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Preparing teachers can support students with asthma

One in every 12 children has asthma, making it the most common chronic condition in children. But many teachers lack the training needed to support those students, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

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One in every 12 children has asthma, making it the most common chronic condition in children. But many teachers lack the training needed to support those students, according to a new study from the University of Georgia. The paper is published in the Journal of Applied School Psychology . The researchers began studying asthma in schools in 2001, when only a handful of states had laws that let students keep their rescue inhalers with them at school.

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