The programs was subsequently adapted for use in schools. The program has been implemented in both public and private elementary schools throughout the United States. This year, the Department of Health, in close collaboration with the American Lung Association of the District of Columbia, is implementing OAS in 13 schools in Ward 6. Through this unique program, day care providers help asthmatic children learn about their symptoms and triggers to properly manage their asthma.
Efforts are underway to start the program in selected day care centers in the District of Columbia.
The Super Saturdays program is produced in collaboration with a clinic or hospital. This is a one-day program that reaches out to the residents in the vicinity of the facility who have school age children with asthma. The focus of the program is education and management of asthma. Physicians, respiratory therapists, and health educators watch over the children and administer their medication while teaching them how to manage their asthma. Camp Happy Lungs provides these children with an opportunity which they would probably not likely experience in their lives.