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SITE ASSESSMENTS



SPCP offers site assessments and individualized assistance for childcare centers, public housing residents and management, schools and other educational facilities interested in beginning or fine tuning an existing Integrated Pest Management Program. Our staff will join you on a walk-through your facility and will highlight structural issues and sanitation conditions that contribute to pest problems. Participants receive a report documenting the results, along with suggestions for addressing problems identified during the walk-through.

WORKSHOPS



SPCP will conduct workshops for management personnel, teachers, child care providers, tenants or homeowners. Workshops will include componets of an IPM program, repair and sanitation methods and a question & answer session. Attendees will receive an IPM toolkit containing caulk, a caulk gun, steel wool, clothespins, an instruction sheet, and fact sheets to be used to control pests at home.

ONGOING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE



SPCP will assist you on technical IPM questions, including making sure that your pest control operator and waste hauler are properly informed of their important role in the IPM program. SPCP will do regular follow-up assessments and recommend any further activities needed to promote a successful program.

SPEAKER'S BUREAU



We have experts that can visit your School, Environmental Group, Garden Club, or Homeowner's Association to discuss the effects of reducing the health risks and environmental impacts of pesticide use. Topics may include: Asthma and Children, Beginning an IPM Program in your School or Childcare Facility, Lawns we Can Live With: Alternatives to Pesticides in Your Garden, Reducing Pesticide Use in Your Home. Nominal fees apply, scholarships may be available.

TABLING



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How to Hire an IPM Contractor

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Laws to Protect You From Outdoor Pesticides

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IPM: A Primer

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How Do I Know I'm Receiving IPM?

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Pest Control Companies in the Chicago Area that Provide IPM Services

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IPM for Ants

10k

IPM for Mice

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IPM for Roaches

21k

IPM for Rodents

12k

IPM Picture Tour: See IPM in Action

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Asthma, Pests, and Pesticides (Spanish)

83k

The Truth about Head Lice (Spanish)

135k




Pesticides in Schools & Childcares: What Are the Health Risks?

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Spanish: Pesticides in Schools & Childcares: What Are the Health Risks?

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Sample School IPM Policy

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Guidelines for IPM in School Pest Management Contracts

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Evaluate Your Pest Management Program with an IPM Eye: An Exercise to Improve Your Current Pest Control Program

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Create an IPM Plan

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The ABC's of IPM Implementation

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IPM Inspection Checklist of Schools

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Cost of IPM in Schools

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Testimonial from School IPM Coordinator Sue Kamuda

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CPS Pest Management Policy: How Does It Affect My School?

409k

CPS Guidelines to a Successful IPM Program

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CPS IPM Service Requirements: What CAN CPS Schools expect from their Pest Management Professional?

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CPS Approved Pest Management Providers for Integrated Pest Management Services

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CPS IPM for Teachers

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CPS Staff IPM Presentation Script

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CPS Staff IPM PowerPoint Presentation

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Sample Petition for School IPM Adoption

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Flies: How to Control Using IPM

85k

Recertification Seminar brochure

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Reducing Pesticides in Schools: A Parent's Guide

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Using IPM in Childcares: An Overview

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Set Up Your IPM Program in 8 Steps

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IPM in Childcare Law

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Notification Guidelines - Parents' Right-to-Know

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Sample IPM Policy for Childcares

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Contract Specs for IPM in School/Childcare

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Spanish: Set Up Your IPM Program in 8 Steps

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Spanish: Notification Guidelines - Parents' Right-to-Know

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Instructions for PowerPoint & Script

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Bed Bugs

689k

Bed Bugs (Spanish)

620k

Pets and Pesticides

223k

Asthma, Pests and Pesticides

78k

Ten Steps to Pest Control

271k

Ten Steps to Pest Control (Spanish)

297k

Kids' Guide to Pesticides

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Kids' Guide to Pesticides (Spanish)

195k

The Truth About Head Lice

175k




Natural Lawn Care for Homeowners

309k

Midwest Natural Lawn Care Services Providers

148k

Suppliers of Natural Lawn Care Products & Soil Testing Facilities

117k

Chicago Park District Healthy Parks

406k

Read Your Weeds-A Simple Guide to Creating a Healthy Lawn

781k

IPM in the Garden

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Pesticide Free Zone Yard Sign

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IPM in the Garden (Spanish)

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Talking to Your Neighbors About Pesticides

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A Tale of Two Families

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Mosquito Misters: What You Need to Know

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West Nile Virus and Your Community

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School IPM Video Available!



