Accept or Decline? The Applicant Perspective  VIDEO
This ABC News program considers the higher education endgame where the applicants, once so keen to pitch themselves to top colleges and universities, are now wooed by those who accepted them as the schools seek to close the deal. Several Georgetown University staff members, one candidate who is Georgetown-bound, and two who choose to turn the university down share their perspectives on a variety of key topics: affirmative action, financial aid, and campus culture, to name only three. (23 minutes, color).

Activities in a Print Rich Environment VIDEO
Reading to children is the most important literacy activity. This module shows teachers reading picture books to children in large and small groups and to individual children. Story time is varied by the use of flannel board stories. Children are seen demonstrating their understanding of stories through dramatization and puppet plays. They retell stories using flannel board figures and draw and dictate stories to their teacher.
 

Admit, Defer, or Reject? The Admissions Perspective  VIDEO
After the grades, test scores, essays, and other credentials of students seeking early admission reach the colleges and universities of their choice, the waiting game begins. In this ABC News program, correspondent Michel Martin goes inside Georgetown University’s admissions process to take an in-depth look at how that august institution makes its rulings on the many hopefuls who apply—ten for each available slot. Representative committee participants, including a member of the admissions staff, a dean, a faculty member, and an undergrad, give their views, as do some high school students hoping to make the cut. (23 minutes, color)

Adolescence: Current Issues 1 VIDEO
This video presents us with a realistic look at today’s teenage challenges of pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and alcohol/ substance abuse. Insights from recognized authorities in the field of adolescent development, and from teenagers themselves, give the viewer meaningful and constructive suggestions to meet these challenges.

Adolescence: Physical Growth & Development VIDEO
This module is concerned with the adolescents’ physical changes during puberty and the impact of early or late maturation on the individual’s self-concept. The problems associated with adolescence such as nutritional disorders, teen pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and drug and alcohol use are discussed.  

Adolescence: Social & Emotional Development VIDEO
The search for identity is one of the major tasks of adolescence. Their relationship with their parents, parenting style and values, peer support of growing independence, all influence this identity search and is the focus of this module.

Age Appropriate Play: The First Four Years  VIDEO
With Age-Appropriate Play: The First Four Years, parents will learn to:
Promote learning and other developmental skills through play
Provide safe, interesting and appropriate learning environments
Recognize developmental milestones

Adolescence VIDEO
Includes a discussion of physical and emotional changes adolescents go through and how they cope with family and peers, as well as the major life decisions they must make as they face the uncertain future ahead of them. A Meridian Production. (12 min.)

ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT  BOOK
The huge and fractured literature on adolescence challenges both students and scholars. For students there is too much to learn and too little coherence across topics to enable deeper understanding. For scholars, there are few integrative visions to connect minitheories, research programs, and practical concern

Alternative and Charter Schools: Educating Outside the Box VIDEO
Amy, a sixteen-year-old expelled from her high school, thinks alternative education is the best thing to happen to her; Lolita takes her daughter, Jana, to a charter school, despite the inconvenience, because she believes in the curriculum. The first half of this NewsHour program on new patterns in education looks at a special breed of alternative school where disruptive students benefit from low teacher-pupil ratios and an emphasis on individualized study using computers. The second half explores the popularity of charter schools—from just one in 1992 to over 1,700 in 25 states today—and the battles that have arisen over them. Talks with students, parents, and teachers illustrate the educational frustrations that prompted these innovative strategies. (22 minutes, color)

APPLIED MULTIPLE REGRESSION/CORRELATION ANALYSIS FOR THE BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES  BOOK with CD
This classic text on multiple regression is noted for its non-mathematical, applied, and data-analytic approach. Readers profit from its verbal-conceptual exposition and frequent use of examples. The applied emphasis provides clear illustrations of the principles and provides worked examples of the types of applications that are possible. Researchers learn how to specify regression models that directly address their research questions.

APPLYING THE RASCH MODEL  BOOK
Trevor Bond has worked with leading Rasch theoreticians for more than 15 years, advising developmentalists and teachers on how to conduct and interpret Rasch analyses of their own data. The goals of this authored volume are: *to present an accessible overview of the basic properties and principles of Rasch analysis, that does not require a sophisticated statistical background; *to demonstrate how Rasch analysis can be applied to generic problems encountered by psychologists and educators; and *to prepare readers for performing their own analyses and interpreting the results. This book is ideal for researchers in the human sciences interested in learning how to implement the Rasch model with their own data.

Animals VIDEO
Recognizing children’s fascination for animals, the first video presents the viewer with a visual feast as the children care for classroom pets. We observe them prepare a worm house. We watch as children take nature walks to find insects, spiders, worms and butterflies. Teachers describe the discoveries made about how living things move, how their bodies are covered with fur, hair, scales or shells; how they have differing numbers of legs; and how they eat specific foods. Songs and stories are included to introduce children to the topic.

Art and Music for Preschoolers VIDEO
Begin early to develop children's interest and abilities in art and music by doing fun and educational activities with them. Watch and learn how fine motor skills can be strengthened as children paint, draw, mold clay, and play instruments. Social skills are practiced as boys and girls share markers and paints, dance and sing side by side...emotions have an outlet as children bang, clap, mold, or scribble...intellectual development is boosted as young children learn concepts of shape, size, loud/soft, high/low, manipulating tools and instruments. Stimulate preschoolers' creativity by offering an outlet in art and music for a lifetime of enjoyment and enrichment. (20 min.) A Meridian Production.

ASPERGER'S SYNDROME  BOOK
In recent years, a growing number of children and adults have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by severe difficulties with social communication. While extremely talented in their areas of special interest, many with the diagnosis also have problems with coordination and sensory processing. Professionals and families struggle to help them function competently and make the most of their unique abilities. This readable and practical book synthesizes the latest knowledge about how to do so in various contexts from early childhood on. The authors include psychologists, psychiatrists, special educators, an occupational therapist, a specialist in communication disorders, and a lawyer, with diverse philosophies and methods of intervention. They suggest a variety of ways to help those with Asperger's adapt to the "neurotypical" world, and to bridge the social chasms that can develop as they are integrated into schools, organizations, and communities. Asperger's Syndrome: Intervening in Schools, Clinics, and Communities constitutes a vital new resource for all those who seek to improve the lives of individuals with the syndrome.

ASSESSING CHILDREN'S WELL-BEING  BOOK
Behavioral medicine has now matured as a field to the point where all recognize that different populations are presented with different issues. Psychological reactions and patterns affect the health and well-being of children, as well as adults, and numerous standardized instruments for the assessment of a variety of areas of children's functioning are currently available. Yet, it can be difficult for practitioners and researchers searching through general compendia of resources for child assessment--which are frequently focused on general techniques rather than specific instruments--to identify the optimal ones to meet their particular needs and to choose among them.

Attachment in Middle Childhood  BOOK
This important volume is the first to bring together emerging theories and findings on attachment in middle childhood. While much has been written on parent-child relationships in infancy, early childhood, and adolescence, the significant years between 6 and 12 have been relatively neglected. The book describes effective ways to conceptualize and measure attachment in children who are increasingly independent yet still rely on parents for care. Presented are longitudinal data that illuminate whether the quality of attachment in middle childhood can be predicted by assessments earlier in life, and what variables may explain change over time. Also examined are the implications of attachment for children's social and emotional functioning, their academic development, and the later emergence of adolescent problems.

Authentic Assessment Setting The Stage VIDEO
The first Module in the series presents today's most updated thinking on the assessment of young children. The validity of Authentic Assessment techniques to chart children's growth and development versus the use of standardized testing will be discussed. This module sets the stage for understanding how children are observed within the context of their play as well as their culture, and how these observations are important to understanding their total development. When children are observed in the Social/Emotional, Cognitive, Physical and Language domains of development, teachers are better able to align assessment with curriculum. The limits of standardized testing will be discussed by center directors, education coordinators and representatives of how authentic assessment techniques give teachers and parents a total picture of the young child's development. The importance of these assessments in informing funding sources and other stakeholders will also be addressed.

Autism and Applied Behavioral Analysis VIDEO
Research has shown that some children with autism who are enrolled in a curriculum of applied behavioral analysis at a young enough age can be mainstreamed right into the public school system. This ABC News program profiles two children with autism who receive this intensive and, to some, controversial form of therapy. Although the degree of improvement attributable to applied behavioral analysis varies from child to child, any gains, large or small, are of immense value to the children—and to those who love them. (22 minutes, color)

Babies’ Minds: Piagetian and Kleinian Perspectives  VIDEO
How do babies develop an understanding of the people and things that populate the world, and at what age do they begin to acquire it? This classic program examines Jean Piaget’s and Melanie Klein’s theories on infant mental representation. Examples of infant behavior, captured through mother/baby interactions and classic experiments such as basic and A-not-B search tasks, demonstrate different stages of babies’ abilities to represent permanence. (25 minutes, color)

The Baby Care Workshop VIDEO
Updated with all-new footage and the most current information available, this 9-part series has been designed to teach step-by-step infant care—perfect for teen parenting and parenting classes, teacher and school daycare training, and other childcare management instruction. Using a reassuring approach designed to build confidence, demonstrations are provided by real parents and their babies. The focused, single-subject videos can be easily incorporated into any instructional program, providing a clear introduction to skills in convenient lengths that supplement personal instruction.

Baby's First Year VIDEO
This video provides a roadmap for parents and caregivers to help them understand a baby's first 12 months of life. Included in this presentation is the identification of key developmental issues, with specific regard to the physical, emotional, social, and intellectual growth an infant undergoes during his or her first year. Interviews with experts in the field of child development help to further educate the viewer on how to successfully navigate through this critical time in a child's life. A Meridian Production.

Bathing VIDEO
Throughout early childhood, the ritual of bathing is an important opportunity for children to develop an objective understanding of the body. In this program, mental health specialists and others immerse themselves in the subject of bathing, examining how it bonds parents with their babies and helps shape a child's self-perception. Footage of parents and their children offers additional opportunities to observe how hygiene, culture, and socialization intersect in the bath, promoting indispensable emotional exchanges. Infantile sexuality, toilet training, and childhood illness are also considered. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (54 minutes, color)

Bath Time VIDEO
This program will take you step-by-step through the proper way to bathe your baby in a safe, comfortable, and convenient manner.
One 12-minute video. © 2003.

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING  BOOK with CD
This best-selling book introduces readers to the building blocks of structural equation modeling (SEM) so they can conduct their own analysis and understand and critique related research. Utilizing an application-oriented approach, each chapter covers basic concepts, principles, and practices, and then utilizes SEM software to provide meaningful examples. Most chapters follow the SEM basic steps: specification, identification, estimation, testing, and modification. A checklist is included to guide the reader's model analysis according to the basic steps a researcher takes. The text includes numerous examples using the latest versions of Amos (5.0), EQS (6.1), and LISREL (8.54).

Behavior Problems in Preschool Children  BOOK
Now in a revised and updated second edition, this essential volume provides a comprehensive clinical–developmental framework for understanding and treating behavior problems in early childhood. Examining the developmental tasks and transitions that young children face in cognitive, social, and family contexts, the book helps readers distinguish between typical, age-appropriate behaviors and those that may signify a more persistent problem. Epidemiological and diagnostic information is presented; risk and protective factors discussed; and intervention approaches reviewed. Including a wealth of case examples, many chapters in the second edition have been entirely rewritten and all have been substantially updated to reflect new directions in the burgeoning field of developmental psychopathology. Incorporated are important new findings on family and peer influences on development; data from longitudinal outcome studies, prevention trials, and treatment studies; and recommendations for improving the quality and availability of child care and early intervention programs.

THE BIOLOGICAL AND SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT  BOOK
The Biological and Social Determinants of Child Development stimulates cross-disciplinary communication and research collaboration in the field of child development. While the papers in this issue seem diverse in terms of topic and discipline, there are a number of common themes: *critical period for brain development and the importance of specific environmental input during this period; *importance of early brain development and enriched environments is supported in articles describing findings from human studies; *potential for brain plasticity following specialized retraining is found in a compelling paper demonstrating different profiles of brain activation for normal readers vs. those who have dyslexia and younger children at high risk for development of reading disabilities; and *critical period, brain plasticity, and parallel changes in developing behavior and brain structure and functioning. As a number of papers in this issue describe potential interventions, one is relevant because it describes the numerous factors that make results of such studies have the potential to generalize to larger populations. Putting the described papers in a broad perspective, the last article argues that we cannot understand the health status of a society without understanding the health-determining influences across the life course.

Bilingualism: A True Advantage VIDEO
In today’s global economy, being bilingual is a distinct advantage. This program looks at the nationally recognized bilingual education program at San Antonio’s De Zavala Elementary School, where Spanish-speaking children are being prepared to compete in the marketplace by developing new skills in English while maintaining their skills in Spanish. The program also follows a group of college students who are realizing the professional and personal benefits of being able to speak two languages. It concludes with a conversation with Cheech Marin, who shares his views on the importance of cultural identity. (28 minutes, color)

Birth VIDEO
Birth: an entrance into life, the beginning of discovery, and a forging of essential bonds. This program weaves footage of many women's experiences of childbirth with valuable commentary from obstetricians, midwives, psychologists, counselors, and recent mothers and fathers. Key topics covered are sonograms and prenatal examinations, changing attitudes to the role of pain in childbirth, postpartum depression or "baby blues," and birthing scenarios, such as in-hospital, at-home, and Caesarian section. Contains nudity associated with childbirth. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (54 minutes, color)

Birth to One Year VIDEO
Five developmental stages of an infant's first year. A Meridian Production. (14 min.)

Birth Defects: Causes and Prevention VIDEO
Explores the most common types of birth defects, covering the major classifications: malformations present at birth, inborn errors of metabolism, blood disorders, and prenatal damage. The video also includes information on the prevention of birth defects, with an emphasis placed on the importance of good prenatal care. A Meridian Production. (10 min.)

Birth: Eight Women’s Stories  VIDEO
So many women experience birth, and yet each birth is unique. This program follows eight women giving birth in a variety of circumstances—natural birth at home and in the hospital, twins delivered by Cesarean under epidural anesthesia, induced labor with vaginal delivery, water birth in the hospital. The mothers range in age from 27 to 45. No attempt is made to promote one method in favor of another, and all births are seen as a triumph. The program provides both explicit footage of childbirth and commentaries by mothers, fathers, midwives, and obstetricians.

Birth Order and Its Effects  VIDEO
Heredity, environment, intelligence, and family birth order all help shape the personality throughout the formative years and into adulthood. Each position in a family can influence how a child interacts with other family members and friends. This program examines the only child, the firstborn, the middle child, and the youngest child, giving insight into behaviors and attitudes that seem to be shaped by birth order. A Meridian Production. (18 minutes, color)

Body Doubles: The Twin Experience  VIDEO
The study of twins is vital to research in biology and psychology. Twins separated at birth and later reunited are often quite similar. This similarity begs the notion that personality is formed by experience, and suggests that personality is genetically predetermined. This brilliant HBO documentary—with powerful interviews with numerous twins, including those conjoined, and a history of twin research from Josef Mengele to the University of Minnesota Twin Research Center—offers vehement arguments for and against this idea. (51 minutes, color)

Boys: The Weaker Sex?  VIDEO
Focusing on behavior and learning ability, this program asserts that male brain structure and chemistry, in combination with the traditional concept of masculinity, are a liability to the socialization and maturation of boys. Psychological, anatomical, and sociological research and case studies lend support to this hypothesis, as do Bruce Pirie, author of Reshaping High School English; controversial child psychologist Sebastian Kraemer; and the University of Pennsylvania’s Ruben Gur. Evolutionary biology, the effects of prenatal androgens on the brain, male peer pressure, and the use of role play and panel discussions in the classroom to promote emotional expression and understanding are discussed. A Discovery Channel Production. (51 minutes, color)

The Brain: Effects of Childhood Trauma VIDEO
Trauma in childhood can have devastating effects on the developing brain. Current research confirms that trauma can activate various systems in the brain that actually change neuron response and cognitive pathways. Children that experience on-going high levels of arousal due to trauma will develop systems in their brains that cause them to be constantly hyper-aroused and hyper-vigilant. These changes can result in severe problems for children, adolescents, and adults in learning ability, mood, bonding, and attachment, and in problem-solving.

Breakfast: Most Important Meal of the Day VIDEO
Greater physical stamina, better concentration at school or work, a more efficient metabolism—the evidence is overwhelming that a healthy breakfast is the key to a productive day. Yet it's the meal most likely to be skipped by children, teenagers, and adults alike. This video brings home the importance of the day's first meal by exploring the numerous mental and physical benefits of a nutritious breakfast. Viewers will understand the relationship between eating and metabolism, specifically between breakfast and blood-sugar levels. The kinds of foods that best fuel the body in the morning are also listed.

Breastfeeding and Basketball VIDEO
Studies show that more women breastfeed and continue to do so longer when they have
the support and encouragement of their partners. This entertaining program addresses
the benefits of breastfeeding in a way that men will relate to. An expectant father nervously broaches the subject over a weekly basketball game with three longtime
friends. Their courtside conversation mixes humor and information to sensitively
address this topic.


Breastfeeding Basics : 4 Volume Set  VIDEO
Teach expectant parents why they should breastfeed and entertain them at the same
time! A take-off on the popular game show format, The Breastfeeding Game explains
the benefits breastfeeding offers to both baby and mom.


Breastfeeding: Better Beginnings  VIDEO
Acclaimed postpartum specialist, Jeanne Driscoll, combines humor with solid, real
world information to create a "You Can Do It" film especially for new mothers. The
result is an intimate, thoughtful study of the art and practice of breastfeeding.
For the emotional and factual support new mothers need to begin breastfeeding their
babies - this movie is a gem!

Broken Child: Case Studies of Child Abuse VIDEO
Every year in the U.S., approximately one in 25 children is reported as a victim of prenatal substance abuse, criminal neglect, or physical or emotional violence, and child-protection agencies are being overwhelmed by the crisis. Filmed on location in Baltimore, Atlanta, Houston, and Seattle, this cautionary program narrated by Susan Sarandon examines the cycle of child abuse. Case studies include children with developmental difficulties caused by maternal drug addiction, post-traumatic stress disorder brought on by scenes of extreme violence in the home, and life-threatening injuries from beatings. An HBO production. (61 minutes, color)

Bullies VIDEO
In the U.S., an estimated 1.6 million students in grades six through ten are bullied one or more times per week. As many as 150,000 victims cut classes each day just to avoid it, and every now and then a student like Evan Ramsey takes matters into his own hands. Convicted at 16 of killing his principal and another student, Evan will not qualify for parole until he is 85 years old. In this program, Dr. James Shaw, a former teacher and author of Jack and Jill: Why They Kill, explains how to confront and counter bullying in the nation's schools. Candid interviews with bullied students including Ramsey as well as with two reformed bullies—one male, one female—provide a balanced peer perspective on school violence. Some students also share their successes as part of anti-bullying and peer mediation programs in their schools.
One 18-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2002.

BULLYING IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS  BOOK
Much of our knowledge about bullying behaviors comes from research conducted over the past several decades in Europe, Australia, and Canada. Until the past decade, research in the United States has lagged behind our European, Australian, and Canadian counterparts. This book seeks to fill this void by forwarding research on bullying across contexts conducted with American participants. This book is an exciting compilation of research on bullying in school-aged youth conducted across the United States by a representative group of researchers, including developmental, social, counseling, school, and clinical psychologists. As such, it presents a picture of the complexity of bullying behaviors and offers suggestions for using data-based decision-making to intervene and reduce bullying behaviors in our nation's schools. Given the complexity of bullying and victimization, this book gives guidance for schools as they develop prevention and intervention programming for bullying. Providing a source through which school administrators can utilize the research findings, the book is divided into five parts. Part I illustrates the importance of individual characteristics across bully-victim subtypes. Part II addresses how peer groups relate to bullying across the school years. Part III explores how teachers and classrooms influence bullying and aggression during the school years. Part IV implicates ecological systems in fostering and maintaining bullying in schools. It also highlights the potential for these systems to work in combating bullying. Part V focuses on specific aspects of prevention and intervention planning.

Calming the Baby VIDEO
In this video, you will see helpful techniques for calming yourself and a fussy baby, as well as avoiding shaken baby syndrome.
One 10-minute video. © 2003.

Car Seats: How To Protect Your Child from Birth to Ten  VIDEO
Car seats save lives and prevent injuries, but only when they are used correctly and consistently. A must-see for every parent, this valuable program highlights the latest safety recommendations and shows how to install a wide range of car seats.

Segments include:
General Safety Guidelines
Choosing a Car Seat
Rear-facing Seats
Forward-facing Seats
Booster Seats
 

Careers in Child Development VIDEO
This video examines the different careers available in the field of child care. Interviews with child care workers and specialists explore the positive and negative aspects of working in the field. The program also outlines what different jobs in child care involve, including job duties and the skills and training required for a successful career in this rewarding field. (11 min.) A Meridian Production.+

The Cambridge Preventative Parenting Series  VIDEO
This informative four-part series familiarizines caregivers with a mulitude of children’s health issues, from how to recognize commmon childhood illnesses and proper immunization schedules, to dental hygiene and first aid. A Cambridge Educational Production.

Cambridge Fashion Merchandising  VIDEO
This five-part series provides a comprehensive overview of fashion merchandising, including wholesaling, retailing, visual merchandising, and sales skills.

Charter Schools That Work  VIDEO
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Clarence Page hosts this in-depth look at a grassroots revolution in American education barely a decade old: charter schools. Reasons for the movement’s emergence, as well as different philosophies and methodologies, are seen in visits to several charter schools, including North Star Academy in Newark, KIPP Academy in Houston, and the Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Los Angeles. The video offers interviews with a wide array of teachers, administrators, parents, and students, as well as commentary from leading education experts, including Sandra Feldman, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Dr. Bruno Manno, co-author of Charter Schools in Action. (60 minutes, color)

Child Abuse: Chain of Pain VIDEO
Overviews the five basic categories of child abuse and their effects on children. The video also examines the reasons adults abuse children, and describes ways to stop current abuse and prevent future abuse. Also stressed are means of obtaining help for victims. (14 min.) A Meridian Production.

Child-Centered Curriculum VIDEO
Follow infant and toddler caregivers and teachers as they plan curriculum in a center-based care environment. Teachers observe each child; then work as a team to develop curriculum for taht child. We will see how curriculum is closely related to the child, and how it develops from everyday experiences at the center. Teachers will show us how a child-centered curriculum is meaningful because it stems from the child.

Child Development - A Practitioner's Guide  BOOK
Now in a revised and expanded second edition, this indispensable clinical resource and text helps readers understand the latest developmental knowledge and apply it in their work with children and families. The book begins with a framework elucidating the transactions between individual development and the child's wider environment, and emphasizing the crucial role of attachment. Key developmental processes and tasks from infancy through middle childhood are then discussed in paired chapters that respectively address how children of different ages typically feel, think, and behave, and how to intervene effectively with those who are having difficulties. Ideally structured for classroom use, the second edition has been updated throughout to reflect current research, practice advances, and policy issues. Included are an important new chapter on the developing brain and expanded coverage of applications for child care and school settings.

The Child from 1 to 3 VIDEO
The transition from infant to toddler is a dramatic one. As physical, emotional, and social skills develop at this important time, parents and caregivers alike need to be aware of the important role that they play during the growth process. This video offers an easy-to-follow guided tour through a developing child's early years of life. Advice from experts in the childcare field provides additional insight into this formative period of human development. A Meridian Production.
One 20-minute video

The Child from 4 to 6 VIDEO
Experts agree that the ways in which we develop in childhood have a strong effect on our later lives. This video depicts child development from the ages of 4 to 6, the years in which a child practices and fine-tunes motor skills and coordination, tests physical abilities, and experiences the onset of demanding physical, emotional, and social changes and challenges. Included is the first year of school, in which children must adjust to a new environment that should encourage, inspire, and direct their intellectual development. The influence of parents and caregivers is all-important during these early years in order for a child to successfully reach his or her developmental milestones. A Meridian Production.
One 22-minute video.

