If you need additional support, please contact your local Kickin’ Asthma American Lung Association staff representative.
- Kickin’ Asthma Facilitator Guide ENGLISH and SPANISH
- Kickin’ Asthma Participant Workbook Order Today
This section contains links to videos that you may find useful during your Open Airways for Schools programs. It will be updated over time with additional videos.
- Animation: What is Asthma? In English | En Español
- Asthma Medication Demonstration and Device Videos Visit Website
- How to Use a Peak Flow Meter In English | En Español
- Teach a Child to Belly Breathe for Relaxation Watch Video
The American Lung Association has customizable marketing materials available to promote Kickin’ Asthma. Please let us know what may be helpful as you participants in your community.
We ask certified facilitators to notify the American Lung Association anytime you schedule a Kickin’ Asthma program. Send an email to KickinAsthma@Lung.org with your estimated start and end dates of your program.
Kickin’ Asthma Facilitator Program Report Form
Certified facilitators must report information about your program using the Kickin' Asthma Program Report Form (preferably within two weeks of completing the final program session, Lesson 4). Information collected in this form allows us to evaluate the effectiveness of our program’s delivery and reach.
Kickin’ Asthma Post Program Participant Feedback Form
Certified facilitators are encouraged to share the link for the Kickin' Asthma Post Program Participant Feedback Form to assess participant feedback post program. This form collects confidence managing asthma, readiness to try new skills, and satisfaction with program. To maximize student response rate, allow time at the end of Lesson 4 for students to complete the online survey via tablet or computer while the facilitator is present. This form is highly encouraged but remains optional because it is digital only. We recognize that not all child participants will have access to technology to complete this form electronically. Facilitators may find it helpful to share a QR code at the end of the lesson.
OAS Pre- and Post-Test
Certified facilitators have the option of downloading and printing the Kickin’ Asthma Pre-and Post-test Questionnaire to assess the effectiveness of the program. This form is not collected at the national level. Please check with your Kickin’ Asthma staff representative if this form is required in your area.
State Specific Evaluation Protocols
- Improve Asthma Management in Schools Visit Website
- Creating Lung Friendly Environments for Youth Lung.org/youth
- Asthma Friendly Schools Initiative Visit Website
- Practical Guidance for Schools and School Districts to Protect Student Lung Health Download PDF
- Asthma Medication in Schools Visit Website
- Asthma and COPD Medicine Chart Download PDF
- First Aid for Asthma Poster Download PDF
- Stock Asthma Medication in Schools Toolkit Download PDF
- Asthma Resource Library Visit Website
- E-cigarettes and Vaping Visit Website
- Helping Teens Quit Visit Website
Certified Facilitators are required to recertify every 3 years. The American Lung Association will notify you when it is time to recertify. All candidates must complete the complete this brief questionnaire and receive an access code to participate in the Kickin’ Asthma Recertification course.
The cost to recertify is $100. This fee may be waived if certified facilitators have conducted at least one program during their 3-year certification period and reported it using the Kickin’ Asthma Program Report Form.
Asthma
- Asthma Basics Visit Website
- Asthma Educator Institute Visit Website
- Asthma Management Guidelines: A Review for Health Care Professionals Visit Website
- Asthma Management in Schools: Assessing a Child’s Readiness to Carry and Use a Quick-Relief Inhaler Visit Website
- Responding to Asthma Emergencies in Schools Visit Website
- Stock Asthma Medication: Implementation Guidance for Schools Visit Website
- Professional Spotlights
Tobacco
- Tobacco Basics Visit Website
- ACT to Address Youth Cessation Visit Website
- How to Help People Quit Visit Website
- INDEPTH® — Alternative to Suspension — Facilitator Training Visit Website
Indoor Air
- How Indoor Air Quality Impacts Your Lungs Watch Video
- Clean Air at School Visit Website
- Radon Basics Visit Website
- Radon Testing in Schools: State Protocols and Resources Visit Website
Other Lung Diseases
- Infectious Respiratory Disease Basics Visit Website
For more information, please email our team at KickinAsthma@Lung.org.
- Kickin’ Asthma Facilitator Position Description
- Kickin’ Asthma Facilitator Report Form
This form should be completed by the Kickin’ Asthma Facilitator after each Kickin’ Asthma Program.
- Kickin’ Asthma Participant Feedback Form
This link should be shared with each Kickin’ Asthma student participant at the end of module 4.
Handouts
Medication Devices – Instructions (may be printed and distributed to Kickin’ Asthma participants)
- Diskus (Spanish)
- Flexhaler (Spanish)
- MDI with Spacer (Spanish)
- Nebulizer (Spanish)
- Peak Flow Meter (Spanish)
- Twisthaler (Spanish)
- Respiratory Medications Chart
Videos
- What is Asthma? animation (Spanish)
- How to use a metered dose inhaler with spacer or valved holding chamber (Spanish)
- How to use a Diskus asthma inhaler (Spanish)
- How to use a Flexhaler asthma inhaler
- How to use a peak flow meter
- How to use a Twisthaler asthma inhaler
- Teach a child to belly breathe for relaxation
The American Lung Association has customizable marketing materials available to promote Kickin’ Asthma through a variety of channels. – COMING SOON
The American Lung Association has been in a leader in asthma management in schools for three decades. The Asthma in Schools landing page on Lung.org has many resources for school personnel and community advocates working with students and families.
- Asthma-Friendly Schools Initiative
- Practical Guidance for Schools and School Districts to Protect Student Lung Health
- Asthma Medications in Schools
- Become an Open Airways For Schools Certified Facilitator
- Help teens quit smoking and vaping by becoming a Facilitator in INDEPTH and N-O-T: Not On Tobacco
- Learn more about e-cigarettes and vaping
The American Lung Association has a wide range of program and advocacy initiatives that can provide a meaningful experience for you and maybe even the families you serve, from joining the Lung Action Network, to sharing your story, or participating in a community event, such as the Fight for Air Climb or LUNG FORCE Walk. Your Lung Association staff contact would be happy to talk to you about local options. Consider inviting a Lung Association representative to present at an upcoming meeting about the work the American Lung Association is doing in your community and ways to get involved in our mission of saving lives by preventing lung disease and promoting lung health.
- Get involved by raising funds and awareness in your community through American Lung Association events.
- Find ways to give and support the American Lung Association mission.
- Put your talents to good use by volunteering and help support people living with lung disease and a future world free of lung disease.
- Inspire others by sharing the story of how lung disease affected you or someone you love.
- Join the Lung Action Network and advocate for public policy initiatives that improve lung health and prevent lung disease.
Page last updated: February 11, 2025