“Integrated Pest Management in Schools: A Better Method”




This 12-minute video helps schools, parents and pest control operators understand and promote School IPM. Filmed at a Chicago-area school that has practiced IPM since 1994, the video addresses concerns about pesticide use, the basic components of an IPM program and the advantages of adopting IPM. A great resource for school board meetings, PTA meetings and staff trainings! For more information, download the brochure and order form (at right) or call SPCP at 773-878-7378 ext 204





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Pest Invasion



Drawn by local artists, The Pest Invasion is just one of three SPCP comic books that teach least hazardous pest control in a variety of settings. The Pest Invasion chronicles one family's successful battle against roaches and rodents in a Chicago Public Housing development.

To order The Pest Invasion, The Pest Invasion II, and La Invasion de los Insectos II for $1.00 each, call The Safer Pest Control Project at 312/641-5575 or email us at inforequest@spcpweb.org.





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Pest Invasion 2



Drawn by local artists, The Pest Invasion II is just one of three SPCP comic books that teach least hazardous pest control in a variety of settings. The Pest Invasion II chronicles one family's successful battle against roaches and rodents in an inner city neighborhood. The Pest Invasion II is also available in Spanish.

To order The Pest Invasion, The Pest Invasion II, and La Invasion de los Insectos II for $1.00 each, call The Safer Pest Control Project at 312/641-5575 or email us at inforequest@spcpweb.org.





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Useful Tips and Videos About Organic Lawn Care - SafeLawns.org



http://www.safelawns.org

Beyond Pesticides



http://www.beyondpesticides.org

Take the Pledge



http://www.refusetousechemlawn.org/

IPM in Schools Law (Public Act 95-0058)



http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-.... [shortened]

Childcare IPM Law (Public Act 93-0381)



http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/93/093-0381.htm

Parents Right-to-Know for Outdoor Use of Pesticides Law (Public Act 91-0099)



http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/pubact91/acts/91-0099.html

Illinois Structural Pest Control Act



http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs3.asp?ActID=1339&ChapAct.... [shortened]

University of Florida School IPM page



http://schoolipm.ifas.ufl.edu/index.html

Illinois Department of Public Health



http://www.idph.state.il.us/envhealth/entpestfshts.htm

"The Green, Green Grass of Home" SPCP's article in Conscious Choice



http://www.consciouschoice.com/2003/cc1607/greengreengrass1607.html

EPA's School IPM website



http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ipm

Pennsylvania School IPM Page



http://paipm.cas.psu.edu/schoolipm.html

Illinois Department of Agriculture



http://www.agr.state.il.us/

IPM Institute of North America



http://www.ipminstitute.org/school.htm

University of Illinois Extension



http://www.ipm.uiuc.edu/

Natural Pest Control - Chicago Wilderness magazine



http://chicagowildernessmag.org/issues/spring2005/natpestcontrol.html

Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides



http://www.pesticide.org/

University of Illinois Extension-Lawn Care



http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/lawntalk/lawntalk26.html

Washington Toxics Coalition



http://www.watoxics.org/

Environmental Health Perspectives



http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/

California Safe Schools



http://www.calisafe.org/

Ontario College of Physicians



http://www.ocfp.on.ca/

McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership



http://cecl.nl.edu/index.htm

Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention Roundtable -IPM for Schools



http://www.glrppr.org/hubs/toc.cfm?hub=507&subsec=7&nav=7

Healthy Schools Campaign - Illinois



http://www.healthyschoolscampaign.org

Toronto, Canada's Pesticide Reduction Program



http://www.city.toronto.on.ca/health/pesticides/index.htm

IPM for Turfgrass in Schools



http://www.birc.org/ipmturf.htm

Illinois 'Right to Know' Law for Outdoor Pesticide Applications



http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/pubact91/acts/91-0099.html





 
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