The Child from 7 to 12 VIDEO
Although children 7 to 12 still need their physical safety and health protected, they also require strong role models, boundaries, and positive feedback to develop fully. This video will take the viewer through two stages: (1) middle childhood, when children build on what they learned in early childhood, and (2) early adolescence, when children begin to undergo the changes associated with puberty. During these years, children typically pull away from the family unit and pay more attention to peers. While the influence of adults may seem less important than during earlier periods, it is still vital that parents and caregivers learn to monitor and better understand each of the stages a child undergoes at this time. A Meridian Production.
One 20-minute video.

CHILDHOOD HEAD INJURY  BOOK
Childhood head injuries differ from adult head injuries in some significant respects. They occur against a background of ongoing physical and cognitive development. Cognitive capacities often change with time post-injury. But for children changes are affected by two processes of functional plasticity, one concerned with recovery, one with development. The impact of the injury is moderated by age/developmental stage. In recent years there has been a new focus on the longitudinal comparison of children post-injury with appropriate control groups. Advances in neuropsychological assessment have permitted evaluation with reference to more developmentally suitable norms; expanded definitions of outcome have broadened our understanding of consequences; and neuroimaging techniques have enabled the more precise delineation of injury severity, the study of structure-function outcome relations, and the investigation of reorganization of function. This special issue offers an overview of cutting-edge approaches to the analysis of childhood head injury.

Childhood Obesity: Reversing the Trend VIDEO
This program from The Doctor Is In presents two hospital-based programs that are helping children lose weight and keep the pounds off by setting realistic goals based on good health, not appearance. Patients talk about what it is like, from a child's point of view, to be overweight and how they have succeeded in adhering to a program of portion control and exercise to create a healthier lifestyle. Commentary by Harvard Medical School's Dr. David Ludwig; Dr. Sonia Caprio, of Yale-New Haven Hospital; and Mary Savoye-Desanti, RD, CDN, CDE, is featured. A Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Production. (29 minutes, color)

The Child in the Family VIDEO
Discusses the functions the family serves for the child as well as how those functions have changed over time. Through interviews and video profiles, the many types of families that exist in our society today are presented. Stresses within the family and types of parenting styles are also explored.

Childbirth from the Inside Out VIDEO
Follow the miracle of birth from conception through prenatal precautions, to the delivery room and post-natal care, as a couple shows the proper way to plan for adding a member to the family.

CHILDREN'S LEARNING FROM EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION  BOOK
At its best, educational television can provide children with enormous opportunities and can serve as a window to new experiences, enrich academic knowledge, enhance attitudes and motivation, and nurture social skills. This volume documents the impact of educational television in a variety of subject areas and proposes mechanisms to explain its effects. Drawing from a wide variety of research spanning several disciplines, author Shalom M. Fisch analyzes the literature on the impact of educational resources. He focuses on television programs designed for children rather than for adults, although adult literature is included when it is particularly relevant. In addition, much of the discussion concerns the effects of unaided viewing by children, rather than viewing in the context of adult-led follow-up activities. The role of parent-child co-viewing and issues relevant to the use of television in school or child care also receives consideration.

Children's Perspectives on Domestic Violence  BOOK
How do children who live with domestic violence cope? How do they make sense of their experiences? Do they receive the right sort of help from formal and informal sources?  Drawing on the newest research designed to hear the voices of children and young people, this important book examines children's experiences and perspectives on living with domestic violence.

CHILDREN'S RESPONSES TO THE SCREEN  BOOK
The past several decades have witnessed thousands of studies into children and the media. Yet, much academic research is still in its infancy when it comes to our knowledge about the uses, preferences, and effects of different media. This distinctive volume moves the field forward in this regard, with its insights into the latest theories and research on children and the media. Author Patti M. Valkenburg explores "screen" media (i.e., television, films, video and computer games, and the Internet), and focuses her study on the most fundamental topics in the study of children and the media.

CHILDREN, TEENS, FAMILIES, AND MASS MEDIA  BOOK
This text provides a survey of the relationship between children and those mass media found in the home--radio, television, and the Internet. Using a theory-based approach, with attention to developmental, gender, ethnic, and generational differences, author Rose M. Kundanis explores the nature of these relationships and their influences on children and families, looking at the experiences children have at various developmental ages and across generations. She reviews children's own experiences with media and examines the variety of effects that can operate due to children's perceptions at different ages, including fear, aggression, and sexuality. The text includes theory and research from mass communication, developmental psychology, education, and other areas, representing the broad spectrum of influences at work. Features of this text include: *side-bar interviews with teens who work in media and people who develop policy or programming for children's media; *in-depth explanations of the Generational Theory and the Developmental Theory as they apply to children and the media, plus a survey of other applicable theories; *description of the key points of the Children's Television Act of 1990, the Telecommunications Act of 1996, and other relevant legislation; and *questions and activities to extend the exploration of topics. This text will help students develop a critical understanding of the relationship of children and the media; the variables affecting and influencing children's response to media; the theories that explain and predict this relationship; and the ways in which children use the media and can develop media literacy. It is appropriate for courses at the advanced undergraduate and graduate level, including children and media, media literacy, mass communication and society, and media processes and effects, as well as special topics courses in education, communication, and psychology.

THE CHILD'S CREATION OF A PICTORIAL WORLD  BOOK
This book places child art within the broader context of children's creative intelligence and intrinsic motivation to invent a pictorial world. It examines the development of drawing and painting from several currently dominant theoretical perspectives. This is followed by an extensive examination of empirical data on the art work of children who are ordinary, talented, emotionally disturbed, and atypically developed due to mental disability or autism. The Child's Creation of a Pictorial World uses a developmental framework that combines theoretical sophistication with rigorous empirical investigations into the mental processes that underlie the child's drawings. It delineates the evolution of forms, the pictorial differentiation of figures and their spatial relations, the role of color in narrative descriptions, and its expressive function. Artistic development across all these dimensions is seen as a meaningful mental activity that serves cognitive, affective, and aesthetic functions.

Circumcision? Intact Facts  VIDEO
This program boldly espouses the views of those who feel circumcision is genital mutilation and a choice best left to the individual boy involved when he's grown. Presents the arguments against circumcision. Actual circumcision surgery is shown.

Viewers Will Learn About:
History and medical ethics
Foreskin functions
Consequences of circumcision

CLASSIFICATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL LANGUAGE DISORDERS  BOOK
Chapters written by leading authorities offer current perspectives on the origins and development of language disorders. They address the question: How can the child's linguistic environment be restructured so that children at risk can develop important adaptive skills in the domains of self-care, social interaction, and problem solving? This theory-based, but practical book emphasizes the importance of accurate definitions of subtypes for assessment and intervention. It will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners in the field of developmental language disorders.

Classical and Operant Conditioning VIDEO
This program explains the nature of behaviorism, so central to the study of human behavior, and its important applications in clinical therapy, education, and child-rearing. The program clearly explains, discusses, and illustrates the complex classical and operant conditioning theories of Pavlov and Skinner, and features archival footage of laboratory work with dogs and present-day research using rats in Skinner boxes, as well as numerous examples of conditioning in everyday life. (56 minutes, color)

Classroom Discipline  VIDEO
A common error made by new teachers is attempting to impose authority on a classroom rather than encouraging students to manage themselves. In this timeless program, acclaimed presenter Dr. Richard Curwin and noted educator and school psychologist Dr. Allen Mendler argue that students can develop internal controls and self-responsibility when teachers alter their traditionally adversarial classroom role. Drs. Curwin and Mendler are also cofounders of Discipline Associates and coauthors of Discipline with Dignity, Taking Charge in the Classroom, and The Discipline Book: A Complete Guide to School and Classroom Management. (28 minutes, color)

Cognitive Coaching: A Process for Teaching and Learning VIDEO
This program describes and demonstrates specific examples of instructional conversation and other types of cognitive coaching; identifies instructional arrangements that are used to promote active learning by students; models questioning techniques and student interactions, including the ways in which cognitive coaches keep student discussion focused and productive; and considers the role that authentic and ongoing assessment plays in cognitive coaching. Good teaching, like good coaching, depends on instructional conversations in which the participants exchange ideas, build motivation, and develop strategies for improvement. The program shows how teachers can encourage students to employ strategies for success by providing cognitive coaching or "active teaching": by communicating with their students, focusing on development, motivating their students, and sharing in their students’ performance. (39 minutes, color)

The College Track: America’s Sorting Machine VIDEO
Learn more about the unintended consequences of educational tracking in public schools. See innovative model solutions for bringing these students back onto the college track with this timely three-part series. Hosted by Emmy Award-winner Andre Braugher, The College Track takes a penetrating look at the barriers to college faced by many students and showcases public schools and communities that are succeeding in dismantling those barriers.

COMING OF AGE IN U.S. HIGH SCHOOLS  BOOK
Coming of Age in U.S. High Schools: Economic, Kinship, Religious, and Political Crosscurrents takes readers into the lives of urban and suburban adolescents for a close-up look at how they navigate the conflicting discourses and disciplinary practices of American cultural crosscurrents that flow through economic, kinship, religious, and political domains of American life. The book is distinctive in how it combines classic anthropological theory and contemporary post-anthropological perspectives into an innovative framework for understanding adolescent coming of age processes in U.S. public high schools. Coming of age is conceived as a dual process of community integration and identity formation. In this expansive multi-site ethnography of high school students representing diverse racial, ethnic, social class, gender, and sexual backgrounds, coming of age is described and analyzed as it unfolded in the classrooms and corridors of three high schools: a racially desegregated urban school; a suburban school serving middle class students; and a school with a majority of Black youth living in impoverished inner-city neighborhoods. The study goes well beyond issues of academic achievement to recognize and explore the function of U.S. high schools in smoothing adolescent transitions into the multiple domains of American life. Graduating seniors in the final analyses are heralded as absorbers of traditions, barometers of trends, and harbingers of change. Of interest to a broad range of researchers, teachers, and educational policymakers, this book is particularly relevant for scholars, faculty, and graduate students in social foundations of education, educational anthropology, secondary teacher education, qualitative educational research, and related fields.

Common Childhood Illnesses VIDEO
Your child has lost his appetite, has pain around his ears, is running a fever of 101 F, and his lymph glands appear swollen. Is it the mumps, or an ear infection, or tonsillitis? Addresses common childhood illnesses, their symptoms, possible at-home and professional medical treatments, and how to decide if a doctor should be consulted. School-age children who have experienced the conditions describe each illness, how it felt, what it looked like, and how it was cared for. Learn about the symptoms of and treatments for ear infections, common colds, mumps, tonsillitis, appendicitis, chickenpox, fevers, asthma, croup, measles, German measles, and abnormal bowel movements.
A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 33-minute video.

Communicating with Preschool Children VIDEO
Good communication skills are often forgotten when the person one is talking with is too young to respond equally, frequently resulting in frustration on both sides of the conversation. This program presents specific techniques to improve communication skills with preschool children. Parents share what works for them and what does not, while experts in early childhood development offer insights into the understanding levels of young children and make suggestions on helping them find the words they need to better express themselves. A Meridian Production. (20 minutes, color)

Communication and Professional Growth VIDEO
Successful communications with students, parents, and staff can be absolutely key to prospering as a teacher - and so to retaining good teachers. This program helps build communication skills and helps new teachers grow as professionals. Viewers see how to establish good relationships with children by getting to know their students and by creating a climate of mutual respect. How to set and convey expectations clearly and how to use praise sincerely is demonstrated. Valuable tips are given on how to communicate productively with parents, involve parents in the classroom, and effectively use newsletters, e-mail, and phone calls. How to conduct parent conferences is shown, plus how to inform parents of their child's positive achievements. Also highlighted here is successful communications with other staff members. See how a good attitude, sharing in responsibilities, and attending meetings demonstrate professionalism. Veteran teachers stress the importance of reflecting on one's teaching practices, with openness to adaptation.

COMMUNICATION AMONG GRANDMOTHERS, MOTHERS, AND ADULT DAUGHTERS  BOOK
This volume examines communication processes within the grandmother-mother-daughter relationship, emphasizing an intergenerational perspective. Using observations of and extensive interviews with six sets of middle-income, Caucasian female family members, this book offers a heuristic account of intergenerational mother-daughter relational communication.

Comprehending, Composing, and Communicating VIDEO
This program models the use of instructional conversations among students and between students and teachers; identifies the skills that students develop independently in an instructional environment; demonstrates how cognitive maps are used to present, organize, and record information; and shows how authentic assessment is used to determine the direction of learning activities. Reading comprehension is largely viewed as a process of discovery; teachers can help students proceed effectively through this process by helping them master the conventions of comprehending, composing, and communicating ideas, or reading, writing, speaking, and listening. The program shows how teachers can actively value clarity, provide a variety of resources beyond the single text, and help students learn to learn as we all learn in the world outside of school. (37 minutes, color)

Connecting with Kids VIDEO
This program talks to teachers about how they keep the lines of communication open by showing they care and taking an active interest in their students’ lives. In the classroom, teachers demonstrate ways of building a team feeling and making students feel successful without compromising standards. (26 minutes, color)

Constructing the Self VIDEO
This program studies how children continue to transform between the ages of 4 and 11 as they confront and come to terms with fear, adversity, death, and their nascent sexuality. Much attention is paid to the latency period, the intermediate age when boys and girls suddenly stop playing together, crave alone-time, and often clash with their parents. Child psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors discuss the value of saying no and how establishing limits helps a child deal with adulthood's parameters. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (52 minutes, color)

Construction VIDEO
Children are seen creating two- or three- dimensional constructions. First they use paper and glue to create collages (compositions of flat objects pasted together). The teachers name other materials and adhesives which may be used to make collages, mobiles (creations which are suspended) and stabiles (three-dimensional constructions on a base).

Coping with Challenging Behavior VIDEO
In our final video of the series, teachers describe the concept of positive guidance, and what they need to know about children before they find the appropriate techniques for dealing with challenging behavior. Teachers discuss how they help children learn problem-solving techniques as an alternative to challenging behavior. Also addressed is the issue and meaning of "time-out" and its use in the classroom. In addition, teachers raise their concerns in balancing individual versus group needs.
 

THE CRADLE OF CULTURE AND WHAT CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT WRITING AND NUMBERS BEFORE BEING TAUGHT  BOOK
This book provides a thrilling description of preliterate children's developing ideas about writing and numerals, and it illustrates well the many ways in which cultural artifacts influence the mind and vice versa. Remarkably, children treat writing and numerals as distinct even before they have received any formal training on the topic, and well before they learn how to use writing to represent messages and numerals to represent quantities. In this revolutionary new book, Liliana Tolchinsky argues that preliterate children's experiences with writing and numerals play an essential and previously unsuspected role in children's subsequent development. In this view, learning notations, such as writing is not just a matter of acquiring new instruments for communicating existing knowledge. Rather, there is a continual interaction between children's understanding of the features of a notational system and their understanding of the corresponding domain of knowledge. The acquisition of an alphabetic writing system transforms children's view of language, and the acquisition of a formal system of enumeration transforms children's understanding of numbers. Written in an engaging narrative style, and richly illustrated with historical examples, case studies, and charming descriptions of children's behavior, this book is aimed not only at cognitive scientists, but also at educators, parents, and anyone interested in how children develop in a cultural context.

Cruel Schools VIDEO
Until tolerance for the differences of others becomes the norm, tomorrow’s Columbine could happen anywhere. This program outlines what students can do right away to help stop the hurting—and the dying. Victims of bullying are urged to alert adults to their situations, while those on the sidelines are encouraged to stand up for others, or at least to refrain from joining in. Stories of three victims—one who was murdered, another who killed himself in despair, and a third who sought help and survived—underscore the problem. Stories of two victimizers contrast a pair of scenarios for those who feel compelled to lash out: alternative school and anger management therapy for one, state prison for the other. A Discovery Channel Production. (23 minutes, color)

A Cry from the Edge VIDEO
This program examines what stands between our children becoming literate adults or school dropouts. It explores the experiences of students on the edge of success or failure in school, shares the feelings of students who fail and those who triumph, visits classrooms around the country where teachers encourage literacy across content areas and promote cognitive development for all their students, and—above all—provides hope that the literacy crisis facing our schools can be solved. (58 minutes, color)

Cultural Bias in Education  VIDEO
This program examines roadblocks to Latino academic advancement as well as productive educational models; explores the relationship of standardized testing and cultural diversity and questions whether cultural bias can be eliminated from standardized testing; and looks at early childhood education programs and the factors that deter Latino families from participating in them. (28 minutes, color)

Curriculum VIDEO
Explains how your curriculum can more fully serve the needs and interests of every child and improve discipline, too. Rhoda Olenick, the content specialist and moderator of this series, sums up the heart of the Curriculum video: "It's not the facts we teach; it's how children feel about themselves as learners. That is the most important message we can give children through curriculum." we teach; it's how children feel about themselves as learners. That is the most important message we can give children through curriculum."

 

Dealing with ADHD: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity VIDEO
Learn about attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and learn what factors are thought to contribute to the development of this disorder. Other disorders that commonly co-exist with ADHD will be identified. The impulsivity and risk-taking behaviors of ADHD teens will be focused upon and tips that ADHD students can use to succeed academically will be provided. Laws that require schools to make special accommodations for ADHD students will be reviewed, and viewers will learn how to contact organizations that exist to help people who are dealing with ADHD.

David with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome  VIDEO
David Vandenbrink seems like a normal, bright, articulate 21-year-old man. There is little to suggest, on the surface, that while in his mother’s womb he suffered permanent brain damage. David suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS, a condition that went undiagnosed for the first eighteen years of his life, causing confusion, anger, and pain for him and his adoptive family. The damage from FAS can be subtle or severe, resulting in a wide range of symptoms from slowed growth or disfigurement to behavioral problems including impulsiveness and aggression, and the inability to grasp the consequences of one’s actions. This program provides a unique personal look at what it’s like to grow up and live with the effects of FAS, through the words and experiences of a victim and his family. (45 minutes, color)

Dealing with Peer Pressure: I Made My Choice  VIDEO
The friendships that are formed during adolescence provide teenagers with some of their fondest memories. Friendships can also influence individuals to do things that they normally wouldn’t do. Actions that all too often have negative and far-reaching consequences. This informative video utilizes testimonials from students to examine the topic of adolescent peer pressure. It begins by focusing on the detrimental effects that occur by doing something only to be part of the crowd, losing self-control to the group, personal values conflicts, and being judged by the actions of the group. Positive self-esteem and personal decision-making are emphasized as effective methods for dealing with negative peer pressure. Students learn the importance of making their own decisions, setting positive goals that are also realistic, and weighing the consequences of hasty actions. They will also see that the positive feelings acquired by making the right decisions are far greater than the hurt associated with peer group rejection. This video is a must for teachers trying to guide students along the right path during their formative years. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 25-minute video.

Decisions, Decisions: What’s a Teenager to Do!  VIDEO
Teenagers face many decisions in high school: whether to go to college or to work; which college or career to choose; whether to get involved with drugs, drinking, or sex; what to wear to a party; whether to study or have fun. Some decisions are minor, others major; some easy, others hard. Despite these differences, all are decided using the same process. Many factors influence the final outcome (family, friends, society, media, and maturity) and all of these factors are filtered through the value system throughout life. Decisions, Decisions presents a thorough model to assist students in making responsible judgments. Identifying the problem and gathering all the data necessary to make a decision is the first step of the process. The second step is to examine the options and weigh the consequences of each. Next, make a decision and accept responsibility for the consequences of the choice. The final step—crucial but often ignored—is to evaluate the decision (should it be changed or not?) and to learn from it. Everyone makes mistakes, but many mistakes can be corrected. This straightforward video program emphasizes that having a clearly defined and understood set of values can make decisions easier. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 22-minute video.

Developing Language: Learning to Question, Inform, and Entertain  VIDEO
Starting right from infancy, this classic program charts the development of language during childhood. Basic language acquisition, learned from rudimentary and higher-level child/caregiver interactions, is described. Aspects of competence that go beyond the purpose of simple communication are also considered, including the skill of using conversation for establishing and furthering social relationships, the ability to employ language as a part of games, the capacity to understand jokes, and the awareness of what other people know and understand at various stages of maturation. (25 minutes, color)

DEVELOPMENTAL PATHWAYS THROUGH MIDDLE CHILDHOOD  BOOK
When can contexts and diversity be resources, rather than risks, for children's developmental pathways? Scholars, policy makers, and practitioners increasingly realize that middle childhood matters as a time when children's pathways diverge, as they meet new and overlapping contexts they must navigate on their way to adolescence and adulthood. This volume shines new light on this important transition by tracing how these contexts-cultural, economic, historical, political, and social-can support or indermine children's pathways, and how children's own actions and the actions of those around them shape these pathways. With a focus on demographic changes taking place in the U.S., the volume also maps how experiences of diversity-reflecting culture, ethnicity, gender, and social class-matter for children's life contexts and options.

Developmental Phases Before and After Birth  VIDEO
This program examines the development of the fetus in utero and the child during the first year. The conclusion is unarguable: regardless of the culture and living standards of the parents, the milestones of development and growth—physiological and psychological—are identical for all children throughout the world; and the primary reason for differences lies in the nature of the mother/child relationship. (30 minutes, color)

The Development of Self  VIDEO
The first year may well be the most important in the psychological development of the child. In the course of 12 months, he or she has developed mobility and the ability to receive and send psychological messages. Anger and fury are among the infant’s emotional weapons to which the family has learned to accommodate itself. Gradually, the infant is learning to deal with the social world around it, experiencing conflict and working its way through and beyond. (23 minutes, color)

Developing the Sense of Family VIDEO
At the age of six months, the infant has developed a sense of familiarity with its customary surroundings and has discovered that there are not only signals but symbols as well. The healthy baby nurtured within a family recognizes the faces of family members even out of their customary context. He or she disdains strangers; this turning away from strangers is a typical manifestation of this age almost everywhere around the globe. (21 minutes, color)

Diet and Disease in Modern Society VIDEO
What’s so bad about saturated fat, and what makes fiber so good? In a society where convenience foods rule and obesity is a national epidemic, it’s time to find out. This video investigates the relationship between diet and a number of frequently interrelated diseases and conditions, including heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Topics include high- and low-density lipoproteins; saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fats; soluble and insoluble fiber; electrolyte minerals; antioxidants and free radicals; the effects of smoking and alcohol consumption; Disability-Adjusted Life Years; and the Body Mass Index. "You are what you eat!" isn’t a cliché; it’s a fact of life—and of good health. A Meridian Production.

Digital Divide: Teachers, Technology, and the Classroom VIDEO
As the digital revolution sweeps across America, many young people are experiencing what has come to be known as the digital divide. The first hour of this program examines the push to wire America’s schools, addressing crucial issues such as integration of technology into curriculums, budget trade-offs that leave low-tech subjects starving for scarce funds, and the need for ongoing hardware and software support. In the second hour, more experts, innovators, and students look into the question of community and home access to computers and the Internet. In addition, they explore the fundamental alienation felt by many girls and students of color in the computer arena, and stress the importance of fostering a climate of inclusion. (2 hours in two parts, color)

Discovering the Outside World  VIDEO
In the course of its first nine months, the infant has acquired an extraordinary amount of skill and information. It requires less and less sleep, is acquiring more and more freedom of movement, and has an expanding vocabulary of gurgles and babbles. Its curiosity, desire to explore its world, and ability to seek for objects it can observe and hold is increasing. Touching and holding objects are the first steps toward possessing them. Its efforts at discovery are still largely dependent on the assistance and guidance of adults, who set the boundaries of the permissible. The healthy intellectual development of the child depends on the willingness of adults to help the infant satisfy its curiosity, reach out, learn, and develop a context for learning. (23 minutes, color)

Diversity & Communication VIDEO
Role-playing conflicts between parents and early childhood professionals prepare teachers for today’s diverse world.
Highlighting communication blocks and pointing out ways of creating connections, this video shows sample areas of disagreement (mostly around neatness/messiness and toileting) and shows people learning to understand and respect diversity. Through viewing diverse opinions among and across cultures, we see that disagreement is healthy and even people of the same cultural background can have different ideas about how things should be done.

