Poison Prevention Videos

Poison Prevention Materials

Video List

Title	Description
Spike’s Poison Prevention Adventure: Quills Up-Stay Away	Poison prevention education program for Pre-K/K classrooms. Contains 11 minute video, reproducible paper puppets, teacher’s guide with lesson plans, and family take-home information.
Poison Control in Action: An Adult Education Program that Saves Lives	Poison prevention education program for adults. Contains 13 minute video, presenter’s guide, and take-home brochure.
Availability: Online at www.1-800-222-1222.info under Poison Prevention Preschool Education Program and Poison Prevention Adult Education Program. Also at the following libraries: Douglas Library (Hebron), Gunn Memorial Library (Washington), New Haven Free Public Library, Otis Library (Norwich), Silas Bronson Library (Waterbury), Russell Library (Middletown) and the Danbury, Killingly, New Britain, Norwalk, Tolland, Torrington, Waterford, and Windsor Public Libraries.
Blinky the Clown	An eight minute program designed for children ages 3 to 8. It features an interesting and fast-paced tour of household poison dangers given by Blinky to six children. This program is ideal to stimulate discussion among young children.
Fatal Attraction: Poison Prevention in the Home	A 15 minute program to educate school-aged children and adult audiences about poisoning in the kitchen, bathroom, garage and yard. Poison prevention guidelines and emergency actions are reviewed.
The Names, Faces and Hiding Places of Poison	Addresses poison prevention needs of toddlers, teenagers, adults in home and work environments and the elderly. This 15 minute tape helps viewers identify potential victims, locations, circumstances and sources of accidental poisoning. Safety precautions and first aid steps are included.
250,000 Ways to Destroy a Child’s Life Without Leaving Home	Relates poison hazards in the home to the various stages of child development. This 15 minute lesson is targeted for parents and other in child care providers. It discusses poison prevention methods and what to do when precautions fail.
Availability: UConn Health Center Library (Farmington), Silas Bronson Library, (Waterbury), UConn Center for Media Technology (Storrs), Russell Library, Middletown, and the Torrington Public Library.

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