Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #122120

Kathy Lawson, The Learning Disabilities Association of America, 4156 Library Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15234-1349, (412) 341-1515 ext. 208, klawson@ldaamerica.org

Learning Objectives:

• Participants will gain a basic understanding of the nature and causes of specific learning disabilities including links between toxic environmental exposures and learning disabilities.
• Participants will be able to describe the Heatlhy Children Project, a new national program of the LDA, which has developed educational and advocacy opportunities for its constituencies to help reduce exposures to environmental neurotoxics.
• Participants will realize the value of collaboration on a national and local level in order to accomplish goals of creating an informed grassroots advocacy community, increasing knowledge of health professionals on the effects of neuro-toxics on child development, and influencing local, state and national policy change. 

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.

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