Diversity & Conflict Management VIDEO
Going more deeply into conflict/communications issues, we learn here a practical process for conflict management and resolution. Conflict about discipline, children’s privacy, and self-feeding is role-played, and subtle power plays can be seen. The only “how to” video of the series, this lays out a process – a structure – for ways to open up communications between parents and teachers of caregivers, and to discover mutual understanding and respect. The seen. conflict management process shown is called RERUN – Reflect … Explain …Reason … Understand … Negotiate.

Diversity: Contrasting Perspectives VIDEO
Parent relations deepen when childcare staff can explore contrasting perspectives and spark dialogue. This video depicts variations on themes of independence, interdependence and individuality in the delicate issues involved in day-to-day care giving. What we believe about the best learning environment depends on our experience and what we understand about what children need. For some, interdependence – helping others and being helped – matters more than the independence stressed in most programs. Questions addressed: Are there rights and wrongs when it comes to sleeping, eating, playing and learning? How can teachers “educate” parents when there are so many ideas on how to do things?
 

Diversity, Independence & Individuality VIDEO
What makes up good practice? "It depends..." Focusing on diverse reactions to scenes of children learning to be independent individuals, this video shows how valuing independence and individuality define teaching approaches, and feeding, toileting and napping practices. Examples are not necessarily how "things should be done" but were chosen for their potential to stimulate open discussion around important care giving issues. Among the questions asked: To what extent has dissent been erased by training? Have parents' voices gone unheard by the profession?

Diversity: Reconciling Contradictions VIDEO
What’s best for children? As child care went from babysitting to a profession, standards were put into place. Standards are important, but can also cause problems. Parents who put their children into child care may disagree with the standard program about what’s best for children. This video moves beyond compromise and boldly asserts that it is possible to resolve contradictions without anyone giving in, by finding a larger view that embraces diversity and incorporates it into the standards. Is it okay to draw pictures for children instead of just letting them do it? Is it okay to toilet train a baby too young to sit on a potty alone? Using role play, this video considers such questions and proposes answers.

Divorce: A Survival Guide for Kids  VIDEO
As this program makes clear, the most important thing for a child or teenager to understand about divorce is that it is not their fault. Still, how a child or teenager is affected depends a lot on how the parents handle the divorce and whether they can preserve some semblance of family life. In this video, teens, psychologists, and divorced parents talk about the difficulties young people face when their parents decide to separate. Through interviews and commentary, the program outlines the six emotional stages a young person typically experiences after divorce has changed a family. A Cambridge Educational Production.

Doing What Comes Naturally: Childhood Language Acquisition VIDEO
Born with no apparent knowledge of language, humans generally attain a basic mastery of their mother tongue in the course of only a few years. How do they do it? In this program, Dr. Jonathan Miller builds a case for Noam Chomsky’s theory of a universal grammar and deflates misconceptions about childhood language acquisition while raising some very intriguing questions of his own. Dr. Miller’s systematic investigation of a child’s structured capability for acquiring language and the elaborate social supports that facilitate language acquisition results in a clear and engaging exposition of a captivating topic. (47 minutes, color)

Domestic Violence and Childhood Trauma VIDEO
The connection between trauma in childhood and domestic violence later in life is obvious to Jane Middleton-Moz, a relationship and trauma expert featured in this program. She states that “Children who experience domestic violence grow up learning to stuff feelings and emotions. They go through the world in a deep freeze, and have whole parts of themselves cut off. In domestic violence, if a partner wasn’t allowed their vulnerability as a child, then as an adult, if that vulnerability is touched, they will act out their anger for them.”

Domestic Violence and Children VIDEO
Severely wounded, their mother kept crying out, "Please don't kill me! Please don't kill me!" What effects do the sights and sounds of domestic violence have on the malleable minds of children? In this program, ABC News anchor Hugh Downs seeks to answer that question through interviews with Betsy McAlister-Groves, director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, and some of the deeply scarred children who have seen and heard far too much. (14 minutes, color)

Down Syndrome in the Inclusive Classroom VIDEO
This compelling two-part series examines the challenges and benefits of educational mainstreaming for children with mental disabilities through the poignant story of Peter Gwasdauskis, a child with Down syndrome. Owing to the extensive classroom footage and many insightful interviews, the series is an indispensable resource for anyone studying or working with Down syndrome, especially within an educational context. An HBO Production. 2-part series, 32-76 minutes each.

Drawing & Finger Painting VIDEO
Drawing is the most basic visual arts activity. Children draw with crayons, markers, chalk and pencils. From scribbling to realistic figures, children recreate their world. Children are seen working on their own drawings or collaborating with others on a mural. The teachers discuss making materials accessible to the children and the importance of displaying children’s creations. Finger painting is a wonderfully tactile medium. In this video, children fingerpaint with commercial and school made finger paints. They paint directly on table tops or on papers. The teachers describe additional finger paint activities, tools and clean-up.

Dr. Stanley Greenspan: Talking to Children about a Dangerous World VIDEO
How can parents and teachers convey to children the dangers of today’s world without instilling in them an undue sense of fear? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with Dr. Stanley Greenspan, child psychiatrist, clinical professor at George Washington University Medical School, and author of the book The Secure Child: Helping Children Feel Safe and Confident in a Changing World. Dr. Greenspan counsels parents on how to talk to their children without overreacting to the unfortunate events that prompt such discussions. (21 minutes, color)

Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development VIDEO
Cognitive development in young adults is covered in our second section video as we study adult thinking and contrast it with patterns in adolescence. Major theories on stages of adult cognitive development are presented, alongside a discussion of how life events and the pursuit of a higher education influence adult thinking.

Early Adulthood: Love, Marriage & Divorce VIDEO
Using live action video and discussion, our fourth video confronts the issues and theories of selecting a mate and making the commitment of marriage. The various styles of relationships are examined along with a discussion on why many of today’s marriages end in divorce.

Early Adulthood: Parenthood VIDEO
The responsibilities of parenthood represent both reward and challenge to young adults. In our fifth video, we examine how young adults adjust, and share the myths and misconceptions about parenting that are most common to our culture. In addition, we cover issues that are of particular concern to those who are step, foster or adoptive parents. Finally, various styles of parenting are described and assessed.

Early Adulthood: Physical Development VIDEO
Our view of the young adult begins with an overview of the physical status of men and women during the “prime of life.” Live action color video, issues of sexuality and fertility are covered along with a discussion of senescence and the process of growing old, which begins almost imperceptibly during young adulthood.

Early Adulthood: Special Problems VIDEO
The third video in the series treats areas of special concern during early adulthood, including a discussion of why young adults are especially at-risk for eating disorders like anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, substance abuse due to violence or risky behavior.

Early Adulthood: The World of Work VIDEO
Work represents another area of challenge for young adults. In our sixth video we examine the role that work plays, how the employment scene has changed over time and the impact those changes have on the experiences of young adults. We also look closely at the major theories of career development and the occupational cycle of the typical adult as well as the issues faced by dual-career couples.

Early Child Care & Education VIDEO
As choices for early child care and education increase so does the concern for quality programs. This video portrays different kinds of child care that provides for ages of children from infancy through the school age years. The programming is unique for each age. Quality in these programs is established in the areas of teachers, environment, curriculum and relationships of people involved in child care. Parents have choices to make in the decisions regarding child care for their
children.
 

Early Childhood Health Issues VIDEO
Preventive healthcare is crucial to the well-being of young children. This program covers vital health issues including vaccinations and immunizations, as well as how to recognize symptoms of serious illness. Recently developed vaccines for chicken pox and Hepatitis B are examined, and the myths that polio and diphtheria have been eradicated are addressed. Foundation health habits such as proper diet, exercise, rest, and cleanliness are also discussed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)

Early Childhood: Nutrition  VIDEO
Wholesome and age-appropriate foods for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers may grow on trees, but knowledge of good nutrition doesn’t. After watching this video, viewers will understand the relationship between the foods children eat and their growth and development. Exercise is also stressed, and the Food Guide Pyramid is introduced. A supplement, containing the video’s goal and objectives as well as multiple-choice quizzes and answer keys, is included. Filmed in collaboration with Dr. LuAnn Soliah, a registered dietician and director of nutrition sciences at Baylor University. Not available in French-speaking Canada.

Early Socialization: From Age Two to Age Five  VIDEO
Carrying forward the ongoing observation of young Max and Ellie from Early Socialization: From Birth to Age Two, this program follows the children’s social development from the ages of two to five. Examples of multiple attachment, language development, imitation and identification, cooperative play, self-awareness, gender identification, and social conformity are captured on film and clearly identified with onscreen labels as the children broaden their awareness of the world through interactions with each other, family members, and peers. (29 minutes, color)

Eating Disorders: The Inner Voice  VIDEO
Eating Disorders is a feature-style program dedicated to dispelling the myth that eating disorders are about the desire to be thin. Instead, the powerful and informative video shows that eating disorders are severe psychological disorders that take years to overcome and can be accompanied by devastating and sometimes deadly physical side effects.

Eating for Two: Prenatal Nutrition for a Healthy Baby  VIDEO
This comprehensive program provides solid information on prenatal diet, weight gain, exercise, harmful substances, and practical meal planning. It emphasizes the importance of regular medical checkups and effectively interweaves interviews with nutritionists, physicians, mothers, and expectant women. By using footage from neonatal intensive care units in contrast with healthy newborns, this award-winning program graphically illustrates the direct relationship between a mother’s healthy lifestyle and the subsequent development of a newborn child. Dynamic, hard hitting, and informative!

Educating to End Inequity  VIDEO
This program addresses teachers’ efforts to level the educational and social playing fields for their students by examining public school reform and its relationship to social change. Educators who taught on the western frontier in the late 19th century and in the South during desegregation are spotlighted, along with contemporary instructors working with Native Americans in New Mexico and inner-city youth in New York. Visionaries including Joseph Abeyta, of the Santa Fe Indian School; Ann Cook, of Urban Academy; and retired North Carolina school principal Kat Crosby consider cultural identity, teaching for diversity, performance-based assessment, and other topics. (54 minutes, color)

Emerging Communication Skills VIDEO
This program explores the development of language during the first six years of life. While language development begins at birth with the sound of the human voice, caregivers need to provide the building blocks so that children can learn language skills during these first six years. (22 min.) A Meridian Production.

Emotional Development of Children VIDEO
Parents and caregivers not only need to nurture the physical and intellectual development of young children, but their emotional development as well. Each stage of emotional development provides children with opportunities to explore new feelings as they grow. This timeless program focuses on the importance of emotional education during the various stages of childhood development and explains how caregivers and parents can monitor this vital growth. A Meridian Production. (18 minutes, color)

The Essentials of Discipline VIDEO
You won’t find actors in this extraordinary three-part video series. We gave our cameras to parents and caregivers in order to film real-life discipline problems with the children in their lives. Each lively video showcases candid glimpses of age-appropriate discipline issues and presents effective disciplining options for parents and caregivers. The series covers: The Toddler and Preschooler Years; The Middle Years (ages 5-10); and The Teen Years. While discussing specific issues, experts show how to utilize several effective, positive disciplining models instead of using ineffective and negative punishment. These new techniques are designed to strengthen the parent/child relationship, develop communication, encourage trust, teach responsibility, and guide each child toward positive behavior while increasing independence in children of all ages. Parents and viewers who work with children will be amused as they view familiar discipline situations. They will learn new ways of turning typical behavior problems into positive learning experiences.

Establishing a Child Care Enterprise VIDEO
This program discusses child care as one of the businesses which provides an essential service and costs relatively little to start up. Ways to evaluate whether you are the kind of person who would enjoy caring for children professionally are detailed, as well as how to assess the market for such services and how to start up your own child care business. Includes interviews with individuals who have been successful starting their own child care business. (18 min.) A Meridian Production.

Eternal Scars: Physical and Emotional Child Abuse VIDEO
Sarcastic and rude statements to children can leave as deep a wound as a cigarette burn or welts from a belt. This important program looks at both physical and emotional child abuse, and the lifetime effects they may have on children. We touch on what you can do if you recognize abuse of someone you know. A Meridian Production.
One 23-minute video.

EQ and the Emotional Curriculum  VIDEO
IQ used to be the standard by which all were judged. Today, EQ allows for a broader understanding that encompasses attributes such as logical, linguistic, musical, kinetic, and emotional intelligences. This program provides an in-depth analysis of intelligence, including how it is defined and its neural components. Leading experts such as Harvard’s Howard Gardner; Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence; Colin Blakemore, of Oxford University; and Alison Gopnik, of the University of California, Berkeley, examine the correlation between self-control and SAT scores, the dominant role of the limbic system, and how emotional and intellectual intelligences can be defined and meaningfully measured. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (50 minutes, color)

Evidence-Based Psychotherapies for Children and Adolescents  BOOK
This volume provides a uniquely practical overview of evidence-based treatments for social, emotional, and behavioral problems in children and youth. Pioneering clinical researchers offer accessible, hands-on presentations of their respective approaches: what the primary therapeutic goals and methods are, how interventions are delivered on a session-by-session basis, how to tell if the treatment is suitable for a particular child, and what manuals and materials are available to clinicians and researchers. Therapist qualifications are summarized and training and supervision needs reviewed. Chapters also include concise reviews of the evidence supporting each approach and discuss important directions for future research.

The Exceptional Child I : Building Understanding VIDEO
Defines the educationally exceptional child by using live action video and interviews to help viewers develop an understanding of a wide span of exceptionalities. Differences in intellectual, communication, sensory, behavioral and physical areas, as well as the child with multiple and severe handicapping conditions are explored. In addition, the video focuses on the changing and evolving perspective that society has held on exceptional children. Finally, we cover key efforts
that have been made to advocate and legislate educational needs of exceptional children.
 

Exploring and Learning VIDEO
Learning for the very young child is centered on the moment-to-moment experiences of their day. We will see how the trusted caregiver is first the child's primary mode of learning. From there the child learns to handle objects in a variety of ways, and arranges objects in space, such as using baskets and blocks.

Facts of Life   VIDEO
How do boys and girls come to understand gender? At what age do they start to develop a sense of time? When does a child grasp the finality of death? This program brings together children of all ages for interviews and experiments that illustrate how we come to learn and accept the facts of life. In numerous examples, the program highlights the ages at which children make developmental breakthroughs, such as distinguishing between animate and inanimate objects, realizing there is a past and a future, and answering that classic question: "where do babies come from?" A Discovery Channel Production. (46 minutes, color)

Fat Like Me: How to Win the Weight War VIDEO
In this ABC News special—produced in conjunction with Rodale Inc., publisher of Prevention and Men's Health magazines—nutritionists, psychologists, pediatricians, and other experts explore the causes of obesity, the physical and emotional damage it can do, and how parents and schools can team up to help kids improve their health. Also included is hidden-camera footage of a daring social experiment in which a slim teen, professionally made up to look obese, goes to school and experiences firsthand the abuse so often aimed at overweight people. A post-experiment discussion underscores the stigmatizing effect of intolerance while emphasizing the need for greater compassion. A teacher's guide is included. (43 minutes, color)

Feeding VIDEO
Feeding is about so much more than just food. This program takes a close look at feeding in the first three years—from the breast or baby bottle to the spoon. The program shows many scenes of breast and bottle feeding, as well as the giving of solid food. Mothers, fathers, pediatricians, nutritionists, and child psychologists discuss the bond that feeding creates between children and their parents. In addition, parents and experts provide approaches to weaning and suggestions on appropriate foods. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (53 minutes, color)

Feeding Your Baby VIDEO
This program demonstrates breastfeeding positions and techniques, as well as breast milk storage. It also covers bottle feeding, choosing a formula, bottle and nipple care, and feeding techniques.
One 17-minute video. © 2003.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Life Sentence  VIDEO
Fetal alcohol syndrome is the result of permanent organic injury to the brain of the fetus, caused by maternal drinking during pregnancy. That injury leads to learning disabilities, poor judgment, antisocial behavior, and worse, if a recent study is correct. This program discusses FAS within the context of that study which suggests that 20 to 25 percent of all prison inmates may suffer from the condition. The program examines how early identification and treatment of children with FAS can help prevent extreme antisocial behavior in adulthood. (24 minutes, color)

First Year Milestones: A Monthly Guide to Your Baby's Growth 2 Volume Set  VIDEO
THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND GUIDE:
Covers each of the first year milestones in easy-to-understand terms
Answers frequently asked questions about infant growth
Emphasizes that all babies are unique and grow at their own pace
Highlights how babies benefit from the positive relationships with loved ones
Discusses signs of possible developmental delays
Divides information into five-minute monthly sections
Features real babies and their parents

Five to Eight VIDEO
The changes that occur during this pivotal time when intellectual development is closely accompanied by increasingly independent social activity and expectations. A Meridian Production. (15 min.)

Food Fight: Childhood Obesity and the Food Industry VIDEO
It sounds laughable to blame food manufacturers and fast food restaurants for children being unhealthily overweight. But Big Tobacco thought health-related lawsuits were a joke too—until they finally lost. In this ABC News program, correspondent John Donvan examines the food industry's marketing strategies to see if and to what extent they are responsible for America's epidemic of childhood obesity. Industry initiatives to make and offer healthier foods are also presented. Afterward, anchor Chris Bury speaks with Kelly Brownell, director of the Yale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, and Gene Grabowski, of the Grocery Manufacturers of America. (23 minutes, color)

Foundational Blocks for Sound Awareness: Sentences, Compounds and Rhyming VIDEO
This module begins with sentences, the largest unit of phonemic awareness. Teachers are shown hands on activities to help students understand that sentences are made up of individual words with a beginning and an end. The next level of phonological awareness is rhyming. This important skill is a proven predictor for future reading success. Rhyming prepares a student for the later skill of sound differentiation. Children learn that the initial sound of a rhyme is different while the ending chunk is the same. The last interactive lesson is about compounds. This section is designed to demonstrate that the first experience children have segmenting sounds and the start of syllabication is through compounds. This video teaches (and commits the above activities to a child's memory skill set) through interactive games and student demonstrations for each lesson.

Fragments of Genius: Understanding Savants VIDEO
By any standard, Derek Paravacini is an exceptional pianist. Stephen Wiltshire can draw whole cityscapes from memory with uncanny accuracy. Both are savants with severe learning disabilities due to autism. Focusing on these two case studies, the program looks at how a disability sometimes unlocks extraordinary abilities, as well as how research on savants has led to a better understanding of brain function. Allan Snyder, professor of science and the mind at the University of Sydney, discusses several theories of savant skills, while Dr. Bruce Miller shares his work on dementia which led him to identify a region of the brain that when damaged produces savant behavior. Original BBCW broadcast title: Fragments of Genius. (50 minutes, color)

From Bottles to Breasts to Baby-Friendly: The Challenge of Change   VIDEO
This program, directed and produced by Anne Merewood, IBCLC and Barbara L. Philipp, MD, IBCLC, takes an inspirational look at one hospital that threw out the bottles to become the first Baby-Friendly site in Massachusetts. Insightful, sometimes poignant
vignettes show how Boston Medical Center motivated staff to change outdated
practices and promote breastfeeding, raising initiation rates from 58 to 87 percent
in four years. Also includes rare footage of an infant crawling to the breast and
self-attaching after birth. A shot-in-the-arm video, guaranteed to entertain and
inspire breastfeeding advocates everywhere!

Further Approaches to Learning VIDEO
This program explores alternative approaches and explanations of learning, including latent learning, learning sets, insight learning, ethology, social learning, and neuroscience. The program emphasizes the recent move towards a cognitive theory of learning and examines research in this area. The program includes archival film featuring B. F. Skinner and Dr. Robert Epstein, who demonstrated apparent "insight" learning in pigeons using behaviorist techniques. Skinner, speaking just before his death, claims that reinforcement rather than higher mental processes is at work in learning. The cognitive behaviorists think differently! (57 minutes, color)

GENDER, NATURE, AND NURTURE  BOOK
This engaging text presents the latest scientific findings on gender differences, similarities, and variations--in sexuality, cognitive abilities, occupational preferences, personality, and social behaviors. The impact of nature and nurture on gender is examined from the perspectives of genetics, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, neuroanatomy, sociology, and psychology. The result is a balanced, fair-minded synthesis of diverse points of view. Dr. Lippa's text sympathetically summarizes each side of the nature-nurture debate, and in a witty imagined conversation between a personified "nature" and "nurture," he identifies weaknesses in the arguments offered by both sides. His review defines gender, summarizes research on gender differences, examines the nature of masculinity and femininity, describes theories of gender, and presents a "cascade model," which argues that nature and nurture weave together to form the complex tapestry known as gender.

Get Smart: Learning to Learn  VIDEO
This program uncovers what happens in our minds when we learn, remember, and imagine. It reveals how neurons and synapses lay down knowledge in the brain; ways to improve our ability to acquire knowledge, including increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids; how to manipulate memory to recall information more easily; the powerful influence of subliminal messages; and what actually happens during a "eureka moment"—and how to have more of them. Stories of a midwife cramming for exams and a firefighter who used intuition to save lives are featured. Original BBCW broadcast title: Get Smart. (60 minutes, color)

Getting Along with Others   VIDEO
This engaging video teaches basic skills for getting along with others. Six "problem" personality types are identified, along with ways to deal with them. Healthy behaviors are explored in the context of several principles of positive communication: following the golden rule; accepting differences; not expecting too much; and compromising. This program is full of fast-paced vignettes illustrating techniques for more effective living while keeping the viewer interested and amused! A Cambridge Educational Production.

Getting an Edge: Early Admission   VIDEO
To help improve the odds of being accepted by America’s most desirable colleges and universities, increasing numbers of high school students are getting a jump on the competition by applying for early admission. This ABC News program looks at the controversial process and contrasts it with Georgetown University’s nonbinding early action alternative. The marketing efforts of Georgetown—and of some of its would-be freshmen—are discussed. The weighty influences of college rankings and test scores are also addressed, as are unfair advantages of socioeconomic class and a deep ambivalence about the perceived advantages of race. (22 minutes, color)

The Gifted Child VIDEO
When a child displays advanced skills in one or more areas of development, a special challenge is set before teachers, parents, and childcare providers alike. This program seeks to foster an understanding of gifted children by identifying their characteristics, addressing their educational needs, and recommending ways to enhance their development. A Meridian Production. (24 minutes, color)

Girls in Physical Education: Increasing Participation and Success  VIDEO
Why is it that involvement in physical activity for girls drops off more rapidly than for boys? This is a serious concern, as participation in school physical education programs has been shown to have a positive influence on a person’s physical activity later in life. Do girls lose the attention of PE teachers who favor nurturing the physical development of boys, or do they make a conscious choice not to participate in the PE system? If so, are they aware of the harmful ramifications come adulthood? This program examines some of the reasons why girls lose interest in physical education, then focuses on a number of proven strategies to help teachers tackle the problem. (24 minutes, color).

Giving Voice: Today’s Kids Get Real About Bias  VIDEO
Using video diaries and workshop discussions, today’s teens explore issues of bias and tolerance in their own lives. Giving Voice weaves interviews with this diverse group of teenagers with the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses.

Going It Alone: Preparing for Single Parenthood VIDEO
This information-packed video offers realistic expectations of what single parenthood is like as well as skills for coping with raising a child alone. After watching this program, the viewer will understand the ups and downs of raising a child alone; learn how to manage practical needs, such as prenatal care, daycare, and finances; learn how to manage their own emotional needs as single parents; and understand how to cope with the child's psychological and emotional needs. Case studies involving single mothers and fathers help the viewer identify with stories about how they coped with pregnancy, childbirth, and child rearing. These interviews reflect the struggles and joys of single parenthood, as well as real-life solutions to common problems. Experts in prenatal care, single parenthood, psychology, and child rearing offer practical guidelines for pregnancy and birth, preparing for parenthood—including finances and daycare, balancing home and work with raising a child, recognizing and dealing with the new parent's special needs, as well as the special needs of an infant. An excellent tool to start class discussions, and to give the viewer a "real-life" scenario of single parenting.

