In-service asthma education for allied health professionals. Participants learn about asthma and proper use of medications, spacers, and peak flow monitoring, along with how to teach patients the proper asthma management. These programs are held on-site for the convenience of the participants. Wee Wheezers Four, two-hour sessions parents of children with asthma, ages 0 to 7 . Older children attend a special Saturday session.
Parents receive a video that can be shown to family members and care givers.
Group discussion, games and stories are part of the format teaching children to manage their asthma symptoms, especially in the school environment. Asthma Camps Children learn to manage their asthma and increase their activity level in a fun and medically supervised setting. They meet others their age who are learning to cope with asthma. There are two camps, Camp Discovery Day Camp , for children ages 6 to 9, and Camp Sierra Residential Camp , for children ages 10 to 13. Adult Programs Adult Asthma Classes Three, one and one-half hour sessions for adults and older teens .