Health Conditions & Care Plans

Asthma

Rules and Guidelines

• Colorado Rules for the Administration of Medications 1 CCR 301-68

Forms

• Colorado Asthma Care Plan - Revised Feb 2021 (PDF)
• Parent Asthma Intake - English and Spanish (exiting CDE)
• Asthma Intake Form with highlights (exiting CDE)
• Asthma Training and Delegation Record (Word) 
• Asthma Self Carry Contract - English and Spanish (DOC)
• American Lung Association Student Readiness Assessment Tool (Exiting CDE)
  • Assessing Student Readiness to Self Carry print version (Exiting CDE- PDF)

Trainings

• Asthma Management Foundations & Challenges for School Nurses
• ​Building Bridges for Asthma Care - School Nurse Training Series
• AAFA Asthma Management Education Course  (exiting CDE)
• AsthmaCOMP Professional Learning Community
• Colorado Kids with Asthma (exiting CDE) 

Asthma Training Tools

• Asthma Education Materials -English | Spanish  (PDF Google Files)
• Asthma Flu Sample Letter English/Spanish (Word)
• Asthma Basics (American Lung Association)
• Clear Your Home of Asthma Triggers (EPA)

Medications and Devices

• Asthma Medications (exiting CDE)
• Inhaler Technique Coaching Tool (exiting CDE)
• AeroChamber (exiting CDE)
• Children's Hospital Resources and Videos (exiting CDE)
• National Jewish Video Training Tools (exiting CDE)

Considerations

• How Asthma Friendly Is Your School? (Exiting CDE - PDF)
• Management of Asthma if Student Does Not Have an Action Plan (Exiting CDE - PDF)

Additional Resources

• American Lung Association (Exiting CDE)
• Colorado Asthma Coalition (Exiting CDE)
• EPA - Indoor Air Quality in Schools (Exiting CDE)
• National Jewish Hospital (Exiting CDE)

Diabetes

• Colorado Kids with Diabetes (Exiting CDE)
  • Nursing Forms/Resources

Trainings

• American Diabetes Association Safe at School (Exiting CDE)
• Diabetes Care Tasks at School: What Key Personnel Need to Know - Training Curriculum  (Exiting CDE)

Resources

• American Diabetes Association (Exiting CDE)
• Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes (Exiting CDE)
  • Pink Panther Diabetes Book (Exiting CDE)
• Children's Diabetes Foundation (Exiting CDE)
• Prescription Medication Affordability Programs | Division of Professions and Occupations (colorado.gov)

Concussion/Traumatic Brain Injury

• Traumatic Brain Injury (ESSU - CDE website)
• Traumatic Brain Injury (Health and Wellness - CDE website)
• Brain Injury: A Manual for Educators (2018) (PDF)
• CDE Concussion Management Guidelines (PDF)

Headache/Migraine

• Children's Hospital Colorado Resources - see Migraines and Headaches section

Mental Health

CDE Web Pages

• Behavior
• Mental Health
• Special Education Guidance
• Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
• Suicide Prevention Resources

Colorado Resources

• 988 Colorado Mental Health Line - exiting CDE
• Anxiety Action Plan for Schools - Children's Hospital Sample
• I Matter - Providing Free Mental Health Support for Colorado Youth (CDHS)
• Resources for after a Tragedy (CDPHE)
• CDPHE Disaster Behavior Health Training (Exiting CDE)
• The Colorado Behavioral Healthcare Council (CBHC) - statewide membership organization for Colorado's network of community behavioral health providers
• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA Colorado)
• Colorado School Safety Resource Center (CSSRC)

Additional Resources

• 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline & Toolkit (SAMSHA)
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Child Mind Institute Resources (Child Mind Institute)
  • Multilingual Trauma Resources  (available in 11 languages from Child Mind Institute)
  • Helping Children Cope With Traumatic Events (Child Mind Institute)
• Mental Health America (MHA)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
• National Association of School Nurses - Mental Health (NASN)
  • Elevating the Role of School Nurses in School-Based Mental and Behavioral Health (NASN)
• National Institute of Mental Health: Information (NIMH)
• National Institute of Mental Health - Treatment of Children with Mental Illness (NIMH)
• Psychological First Aid: Field Operations Guide 2nd edition (NCTSN) 

Obesity

• NASN Childhood Obesity (Exiting CDE)
• CDPHE Prevention and Wellness (Exiting CDE)
• CDPHE Healthy Eating and Active Living Schools Initiative (Exiting CDE)
• Rocky Mountain Prevention Resource Center School Wellness Program (Exiting CDE)

Other

• Kids Get Arthritis, Too (Arthritis Foundation)
• National Organization for Rare Disorders (Exiting CDE)