Going Online in Your Classroom VIDEO
The Internet is bringing new possibilities to education. This program introduces the terms and techniques needed by students and teachers alike to use Internet technology with confidence. In addition, instructors share some of their creative lesson plans that incorporate the Internet as a means of collaborative communication through videoconferences, chat rooms, and e-mail; as a gateway to cyber-libraries; as a platform for virtual field trips; and as an instant online publishing tool for Web sites and intranets. Administrative issues such as Acceptable Use Policies, Netiquette, and content filtering are also addressed. (58 minutes, color)

Grounded for Life: Teenage Pregnancy  VIDEO
Grounded for Life examines the rising national trend of unplanned pregnancies in the teen population. Utilizing actual case studies and interviews with teenage mothers, it illustrates the risk factors, motivations, and thought processes associated with the rapidly growing teenage pregnancy problem. Thought-provoking footage of single teenage parents portrays the economic and emotional hardships they face. Detailed investigations of educational programs for students and parents, self-evaluation, birth control, and counseling are examined in an open manner. Closing perspectives given by teen mothers and fathers provide backdrop for many classroom discussions and assignments. One of the most informative, intriguing classroom videos available today.

Growing Together VIDEO
In a frenetic culture where skewed body image messages mislead the young and nutrition repeatedly loses out to convenience, children's physical and psychological wellbeing are increasingly at risk. In response to this alarming situation, psychologist Jodi R. Galin and registered dietitian Andrea McDonough have created Growing Together, a three-part kit designed to help educators, parents, caregivers, health professionals, and community leaders protect children from developing obesity and eating disorders. It consists of Watch Me Grow! Stop to Listen!, a 32-minute documentary-style video filled with authoritative information—including how to recognize "red flags" that may signal a need for professional attention—as well as tips, tactics, and ideas; a supplemental guidebook that elaborates on ideas presented in the video; and Healthy Kids! Healthy Bodies!, a printable four-lesson curriculum guide for children ages 9 through 12 and student surveys, on CD-ROM. Help children grow into their own healthy size with Growing Together! Correlates to the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education from the Family and Consumer Sciences Education Association and the National Health Education Standards from the Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. 3-part set.

Growing Up Hispanic: Children in Crisis VIDEO
Reports from reputable medical sources reveal a statistical correlation between healthcare issues and poor academic performance in Hispanic communities nationwide. In this program, the National Council of La Raza’s Raul Yzaguirre, former Surgeon General David Satcher, the Hispanic Dental Association’s Nelson Artiga, and other experts address the pervasive health concerns—most notably dental problems and pediatric obesity—and insufficient access to healthcare that plague America’s Hispanic population, significantly undermining Latino children’s education as well as long-term well-being. Health initiatives in California, Texas, Florida, and New York are featured, along with case studies from those states. (58 minutes, color)

Handbook of Infant Mental Health  BOOK
Grounded in a relational view of infancy, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of developmental, clinical, and social aspects of mental health from birth to age 3. Essential topics addressed include models of development, neurobiology, the family and cultural contexts of infant mental health, and frequently encountered disorders of infancy. Assessment and intervention are discussed in depth, with coverage of practitioner-based models of psychotherapy as well as programmatic approaches to prevention and early intervention. Also covered are important issues related to family and social policy, such as the effects on infant development of early child care and parental divorce.

Handling, Diapering, and Dressing VIDEO
In this program, parents demonstrate safe and comfortable ways to hold and carry newborns, as well as techniques for diapering and dressing babies.
One 16-minute video. © 2003.

Handling Stress: Today and Tomorrow  VIDEO
Stress has been a part of life since the beginning of humankind. Events that occur daily cause different levels of stress for different individuals. The way a person views a situation is directly related to the degree of stress that he or she may feel. This video program helps students identify stressful circumstances and provides ways to manage the pressure that they create. It also explains that while high levels of stress can be harmful, by learning to handle tension by channeling energy to positive feelings, individuals accomplish goals rather then spend time worrying about failure. By knowing how to put events in perspective, students possess a vital tool for managing stress today and tomorrow. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 25-minute video.

Healthy Habits = Healthy Children VIDEO
Keeping toddlers and young children in tip-top health requires nutritious foods, adequate sleep, and exercise. This video reviews the nutritional requirements for children, appropriate serving sizes, and the importance of variety, balance, and moderation in their diet. Along with healthy eating habits, we look at exercise and wellness patterns to teach to young children who can benefit from them as they grow into adulthood. Everyone who interacts with children will want to help them combat the twofold menace of inactivity and obesity. A Meridian Production.

Helping Adolescents at Risk - Prevention of Multiple Problem Behaviors  BOOK
This comprehensive volume reviews current knowledge about multiple problem behaviors in adolescence, focusing on "what works" in prevention and treatment. Cutting-edge research is presented on the epidemiology, development, and social costs of four youth problems that frequently co-occur: serious antisocial behavior, drug and alcohol misuse, tobacco smoking, and risky sexual behavior. A framework for reducing these behaviors is outlined, drawing on both clinical and public health perspectives, and empirically supported prevention and treatment programs are identified. Also addressed are ways to promote the development, dissemination, and effective implementation of research-based intervention practices. Authored by an interdisciplinary panel of experts, this is a state-of-the-science sourcebook and text for anyone working with or studying adolescents at risk.

Helping Them Flourish VIDEO
Helping children to grow and bloom properly also means taking into account their biological rhythms. This program seeks out holistic approaches to education that more scientifically organize the school day and strike a better balance between intellectual and physical development. Educators, psychologists, a geneticist, a philosopher, and others consider topics such as the times of day when students are most ready to learn and the role of play in the developing child. They also question the effectiveness of lectures and take a penetrating look at the video game phenomenon. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (53 minutes, color)

Heredity & The Environment: Beginnings of a Baby VIDEO
The complex interplay of heredity and environment comes to life as current findings are explored. The story of life begins with aspects of conception, the function of genes, chromosomes and DNA, and the process of cell division. In the newly updated version of 'Heredity and Environment', we have added findings on chromosomal abnormalities and sex linked inheritance, as well as the relationship between chronic disease and prenatal uterine environment. This module traces how physical, intellectual, and temperament characteristics as well as inherited diseases occur.

Hispanic Education at the Crossroads VIDEO
Education is intrinsic to success in our society. But for members of Hispanic groups, good education may be hard to come by, because of either language barriers or under-performing schools. This program, hosted by actor Edward James Olmos, examines how Hispanic American children are faring in the educational system, with an emphasis on bilingual education. Two such programs in California and in New York are examined; students and teachers evaluate their effectiveness. (44 minutes, color)

History & Trends VIDEO
This module lays out the history of child development, from early philosophies, to changing beliefs about human nature, with a look at the nature-nurture question. It examines the move away from myths and toward scientific investigation, lays out two methods of study, and ends with six overarching principles derived from child development research.

A History of Education VIDEO
Plato’s academy was the first formal arena for education, where young men were tutored in the rigors of logic, philosophy, and mathematics. Prior to this, societies transmitted knowledge from one generation to the next orally, and after the advent of writing, through texts. Although education throughout history has been predominantly a privilege of the elite, universal education is currently seen as a basic right, necessary for a country’s prosperity. This program traces the evolution of education through the ages, from oral traditions to its role in today’s ever-changing society, where the need to learn new job skills is a constant necessity. (53 minutes, color)

How Families Differ VIDEO
Families take many forms—two-parent, single, single-divorced, blended. This video discusses the differences and makes the point that a family's function is more important than its form. Experts and family members provide insight into the problems faced by the changing structure of the family. A Meridian Production. (15 min.)

How Relationships Are Formed  VIDEO
The rhythms of daily life are established during the first three months. As the infant’s need for sleep diminishes, its need for stimulation and love grows; the baby is constantly discovering new ways of attracting the attention of the world around it. Mother and child have grown accustomed to one another, the child recognizing the mother’s reactions and the mother responding to the child’s demands. Regardless of the culture, infants around the world understand the smile as a signal of recognition and pleasure; smiling is a social act. (24 minutes, color)

How We Study Children: Observation and Experimentation  VIDEO
This timeless program asserts that the testing of a causal hypothesis involving cognitive development is best done through a combination of observational and experimentational methods. Kathy Sylva and Peter Bryant, both of the University of Oxford, and other researchers share their insights into categorizing and codifying patterns of play through observation, avoiding common experiment-related pitfalls such as covariation and unintentional bias, and mitigating artificiality, a challenge to practitioners of both approaches. (25 minutes, color)

Human Relationships: The Key To Social & Emotional Development VIDEO
Supervisors discuss the characteristics of an effective group worker for school age children. They emphasize that the first NSACA standard, human relationships is extremely important in fostering cooperation and providing positive guidance to the children that they teach. This video demonstrates the conflict resolution skills utilized by experienced group workers and the techniques they use in working with the nine to twelve year old youth. Group workers also discuss the hot topics such as boy/girl relationships as well as the importance of health and hygiene in developing self esteem.

I Can't Do My Homework, Why?  VIDEO
Follow four students – Samantha, Kareem, Henry and Maria – as they try to figure out why their homework is so difficult to manage.
Samantha feels overwhelmed by too much homework. Kareem has too many after-school activities to juggle. Henry is a procrastinator. Maria is having emotional troubles that make it hard for her to concentrate.
This program uses kids in actual homework “stress” situations to teach basic homework skills. Kids learn that homework is a useful learning tool that reinforces school work; but sometimes it takes problem-solving by kids, parents and teachers to make daily homework a success.

Identifying and Responding to Trauma in Ages 0 to 5 Years Old VIDEO
Trauma in the life of children from birth to five years of age has a profound impact which intensifies the need for early identification and intervention. Young children are either pre-verbal or inexperienced with verbal language and consequently are unable to adequately express their thoughts and feelings or describe threatening life events. In order to understand a child’s behavior and plan for care and intervention it is necessary for the caregiver, teacher, or health care provider to determine the child’s history and emotional state from other sources.

Identifying and Responding to Trauma in Ages 6 to Adolescence VIDEO
Older children suffering from the effects of emotional trauma are frequently misdiagnosed as having Attention Deficit Disorder or Chronic Depression. Misdiagnosed characteristics of trauma are typically sex related, with boys who are hyperactive and act-out and girls who dissociate and withdraw. An accurate assessment of the problem is critical to the success of intervention. Common trauma-related problems for adolescents also include learning difficulties, test anxiety, difficulty in forming relationships, difficulty with authority figures, substance abuse, acquiescence to abuse, and violent
behavior.

I'm So Mad! Mad! Mad! VIDEO
Students will discover the skills they need to become confident and independent learners with the help of "Buddy, the Study Buddy." Entertaining and upbeat, "Buddy" shows kids how to get organized, read a textbook and develop an outline for writing reports. Students are sure to be encouraged and empowered after their visit from "Buddy, the Study Buddy."

Importance of Play VIDEO
Play helps children develop imagination, overcome fears, experiment, and learn to cope with new situations. It also helps children stretch their minds and bodies as well as practice skills needed for future development. (10 min.) A Meridian Production.

Improving Comprehension: The Pursuit of Ideas VIDEO
This program illustrates how teachers structure learning activities that foster independent learning around a central concept; identifies student-centered activities that make learning interesting, purposeful, and meaningful; models ways for teachers to guide students as they construct meaning and develop strategies for independent learning; and provides examples of how students can work together to develop real satisfaction through real learning. The program shows what teachers can do to help students develop an information base of both content and process for future learning, and how they can do it: make thoughtful decisions about curriculum, design lessons that encourage construction of meaning, stress process as well as content knowledge, create a supportive and nonjudgmental learning environment, and emphasize factors for success. (47 minutes, color)

The Independent Thinker  VIDEO
It takes over 12 years for the average child to acquire all the skills needed to be an independent adult—from solving algebra equations to behaving properly in society. This program presents the story of how we learn to think for ourselves, beginning with the development of recall and memory, then the acquisition of language, and finally the mastering of social skills—learning to be an adult by playing at it. In various cognitive experiments with an array of children, milestones such as abstract reasoning and spatial memory are charmingly highlighted. A Discovery Channel Production. (47 minutes, color)

Individual Differences: Gender, Training, and Physical Performance in Sport  VIDEO
Why are some able to perform tremendous physical tasks, while others cannot? More specifically, why are males able to perform in ways females cannot? This program answers these questions and more by examining and calculating various indicators of physical fitness: percentage body fat, upper body size and strength, VO2 maximum, stroke volume, heart rate, cardiac output, hemoglobin and red blood cell count, and arteriovenous oxygen difference. An ideal anatomical and physiological learning resource for students and teachers of physical education. (27 minutes, color)

Infancy: Beginnings in Cognition & Language VIDEO
This video traces current theory on the sensory and perceptive capabilities used in early learning. The student will see how these senses and the motor activities are involved in the spiraling of infant cognition. In looking at these steps in early cognition, we see the child explore the people and objects in the world the child knows, revealing the Childs expanding thinking capabilities. The adult facilitates this learning through the ongoing interactions and responses to the child. Also we view the stages of language development from the first communication to the first word. Emphasized here is the role the adult holds in the Childs growing understanding and use of language and communication from early infancy.

Infancy: Early Relationships VIDEO
Much has been learned about the establishment of trust or mistrust, and how it depends upon the child's significant, early relationships. Influencing these are differences in temperament and other influences, such as prenatal exposure to drugs. In these early relationships, we view early bonding and the signs of unfolding attachment between parent and child. In the comparison of secure and insecure attachment, the impact of some influences such as sensitivity to the Childs needs, cultural values and temperament are highlighted. From the perspective of attachment, the video examines development of stranger anxiety and separation anxiety. To insure strong relationships are present when childcare is needed, three qualities of infant care are stressed. This video explores today's most current thinking on the impact of attachment relationships as it extends from eagerness to explore and learn in the world, to extended relationships throughout life.

Infancy: Emotional & Social World VIDEO
This latest perspective portrays the remarkable early development of emotions and suitable adult responses to the strong emotions of crying and anger, the learning of self-regulation, significant interchange in queing and guiding early behavior. The video marks four stages of emotional milestones in infancy and how emotional closeness is experienced through synchrony, social referencing, and finally, separation-individuation. The early ability to pick up affective ques from caregivers will help establish the lifelong awareness of nonverbal ques in others and develop social abilities. The nuances of these developing skills are couched in the baby's early significant relationships and in the family and culture into which the young child is born.

Infancy: Landmarks of Development VIDEO
The first updated module in the infancy series presents today's most current thinking, and time proven truths on how infant development proceeds in an orderly fashion from brain development through physical growth, locomotion, and fine motor skills. From the ability to lift one's head, the baby progresses through stages that culminate with first steps. From the early grasp reflex, the baby gradually learns to pick up small objects with tiny fingers. By looking closely at real children in all contexts, this video showcases these landmarks, identifies their timing, and clarifies the influences of environment and culture. Both natural development, and current practice, help determine the experiences of breast feeding, weaning and sleeping patterns. The understanding of early brain development brings focus to what is optimal in relationships and stimulation in the first two years of life.


Infant and Toddler First Aid: Volume 1: Accidents    Volume 2: Illnesses  VIDEO
Volume 1 : Teaches parents about the most common childhood accidents: cuts, fractures, burns, eye injuries and more. Clear guidelines for when to call a doctor or dial 911 and what to do until help arrives.

Volume 2 : Explains the proper action to take when a child becomes ill or is in danger from poisoning, fever, seizure, choking and more. A clear demonstration of CPR.

Instruction For All Students VIDEO
This tape shows a wealth of strategies to use in the classroom to engage all students and to increase student achievement. Vivid classroom scenes incorporate current research to show how to structure and pace a solid lesson, including modeling, role-playing, teaching a new skill, providing feedback and practice, assigning homework, and using assessments.

Integrating Instruction and Assessment VIDEO
This program explores the nature of authentic assessment and its impact on curriculum and instruction; identifies the economic and political pressures for accountability, which have driven school systems to adopt inadequate approaches to assessment; and highlights alternative assessment strategies and tools—those that help teachers make good instructional decisions, as well as those that help students develop self-monitoring and self-assessment strategies of their own. Many standardized tests currently in use are administratively efficient and psychometrically accurate, but for a variety of reasons have served to distort instruction and the definition of the achieving student. This program addresses the need for alternative instruments of assessment—assessment that is multidimensional and longitudinal, involves use of educational resources, addresses possibilities for improvement, reflects good classroom practice, and demonstrates clear standards shared by teachers and students. (42 minutes, color)

Integrated Learning: Technologize Your Lesson VIDEO
With access to computers and other high-tech resources, teachers are designing technology-rich learning experiences that challenge students in new ways, fueling their desire to excel. This program spotlights three outstanding multidisciplinary middle and high school initiatives: World Traveler, a unit designed to teach geography and associated knowledge areas within the context of a virtual trip abroad; Age of Exploration and Discovery, which features slide show creation and reinforces the benefits of careful planning and of setting well-defined goals; and ENVISION, a simulated high-tech, corporate-style office. (55 minutes, color)

Integrating Thinking, Reading, and Writing Across the Curriculum VIDEO
This teleconference for teachers, administrators, and parents addresses the issues of improving comprehension; cognitive coaching; the link between thinking, reading, and writing; and the integration of instruction and assessment. The program features Syracuse University Professor Harold Herber, Professor Dorothy Strickland of Rutgers University, Robert Peterkin of Harvard University’s Urban Superintendents’ Program, Fairfax County (Virginia) teacher Diane Flemming, and Ann McCallum, a member of the IRA Board of Directors; the moderator is Paul Anthony. (80 minutes, color)

In Their Own Words: Retirement & Options for Living VIDEO
Seniors speak of their retirement planning, their expectations, and whether they were met. They demonstrate a variety of ways to move into retirement and living out the retired lifestyle. Finally, they demonstrate differences in adjusting to being retired. Diversity is evident as seniors discuss the decision-making process they undertook regarding choices of living arrangements: stay where they have lived for many years, or move to another type of housing. They tell us how satisfied they are with their choices. Seniors speak of their retirement planning, their expectations, and whether they were met. They demonstrate a variety of ways to move into retirement and living out the retired lifestyle. Finally, they demonstrate differences in adjusting to being retired. Diversity is evident as seniors discuss the decision-making process they undertook regarding choices of living arrangements: stay where they have lived for many years, or move to another type of housing. They tell us how satisfied they are with their choices.

In Their Own Words: The Social Convoy VIDEO
The social convoy has been described as the group of people who accompanies us on the journey known as life. It is a critical element of good adjustment and wellbeing at every stage of development. We are social creatures and thrive on these interactions and relationships as we grow and develop. The makeup of the social convoy changes over time, even though family members usually comprise a part of that convoy. Seniors talk about their marriages and the issues they have dealt with through the years with varying degrees of success.

In Their Own Words: Widowhood & Integrity vs. Despair VIDEO
Widows and widowers discuss the traumatic experience of losing a spouse. They describe their feelings, reactions, and how they adjusted. In a very moving way, the seniors explore the life-altering experience and the effect it had on them. The function of one’s social network of friends and family is also revealed. “Integrity vs. Despair” is Erik Erikson’s last of eight stages of man, the stage of late adulthood. In this portion of the video, seniors reveal their integrity and despair, both in glaring fashion. Performing a life review and pondering how they might be remembered are two processes by which people try to achieve integrity.

IQ and the Pressure to Perform  VIDEO
From prenatal Mozart to hothousing, the debate surrounding intelligence and how it is best cultivated is a controversial one. But is there really an optimal window of opportunity for neural development? This program invites John T. Bruer, author of The Myth of the First Three Years; Colin Blakemore, of Oxford University; UCLA’s Paul Thompson; Bill Greenough, of the University of Illinois; and David Elkind, professor of child development at Tufts University, among others, to critically examine the myth of critical periods and to look at what the latest scientific research indicates about how the brain develops in the early years and beyond. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (50 minutes, color)

Intellectual Development: The First Five Years VIDEO
Even a single day can bring changes in what a new baby can do. This informative program offers parents and caregivers ways in which to monitor a child's intellectual growth within a wide range of normal activity. A child development specialist, a pediatrician, and a parent explain what is going on in a baby's young brain and what can be expected to happen over the first five years of life. A Meridian Production. (21 minutes, color)

Intervening in Adolescent Problem Behavior - A Family-Centered Approach  BOOK
This book presents a multilevel intervention and prevention program for at-risk adolescents and their families. Grounded in over 15 years of important clinical and developmental research, the Adolescent Transitions Program (ATP) has been nationally recognized as a best practice for strengthening families and reducing adolescent substance use and antisocial behavior. The major focus is to support parents' skills and motivation to reduce adolescent problem behavior and promote success. Spelling out the why, what, and how of this proactive, culturally informed intervention, the volume provides all of the materials needed to implement the program in school or community settings, including reproducible handouts and forms.

INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY PROCESSES  BOOK
Written for undergraduate level courses on family processes, family studies, introduction to the family, family communication, and dynamics of the family, this thoroughly class-tested new edition examines what is known about what goes on "behind closed doors" in families. Introduction to Family Processes, 4/e introduces the reader to the family processes approach--strategies and daily sequences of behavior used by family members to achieve goals. The family processes approach focuses on how families work, think, and interact; the Inner Family; and the dynamics among its members. Features of this Fourth Edition include: *Textbook and Student Workbook in one volume! Introduction to Family Processes, Fourth Edition is filled with writing activities and designed with enough space to complete the activities directly on the page. *Chapter Activities help reinforce concepts learned before moving on to the next concept. These activities are short essay responses to reinforce writing practice and critical thinking skills. *Journal Activities strengthen the students' connection to the material covered as they reflect, record, and revisit their own thoughts and opinions on guided journal exercises. *Spotlight on Research. These boxed features highlight valuable research studies. Once research is presented, students are then asked to reflect and respond. *Principle Boxes highlight specific principles relevant to chapter material and can be used as a study reference or to launch class activities/discussions. *Real families presented in case studies make the data and research come to life. *Each chapter opens with Chapter Outlines and concludes with Chapter Summary, Study Questions, and a Key Terms List.

AN INTRODUCTION TO LATENT VARIABLE GROWTH CURVE MODELING  BOOK
This volume presents Latent Variable Growth Curve Modeling for analyzing repeated measures. It is likely that most readers have already mastered many of LGM's underpinnings, in as much as repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) models are special cases of LGMs that focus only on the factor means. In contrast, a fully expanded latent growth curve analysis takes into account both factor means and variances. LGMs are also variants of the standard linear structural model. In addition to using regression coefficients and variances and covariances of the independent variables, they incorporate a mean structure into the model. The book features two major themes--concepts and issues, and applications--and is designed to take advantage of the reader's familiarity with ANOVA and standard procedures in introducing LGM techniques and presenting practical examples.

Investing In Caring Relationships VIDEO
When the infant or toddler is in child care away from parents, this child needs a caregiver who provides time, focus and consistency, shows responsiveness, and communicates with the child in many ways. The child thrives with this impact of emotional investment by the caregiver. From recent brain research we know that the most essential aspect for the child in care is the quality of this relationship. When parents and caregivers join together in planning for the child they form a team that has long-lasting impact on the child, parent and caregiver. And the child prospers from the planning for continuity, and sharing values of home culture and language.

It Takes Many Colors to Make a Rainbow  VIDEO
Androgena and her friends, the pinkies, the blueies, and the greenies are a colorful introduction to diverse cultures for young children. This zany group is glad to show kids that everyone is special—just the way they are. No matter what color, culture, socioeconomic background, or gender, children can learn to accept the similarities and differences among their peers. This important video challenges some of the biases that are visible among young children and encourages them to grow up with a positive attitude about others. A Meridian Production. (11 min.)

