1. Commissioner for the Connecticut State Department of Education Updates Superintendents, Directors of Special Education, Nurse Supervisors and School Medical Advisors about new CT Research on the impact of early childhood lead exposure on educational test performance among CT school children. CT SDE will Develop Guidelines and Offer Statewide Training.
   
   
   1. Click here to view State-wide State Department of Education Letter from Acting Commissioner George Coleman
      
      
   2. Click here to view PHASE I Report of the CT State Department of Education, CT Department of Public Health and Duke University RESEARCH REPORT

Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE) will develop Guidelines by January 2012 to inform practice within the school districts in 1) Lead Prevention; 2) early identification of students exposed and affected by lead; and 3) Educational programming in response to lead exposure in order to address existing or potential deficits.

Below are the two On-Line Courses that CSDE recommends as training resources:

COURSE # 1: The Health Education Lead Poisoning (H.E.L.P.) CEU Series provides educators, health professionals, social service professionals and early childhood providers with research based training from nationally renowned presenters that focuses on the neurological, developmental, educational and social impact of childhood lead poisoning. This course was developed in collaboration with the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Central CT State University, CT Network (CT-N), Foundation for Educational Advancement, Inc., CT State Department of Education, City of Hartford, CT Health Foundation, F.G.I. Church Media Dept, Moving Pictures, Inc., Central CT State University, TRAIN.Org, New Britain School District, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, and Dwain Starks - Multimedia Specialist.

The H.E.L.P. Continuing Education On-Line Course is available at the following locations:

1. Department of Public Health's Web site (http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387550&dphNav_GID=1828)
2. National Public Health - Train Organization's Web site and Connecticut TRAIN at: (www.train.org)
3. The Foundation for Educational Advancement's website (http://www.feact.org/feacttraining.html) or (http://feact.org/training/help.html).

COURSE # 2: "Lead Poisoning Limited the Ability to Learn", is an awareness training course for educators regarding lead poisoning in children. This course was developed for the Lead Action for Medicaid Primary Prevention (LAMPP) project by the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System Healthy Environments for Children Initiative and is available on the Connecticut Children's Medical Center's Web site at: http://www.connecticutchildrens.org/body_dept.cfm?id=1483

2. 2011 Annual Meeting to Eradicate Lead Poisoning (Date Recorded: May 5, 2011)
   Statewide Health and Education Meeting Presents Historic Landmark Duke University http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cehi/about/news/leadct.htm
   
   2011 DUKE UNIVERSITY ACHIEVEMENT GAP STUDY: Boston Herald/The Associated Press (5/18/2011) Data on 35,000 Connecticut children indicate that children who were exposed to lead before age 7 had poorer performance in reading and math tests in the fourth grade compared with those who weren't exposed to the metal, with higher exposure corresponding to lower test scores. The chance of having been exposed to lead from sources such as paint residue and dust was much higher among blacks than whites, the study found.
   

3. 2011 Call to Action National Next Steps Planning Meeting
   Click here to view historical overview

4. Historic Non-Partisan 2010 Urban Issues Forums held on April 24, 2010 and October 20, 2010
   
   Click here to view the Urban Issues Summary Report for the 4/24/2010 and 8/20/2010 Urban Issues Forums
   
   Participants at the Urban Issues and Concerned Citizens' forums came from all five of CT's Congressional Districts and 31 urban / suburban and rural communities from across the State of CT.
   In addition, Connecticut students from schools and communities within the following 10 CT Towns were recognized and honored by the CT General Assembly with Citations of Recognition for their Exemplary Community Service or Environmental / Health Outreach Services: 1) Bridgeport, 2) East Hartford, 3) Farmington, 4) Greenwich, 5) Hartford, 6) New Haven, 7) Manchester, 8) New London, , 9) Windsor and 10) Simsbury.  Students were awarded citations from the CT General Assembly for Exemplary Community and / or Environmental Health Service.  
   Below is a video link to the Connecticut Television Network (CT-N) coverage of the 2010 Concerned Citizens' and Candidates' Forum that was held at the CT State Legislative Office Building on October 20, 2010 
   
   
   CLICK ON LINK TO VIEW CT-N Video Coverage of the FORUM
   Length: 3:28:46    Date Recorded: 10/20/2010 by CT Network (CT-N) at the CT Legislative Office Building
   
   
   
         

5. 2010  Bridgeport Health Education Lead Poisoning Initiative 
   Click link to view: SUMMARY AND SURVEY RESULTS OF THE 2010 BRIDGEPORT, CT H.E.L.P. Initiative

6. 2009 Early Childhood Health Education Lead Poisoning Legislative Forum

7. 2009 LEAD POISONING COMMUNITY & PARENT INFORMATIONAL FORUM - AFTERNOON SESSION
   Includes presentations on Dept. of Education programs providing early intervention to lead poisoned children, a joint effort by state agencies to link screening results with available services, and on identifying lead exposure through child behaviors.

