AsthmaCOMP & Asthma-Friendly Schools

AsthmaCOMP is a year-long professional learning community open to all Colorado school nurses. We come together to:

• Advance asthma knowledge and clinical skills
• Learn evidence-based asthma management practices
• Share successes, challenges, and practical strategies
• Build transferable skills (like creating SMARTIE goals)

Our goals are to advance asthma knowledge and skills, promote school-based asthma best practices, and learn from each other, sharing successes and challenges.

Participating in AsthmaCOMP helps you enhance your asthma care practice—and ultimately helps your students with asthma attend school more regularly, engage more fully in learning, and experience better overall wellbeing in school, play, and sleep.

There are many ways to participate based on your schedule and interests. Those who complete identified activities are eligible to receive an asthma training toolkit or box of spacers (valued at $120).

1. Address asthma, the leading chronic disease in school-aged children
2. Help students self-manage their asthma to lead a full and active life
3. Support from a community of fellow school nurses
4. Unique professional development opportunities
5. Obtain tools and resources for student, parent, and school community education
6. Improve student attendance
7. Improve school environment Indoor Air Quality (IAQ), eliminate triggers
8. Learn to triage students at high risk of exacerbations
9. Support student, family, school community, and provider collaboration
10. Implement equitable student-centered care