Print this pageAsthma Friendly program (AFS)
Maitland Public school is proud to be an asthma friendly school.
What is an asthma friendly school?
An Asthma Friendly School adopts the AFS program strategies to support the whole school community in understanding and managing asthma.
The AFS program will
- Contribute to the development of safer, healthier and more supportive school environments for students with asthma
- Provide asthma awareness training for school staff to enhance their confidence and capacity to respond to an asthma incident
- Enable school staff to provide asthma education to students and information to parents/carers
- Improve self- management skills in students with asthma to enable them to participate fully in daily activites including regular exercise and sport
- Provide for the establishment of quality sustainable practices for the management of asthma in Australian Schools