesticides: Unseen hazards on athletic fields,* Sidelines, National Youth Sports Safety Foundation, Fall 95. Item A33 $3

Why School Nurses?* aaacn Viewpoint, American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nurses, 1/96. Item A34 $3

IAQ Experts to the Rescue? Looking for IAQ heroes that engineer school environments to protect children. Item A35 $3

Advocacy for Students with Food Allergies. Item A36 $3

Cockroach Control: Using Integrated Pest Management* AAFA/NE Bulletin, 96. Item A37 $3

IAQ: What Teachers Should Know. What Teachers Should Do. Item A39 $2

Indoor Air Quality: Does Your School Make the Grade?* Asthma Magazine, 9/97. Item A40 $4

Having a Bad Air Day? An environmental self-defense plan for teachers, 1997. Item A41 $3

It's 11:30 a.m. Do You Know Where Your School Nurse Is?* Asthma Magazine, 1/98. Item A42 $4

An Environmental Defense Plan, Presentation at Healthy Schools: Designing, Renovating and Maintaining Our School Buildings. Worcester, MA 6/2/99. Item A43 $3

March 18: A Day to Remember the New London School Disaster and Learn its Lessons. Item A44 $1

Finding Daycare for Your Child with Asthma: A Step by Step Approach, Asthma Magazine, July/August 2000. Item A45 $4

Giving Carpets a Second Thought, Part I: When Health Takes Precedence over DÈcor. Asthma Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2000. Item A46 $3

Fighting for Air: Students with Environmentally-Triggered Health Conditions, EDLAW Briefing Paper, June/August, 2000, Vol X, Issues 4-5 (15 pgs.) Item A47 $15

How Safe is Your Breathing Zone?* 2001. School Inhalant Safety Practices and Policy Recommendations. Item A48 $2

Giving Carpets a Second Thought, Part II: The Effects of Carpeting in Our Schools. Asthma Magazine, Jan/Apr, 2001. Item A49 $3

Enhancing the Comprehensive School Health Agenda. Best resources for writing student health plans. Item aa1 $1

RX For Sick Schools, (Book Review) The Artist's Complete Health and Safety Guide, Monona Rossol. Item aa2 No cost

A Team Approach to Indoor Air Quality, One School's Experience. Item aa3 $1

Play It Safe: Introduction to Theater Safety. Safety Lessons for Young Performers. (Video Review) Item aa4 No Cost

Learning about Chemical Exposures (Stages of Illness and Disability Chart. Item aa5 $1

How Asthma Friendly Is Your School?* (Self-Assessment of policies, practices and facility conditions. Item aa6 $2

To My Teachers and Coaches.* Exercise Guidelines. Exercise and Asthma Resource List. Item H1 $2

Self-Care at School. Should Students Carry their Own Inhaler? It Depends! Sample Student/School Inhaler Self-Management Agreement. The Peak Flow Gazette, AAFA/WA, Summer 98. Item H2 $2

The Individualized Health Plan. IHP for planning to meet students' health and educational goals. Item H3 $2

Objectives and Indicators of Educational Equity.* Family Centered Care Network, ACCH, 93. Item H4 $2

Workshop Discussion Starters.* Cases raise questions about student and teacher needs and responsibilities. Item H5 $1

Parent-School Conference agenda for students with special health needs.* Item H7 $2

Cooperative Care: Where Do We Start? Checklists for parents, teachers, nurses and administrators.* Item H8 $2

Asthma and Allergy Photo/Info Card. Alert teachers, substitutes to students' medications, precautions, and emergency plan. Item H9 $2

Interpreting Doctor Talk for Schools.* Write effective medication authorizations/physical education guidelines. Item H10 $2

Rx for Sick Schools: An Environmental Action Kit.* Ideas for an IAQ Team, school walk-through and environmental practices checklists, plus resources. Item H11 $10

What Did You Learn in School Today?* What if you were a student with a vision problem and they locked up your glasses in the nurses desk? A parable. Item H12 $2

Meeting the Challenge of Disrupted Attendance: Planning for Academic and Social Continuity. A 504 Plan Meeting Agenda for Students who are Missing School.* Item H13 $3

Fun Ways to Prepare Your Food Allergic Child for School. Games, Activities and Art projects. Item H14 $2

Managing Food Allergies at School: Risk Management/Risk Reduction for Students with Food Allergies.* Worksheets. Goals and principles. Item H15 $2

Sample Physician Letter to Protect Students from Environmentally Triggered Illness at School.* Item H16 $1

When is a Student at Educational Risk? Matrix for assessing a student's risk in the school environment. Item H17 $1

Managing Food Allergies. Sample letters for notifying parents of classmates about food allergy safety rules. DOs and DON'Ts. Item H18 $2

Ethical/Legal Challenges: Health Management in the Schools. (Why Children Need Advocates Presentation Outline, Children, Parents, Professionals and the State: Ethical, Clinical and Legal issues in Health Care for Children, American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Cambridge, MA 9/97. Item H19 $2

Wanted: School IPM Ambassadors. Bring the benefits of intelligent pest management to your school. Item H20 $2

Strengthening the School Nurse-Student Partnership for Students with Environmentally-Triggered Conditions (Nursing Diagnosis; Student and School Goals/Outcomes; Nursing Interventions; Health Protection Checklist; Improving the School's Environmental IQ Action Plan; References and Resources) Item H21 $5

Healthy Kids: The Key to Basics
Ellie Goldberg, M.Ed. Educational Rights Specialist 617-965-9637		79 Elmore Street Newton, MA 02459-1137 healthykids@rcn.com