Japanese Education in Crisis VIDEO
This documentary explores sobering developments linked to Japan’s emphasis on intense academic pressure and conformity: 2,000 teen suicides per year, a 60 percent increase in crime since 1994, and the phenomenon of hikikomori children—those who have collapsed emotionally and withdrawn from society. Gritty footage shot in chaotic classrooms and dysfunctional homes, combined with commentary from counselors, parents, and dispirited young people, depicts a nation unprepared for radical social change and, in spite of recent educational reforms, lacking a consensus on whether to crack down or loosen up. Portions are in Japanese with English subtitles. (20 minutes, color)

Keys to Quality Infant and Toddler Care VIDEO
What do you expect to find when you enter a child care center or day care home? What makes a center or home a place of quality providing the best care for children under three? How is quality care for the very young unique? Keys to Quality Infant and Toddler Care addresses these questions for parents, caregivers, teachers and directors. We will take you inside the center and day care home to show you first-hand what makes quality day care. You will review the day-to-day care that is tailored to the individual infant, toddler and two-year-old and hear discussions of the essential components. Emphasized as key are relationships, responsiveness and individualized care among the children, parents and staff. Also highlighted are elements of programming and the environment, including health and safety.

Kids.calm: Childhood Stress VIDEO
Is childhood really the carefree and happy-go-lucky picture that some adults paint? Not always! In this program, we see that children do have stress in their lives, but not the wisdom or experience to know how to handle it. Eye-catching graphics and stories from the kids themselves will keep your classes watching to see fun and creative ways to handle stress in productive ways. And...a tag at the end of the program will provide useful skills for all adults who work with children. A positive, proactive way to help kids have childhoods filled with warm, positive memories instead of stomach aches, nail-biting, and too many tears. A Meridian Production. One 15-minute video.

Kids Having Kids: Teenage Pregnancy  VIDEO
This hard-hitting documentary uses interviews with several girls, their boyfriends, parents, counselors, teachers, and other professionals to examine one of the most critical issues facing young Americans today. Exploring the reasons why so many teenagers get pregnant, it looks at the facts on adolescent sexual behavior and attitudes toward birth control. Although the emphasis is focused on the mother-to-be, the program also studies the parental obligations of the male and stresses the need for open communication and realistic decision making. The impact on all involved and the available options are presented to help teenagers make responsible decisions about sex.

Kids Raising Kids: Teenage Parenthood  VIDEO
As the number of teenage pregnancies continues to rise, so does the number of adolescents choosing to see their pregnancies through and keep their babies. Once the decision is made to continue the pregnancy, expectant mothers need to be aware of the benefits and problems associated with the remaining options of marriage or single parenting. Stresses the importance of developing a positive and responsible attitude in order to make the best of the situation.

Language Development VIDEO
The emphasis in this program is on the development of language in babies and young children. The program follows this development from the first cry of an infant in the delivery room through that of a seven-year-old, when language development is almost complete. The program features babies and children attempting to communicate, from crying and babbling to making grammatical errors to speaking fluently. The program discusses the arguments for and against the nature/nurture debate and the Interactionist view. The Whorf-Sapir hypothesis is described and illustrated with real-life examples. The question "can non-human animals use language?" is discussed and illustrated with video of chimpanzees. (40 minutes, color)

Language Development VIDEO
Explores the development of language from infancy through middle childhood. Early communication through the cry, gestures and sounds, gradually unfolds in to spoken language that explains, problem solves and facilitates thought. Each of the four areas of language are fallowed. Therefore, the child's reading begins with an interest in books to reading independently. In the same way, writing begins with not understanding print in books to the ability to express oneself through writing. The role of the adult in supporting language and literacy is demonstrated throughout the module.

Late Adulthood: Death, Dying & Bereavement, and Widowhood VIDEO
The final video in this series necessarily focuses on the end of late adulthood, which for human beings is death. Dying and bereavement are experienced very differently in different cultures. This sociocultural context of dying is explored in depth from a variety of perspectives.

Late Adulthood: Retirement & Options for Living VIDEO
Retirement is a major psychological, emotional and financial event that occurs in late adulthood for many people. The topic is explored in terms of the wide variety of patterns that exist in the way individuals retire. The life satisfaction and well-being of people during their retirement years is studied and probed. Finally, the numerous social adjustments that one must make and suggestions for optimal adjustments are discussed.

Late Adulthood: The Social Convoy VIDEO
The Late Adulthood series opens with an in-depth exploration of the social relationships that accompany the late adult through this final stage of the human life cycle. The role and importance of personal relationships is shown, followed by an in-depth look at a variety of these relationships. Long-term marriages are studied in terms of their unique characteristics as well as their unique benefits to the partners. Issues related to other family relationships as in sibling relationships, those with one’s adult children and with grandchildren are discussed.

Learning Environment VIDEO
Details how, by structuring the environment and organizing the schedule, you can reduce conflicts and guide young children to develop self-confidence and self-help skills. Includes balance between indoor and outdoor activities; between quiet and vigorous activities; between teacher-directed and child-initiated activities. Finally, the video offers some great tips for nap and story time; managing space so that activity areas don't overlap; and even how to use computers with different age groups.

Learning in Context: Probing the Theories of Piaget and Vygotsky  VIDEO
This program presents recent work by developmental psychologists that emphasizes the influence of contextual factors in learning and performance. Three sets of experiments involving children are examined: tasks in which deliberately gender-biased instructions are provided; tasks requiring cooperation between asymmetrical pairs of peers; and tasks involving training of students by adults and by peers. The intriguing results of these tests shed light on the impact of stereotyping on performance; the effects of self-perception on competence; and the influence of different teaching approaches on learning. Implications for adults are considered as well. (31 minutes, color)

The Learning Process VIDEO
Eager for knowledge, a child is by nature curious about everything. Why, then, is school such an unpleasant place for some children? In this program, teachers, researchers, a psychoanalyst, a neurologist, a neurobiologist, a psychomotor specialist, and others examine the process of learning and the classroom as a learning center. Mastery of reading and writing—the key to unlocking all forms of communication and the entry point to many other exciting domains—is emphasized. In addition, the concept of multiple intelligences is explored. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (52 minutes, color)

Let's Do Lunch VIDEO
"Who has time?" "I don't need the calories." "A double bacon cheeseburger, fries - now that's a good lunch!" Sound familiar? Grab your students' attention with Let's Do Lunch and show them why that second meal of the day is vital to their health and academic performance. Covers childhood obesity and related conditions, the basics of balanced nutrition, good and bad cholesterol and different types of fat, and how to start making healthier food choices. Dieticians and an athletic trainer add their stamp of authority, while savvy teens offer quick, easy, healthy, and delicious lunch and snack ideas. Break the fast food, junk food, no food habit! A Meridian Production.
Correlates to the National Health Education Standards and the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education.
One 26-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2004.

Living with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder  VIDEO
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is characterized by developmentally inappropriate impulsivity, inattentiveness, and, in some cases, hyperactivity. In this program, therapists, teachers, parents, and patients offer their insights into living with and overcoming AD/HD. The benefits of a treatment approach combining ongoing psychological assessment, specialized classes, and carefully monitored use of Ritalin or similar medications are cited. In addition, the brain biochemistry of people with AD/HD is discussed, and anomalous brain development before birth is identified as a likely cause of the disorder. (53 minutes, color)

Making a Difference: Great Teachers, Part 1 VIDEO
This documentary focuses on three teachers who have made a positive impact—academically or personally—on their students’ lives. Selected as a result of an essay contest that asked students to write about the teacher who had most challenged and inspired them, the teachers are shown at work in the classroom, doing what they excel at: teaching and making a difference. (28 minutes, color)

Making a Difference: Great Teachers, Part 2 VIDEO
This program follows three outstanding teachers throughout the school day to show how they motivate students. We see the classroom skills that help make them great teachers—charisma, concern, perseverance, and enthusiasm—and how they impart self-esteem to their students. These instructors teach Social Studies, English, and Special Education. (24 minutes, color)

Making a Difference: Great Teachers, Part 3 VIDEO
This program focuses on three instructors singled out as "great teachers." One teacher’s infectious enthusiasm, another’s solid dedication, and a third’s sense of humor foster self-esteem in even the most difficult students. This is an interesting study of three very different educational "styles" that produce the same positive educational results. (26 minutes, color)

Making Friends: The Science of Social Interaction  VIDEO
This program investigates the mind’s remarkable ability to recognize people, to make sense of their expressions and body language, to perceive what they may be thinking, and then—if the moment seems right—to charm them. Viewers will discover why first impressions are so important, what happens when they "click" with someone, how to tell if a smile is genuine, and why a party is one of the most demanding and complex situations humans will ever face. The story of a couple attempting to win over their respective in-laws-to-be is featured. Original BBCW broadcast title: Making Friends. (60 minutes, color)

MAKING SENSE OF CHILDREN'S DRAWINGS  BOOK
The message of this book is a simple one: children learn to draw by acquiring increasingly complex and effective drawing rules. In this regard, learning to draw is like learning a language, and as with language children use these rules creatively, making infinite use of finite means. Learning to draw is thus, like learning a language, one of the major achievements of the human mind.

Managing the Difficult Group  VIDEO
Every teacher has been there—staring in the face of a difficult student or group of students threatening to thwart the progress of the day’s lesson. But how can the teacher handle the conflict in a way that benefits everyone? Frustrated back-and-forth shouting between teacher and student should not and does not have to take place in the classroom. This program suggests practical classroom management strategies which are designed to help difficult students learn more successfully. It also examines why some students are disruptive and provides educators with specific techniques to prevent disruptive behavior. (30 minutes, color)

Managing the Disruptive Classroom VIDEO
Disrespect, ignoring rules, open hostility, or violence: all of this is disruptive behavior and it interferes with the educational process. In this program, noted psychologist Robert Wubbolding provides teachers and administrators with a proven set of strategies for managing classrooms and dealing with disruptive behavior. Using examples filmed with trained teachers in Detroit-area schools, role-play and simulations, and a set of "video trigger events" for practicing effective techniques, this workshop resource demonstrates the fundamental principles and proven methods of reality therapy. Reality therapy requires students to take responsibility for their actions by holding them accountable, accepting no excuses, and expecting them to control their own behavior. Includes a 32-page facilitator guide with reproducible handouts. (60 minutes, color)

Managing The Learning Environment VIDEO
Build foundation skills for developing classroom management that works! Valuable ideas on how to set up a classroom physically - and vary the set-up according to different age groups or content to be conveyed - are vividly displayed. Viewers see how to set up a room for the first day of school - and how to create "ownership" by having students help with certain set-up aspects. Important elements of instructional planning, gathering supplies for various lessons, and arranging seating are emphasized. How to establish classroom routines, maintain discipline, and deal with transitions are covered. Teachers discuss how to involve students in classroom rule-making and how to establish a positive environment based on mutual respect - creating a community of motivated learners where collaboration is encouraged. Practical and immediately applicable advice for managing today's classrooms in a postive way, for diverse students, is clearly conveyed.

Math and Science for Preschoolers VIDEO
Child-care facilities can help move children ahead of the game by using math and science activities to encourage development in these areas before they attend school. The simple exercises may be taught on a one-on-one basis, or to a group. This program is a must for any contemporary child-care facility that encourages learning. (13 min.) A Meridian Production.

Meeting the Needs of All Students with Technology  VIDEO
Technology equalizes learning opportunities and expands learning challenges for a wide range of students. Using compelling classroom footage, this program features innovations that are empowering all types of learners. Examples of adaptive technology for physically and visually challenged students include IntelliKeys, TouchWindow, Braille ’n Speak, and audio-based computer software. For those in gifted and talented programs, high-tech role-playing scenarios and multimedia projects help them to sharpen critical thinking skills. And for students in need of tutoring, there is even the Homework Hotline satellite TV show. (69 minutes, color)

Middle Adulthood: Intimate Relationships & the Sandwich Generation VIDEO
Studied more than any other relationship, researchers have concluded that throughout adulthood, throughout the world, marriage is the one familial relationship that is most closely linked to personal happiness, health and companionship. It’s no wonder then that the majority of middle-aged adults consider their spouse or partner to be their closest friend and the person with whom they are most intimate. Current research on these intimate relationships is shared in this video along with an examination of how they adapt and change during the years when many couples become “empty nesters” and some find themselves needing to negotiate a unique new relationship with their adult children who have moved back into the family home. A discussion of gender convergence is also included, which is a phenomena that often characterizes the middle-adult years when men and women tend to feel less tightly bound to traditional gender roles than before.

Middle Adulthood: Midlife Crisis?  VIDEO
Perhaps more than during any other time of life, middle adult men and women look both forward and back, asking themselves, “Where have I been?” … “Where am I now?” … “Where is it that I want to go during the remainder of my life?” If these questions are to be answered honestly, a personal journey must ensue –one that, for most men and women, leads to growth, for some, to conflict. In this video, we offer a comprehensive examination of the conflicted experience commonly known as “midlife crises.” Viewers will learn how it’s defined, who tends to experience it, life circumstances that may spawn its existence and the role it assumes in the lives of individual men and women. Opposing theories are presented in regard to whether the concept of “midlife crisis” is a valid one, given that the issues and challenges of middle adulthood may be viewed as analogous to those that must be confronted during other ages and stages of life.

Middle Adulthood: Physical Development VIDEO
Our examination of middle adulthood begins with a comprehensive look at the physiological changes that take place as men and women move beyond age 40. It is at this time of life that hair begins to turn gray and thins, the skin becomes drier and more wrinkled, and the shape of the body begins to change. These changes, along with those that take place in vision and hearing, trigger a process of self-examination that culminates in transforming one’s self-perception. The impact that lifestyle choices have upon one’s overall health and well-being is also discussed, along with insights into why making changes in diet and exercise can be so difficult to accomplish at this stage of life. The video studies changes in the male and female reproductive system and includes a discussion of sexuality and menopause as it is experienced by both men and women.

Middle Childhood Cognitive & Language Development VIDEO
Piaget’s theory of concrete operational development; characteristics of the concrete operational child; the theory of information processing; the strategies which contribute to cognitive advances; the characteristics of the language of the school age child; the function of the school in cognitive development including the role of parents, the ideal classroom, mainstreaming, bilingual education, and assessment using IQ and achievement tests.

Middle Childhood: Physical Growth & Development  VIDEO
Physical changes which take place between the ages of 6 and 12 years; development of large and small motor skills; conditions such as obesity, disabilities and stress which disrupt growth and development; the effects of poverty on physical growth and development; the role of school in the physical health of the middle years child.

Middle Childhood: Social & Emotional Development VIDEO
Explored is the development of the sense of self; growth in social cognition; family relationships during middle childhood; changes in family structure in present day society including divorce, single parent families, households in which both parents are employed, need for before and after school child care, the blended family; the formation and function of peer group; social and emotional strengths and problems; the role of the school in the social/emotional development of middle years child.

The Middle Years: Ages 5 to 12  VIDEO
Stubbornness and back talk are common (albeit unwelcome) signs of independence in normally developing children. This program, filmed in real family settings, demonstrates how positive discipline techniques, including home rules, problem-solving, and honest communication, can be used to deal with the behavior problems associated with growing up. Points to consider in a pre-discipline review are also offered: Is the child angry? Did something happen at school? Or could it be the start of puberty? A Cambridge Educational Production. One 35-minute video.

A Mind Apart - Understanding Children with Autism and Asperger Syndrome  BOOK
How do you know if your child is happy or sad, tired or hungry, when all he wants to talk about is wasps--or the color of subway train doors? What can you do to reassure a nine-year-old who asks questions about death hundreds of times in a day? And how can you build a nurturing relationship when your little girl hates to be touched?

Mind Games  VIDEO
From childhood, we are told that lies are bad, but without them, human relationships would fall apart. With a wide variety of children to demonstrate key developmental stages, this program presents the story of how we all learn to read and manipulate each other’s minds. Observed behavior and classic child psychology experiments show this progression in an entertaining way, from learning the boundaries of the body and the mind, through the birth of the imagination, to the ability to lie for good as well as bad—lying as a subtle expression of human empathy. A Discovery Channel Production. (47 minutes, color)

Modeling VIDEO
This video introduces three-dimensional art. Working with ceramic clay or play dough, children explore shape, texture, depth, height and width. We observe children shaping clay and using simple tools. The teachers are seen using songs and pictures, taking dictation, and preparing story charts around the subject of clay. Play dough is prepared by a small group of children or by an individual child. Teachers describe how the texture and smell of dough can be altered by adding sand and extracts, enhancing the children’s sensory experiences.

MODELING INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY WITH REPEATED MEASURES DATA  BOOK
This book examines how individuals behave across time and to what degree that behavior changes, fluctuates, or remains stable. It features the most current methods on modeling repeated measures data as reported by a distinguished group of experts in the field. The goal is to make the latest techniques used to assess intraindividual variability accessible to a wide range of researchers. Each chapter is written in a "user-friendly" style such that even the "novice" data analyst can easily apply the techniques. Each chapter features: *a minimum discussion of mathematical detail; *an empirical example applying the technique; and *a discussion of the software related to that technique. Content highlights include analysis of mixed, multi-level, structural equation, and categorical data models. It is ideal for researchers, professionals, and students working with repeated measures data from the social and behavioral sciences, business, or biological sciences.

Monsters in the Closet: Childhood Fears VIDEO
A fear of the dark. A fear of thunderstorms. A fear of monsters in the closet. Even a fear of being sucked down the bathroom drain. Although they are frightening, childhood fears are generally a benign part of growing up. In this program, parents and experts share their insights about the fears that affect children at different ages. The use of such fears to chart a child's cognitive development and ways to help children cope with their fears are also discussed. A Meridian Production. (17 minutes, color)

Moral Development I -- Concept & Theory  VIDEO
Moral Development I explains the concept of morality and defines key terms such as moral code, moral judgment, and moral intelligence. Using live action video examples and interviews, we help the viewer understand the complexities of helping young people develop a sense of “right” and “wrong.” The video presents key values that are fundamental to most moral codes, including empathy, duty, self-reliance, justice and self-control, and helps viewers know how those values are developed throughout childhood and adolescence. The principle theories of moral development are presented, including psychoanalytic, sociobiology, social learning and cognitive learning.

Moral Development II -- Learning to Be Moral VIDEO
Moral Development II describes the emergence of moral behavior from early infancy through adolescence. The roles that parents play are discussed in detail. Emphasis is placed upon developing a detailed understanding of how moral development is nurtured and stimulated. In addition, we delve into which experiences and environmental factors impede the unfolding of moral development. All of this is done via interviews and live action video with professionals and parents as they offer insights into this very important aspect of character and personality.

Mothers, Fathers, and Babies  VIDEO
This program observes the role of breast-feeding in different cultures and its effect on the role of the father. Where mothers in rural or more primitive areas tend to nurse their infants on demand, babies in industrialized countries are usually born in hospitals to mothers who prefer not to nurse at all or wean the baby at two or three months. This is a positive opportunity for the father to assume an active part in the care of the infant and to deepen the bonds between father and child. (26 minutes, color)

Motion & Machines VIDEO
Presents the more mechanical side of science as children play and learn on inclines, make teeters and use workbenches. Observe them using an electricity board. Watch as they experiment with magnets. In the block area they learn about angles of ramps and inclines and note change in speed of cars rolling down. Playing with magnets and electrical circuits encourages further exploration. While this is not a lesson in the sophisticated principles of physics, the children’s curiosity and imagination are engaged in all these fun and interesting experiments.

Motor Development   VIDEO
Abnormal motor development in special-needs children requires specific skills for caregivers. This program presents positioning and handling techniques for both the hypertonic profile child, one who is easily overstimulated and has stiffening of the limbs, and the hypotonic profile child, who has flaccid muscle tone and decreased movement. Positions are discussed for sleeping, handling, and playing to encourage the development of basic motor skills. (25 minutes, color)

My Turn Your Turn: Songs for Building Social Skills   VIDEO
Award winning singer-songwriter, Cathy Bollinger, presents foot-tapping, hand clapping, thoroughly singable songs that gently address the needs of children who find social interaction confusing or challenging. Using descriptive, social, story-like phrases to talk about concrete situations, My Turn, Your Turn sings children through the tricky territory of engaging with others. Songs touch on empathy, asking for help, handling anger, and other daily social skills. Music makes lessons fun to learn, while breaking down common, everyday interactions into simpler and more understandable activities.

The Nature of Play - Great Apes and Humans  BOOK
This uniquely integrative volume brings together leading experts in developmental psychology and animal behavior to provide a new perspective on the nature and functions of play. In an introductory chapter, distinguished ethologist Patrick Bateson describes how youthful exploration and games contribute to both individual development and group survival--not only in humans, but in other species as well. Parallel chapters then examine social play, object play, and pretend play in humans and our closest animal relatives, the great apes, providing a broader context for understanding why human children behave the way they do. While much of the knowledge on human play comes from industrialized Western societies, the book also features important chapters on hunter-gatherer and pastoral cultures. Throughout, a rich array of black-and-white photographs and other illustrations enliven this authoritative work.

Negative Behavior, Positive Discipline VIDEO
Parents often discipline their children the only way they know how—the way they were raised. Although many of the methods result in positive behavior, others produce less desirable outcomes. This program shows parents and educators how to positively discipline children in a manner that makes the child more self-confident instead of less self-reliant—it puts the responsibility of positive behavior on the child as well as the parent. Interviews with child psychologists, parents, teachers, and children are interspersed with short vignettes that show how to implement the various steps and principles covered in the video. Specific topics include: What is positive discipline?; Positive discipline vs. the way our parents did it; Behavior goals; Natural and logical sequences; Encouragement vs. overindulgent praise; Birth order and discipline. This program helps parents create a structured and consistent behavioral environment that children will accept and appreciate. A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 25-minute video.

The Newborn: Development & Discovery VIDEO
The fourth video presents the most current thinking on the newborn and its developmental needs. In this updated module we add to our knowledge base by presenting exciting new research on brain development including speed or reaction and pain sensitivity; new methods of assessing the newborn through techniques such as random mass spectrometry, and the revised Braselton Neonatal Assessment Scale in addition to the more familiar APGAR. We also add information on changes in body systems upon birth, reflexes, bonding, and cognitive and emotional skill development. Finally, our update includes changes in treatment of low birth rate, premature, and small for date newborns. This module, with new updated researched material, is an excellent resource for the study of early human development.

New Fears for Food VIDEO
"We want more, and make it quick!" That’s the message the food industry is hearing as it scrambles to keep up with consumer demand. Some innovations have proved successful, but others—especially in the areas of mass production and automated processing—have opened the door to dangerous contamination. That’s why this timely three-part series is so valuable. It explains the risks and possible remedies in a lively yet level-headed way, to help students replace their fears with facts. A Cambridge Educational Production.

THE NEW POPULATION PROBLEM  BOOK
This book is based on the presentations and discussions from a national symposium on "Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes Underlying Fertility in Developed Countries," held at the Pennsylvania State University in 2003. The papers address some of the antecedents and consequences of the recent steep declines in fertility in developed countries from different theoretical and disciplinary angles. While fertility rates are still high in some less-developed parts of the world, the new population problem with many countries in Europe, Asia, and North America is declining fertility. With fertility decline comes a reshaping of the population pyramid. The topic of fertility decline is interesting not only at the level of the individuals and couples, but also at the level of the societies that must come to grips with their long-term implications.

No More Teasing!   VIDEO
With the help of the “No More Teasing Team,” this program shows how students can change their own behavior to lessen teasing or bullying’s impact. Teased because of his name, Frankie Flowers learns that by ignoring his tormentors he takes the fun out of the teasing for them. Angie enjoys teasing her friends until they join together and let her know they won’t eat lunch with her anymore if she doesn’t stop. Darren learns that teasers pick on kids who lack self-confidence. He starts to stand up for himself and things improve!

Notetaking   VIDEO
The skills students need to effectively record and learn information presented in class are outlined in this program. Featured is the Cornell Notetaking Method, which stresses organization and prompt review. A notebook page format that divides information into actual notes and student comments is central to both accurate notetaking and meaningful study. Suggestions are provided on when and how often notes should be reviewed for maximum learning benefit. (9 minutes, color)

Number & Counting: Numerals VIDEO
First rote counting, children recite numerals names in order; then rational counting, they attach numeral name to number of things. Sample activities: singing counting songs, listening to counting books; setting the table, keeping score, playing board games. Children learn that each number symbol represents an amount, gradually putting recognition on numerals together with counting. Sample activities: manipulating numerals, placing in order, playing Number Bingo, card games, matching numerals, making sets.