8. 2009 – 2010 On-Line Health Education Lead Poisoning CEU Course  http://feact.org/training/help.html

9. 2008 Legislative Informational Forum: LEAD POISONING PREVENTION CONFERENCE for Educators and Health Professionals   Click here to view CT Network Coverage:  LEAD POISONING PREVENTION CONFERENCE
   
   Keynote Forum Presenters Included:
1. Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda, Research Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy - Director of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative at Duke University. Dr. Miranda's is the lead author of the Landmark Research Study Entitled: "The Relationship between Early Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Performance on End-of-Grade Tests"
2. Dr. James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center and founder of the Comer School Development Program. Dr. Comer is internationally renowned for his promotion and focus on child development as a way of improving schools and supporting the healthy development of young people.

12. 2007 LEGISLATIVE INFORMATIONAL FORUM ON LEAD POISONING  Date Recorded: March 14,2007
    

13. 2005 ENDING LEAD POISONING FORUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING Date Recorded: November 17, 2005

14. Connecticut State Department of Education Launches Statewide Health / Education Childhood Lead Poisoning Initiative to Develop Guidelines and Statewide Training.

15. 2011 Call to Action National Next Steps Planning Meeting

16. 2011 Annual Meeting to Eradicate Lead Poisoning (Date Recorded: May 5, 2011)
    
    Statewide Health and Education Meeting Presents Historic Landmark Duke University http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/cehi/about/news/leadct.htm
    
    2011 DUKE UNIVERSITY ACHIEVEMENT GAP STUDY: Boston Herald/The Associated Press (5/18/2011) Data on 35,000 Connecticut children indicate that children who were exposed to lead before age 7 had poorer performance in reading and math tests in the fourth grade compared with those who weren't exposed to the metal, with higher exposure corresponding to lower test scores. The chance of having been exposed to lead from sources such as paint residue and dust was much higher among blacks than whites, the study found.

17. 2010 EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT FOUNDATION 2010 URBAN ISSUES FORUM
    Date Recorded October 20, 2010. . .

18. 2010 Bridgeport Health Education Lead Poisoning Initiative
    SUMMARY AND SURVEY RESULTS OF THE 2010 BRIDGEPORT, CT H.E.L.P. Initiative

19. 2009 Early Childhood Health Education Lead Poisoning Legislative Forum

20. 2009 LEAD POISONING COMMUNITY & PARENT INFORMATIONAL FORUM - AFTERNOON SESSION
    Includes presentations on Dept. of Education programs providing early intervention to lead poisoned children, a joint effort by state agencies to link screening results with available services, and on identifying lead exposure through child behaviors.

21. 2009 – 2010 On-Line Health Education Lead Poisoning CEU Course
    http://feact.org/training/help.html

22. 2008 Legislative Informational Forum: LEAD POISONING PREVENTION CONFERENCE for Educators and Health Professionals
    Keynote Forum Presenters Included:
    1. Dr. Marie Lynn Miranda, Research Professor of Environmental Sciences & Policy - Director of the Children's Environmental Health Initiative at Duke University. Dr. Miranda's is the lead author of the Landmark Research Study Entitled: "The Relationship between Early Childhood Blood Lead Levels and Performance on End-of-Grade Tests"
    2. Dr. James Comer, Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale University School of Medicine's Child Study Center and founder of the Comer School Development Program. Dr. Comer is internationally renowned for his promotion and focus on child development as a way of improving schools and supporting the healthy development of young people.

23. 2007 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION AND CONTROL PROGRAM SEMIANNUAL MEETING
    Date Recorded: October 24, 2007

24. 2007 CAPITOL NEWS BRIEFING WITH HOUSE SPEAKER ON LEAD POISONING PREVENTION LEGISLATION
    Date Recorded: May 31, 2007

25. 2007 LEGISLATIVE INFORMATIONAL FORUM ON LEAD POISONING
    Date Recorded: March 14,2007

26. 2005 ENDING LEAD POISONING FORUM AT THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING
    Date Recorded: November 17, 2005