Out of Harm's Way: Preventing Toxic Threats to Child Development in Michigan

This daylong conference will focus on the intersection between exposure to common environmental chemicals and childhood development, and clinical interventions to reduce neurotoxic threats throughout the lifecycle. Special emphasis will be placed on heavy metals and their effects, persistent organic compounds such as pesticides, and how children are uniquely different from adults in terms of toxicity.

Registration is now available for the upcoming Out of Harm's Way Conference

Space is limited! Register early!

For a registration form and more information please visit: www.miaap.org/events.asp

Date: Thursday November 3, 2005
Location: University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Rackham Graduate School
Time: Check-in and continental breakfast begin at 7:30 a.m., program begins at 8:30 a.m. Conference ends at 4:45 p.m., with informal reception to follow.

Fees: $100 (CME credits*) $50 (public health professionals, educators, developmental disabilities specialists, psychologists, community health workers) $25 (students and resident physicians)

Fees include extensive training manual.

Conference is brought to you by:

Michigan Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics, American Association on Mental Retardation, Michigan State Medical Society, Ecology Center, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, Center for Children's Health and the Environment at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine

Co-sponsored by:

Michigan Department of Community Health Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program, Developmental Disability Institute at Wayne State University, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine & the Department of Pediatrics & Human Development, Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Michigan Public Health Institute, Michigan Association for Local Public Health, Michigan Council for Maternal and Child Health, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Michigan Chapter of the American Association on Mental Retardation, Michigan Nurses Association, The Waisman Center, Physicians for Social Responsibility, Michigan Environmental Council, University of Michigan Environmental Justice Initiative, National Wildlife Federation, Coalition of Michigan Organizations of Nursing, Learning Disabilities Association of Michigan, Association for Children's Mental Health, Michigan Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, Michigan Department of Education: Office of Special Education/Early Intervention Services and Office of Early Childhood Education and Family Services, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners, Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services, Michigan Psychological Association, Public Health Students for Social Justice, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Michigan Child Care Task Force

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