Nutrition VIDEO
Presents a developmental approach to nutritional requirements for the prenatal, infancy, toddler hood, preschool, school age, and adolescent stages. Basic facts of good nutrition are presented including the use of the Food Pyramid as a guide to healthy eating. The importance of quality and variety of food is emphasized. Important nutritional problems (such as unbalanced diets and parent-child battles), eating disorders, and obesity are addressed. The effects of these problems both nutritionally and psychologically are presented.

Nutrition for Infants and Children Under 6  VIDEO
Meeting children's nutritional needs is a major goal as well as a concern for both parents and caregivers. Between conflicting information about what is healthy and the often finicky appetites of children, parents and caregivers often see the selection of appropriate foods as a dilemma. Parents find conflicting information about the kinds and amounts of foods needed for infants and children under age 6. However, the fact that children of all ages must have certain nutrients for normal growth and development and the fact that dietary needs of infants and children are different than those of an adult remains constant. Nutrition for Infants and Children Under 6 is an excellent program that focuses on nutritional needs as defined by the Food Guide Pyramid, for three specific stages of development: Infants: birth to 12 months; Toddlers: 1-3 years; and Preschool-age children: 3-5 years.
A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 36-minute video.

Nutrition S.M.A.R.T. Box  VIDEO
The Nutrition S.M.A.R.T. Box provides teachers and students with an outstanding blend of multimedia materials designed to support health-related programs. Correlated to the National Standards for Family and Consumer Sciences Education and the National Health Education Standards, the S.M.A.R.T. Box combines core content, creative activities, a Teacher’s Guide with suggested lesson plans, and a Teacher’s Resource Pack to deliver an enriching and engaging learning experience.

Observing Children VIDEO
Examines the importance of observing children to make sure they are developing properly both physically and emotionally. Children also reveal information about their developmental level and readiness to learn as they react with their environment. Record keeping and charting observations are explored. (11 min.) A Meridian Production.

OBSERVING CHILDREN IN THEIR NATURAL WORLDS  BOOK
This second edition updates the methods based on new technologies, updates and increases the number of examples, and reorganizes so the theoretical material is up front. The author's decisions were guided by having used the first edition in classes at two universities. Consequently, he received feedback on the book from a variety of different perspectives--from groups of very conscientious and competent students and from colleagues around the world who have used the book. By consensus, the most popular aspect of the first edition was the organization of the book, where the student/researcher is guided through conceptualizing, designing, implementing, and writing up the research project. This basic organization is the same as in the first edition, however, within this organizational frame things have changed. The discussion of the place of direct observational methods in relation to different "qualitative" and "quantitative" research traditions has been kept, but expanded. Discussions of the use of direct observations in naturalistic settings (drawing from research methods in ethology and ethnography) and in more contrived settings (drawing from experimental psychology) are extended. Relatedly, an extended discussion has been added on theories of science guiding different research assumptions.

Observation of Young Children I: The Eyes Have It VIDEO
"A good observer is a good teacher," states education coordinator Theresa Collado. This module will explore a variety of authentic assessment techniques used in preschool settings to document the growth of young children in their classrooms. The documentation includes: observations, work samples, story dictation and pictures of young children within the context of their environment. Teachers will discuss the system that they have set-up with their team members to observe children in their classroom.

Observation of Young Children II Making The Connection VIDEO
Teachers and education coordinators will demonstrate the system that they use to collate the observational data on young children. This data includes but is not limited to work samples, observations, story dictation and pictures of children engaged in activities. A variety of portfolio systems will be explored. Teachers will demonstrate the linkage between the formative assessment system they are utilizing and how that data informs the formal assessment or checklist. This module will also demonstrate how programs use computers to collate this data and inform funding sources of their children's progress throughout the year.

The One-Computer Classroom VIDEO
This program looks at three ways that elementary school-level to high school-level teachers are using computers to teach more effectively: as a workstation, a presentation device, and an interactive tool. Instructors demonstrate that even a single PC—combined with a double dose of ingenuity—can have a strong impact on the learning process by engaging students’ creativity and analytical abilities. Footage of teachers presenting computer-enhanced lectures and students working on projects, taking a collaborative quiz, and even playing educational Jeopardy stresses the value of gathering and sharing information. (36 minutes, color)

One to One Correspondence: Comparing VIDEO
Gradually, a child recognizes that one group of things has the same number of things as another group. Sample activities: matching pairs, distributing materials, placing one toy on each of several blocks, returning materials to shelves. Children find a relationship between two things on the basis of some specific characteristic. Sample activities: playing with blocks (size, shape), sand (heavy, light), water (full, empty), cooking, other comparing (hot, cold, etc.)
 

One to Three VIDEO
Includes new skills and capabilities of the toddler. Emphasizes the importance of creating a strong foundation for future learning and development. A Meridian Production. (17 min.)

Online Learning: Students and Teachers as Researchers VIDEO
Technology is blurring the distinction between teaching and learning, as instructors and students mine the riches of the Internet. In this program, teachers from grade school to high school describe how the Internet is being used to do dynamic research. Some students work on WebQuests, which facilitate safe, self-directed discovery experiences; others engage in collaborative simulations and shared research; and still others design Web sites and even act as a profitable Internet Service Provider. Finding lesson plans online and approaches to steering students away from inappropriate Web sites are considered as well. (39 minutes, color)

Only a Teacher: The Impact of Teachers on American Public Education  VIDEO
This outstanding three-part series narrated by Stockard Channing examines both the history of teaching in the U.S. and the current state of the teaching profession. Interviews with educators, historians, celebrities, and students; a wealth of archival materials; and evocative dramatizations tell with passion and due reflection the story of America’s promise to its children: the best education for everyone. 3-part series, 54-56 minutes each.

Optimizing Different Learning Styles  VIDEO
This program provides a helpful guide to teachers for recognizing their students’ primary styles of acquiring and working with information: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. To illustrate each style’s impact on successful classroom learning, discussion focuses on the observation techniques used by visual learners; the hearing and repetition procedures practiced by auditory learners; and the hands-on approach preferred by kinesthetic learners. The program also identifies ways educators can plan and implement a variety of strategies that enable students to use the learning style that is best attuned to their needs. (30 minutes, color)

Origins & Skills VIDEO
In this module, the term Emergent Literacy is defined and illustrated with examples of children exploring reading and writing, moving along a continuum from less to more skillful use of language, print and handling books. Teachers discuss their understanding of the meaning of emergent literacy and model speaking, reading and writing for children. Children’s growing understanding of print is seen as they use letters to write names, point to particular words, recognize directionality when pointing to words or pictures in books or try to sound out how to spell a word they wish to write.

Painting VIDEO
Paints provide children with a fluid means of self-expression. Children are observed easel painting, using runny paints, block printing, floor painting, and watercolor painting. Other activities shown include using droppers, screen or spatter painting, and painting with rollers. The teachers describe how they select and prepare paints, introduce the activity, talk to children about their creations, and include children in clean-up.
 

PARENTING AT HOME  BOOK
The Home Observation for Measurement of the Environmental (HOME) Inventory is a scale designed to assess the emotional support and cognitive stimulation children receive through their home environment, planned events, and family surroundings. This special double issue reports on the development of conceptually meaningful subscales that assess specific domains of the home environment for the three youngest age versions of the HOME Inventory (infants/toddlers, early childhood, and middle childhood), addresses the problems inherent in items relying on caregiver self-report, and assesses the predictive validity of the newly developed subscales. To address the objectives, the issue draws data from six large, national data sets and assesses the predictive validity of the proposed subscales by correlating them with selected cognitive and behavioral outcomes in each dataset. The issue concludes with commentaries on the conceptual subscale work by two leading experts on the HOME.

Parenting Tips from the Pros VIDEO
Unfortunately, kids don't come with an instruction manual. But parents and caregivers can benefit from the helpful advice offered by the experts in this program. Leading child psychologists outline effective strategies to help manage your child's temper tantrums and teach your kids how to cope with their own emotions. When it comes to disciplining your child, you'll learn about the four C's of parental conduct—being clear, concise, consistent, and calm. Parent educators demonstrate the best ways to deal with whining and explain how to know when—and when not—to give your children rewards. Created with the best expertise available, this program will make the parent-child relationship a more rewarding and loving one. A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 22-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2003.

A Parent's Guide to Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism  BOOK
Asperger syndrome and high-functioning autism are detected earlier and more accurately today than ever before. Children and teens with these disorders often stand out for their precocious intelligence and language abilities—yet profound social difficulties can limit every aspect of their lives. This hopeful, compassionate guide shows parents how to work with their children's unique impairments and capabilities to help them learn to engage more fully with the world and live as self-sufficiently as possible. From leading experts in the field, the book is packed with practical ideas for helping children relate more comfortably to peers, learn the rules of appropriate behavior, and participate more fully in school and family life. It also explains what scientists currently know about autistic spectrum disorders and how they are diagnosed and treated. Real-life success stories, problem-solving ideas, and matter-of-fact advice on everything from educational placements to career planning make this an indispensable reference that families will turn to again and again.

A Parent's Guide to Identifying and Responding to Childhood Trauma VIDEO
The recent terrorist attacks rank high on the trauma scale, but there are other kinds of childhood trauma. This video helps parents identify and respond to trauma from parental divorce, the death of a parent or sibling, a life threatening accident or illness, extreme school violence, and natural catastrophic disasters, such as earthquakes, tornados and floods, as well as terrorist attacks. The suddenness of the event, the fear produced, the confusion, and the lack of coping skills make these events traumatic for many children. It is important for parents to know what to do in identifying reactions to these events in their children and, in turn the appropriate responses to take.

Parents: Our Most Important Resource VIDEO
This module emphasizes the importance of communicating with and respecting parents throughout the assessment process. Gaining information from parents during registration, as well as working with the parent as a partner throughout the year, is crucial to understanding and charting the growth of the whole child. A variety of progress reports designed for parents by the authors of different curriculum models will be highlighted. All of these forms have a place for the parents to set goals for their child and indicate the next steps that can be taken at home and school to stimulate the child's growth.

Pediatric Brain Development: The Importance of a Head Start VIDEO
"The nation’s children are everybody’s future, and what happens in those first three years, before school, really, really matters to that future," says child development expert Penelope Leach. In this program, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer reports on the neurological connections that form in a child’s brain during pregnancy and early childhood and the long-term effects of sensory stimulation and deprivation during those formative periods. Commentary by Dr. Leach; UCLA’s Dr. Michael Phelps, co-inventor of the PET scan; and others sheds light on topics ranging from the complexities of language acquisition to a possible link between premature birth and ADD. (17 minutes, color)

Phonemes and Phonics VIDEO
This video introduces the smallest unit of sound called phonemes. It stresses the importance of forming sounds correctly with the mouth and how using pictures to identify sounds in conjunction with doing an action (kinesthetic) helps students retain and retrieve information more easily. The National Research Council suggests that phonemic awareness and phonics are learned with great success when taught together. This module demonstrates how a multi-sensory approach helps students remember letters and their appropriate sounds. It also stresses sound awareness of: same and different sounds, onset and rhyme, and how blending individual sounds together makes words.

Phonemic Awareness and Introduction to Print VIDEO
This video begins with an overview of the terms and theories behind phonics and phonemic awareness. The instructors provide detailed, easily understandable definitions of phonemic awareness, phonological awareness, and phonics, providing the foundations of the theories. These definitions aid in understanding all four videos. In addition, the instructors cite vital research explaining the importance of teaching phonemic awareness, from the concrete to the abstract. This method allows the child's brain to commit material to memory more easily and to create connections between sounds, since all the senses are used.

Planning Instruction VIDEO
As they watch veteran teachers plan lessons and then implement them in their classrooms, viewers get a virtual roadmap for developing ages of their young learners, building on content knowledge, using technology as a resource, and crafting valid objectives and assessments - all oriented to state and local standards. Demonstrated in the classroom is how to go from planning to creating engaging lessons. How to use assessments to design instructions, how to weave together many different sources in planning instruction, and how to activate prior knowledge, are all displayed in powerful, real ways. This tape helps lay the foundation for successful planning. Facilitator's guide included.

Plants VIDEO
Switching to plant life, we observe children compare likenesses and differences of seeds. They plant seeds in soil or cotton balls to observe germination and growth. The teachers describe further exploration of different methods of propagation such as seed, leaf, root and stems. They will compare tasting raw and cooked fruits and vegetables. The teachers and children document their activities. Books are used to support learning.

Play VIDEO
Play is an essential medium for learning and developing. This module explores the significance of play to all areas of development. In real life sequences, the social categories and the content of children’s play are demonstrated. The module closes with a description of the adult in facilitating play.

Pregnancy & Birth: Caring and Preparing for the Life Within VIDEO
Module Three offers the viewer a contemporary look at pregnancy and the birth process, and how advances in technology, medicine, and knowledge on the most significant changes in the causes of infertility in both men and women and new methods of assisted reproduction. By tracing the three trimesters of pregnancy, we portray the healthy ways to provide the best prenatal care through diet, exercise and with regular and early visits to the health care practitioner. Current information is provided on what is obtained from the types of prenatal testing. The various selections in childbirth methods and preparation classes for birth are depicted as well as discussion of vaginal delivery and the reasons for caesarian section. For labor and delivery the benefits of supporting roles played by the father, a family member, or friend, and the Doula is explained. This module strategically presents the current knowledge of Caring and Preparing for the Life Within.

Prenatal Development: A Life in the Making VIDEO
In this miraculous story of life itself, we watch as a one-celled zygote grows into a fully functioning human being in just 266 days. The wonder of this beginning life is shown through the details of the three stages of prenatal development. In updating this very thorough process we have added coverage of current thinking in especially critical areas such as brain and neural development, the effects of maternal drug use including Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE), the effects of radiation on fetal development, and the differences in mom chromatic and diachronic monozygotic twins. Good nutrition and malnutrition, maternal illness, and other dermatogens through the mother effect prenatal and future conditions of the child. This module explains the current knowledge of the wider environmental and paternal effects on the child. The module represents a significant update to your audiovisual library and is a "must see" for all students in human development.


Real Kids: What We Learned About Bullying VIDEO
Being bullied at school or at home can leave a child feeling hurt and threatened. This program offers youngsters the strategies to stop the cycle of bully/target behavior. Through a combination of dramatizations and real kids’ revelations, students will identify and begin to understand the motivations and feelings that exist within the bully and the target.

PEER PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION  BOOK
This award-winning book provides an analysis of the genetic/evolutionary, cultural/historical, and developmental aspects of prejudice and discrimination. It emphasizes how certain genetic/evolutionary mechanisms are utilized to both produce and prevent prejudice and discrimination from occurring or to modify these behaviors once established. The goals of the book are to help us understand the limitations of interventions and increase tolerance and acceptance of outsiders. Peer Prejudice and Discrimination, Second Edition is ideal for advanced-level courses on prejudice and/or discrimination taught in departments of psychology, education, and sociology, as well as a valuable addition to any serious scholars personal library.

Peer Rejection - Developmental Processes and Intervention Strategies  BOOK
Addressing the widespread and painful problem of chronic peer rejection, this volume combines up-to-date research and practical strategies for school- and clinic-based intervention. An innovative developmental framework is presented for understanding why certain children face rejection, the peer group dynamics involved, and implications for social-emotional development and mental health. Strategies for assessing rejected children are discussed in detail, with attention to individual social competence variables as well as transactional influences. Clear guidelines are delineated for planning and implementing effective social competence coaching programs, as well as multicomponent interventions and school-based strategies. Providing invaluable recommendations for practice that are solidly grounded in the empirical literature, the book is illustrated throughout with revealing case studies and interviews.

Perception VIDEO
Carried in the womb, carried by their parents, and, finally, carried by their own two feet, children are continuously absorbing the stimuli of their world. In this program, mothers and fathers and a wide range of specialists provide insights into the stages of perception experienced in the first three years of life. Topics related to the perception process include parental roles in child-raising, the daily interactions that mold the physiology of the infant brain, the effect of a child's sex on parental expectations and societal acceptance, and enculturation through naming and ceremonies. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (53 minutes, color)

Perception: The Theories  VIDEO
Can perception be explained in terms of sensation? In this program, the senses, including proprioception, are described; the structuralist, gestalt, constructivist, and direct perception theories are critically analyzed, focusing on both their strengths and weaknesses; and perceptual models such as those of Ulric Neisser and David Marr are presented. Many examples of the perceptual theories are provided. In addition, the roles of Wundt, Wertheimer, Gregory, and Gibson are discussed, along with key perceptual concepts such as Weber’s Law, the Principle of Pragnaz, and the Laws of Proximity, Closure, and Continuity. An excellent overview of perception theory and various interpretations. (48 minutes, color)

Physical Development: The First Five Years VIDEO
In the course of the first five birthdays, a child moves from being physically helpless to virtual mastery of the large and small motor skills. This program spotlights children at each stage of physical development between birth and five years of age. A pediatrician and a child development specialist describe what occurs during those formative years. A Meridian Production. (19 minutes, color)

Play and the Social World: Acquiring Social Intelligence  VIDEO
Designed to be a happy place of imagination and cooperation, a playground is too often a danger zone of intimidation and violence. This ageless program explores the educational value and social dynamics of play while emphasizing the importance of a supportive adult presence in the playground environment. Games and techniques used by teachers and psychologists to help children develop interpersonal skills, articulate their feelings, and reflect on their behavior are included, as is information on playground design. (25 minutes, color)

PLAY IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOTHERAPY  BOOK
Child psychotherapy is in a state of transition. On the one hand, pretend play is a major tool of therapists who work with children. On the other, a mounting chorus of critics claims that play therapy lacks demonstrated treatment efficacy. These complaints are not invalid. Clinical research has only begun. Extensive studies by developmental researchers have, however, strongly supported the importance of play for children. Much knowledge is being accumulated about the ways in which play is involved in the development of cognitive, affective, and personality processes that are crucial for adaptive functioning. However, there has been a yawning gap between research findings and useful suggestions for practitioners. Play in Child Development and Psychotherapy represents the first effort to bridge the gap and place play therapy on a firmer empirical foundation. Sandra Russ applies sophisticated contemporary understanding of the role of play in child development to the work of mental health professionals who are trying to design intervention and prevention programs that can be empirically evaluated. Never losing sight of the complex problems that face child therapists, she integrates clinical and developmental research and theory into a comprehensive, up-to-date review of current approaches to conceptualizing play and to doing both therapeutic play work with children and the assessment that necessarily precedes and accompanies it.

Playing VIDEO
For a child, play is serious fun. This program will help parents, teachers, caregivers, and students understand the complex functions of play. The relationship to objects, whether toys or everyday things, is explored through dozens of scenes of children interacting in classic situations. Discussion by experts and parents and video footage of children at play offer insights into games of imitation, the development of the imagination, stimulation of the senses, and what makes a good toy. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (54 minutes, color)

Playtime VIDEO
This video demonstrates safe, simple, and enjoyable activities for parents to share with their infants.

Positive Discipline: Without Shaking, Shouting, or Spanking  VIDEO
The frustrations of raising a child can lead parents to discipline by shouting, shaking, or spanking, behavior that all too often escalates into abuse. InJoy’s all-new Positive Discipline series shows parents a different way. Using real life scenarios, this video contrasts harmful, reactionary parenting with more effective, positive-parenting techniques that are proven to be healthier for kids. After watching this program, parents will be able to put these new skills into practice and bring harmony into their homes.

Postpartum Care VIDEO
This program will help new mothers understand what to expect during the postpartum period and how to avoid complications.
One 11-minute video. © 2003.

Prenatal Development VIDEO
Research shows that our development in the womb can have a profound influence on our later lives. This video examines the nine months beginning with conception and ending with the birth of a healthy baby—the period of time called prenatal development. In addition this video contains information on the major physical milestones during pregnancy, emphasizing the importance of the expectant mother's health, nutrition, and care and describing the proper development of the baby. It also shares what mothers-to-be can look forward to during these crucial months. Proper prenatal care provides a healthy start and is essential to the entire process of human development. A Meridian Production.
One 21-minute video.

Prenatal to Birth VIDEO
An overview of all stages of embryonic and fetal development, from fertilization to birth. Prenatal testing is also explored. A Meridian Production. (13 min. video)

Preschoolers: Physical & Cognitive Development VIDEO
The longer leaner body of the preschooler is now equipped to learn fine and gross motor skills. Because of improved motor control and coordination, the preschool child can tackle a variety of activities with greater skill and success. As the child enters the stage of preoperational thought, he thinks more symbolically and puts thoughts into expression that communicate his ideas. This video explains the approach of the child in play as he seems to ask, “What does it do?” and “What can I do with it?” Motivated in this way, the child acts on materials and experiments using a wide range of materials in ever-evolving creative ways. The connection between this rich exploratory play and learning mathematics basics and language skills is made. The adults in the child’s life facilitate this learning through providing a stimulating environment with a wide array of materials and supporting the child’s learning.

Preschoolers: Social & Emotional Development VIDEO
The new stage of initiative advances the preschooler into a creative, curious and inquisitive experimenter. These activities are attacked with energy and eagerness. Because of this new area of initiative, the preschooler can experience strong emotions and fears including the issue of separation as the child enters preschool. After, adjustment to school peers become important. Here, new social skills are learned; sharing, cooperating and resolving conflicts in a peaceful manner. Parents and teachers facilitate development of social skills by imposing reasonable limits and teaching social skills in the situation.

The Process of Birth  VIDEO
There is no gainsaying that, no matter how or where in the world, giving birth is stressful for the mother and a drastic reorientation for the child. What is the best birthing position for the mother—lying down, sitting, standing, kneeling, crouching? Should the birth take place in a hospital or a birthing space, and who should be in attendance—doctor, midwife, father? When should the baby be put to the mother’s breast? When does bonding begin? This program shows how different cultures and different individuals within the same culture respond to these questions. (23 minutes, color)

Program Activities: Fostering The Development Of The School Age Child VIDEO
After School Programs offer a large variety of activities that address the whole child. Children pursue their interests by engaging in activities with their peers that support multiple intelligences. Activities that respect and reflect the culture of the children and their exposure to other cultures in order to develop self esteem and respect for others are demonstrated. The focus of the video is to demonstrate how the visual and performing arts, collaboration, journal writing, studies, projects, exploration of materials, documentation and reading contribute to the literacy development of school age children. These activities foster both individual and group projects that lead to problem solving, listening, comprehension and writing skills. In addition, special interests clubs, dance, swimming, and competitive and non-competitive sports are important and contributing to the development to the whole child.

Program Planning: Finding The Balance VIDEO
The NSACA Accreditation standards set the framework for developing appropriate activities for each developmental level. These standards include: Human Relationships, Indoor Environment, Outdoor Environment, Activities, Safety Health and Nutrition and Administration. In this video, center directors and group workers demonstrate how they plan and develop schedules, activities, and trips for children in the context of these standards.

Promoting Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Development  VIDEO
This program presents the proper techniques for caregivers of children with special needs. Topics covered include the importance of encouraging appropriate reactions to the child, from both the caregiver and parents; the importance of stimulation and play; and providing comfort and reassurance to children undergoing medical procedures. Other topics include responding to the child and his or her needs, and knowing how to communicate with special-needs children. (22 minutes, color)

Promoting Family Collaboration  VIDEO
When parents find that they must leave their newborn child at the hospital for treatment, reactions vary. Medical workers and staff must be sensitive to the needs of these parents and understand that families cope with their situations in different ways. This program addresses how doctors and staff can actively encourage parents’ participation in the care of their hospitalized child, recognize the parent as the child’s advocate, and answer the parents’ concerns about their child’s situation. (24 minutes, color)

Promoting Language And Literacy VIDEO
In language meaning is made through the important relationships the young child has. We see the caregivers of the infant, toddler and two year olds as they follow the child in the beginning steps in language and preparation for literacy. Observe the processes skilled caregivers use to listen and respond to the child's communication from nonverbal expressions through use of phrases and sentences.

