How does school deal with asthma in reception child?

[FlorenceandtheWashingMachine]

Hi,

Does your school have a plan for your child for times when their asthma flares up for enviromental reasons?

My DD (5) has ongoing respiratory problems. She has problems with her lungs resulting from a birth abnormality, asthma and is also allergic to eggs and nuts. Unfortunately, she suffers from hayfever and is having a very hard time with this at present. She has steroid inhalers, montelukast and I also give her an antihystimine before school without fail.

Her school has ventolin on site and I tell her every day to tell the teacher/lunch supervisors if she needs it. She never does this. She came home on Monday very tired and had obviously found the afternoon session a real challenge because of her chest. She does not seem to link the bad feeling going with her inhaler. I kept her home Tuesday and on Wed sent a note in asking the teacher to ask her if she needed her inhaler. She had it at lucnhtime and felt much better. I got a note home from the teacher asking me to teach my DD to ask her for her inhaler. However, this is not working.

Help! I do not want to have to keep my DD at home on days with high pollen.

Thanks in advance,

Florence

I have a DS in reception who suffers with asthma allergies excema and hayfever he doesn't realise when he needs his inhalors so I asked school to give him ventolin at lunch time and his consultant was happy with this and so far (touch wood) we have had no major incidents.

I am going to go back to the school and talk to them about putting something in place.

I picked her up last night and she was very grumpy and unhappy. As soon as I gave her her inhaler she was back to her normal self. She isn't having big asthma attacks, but it is clearly having an impact on her, poor wee scrap.

Thanks for your repsonses.