In Harm's Way Training Materials for Health Professionals

Training materials are distributed at conferences or can be purchased through GBPSR. See the Publications page to order separately. Many materials are available in downloadable versions on this web site - see links below.

Training materials include:

• The 140-page In Harm's Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development Report:
  
  • English Version
  • Spanish Version

• A Training Manual that includes:

  • An 80-slide In Harm's Way PowerPoint Presentation including speaker notes and references, on CD-ROM and in printed form, that covers the scope of the problem, potential trends, societal and personal ramifications of developmental disabilities, health effects of developmental neurotoxicants, chemical testing and exposure, and the issue of scientific proof.

  • Frequently Asked Questions on the In Harm's Way Training Materials: The purpose of this document is to provide additional background information for presenters who wish to present the In Harm’s Way materials to a variety of audiences, and to refer presenters to reference material in the In Harm’s Way report, or in the notes and references of the In Harm’s Way 80-slide PowerPoint presentation.

  • 3 "Out of Harm's Way" fact sheets for providers and patients including:
    • Health Care Provider offers an introduction to routes of exposure to toxic chemicals, guidance on how to take an environmental health history, and suggested routine patient advice on how to prevent toxic threats.
      • English version only
    • Creating a Healthy Environment for Your Child's Development advises patients on simple steps to protect children from toxic threats to brain development.
      • English version
      • Spanish version
    • Why Breast-Feeding is Still Best for Baby addresses the risks and benefits of both breast-feeding and formula feeding.
      • English version for the Health Care Provider and for the General Public
      • Spanish versions for the Health Care Provider and for the General Public
  • A Chemical Fact Sheet which identifies neurodevelopmental health effects to exposures to selected toxicants
    
  • Abstracts of key journal articles
    
  • A Primer for the Clinician, excerpted from Generations at Risk, which includes information on taking environmental and occupational health histories
    
  • A Resource Guide to health and environment resources, organizations, agencies and hotlines (including information on how to access data from government agencies such as ATSDR, EPA, NIEHS, the National Library of Medicine, and others)
    
  • A  Resource Guide to Learning and Developmental Disability organizations

  Training Programs for Health Professionals