Psychological Development Before Birth   VIDEO
The development of the individual—as well as that of the species—can be followed in utero. This program shows how it is possible to determine the well-being of the fetus; how, between the fifth and sixth months, the fetus begins to react to sound; and how, in different cultures, mothers-to-be deal with the condition of pregnancy and prepare themselves for the birth. (22 minutes, color)

Raising Non-Violent Children in Violent Times VIDEO
Why is violent behavior among adolescents on the rise, and what can be done to turn them away from violence? This frank and timely program examines the reasons why violence takes hold and offers concrete parenting skills that can be used to counteract such behavior early in a child's life. Experts in the field of child psychology identify risk factors, while teenagers candidly discuss the role that violence plays in their lives. A Meridian Production. (18 minutes, color)

The Rassias Method of Teaching Languages  VIDEO
The language-teaching method of Dartmouth College’s John Rassias is as effective as it is unusual, helping students to more quickly learn any of approximately 180 languages. Filmed at Dartmouth and in China, where Dr. Rassias was invited to teach his verbal-based approach to language acquisition, this classic program documents the lively workshops involving the flamboyant professor and the reserved Chinese teachers who both strive to master his fast-paced methodology and struggle to integrate his techniques into their traditional, reading-oriented curriculum. (52 minutes, color)

Reading Improvement  VIDEO
Reading rate and comprehension can mean the difference between success and failure to students. Three strategies for improving both are presented in this program. The first suggests reading during the day, for short periods in a quiet place, for maximum efficiency. One method demonstrates how to divide words into groups on a page as an effective way of improving reading rate. The SQ3R Strategy (Survey, Question, Read, Recite, and Review), developed by a leading reading expert, is also examined as a strategy for improving reading comprehension. (12 minutes, color)

Real Character/Real People Series   VIDEO SERIES or VIDEO/ DVD
This landmark 7-part video/print curriculum profiles real people of extraordinary character, each of whom is making a difference in our world. Hal Urban, nationally known character education author, moderates student panel discussions to help viewers understand what exemplary character is, why it is important, and how it can be nurtured in every individual.

This series consists of the following products:
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Citizenship
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Courage
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Empathy
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Honesty
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Perseverance
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Respect
Real Character/Real People Series: Profiles in Responsibility

Recognizing Children with Special Needs VIDEO
It's often difficult to determine a solution, unless you know all of the symptoms. This is especially true for parents who see their children less than does their child-care provider. In these cases, it is essential that you, as the child's primary caregiver, not only recognize their special needs, but additionally respond to them. This video describes a wide range of special needs symptoms from minor balance and movement problems to major or grand-mal seizures. (18 min.) A Meridian Production.

RESEARCH MANUAL IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT  BOOK
This unique hands-on lab manual in child development provides great ideas and resources for teaching research courses involving child subjects. It includes projects in psychomotor/perceptual, cognitive, and social development. Projects are preceded by background essays on the history of that topic, related research, theoretical issues, and controversies. Each project has hypotheses to test, detailed procedures to follow, all stimuli, individual and group data sheets, empty tables, suggested statistics, discussion questions, and an updated bibliography.

Respecting Diversity in the Classroom VIDEO
Too often educators look upon a multicultural classroom as a problem to be dealt with rather than a resource to be developed. Using actual classroom situations, this program is a "how to" primer offering innovative ideas about exploring the richness of culture and ethnicity. What is the difference between ethnicity and race? When children don’t respond, is it because of cultural differences or a teacher’s preconceived expectations? What roles can religion and language, both foreign and "street," play in the multicultural framework? What communication strategies best address differences in learning style and social interaction? This excellent workshop resource includes a 56-page facilitator’s guide with reproducible handouts. (60 minutes, color)

Risky Business   VIDEO
Lying, plagiarism, reckless driving, shoplifting, dropping out of school—young adults are confronted repeatedly with decisions that can jeopardize their self-esteem, their reputations, and their entire futures. In this program, psychologists and other experts join students in shedding light on why teens so often take unhealthy risks. Cautionary stories of lives scarred by tragic decisions are balanced by cases of young adults who turned their lives around through changing their behavior. The Youth ChalleNGe Academy, a highly successful military-style academic and mentoring program for select candidates who have dropped out of high school, is profiled. A Discovery Channel Production. (26 minutes, color)

The Role of Teachers & Parents VIDEO
In this module, we see parents and children interacting in a variety of undertakings which encourage the development of literacy. These activities include going to the library, writing a shopping list, reading print on labels, writing notes to a friend, and reading together. The module then shifts to the classroom where teachers demonstrate the specific strategies they use that are designed to assist the children in their growing understanding of print. These approaches include modeling reading and writing, providing children with reading and writing materials, encouraging children to recognize letters, helping them spell words, and asking open-ended questions.

Safe and Sound VIDEO
This program provides tips and suggestions to help parents create a safe environment for their infant. Recommended sleeping positions for baby are also shown.
One 14-minute video. © 2003.

Safety and Health VIDEO
In this program, parents will learn how to make the most of regular pediatrician visits, create and choose safe home and daycare environments, set a safe example, and trust their own parenting instincts.
One 10-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2003.

School Shootings: America’s Tragedy  VIDEO
The 1990s will be remembered in part as a time when America was confronted with an outbreak of adolescents killing families, friends, classmates, and themselves. This riveting program provides an in-depth analysis of the causes and long-term effects of school shootings. Six of these horrific crimes, which culminated in numerous deaths—from the Barry Loukaitis case, in Moses Lake, Washington, to the copycat atrocities in Colorado, Oregon, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi—are profiled, revealing the fault lines running beneath the surface of many suburban communities. Produced by CBS News Productions. (48 minutes, color)

School: The Story of American Public Education  VIDEO
Born out of centuries of conflict and experimentation, America’s public school system is one of the nation’s most significant—but still unfinished—achievements. This four-part series, narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep, is a compelling odyssey that weaves archival footage, rare interviews, and on-site coverage into an unprecedented portrait of public education in America. 4-part series, 55 minutes each.

Self-Esteem  VIDEO
This program focuses on teaching teens how to overcome feelings of inadequacy and replace them with feelings of self-worth, self-respect, and self-confidence. Using real-life examples, the video begins by focusing on the causes of low self-esteem. The second portion of the program shows how to recognize and avoid low self-esteem traps. The final portion of the program demonstrates how to raise one’s self-esteem through positive thinking and realistic goal setting. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 25-minute video.

Self Identity & Sex Role Development VIDEO
The question “Who am I?” is explained in this module. The development of self-identity begins in infancy. By middle childhood, a sense of self and self esteem are well established. The importance of adults in this development is amply demonstrated throughout the module. Through their own observations, and reinforced by others, children acquire ethnic, racial and gender identities. This process is illustrated in the visuals of children at play interacting with parents and other adults, and in scenes of preschoolers at play exploring gender roles. Middle years children are heard grappling with the issue of gender stereotyping.

Sets & Classification: Seriation (Ordering) VIDEO
Sets: Children put things together based on a characteristic.
Classification: children join or separate sets. Sample activities: playing with sets, wearing sets, manipulating materials with a variety of characteristics, using dramatic play kits.
Seriation (Ordering): Children compare more than two things, put them in order in terms of common elements, learning that “three is more than two.” Sample activities: playing with nesting toys, using graduated measuring cups, spoons, taking turns in an order, following a sequence.

Setting The Stage For School Age Care VIDEO
School Age practitioners engage us in a lively discussion of the history of out of school time programs for children ages six through twelve. They describe how centers have evolved from settlement houses into full service agencies and from drop-in recreational settings to more structured clubs and school age programs. In many states, programs are expected to abide by licensing standards, which include staff qualifications, staff ratio and the safety of the environment. In order to promote higher standards of quality, centers are encouraged to achieve the standards for national school age accreditation. Programs serve the needs of working families for their children to be in a positive and safe environment.

Sex, Love, and Babies: How Babies Change Your Marriage VIDEO
A strong foundation for raising a healthy, happy family is a loving relationship between parents. However, along with the joy a new baby brings also comes a new set of stresses on the marital relationship. This program reveals to new parents what kinds of changes to expect and healthy ways to keep the marital relationship on track.

Shape: Parts & Wholes VIDEO
Children learn to recognize and name shapes. Sample activities: playing with toys in various shapes, eating varied-shape crackers, using shapes in creative activities, blocks, movements. Children learn wholes have parts. Later they learn that parts are fractions of wholes. Sample activities: Experiencing things that have parts (bodies, cars, puzzles), separating sets (dishes, toys), dividing wholes (cookies).

Shyness and Assertiveness  VIDEO
Moving from shyness to assertiveness is a painful path for many young people. This program helps make that journey easier by offering insights into reasons for shyness and ways to overcome it, then moves the viewer toward the road to healthy assertiveness. Symptoms of shyness are dramatized in an empathetic way, and methods for building self-esteem and social skills are highlighted. Assertiveness is contrasted with aggressive and passive behavior as viewers see that being assertive means positive, honest, and healthy communication. A Cambridge Educational Production.

Sibling Preparation VIDEO
A new baby in the house can produce mixed reactions from older siblings. This program explores the emotions children of various ages may experience with an addition to the family and how parents can help them adjust.
One 17-minute video. © 2003.

Significant Event : Childhood Trauma VIDEO
Sometimes a single significant event can cause trauma in the life of a child. Such events include the death of a parent or sibling, parental divorce, violence, and natural disasters. If not addressed, significant-event childhood trauma will negatively affect normal and healthy childhood development. Typical effects of trauma are the alarm state, re-experiencing, emotional memory, avoidance, and dissociation. Effective intervention involves openness and honesty, nurturance, and the frank discussion of details.

Skills for Child Care Workers VIDEO
Whether you're currently working with children or preparing for a career in child care, this video will review the basic skills needed to be the most effective caretaker possible. Reviewing techniques will be helpful for you and the children in your care. (15 min.) A Meridian Production.

Skin Deep: Understanding Self-Injury  VIDEO
Each year nearly two million people hurt their own bodies with knives, scissors, glass, cigarettes, candles, and any destructive item they can get their hands on.

In Skin Deep, patients and experts explain why people harm themselves and how they can recover from this secret affliction which affects as many people as anorexia. While the self-inflicted scars may be kept hidden, it’s time to expose information about self-injury to reach young people, educators, and counselors who may have to deal with this emerging issue. In fact, someone you know could be suffering.

Sleep Like a Baby: What Every Parent Needs to Know About Babies and Sleep VIDEO
Recent studies indicate that infant sleep is the number one concern of new parents. Chronic sleep deprivation is stressful, exhausting and affects every aspect of life, including health, work and relationships. This award-winning program helps parents resolve sleep issues with their baby and formulate a plan that's best for their family.

Medical and sleep experts offer advice on the two most popular infant sleep methods, sleep training and co-sleeping, while parents share their own firsthand experiences. The program not only provides practical tools, but also deals with emotional issues, including safety concerns. All information is presented in a neutral forum, without advocating either sleep philosophy.

Social Development in Children VIDEO
Humans are social beings and while we sometimes prefer to be alone, most times we are required to interact and get along with one another. This video charts the development of social skills in children during the first few weeks of life, through the beginning of school. It explains the different stages of social development, as well as how to give encouragement for positive social growth. (16 min.) A Meridian Production.

Sound Manipulation  VIDEO
The highest level of phonemic awareness is demonstrated in this video. We begin with the use of Elkonin Boxes to teach the importance of segmenting sound and blending it back together. The use of finger spelling is taught so that children learn to recognize and how to separate phonemes. Later, phonemes can be used to teach children how to spell words systematically. This video also shows how to teach children to listen to and identify beginning, middle, and ending sounds. These skills are important later on for word attack skills and for helping students to become successful spellers. This video has both a teacher and students demonstrating these skills.

Space : Measurement VIDEO
Children learn relationships in space: direction, position, distance … and the use of space - organization, pattern, construction. Sample activities: using bodies to explore space - on, over, under, into, in front, behind; creating space in constructions, placing objects. Children use a formal or informal standard for determining length, weight, volume, quantity. Sample activities: playing with blocks and water, cooking, growing plants, seeing if things fit in spaces, playing roles involving measuring.

SPSS FOR INTRODUCTORY STATISTICS  BOOK with CD
Designed to help students learn to analyze and interpret research data using basic statistics, this new edition features SPSS 12.0, but can also be used with earlier versions. Each chapter introduces several statistics and provides instructions on how to run them and interpret the output. The authors describe the use and interpretation of these statistics in user-friendly, nontechnical language. The authors demonstrate how to choose the appropriate statistic based on the research design, how to interpret SPSS outputs, how to use SPSS to answer research questions, and how to write about the outputs.

Standardized Tests: Assessing the Price of Failure VIDEO
When leaving no child behind amounts to holding many children back, parents and politicians raise their eyebrows. This ABC News program seeks to understand the ramifications of high-stakes advancement and exit exams—tests that are being used to measure schools’ effectiveness, to allocate funding, and to shape the future of the nation’s children. The dilemma of how to cope with students displaced and emotionally stigmatized by failing these tests is discussed. The importance of keeping students in school until they master essential skills is also considered, as is perhaps the most troubling question of all: what about kids who simply do not test well? (21 minutes, color)

STATISTICS IN PLAIN ENGLISH  BOOK with CD
Statistics in Plain English, 2/e provides a brief, simple overview of statistics to help readers gain a better understanding of how statistics work and how to interpret them correctly. It presents brief explanations of statistical concepts and techniques in simple, everyday language. Each self-contained chapter consists of three sections. The first describes the statistic, including how it is used and what information it provides. The second section reviews how it works, how to calculate the formula, the strengths and weaknesses of the technique, and the conditions needed for its use. The final section provides examples that use and interpret the statistic.

STATISTICAL POWER ANALYSIS  BOOK with CD
This book presents a simple and general method for conducting statistical power analysis based on the widely used F statistic. The book illustrates how these analyses work and how they can be applied to problems of studying design, to evaluate others' research, and to choose the appropriate criterion for defining "statistically significant" outcomes.

Steps and Stages: A Caregiver's Guide to Child Development VIDEO
The most dramatic changes in any person's life occur within the first year. For parents or caregivers, it is vital to know what to expect of a baby's progress in this time. This video provides essential information on developmental milestones associated with a child's first 15 months of life. The program looks at the importance of communication, as well as how to recognize cognitive and motor development, such as palmer and plantar grasp and the Moro reflex. The video addresses the national standards, as well as the standards of the National Coalition for Family and Consumer Sciences Education. A Cambridge Educational Production.
One 20-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2002.

Still Shiny: The Newborn's First 28 Days  VIDEO
Tired of baby care videos that are dry, dull or boring? After all, new babies are anything but! With that in mind, we created Still Shiny, a captivating video that adds a whole new dimension to newborn care. Entertaining, delightful, with plenty of little surprises along the way, Still Shiny is packed with a treasury of need-to-know information for new moms and dads. Using beautiful shots of a diverse group of babies and a uniquely engaging narrative that describes new life from two infants' points of view, this heartwarming and humorous presentation covers every aspect of newborn care. We have just updated this classic bestseller with new information and charming new narrative voices! And now you can send your new parents home with confidence by giving them their own copy of the informative Still Shiny Quick Reference Guide!

Strangers in a Familiar Land: Encounters with Asperger’s Syndrome  VIDEO
Imagine living in a world where sensations are nearly overwhelming—noises louder, colors brighter—and people’s speech and facial gestures are familiar yet somehow indecipherable. Asperger’s syndrome, a neurological disorder that has only recently become widely known, can wreck the lives of its sufferers with fear, frustration, and social isolation. This program looks at how Brian, Leonora, Angus, and Anthony—Asperger’s patients of various ages—cope with the challenges of this ailment. Their poignant interviews reveal that even diagnosis itself can feel like being set free. (19 minutes, color)

Strategic Learning   VIDEO
This program outlines a concise three-step process for understanding and retaining information. The steps include exposure, review, and practice. Class attendance is stressed for maximum exposure to material. Valuable advice is provided on how to distill weekly lecture notes into a meaningful study guide. Methods for retrieving information learned include recitation and group study. (10 minutes, color)

Stress  VIDEO
This program teaches the causes and effects of stress along with specific techniques for controlling it. With clear language it covers the psychological, physiological, and emotional effects of stress. Utilizing drama and humor, the video covers a variety of stress control techniques including breathing, muscle relaxation, exercise, as well as a variety of cognitive approaches. Emphasis is placed on accepting and expressing feelings, developing communication, and setting realistic goals. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 20-minute video.

Stress Management   VIDEO
Stress, when carefully managed, can actually facilitate academic achievement. Reinforced by on-screen lists and a review segment at the end, this program first defines stress and then promotes three core strategies for dealing with it: a positive attitude, a healthy lifestyle, and relaxation techniques. The harmful aspects of unmanaged stress, which include an increased susceptibility to physical illness, clinical depression, and substance abuse, are also discussed. (10 minutes, color)

Struggling with Life: Asperger’s Syndrome VIDEO
Chad is mesmerized by trains. Mikki’s passion is washers and dryers. And for Derek, life is a game show, where he is the host and anyone within listening range is a contestant. While these boys might seem like any other children, their intense obsessions are early symptoms of Asperger’s syndrome. In this program, ABC News correspondent Jay Schadler reports on that neurological disorder, which makes normal interactions with peers virtually impossible. Studies conducted by Yale University’s Fred Volkmar shed light on both the compulsive fixations and the difficulties in comprehending facial expressions that characterize Asperger’s patients. (14 minutes, color)

Student Workshop: Study Skills for Kids VIDEO
Students will discover the skills they need to become confident and independent learners with the help of "Buddy, the Study Buddy." Entertaining and upbeat, "Buddy" shows kids how to get organized, read a textbook and develop an outline for writing reports. Students are sure to be encouraged and empowered after their visit from "Buddy, the Study Buddy."

The Study of Attention VIDEO
Do we really have to pay attention to control and direct all our behavior? How is it that we focus our attention on one input or stimulus and ignore the rest? This program answers these questions by examining the following concepts: the selective attention models of Broadbent and Triesman are described using real-life examples such as air traffic controllers; divided attention theories are described and evaluated; and the area of visual attention is illustrated by the demonstration of the visual search technique and the Stroop test. (43 minutes, color)

The Study of Memory VIDEO
This program introduces the basic terms used in the study of memory such as encoding and storage and retrieval, and looks briefly at the historical ideas about memory. Modern theories are explained using diagrams and real-life examples, and the program then goes on to discuss current research in the area of everyday memory. The reasons for forgetting are explored and the biological basis of memory outlined. In addition, the program examines ways of improving memory. The program emphasizes the radical shift from laboratory-based research to the study of memory in everyday life. The program also includes eight exercises for viewers to take part in, including memory tests and a video clip of a robbery to test recall for eyewitness testimony. (74 minutes, color)

Study of the Child: Theories of Development VIDEO
This video presents child development theories in action: cognitive, psychosexual, psychosocial, behaviorist, social learning, and sociocultural. The video focuses on the fact that theories often force caregivers to dwell on "parts" rather than "the whole child." A realistic interpretation of theories from Piaget, Freud, Erickson, Gesell, Skinner, and Vygotsky will clearly show the contradictions and lead to powerful discussion about how theories have impacted child development education. Not available for preview.
One 29-minute video.

Students as Multimedia Authors VIDEO
Multimedia used to be the province of professionals, but today even 2nd-graders are making high-tech presentations. This program illustrates the process of multimedia authorship, in which teachers serve as facilitators and students learn how to learn. Classroom footage from grades two to twelve shows how students go about researching, planning, constructing, presenting, and assessing their projects, which include slide shows, digitized movies, and electronic portfolios. The impact of brainstorming, peer tutoring, and creative collaboration on communication skills and socialization is underscored. (49 minutes, color)

Success and Failure at P.S. 27, Part 1 VIDEO
Over the course of this three-segment program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel tracks the progress of Lesley-Diann Jones’ combined class of fourth- and fifth-graders, from opening day in September to February 1st, when the students re-took the state English exam that they had failed the previous year. Amidst Ms. Jones’ efforts to help her students improve their learning and test-taking abilities, other dramas unfolded involving stubborn parents, disruptive classroom behavior, deadline pressure, and a dispute over a promised bonus for compressing two years’ worth of teaching into one. (56 minutes, color)

Success and Failure at P.S. 27, Part 2 VIDEO
How does a teacher develop the skill, courage, and stamina to teach disadvantaged youth—the children given up on by virtually everyone else? In this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel delivers three more reports on Lesley-Diann Jones and her class, covering January to graduation day in June. In addition to her concerns over chronic absenteeism and the future prospects of her students, Ms. Jones was forced to deal with one student who made a death threat against a classmate and another who alleged that Ms. Jones had publicly humiliated her. A retrospective segment completes the program. (57 minutes, color)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: An Update VIDEO
Several thousand seemingly healthy babies die in their sleep each year. The silent killer? Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). Although significant advances have been made to combat many forms of cancer and other serious illnesses, doctors remain baffled at the cause of SIDS. This video explores what is known about SIDS at this time and discusses good health practices that can reduce some risk factors. Physicians and other health experts discuss appropriate prenatal care and examine child sleeping positions, parental smoking, and other factors. Although SIDS remains a leading cause of death in infants, this video shows that there is no blame for this sad and silent syndrome. An excellent program for future parents, child care providers, and anyone else who has responsibility for infants. (17 min.) A Meridian Production.

Talking VIDEO
For the newborn, the notion of coexistence—that there are others in their world with whom they can communicate—begins with crying. In this program, researchers and other experts join with parents to discuss the steps children go through in mastering their mother tongue. Topics include the process of cognition, a baby's ability to make use of body language and semiotic gestures, babbling as a precursor to language acquisition, timeframes for learning to speak, and growing up in a multilingual home. Not available in French-speaking Canada. (55 minutes, color)

Taking Care of Me   VIDEO
Harsh taunting will cause some to turn inward and silently obsess. Unrelenting stress will cause others to lash out, in a transfer of aggression. This program considers crucial themes related to emotional health in the competitive worlds of elementary, middle, and high school, including developing character, making peace with one’s body image, and coping with stressors constructively. Expressing pent-up feelings through talking and journaling as well as through poetry, music, and other arts is recommended. Psychologists, psychiatrists, and a behavioral pediatrician add their stamp of authority to the video. A Discovery Channel Production. (26 minutes, color)

A Teacher Affects Eternity  VIDEO
Since the 1830s, public schools have spread into every corner of America. Then and now, what kind of people have been called to teach in these schools? This program explores the importance of educators in the lives of their students, emphasizing a teacher’s influence as role model, as upholder of society’s norms, and even as agent of social change. Dedicated women who spent their careers teaching newly freed slaves and turn-of-the-century teachers of immigrants are profiled, as well as exemplary instructors of today’s struggling teenagers. Education reformer Theodore Sizer, education historian David Tyack, and author Frank McCourt are featured. (56 minutes, color)

Teacher/Child Interaction VIDEO
Helping children to develop self-discipline, problem-solving skills and a stronger sense of themselves is the focus here. This program targets positive and proven-effective strategies teachers can use to help children learn to become more self-disciplined and self-confident.

Teacher Strategies & Assessment VIDEO
This module begins with the presentation of children’s books preferred by the teachers and children. The criteria for selection of books is discussed. In addition to picture books, children are introduced to big books, books on tape and computers. Functional uses of literacy are seen in the picture and word charts and labels which acquaint children of the daily schedule, their daily chores, classmates’ names, and placement of toys and equipment. Reading and writing materials are not limited to the library area and writing or art center but are also in the housekeeping and block centers to encourage children to include literacy in all their learning activities. The module ends with a consideration of developmentally appropriate assessment of children’s literacy and how assessment aids teachers in planning the curriculum.

The Teacher's View VIDEO
In this video we deal with how teachers think about guidance and discipline, the influences affecting them in determining what they consider either acceptable or challenging behavior, and why they think children's behavior should be considered as "mistaken" rather than "wrong." Teachers also discuss the importance of teamwork and staff suport in helping them deal with the challenging behavior more prevalent in the new millennium.

