The American Lung Association offers a variety of school-based programs to address lung health concerns such as asthma and smoking. These programs are designed to be delivered in a school setting to help improve the health and lives of students. If you are interested in any of these programs, please contact your local American Lung Association office.
Open Airways for Schools is a free six-session asthma education curriculum designed for youth aged eight to eleven with asthma. The research-based “best practice” program is highly interactive, and teaches children how to manage and control their asthma. Topics include:
TATU, a signature program of the American Lung Association, was started in 1996. The main goal is to help teens remain tobacco-free. TATU concentrates on the following five components designed to prevent tobacco use:
TATU is usually implemented as a school club activity and qualifies as a service-learning project by enlisting teens as peer educators to help others remain tobacco-free. One of the key components of TATU is teens develop unique presentations on tobacco use and present them to younger children (4th-6th graders) in their school districts.
Not on Tobacco is a free 10-week voluntary teen cessation program created to assist teens quit tobacco use. The program incorporates life management skills to help teens deal with stress, decision-making and peer and family relationships. It also addresses healthy lifestyle behaviors such as alcohol or illicit drug use as well as related health issues such as exercise and nutrition.
