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This video shows parents and other family members how they can enable their preschool children to take on more asthma self-management tasks. A seven-year old boy explains how well he has learned to manage his asthma so that he can do all the things children normally do. Then, with the help of three children aged 18 months, three years, and five years and their parents and siblings, he shows how his family helped him learn about asthma from the time he was a small child.

The video emphasizes the importance of regular medical care, that young children learn best in the context of their families and when they are taught developmentally appropriate skills, that parents need to prepare school teachers and other adults who care for their children with asthma, and that parents need support. This program is intended for health-care professionals, preschool and elementary school teachers, as well as for parents of children with asthma.

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Produced By: Josephine V. Brown of the Parent-Infant Resource Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.

16 minutes