Teaching Lessons and Learning Lessons in the Special Ed Classroom  VIDEO
This timeless, down-to-earth program shares the hard-won experiences of an award-winning special ed teacher. Speaking with an engaging mix of candor, earnestness, and passion, he explains how personal introspection, collaboration with other staff members, promoting trust, structuring the academic environment, instilling success, and developing teacher/student interdependence have transformed his classroom into a place where students thrive. Part success story, part how-to manual, the program is an excellent source of ideas and inspiration for teachers of all types of students. (26 minutes, color)

Teaching with Television: ESL VIDEO
How television is successfully integrated into a beginning-level ninth grade ESL curriculum is the topic of this informative program. During actual classroom scenes, we see how television puts the meaning of words into context for ESL students through visual imagery, and how that imagery is used to reinforce both old and new vocabulary. ESL teachers at all grade levels will find this program a valuable teaching resource. (27 minutes, color)

Teaching Writing: A Process Approach—Level  VIDEO
In sports, a good coach is part of the team, and emphasizes participation rather than final scores. This video outlines a similar approach to the teaching of writing: the process model, in which the instructor treats students as fellow writers involved in a creative and unpredictable progression of ideas and actions. With commentary from veteran writing instructors—including Dr. Lois Matz Rosen, author of Within and Beyond the Writing Process in the Secondary English Classroom, and Michael Steinberg, author of The Writer’s Way: A Process Approach to Writing—the video explores individual and group activities that facilitate steps in the process. Real-life classroom scenes showcase teachers achieving results by circulating among students with encouragement and constructive advice. Accompanying the video is a workbook containing a teacher workshop outline and activities, as well as teacher resources, tools, and student-based learning projects. A stylish, inspiring guide to an effective and thoroughly tested teaching method, the Teaching Writing package offers a winning game plan for any composition, journalism, or creative writing instructor. A viewable/printable teacher’s guide is available at www.cambridgeeducational.com. A Cambridge Educational Production.


Teen Breastfeeding: The Natural Choice  VIDEO
Upbeat and enthusiastic, Volume I motivates teens to breastfeed. A diverse group of
teen mothers present their real-life stories of fitting breastfeeding into an active teen lifestyle including school, work and social time. Conveniently divided into five sections for easy classroom use.


Teen Dads’ Point of View  VIDEO
The majority of information and intervention programs in recent years have primarily focused on teen mothers. This program addresses an aspect of teen pregnancy that few, if any, other programs have dealt with—teen pregnancy from the teen father’s point of view. This insightful video is structured to provide an in-depth look at how young men deal with sex, birth control, and the pregnancy of a girlfriend. It also discusses how society is changing how it deals with teen fathers. This program takes a look at teen pregnancy, its costs to society, young mothers and the children that are born out of teen sex, and how young men are or are not dealing with this issue. Interviews with professionals present the hard facts about what happens when someone gets pregnant. Teen Dads’ Point of View is broken into four sections—attitudes toward sex, attitudes toward pregnancy, attitudes toward fatherhood, and making responsible young fathers. The final section discusses the involvement of a new father, incentives for establishing paternity, how to develop parenting skills, and encourages teens to abstain from sex as long as possible. A wonderful video program for starting discussions and helping young people realize and understand what is involved in teen parenthood.

Teen Pregnancy: Reel Stories, Real Life VIDEO
Being a teenager is difficult enough. Try being a parent at the same time! This program follows the stories of three young women with unplanned pregnancies—15-year-old Valerie, 17-year-old Karina, and 18-year-old Sara. The program also presents another couple, Amanda and Tomas, who have chosen abstinence. In three segments, the teens are interviewed over the course of their pregnancies and after they have become mothers. In this emotional roller-coaster, labor might be the least of their difficulties as Karina and Sara's boyfriends eventually walk out, Sara decides to create an adoption plan for her baby, and none of the young women return to school.
One 15-minute video and teacher's guide. © 2002

Teens Dealing with Death  VIDEO
Maybe it’s hearing about friends, driving home from a dance, who get into a car wreck that no one survives. Or a fellow student—the one who wears a bandanna to hide what chemotherapy has done to her hair—one day fails to show up for homeroom. Or an announcement over the school’s PA system: "There will be a memorial service this afternoon…" For many young people, this will be their first exposure to death. How can teachers and school administrators help guide them through the experience? This program features Camp Comfort Zone, in Virginia, where viewers meet teens who have come to spend a weekend of talking, enjoying the outdoors, and sharing their grief over someone they’ve lost. The stories range from suicide, to sudden death, to terminal illness, and as the camp weekend progresses, viewers see how veteran campers help first-timers release their feelings. As healing and personal growth continue, an amazingly positive spirit, in most cases, actually overshadows the sadness.

Teens: What Makes Them Tick?  VIDEO
Raging hormones. Exploding sexual passion. Rebellion punctuated by tattoos, pierced lips, and unfathomable music. What happens during the teen years to make kids so different? In this fascinating ABC News special, John Stossel talks to a variety of teens and their parents and visits the Harvard Medical School’s Brain Imaging Center to reveal some surprising physiological reasons for teen behavior. He also discovers a social hierarchy among teens (the influencers, the conformers, the passives, and the edge kids) that is responsible for most fads, and talks with a psychologist and therapist about the secrets to successful parental nurturing: have rules but make them few, allow room for mistakes, and lecture less and listen more. (41 minutes, color)

The Teen Years: Ages 13 to 18  VIDEO
"You don’t understand me!" From generation to generation, that age-old outburst has characterized the parent/teen relationship. This program illustrates how to encourage teenage independence while using positive discipline techniques that promote taking responsibility for actions and behavior. Footage of real families is combined with expert explanations of how to use democratic discipline, honest communication, and other techniques to make this challenging time of life a time of growth for all. A pre-discipline review of the stresses in the teen’s life is also recommended. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 42-minute video.

TELEVISION AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT  BOOK
Television continues to play a major role in the lives of most children and adolescents, but current research also reflects the explosive growth in new technologies and their widespread use by young people. Integrating information from communication literature as well as from child development and other psychological domains, author Judith Van Evra presents a summary and synthesis of what is currently known about the media's impact on children's physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development, to help discern the complex and significant interplay between other forces in a child's life and the use of various media.

Theories of Development VIDEO
Overview of theory in action. Theories include: cognitive, psychosexual, psychosocial, behaviorist, social learning, and sociocultural. Explains the concept of the “whole child” and shows how theories tend to focus on only part. Gives examples of how one theory can contradict another. Theorists include: Piaget, Freud, Erickson, Gesell, Skinner, Vygotsky.

The Third Sex   VIDEO
Two sexes drive the reproductive cycle. Yet for some, the fundamental physiology of male or female is not readily apparent. This program examines intersexuality through four case studies: ambiguous genitalia deriving from a missing sex chromosome, Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, 5-Alpha-Reductase Deficiency in an insular Caribbean community, and hermaphroditism in South Africa. The issue of societal acceptance is addressed as well, along with the vital importance of emotional support and counseling. Contains nudity A Discovery Channel Production. (53 minutes, color)

Those Who Can … Teach   VIDEO
Historically, America has displayed an ambivalence toward public school teachers, expecting much from them while frequently offering little respect, meager pay, and inadequate working conditions. This program traces the evolution of teaching as a profession, honoring educators who risked everything to stand up for teachers’ rights. Stanford University’s Linda Darling-Hammond; Lorraine Monroe, of the School Leadership Academy; and others talk about issues such as training, unionization, standards, bureaucracy, and professional growth, while four intern teachers share the lessons of their baptisms of fire. (56 minutes, color)

Three to Five VIDEO
Investigates the development of individuality and gross motor skills along with the first stages of socialization and self-awareness. A Meridian Production. (16 min.)

Through the Looking Glass: The Mirror and the Self-Conscious  VIDEO
When do humans develop self-consciousness and recognition of others as separate beings? Do these psychological advancements occur differently in animals? Many scientists think so, using the most advanced of scientific equipment to base their conclusions: the common mirror. This engaging and sometimes surprising documentary builds a case for the mirror’s role in determining the stages of psychological progress in humans and animals. Field experiments conducted by Jim Anderson, researcher in psychology at Sterling University in Scotland, illustrate how the mirror’s secrets teach much about the intelligence of the animal world. (52 minutes, color)

Time Management   VIDEO
Three strategies to help students make better use of their time are presented in this program. They include the development of a term calendar on which students list important academic "events," such as term-paper deadlines and exam dates. A weekly schedule allows students to assess available time and make the most of it. A daily "To-Do List" helps students avoid last-minute cramming for exams and other academic projects. (18 minutes, color)

.Toddler Trouble! VIDEO
Show frustrated moms and dads how to handle adventurous toddlers during this roller coaster stage of childhood. This video follows three families who seek top experts for guidance on the all-too-familiar clashes: how to stop little Pierce from demanding Mommy's time when she's trying to make dinner; how to gradually move Kaitlyn off the pacifier without her throwing a tantrum; and how to help Julia conquer her fear of the crib so Mom and Dad can sleep in peace! In the world of the toddler—where motion is the name and everything's a game—parents need to learn how to hang on! Footage of births and a C-section is included.
One 45-minute video. © 2004.

The Toddler and Preschool Years  VIDEO
Bedtime tantrums, poor mealtime manners, whining for attention, refusing to share—all are typical behaviors in young children that can test the patience of the most devoted parent or caregiver. Filmed with real families, this program shows how to use positive discipline techniques such as timeouts and problem-solving to guide youngsters into better behavior. A pre-discipline review is also suggested: Is the child tired or hungry? Bored or frustrated? Or maybe even frightened? A Cambridge Educational Production.

Toddler-hood: Physical & Cognitive Development  VIDEO
The toddler stage of physical development begins with the discovery of walking. This action of walking significantly changes the way the toddler sees and examines the world and manipulates objects. At the same time ongoing brain development correlates with significant new mental abilities. These new abilities include exploration and experimentation as the child moves past his first birthday. Next mental representation is seen as the ability to mentally use symbols to represent objects, to pretend, and to use language meaningfully. Along with this cognitive development, language is expanded. A stimulating environment and support from adults are seen to be essential for growth of the toddler in physical skills, intellectual growth and language development.

To Talk VIDEO
Why do babies—from their very first day of birth—prefer the sound of another human's voice over every other sound? Is language learned in the womb? How is it that infants can distinguish sounds of other languages from their own native tongue? And why does this process stop after ten months? Using the most current research from internationally recognized expert Dr. Andrew Meltzoff and other leading psychologists specializing in infant communication, this program explores the baby's linguistic journey, from cooing to "Motherese" during the initial months, and on to the "Language Explosion" after the first year. A Discovery Channel Production. (52 minutes, color)

To Think VIDEO
Featuring over a dozen short experiments conducted by researchers from universities across the nation, this multifaceted program investigates how infants learn to grasp the rules of logic. From knowing the patterns of light and darkness that make up a parent's face to deducing the many examples of object permanence, from basic knowledge of addition and subtraction to understanding other people's intentions, the baby human's mind is always expanding. A comprehensive study of how babies develop their consciousness and a sense of place in the world. A Discovery Channel Production. (52 minutes, color)

To Walk VIDEO
A crawling baby can cover a distance of three football fields in a single day. Yet the destiny of the baby human is not to crawl, but to walk. This delightful program uses stimulating experiments—conducted by Indiana University Professor of Psychology Esther Thelen, and Dr. Karen Adolph, from New York University—to assess motor development in infants as they learn to take their first steps. Remarkable evidence is used to argue that new crawlers are unable to assess danger, fear of heights is linked to expansion of peripheral vision, and babies must learn and relearn lessons to adapt to their environment. A Discovery Channel Production. (52 minutes, color)

TOYS, GAMES, AND MEDIA  BOOK
This book is a state-of-the-art look at where toys have come from and where they are likely to go in the years ahead. The focus is on the interplay between traditional toys and play, and toys and play that are mediated by or combined with digital technology. As well as covering the technical aspects of computer mediated play activities, the authors consider how technologically enhanced toys are currently used in traditional play and how they are woven into childrens' lives. The authors contrast their findings about technologically enhanced toys with knowledge of traditional toys and play. They link their studies of toys to goals in education and to entertainment and information transfer.

Training And Support Are Key VIDEO
Education Coordinators and Directors discuss the importance of initial training and on-going training for their staff and for themselves. They describe how they were instructed in the particular curriculum assessment model which they use. They also describe how they share this information with their staff and how they provide support and continuous training throughout the year. Educators and trainers emphasize that it is the fine-tuning of the assessment process that is crucial to the valid assessment of young children. An education coordinator training her staff illustrates this process. Issues that have been experienced while training teachers in various assessment techniques are also discussed. Instructors agree that training teachers who have different levels of writing skills, computer skills and knowledge of child development is a challenge. Trainers agree that finding time - time to train, time to provide on-going support, time for teachers to make observations and collate data - is another important issue they must address. The importance of being able to link assessment information to curriculum, and how teachers can plan based on this information is also presented.

Trauma and Healing VIDEO
Adults who have suffered trauma in childhood often have difficulty expressing anger. This program features trauma expert Jane Middleton-Moz who states that “Anger can be like a balloon. You keep blowing it up until it finally pops, and then only look at the result of the popping. But we also have to look at the blowing up process, which is often the pain and rage caused by childhood trauma.”

Treating Parent-Infant Relationship Problems - Strategies for Intervention  BOOK
Within a developmental framework, this book presents a range of effective approaches to treating early relationship difficulties and promoting more sensitive and responsive parenting. Clinicians are guided to understand the different types of problems that parents have with infants and to determine how a given family might best be served--whether by addressing health concerns that are affecting infant behavior, modifying parental beliefs or expectations, or targeting key caregiving skills. Leading experts detail their respective therapeutic models in a practical, clinician-friendly format, including intervention guidelines and illustrative case material. Special topics covered include working with families of infants with special needs and with those at risk for child maltreatment.

Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder VIDEO
Found in both children and adults, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is looked upon by some as having a physiological cause while others see it as a psychological disorder. This program offers diverse and candid opinions from both sides of the debate. Is medication the best treatment, or is behavior modification combined with increased structure and discipline the preferable course? A classroom teacher, a social worker, a behavior specialist, a pediatrician, and a parent with twins who have ADHD offer their insights. A Meridian Production. (20 minutes, color)

Understanding Hate Crimes: A Service for Jeremy  VIDEO
Interspersed with comments and opinions from a variety of professionals, this fast-paced drama explores the doubts, prejudices, compassion, inhumanity, and overall decency of a group of teens at what could easily be any high school in the country. What would you do if this happened at your school? Do you really think no one would care?

Understanding Learning Disabilities VIDEO
How could a child be a top math student yet not be able to read? Why can another child read well but not be able to write a paragraph that makes sense? While watching children being taught new ways to learn, this program offers expert insight into the nature of learning disabilities, why learning disabilities may also be accompanied by ADHD or social disorders, and what can be done to help children learn to compensate and succeed. A Meridian Production. (16 minutes, color)

Understanding Parenting Styles VIDEO
Parenting styles are often a combination of a parent's own personality with the parenting role models she or he grew up with. The authoritarian style imposes will through rigid rules and allows little flexibility or freedom. A permissive style has few rules and abdicates power. And the democratic style is a blend of the two, sharing power and encouraging children to make good decisions and think for themselves. Using three vignettes, this program shows teens interacting with their parents in stressful situations that demonstrate the traits of each parenting style. A Meridian Production. (27 minutes, color)

Understanding Parenting Styles: Authoritarian-Democratic-Permissive  VIDEO
Parenting styles are often a combination of a parent’s own personality with the parenting role models she or he grew up with. The authoritarian style imposes will through rigid rules and allows little flexibility or freedom. A permissive style has few rules and abdicates power. And the democratic style is a blend of the two, sharing power and encouraging children to make good decisions and think for themselves. Using three vignettes, this program shows teens interacting with their parents in stressful situations that demonstrate the traits of each parenting style. A Meridian Production. (27 minutes, color)

Understanding Prejudice   VIDEO
This thought-provoking program discusses the nature of prejudice and the effect it has on individuals and society as a whole. Begins with a historical overview and defines key terms such as prejudice, discrimination, and bigotry. Interviews provide insight into different kinds of prejudices and stereotypes. Some topics discussed include multiculturalism, homosexuality, politically correct language, the role of the media, and religion. Hear first-hand various opinions about prejudice, personal experiences of discrimination, as well as successful approaches to promoting tolerance. This video serves as a tool to provoke thought, discussion, and understanding of crucial issues that affect us all.

Unequal Education VIDEO
This program with Bill Moyers compares the everyday experiences of two New York City middle school students and contrasts political rhetoric with the reality of American schooling. A profile of the two students and their different schools points out the inequalities of our current system and how disproportionate funding affects the quality of education. The program also features advocates for educational reform, who debate what the Democratic and Republican parties can do to improve schools. Among those interviewed are John Chubb, author of Politics, Markets, and America’s Schools, and Jonathan Kozol, author of Savage Inequalities. (40 minutes, color)

Values  VIDEO
In this entertaining video, four students play the values auction. They begin with $1,000.00 and must decide on which values they are willing to spend it. If they bid but don’t win, they lose their bids. Whoever wins must explain why the value is important. Values covered include creative expression, helping others, family, power, security, achievements, and others. A Cambridge Educational Production. One 22-minute video.

Video One: Social Work VIDEO
An Introduction to social work, examines the three additional disciplines, i.e., addictions, human growth and development and justice studies, from a social work perspective. The video focuses on the theory that recovery from poverty and/or physical, psychological or spiritual illness requires a holistic approach. And, if a social services
professional is to successfully identify and engage the client in a process that can lead to healing and wholeness, he/she must focus on, and treat, the intellectual, emotional, physical, environmental and spiritual realms. The video offers the viewer a multifaceted look at the topics by presenting live-action classroom dialogues with practitioners in criminal justice, addictions, and social work; students; and subject matter experts.

Video Two: Human Growth And Development VIDEO
In Human Growth and Development our panel and our experts explore why becoming a true human services professional depends so heavily on understanding the people we encounter, and how victimization has influenced who they have become," why" and "how" they became that way, and how best we can serve them. Focusing on the integrative model, the platform of presenting victims with options that can help them toward a path to wholeness, versus remaining situational or attitudinal victims, who encounter the social services continuum time and again. Stimulating Iive-action classroom dialogues, subject matter expert commentary, and insights from Dr. Sammie Dortsch are used to illustrate and support the topic, and provide the viewer with real-life theory and practical observations.

Video Three : Addictions VIDEO
No matter what the addiction, for people who are addicted, it is a form of escape, or a way to fill a void that is missing in one's life. Addictions take many forms, and know no boundaries when it comes to race, religion, gender, or class. For many, addictions not only lead to emotional and physical misery, but they can also lead to the criminal justice system. This video views addictions from a holistic perspective mind, body and spirit - with an explanation for the increasing rate of addictions in our culture as being reflective of a loss of a fundamental
element - rituals that initiate the individual into the society. This view sees rituals that have historically satisfied psychological needs related to being and belonging as for the most part now lost to us. This perspective does not deny the significance of several other origins of the culture of addiction such as biochemical genetic predisposition, undiagnosed medical problems, primary psychiatric illness, developmental crisis, disturbance in the nuclear or extended family, network of peer relationships, cultural norms or personality disorders.

Video Four : Criminal Justice VIDEO
This video focuses on the criminal justice system and its role in protecting society while attempting to rehabilitate those who are incarcerated. A close look is given to the current events in the justice system - e.g., the odd phenomenon of national crime statistics reporting a decrease in crime while the number of persons in prison is increasing. In addition, the video explores the topics related to why people commit crimes in the first place; how the criminal justice system can victimize those who commit crimes; how being incarcerated most often leads to recidivism; and the viewers see how social service professionals, can best use education, prevention and intervention, and then offer the ex-offender options with which to break the cycle that keeps them coming back for three host and a cot.
 

Visual History Testimonies    VIDEO
After filming Schindler’s List, Steven Spielberg established the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation with an urgent mission: to videotape and preserve the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and witnesses. This gripping program—a moving collection of some of the nearly 52,000 that comprise the Shoah Foundation archive—is an outstanding tool for promoting dialogue on the suffering caused by hatred and on approaches to building bridges of understanding and tolerance. (45 minutes, color)

Water & Sand VIDEO
Presents children playing and learning at the water table with containers of various sizes and shapes. Sponges, pieces of wood and metal are added. Teachers describe activities outside when children paint with brushes and water, take rain walks and visit beaches to play in water and sand. Working in water, the children experience objects
sinking and floating, making waves, fill and empty containers and watch as paddle wheels illustrate the power of water in making things move. At the sand table, they get a hands-on learning experience with wet and dry sand, noting how both differ, and what can be done with each. They can also explore mud at the sand table.

We All Get Wet When It Rains  VIDEO
In some ways, we are all alike; in other ways, we are all different, but sometimes all we can see are the differences. Too often, children don’t know how to relate to those who have physical or mental disabilities. This video features a charming puppet who shows children that it’s important to accept people for who they are. Viewers see children with and without disabilities interacting comfortably. A comprehensive leader’s guide provides concrete suggestions for creating a natural and comfortable atmosphere in the classroom and for handling questions, fears and prejudices that may arise. This is an excellent way to bring up a difficult subject! A Meridian Production. (22 min.)

Weather, Light & Shadows VIDEO
Presents an exciting look at the weather through observed activities such as the use of thermometers to track temperature change; how temperature affects the type of clothing to wear; using a lamp and screen to study shadow indoors, and following bubbles to observe wind direction. Teachers describe other activities such as walking in the rain to sensitize children to the force of downpours, collecting snowflakes and playing with snow. A virtual treasure chest of early “scientific” childhood development and learning.

What is Childhood Trauma? VIDEO
There are sixteen to twenty million children and adolescents currently at risk for developing trauma-related problems. These problems include anxiety, depression, substance abuse, failure at school, susceptibility to victimization and abuse, and criminality. Many healthcare systems, teachers, and caregivers are only now beginning
to recognize and address the problem. This program presents an overview of the effects of childhood trauma on the individual and on society.
 

What Should I Do? The Basics of First Aid  VIDEO
Knowing what to do until medical assistance arrives is what first aid is all about. This video will prepare viewers to respond safely in emergency situations. Along with CPR and treating for shock, the program shows how to respond to minor injuries such as cuts, burns, sprains, and strains; how to recognize and care for heat and cold injuries; what to do in case of poisoning, bites, or stings; and how to pack a first aid kit with all the essential contents. Taken into consideration in developing the video were the national educational standards and the standards of the National Association for Sport & Physical Education. A Cambridge Educational Production.

What’s a Teacher For? The Nurturing No-Nonsense Classroom VIDEO
This program is based on a cross-disciplinary educator workshop in which Indiana University choir director James Mumford employed choral singing as a tool for participant self-discovery and education. As students, the participants came to grips with the fear of public performance as they experienced firsthand Mumford’s empowering method of instruction, which involves creating a climate of trust, gently holding everyone to high standards, stimulating engagement through passion, and validating others’ difficult past experiences without being constrained by them. Footage of the participants back in the classroom illustrates how the workshop’s lessons translate to the real world. (41 minutes, color)

What’s Health Got to Do with It? Young Women Speak Out  VIDEO
This engaging documentary follows a diverse group of 16 teenage girls as they explore the meanings of physical, mental, and emotional health in their lives. Filmed over a four-week course at Smith College, the young women share their candid views on topics such as body image, depression, eating disorders, relationships, sexual orientation, sexuality, and violence. An honest and ultimately moving portrayal of the unrelenting pressures in the lives of adolescent females today that will resonate with parents, educators, and students. (53 minutes, color)

When Words Hurt    VIDEO
When friends or siblings argue they might say hurtful things to each other, but it is not the same as "hate speech" or racist speech. In a series of engaging interviews, this video, hosted by MTV News anchor Suchin Pak, shows young people how to distinguish between unkind words and "hate speech," pointing out along the way the sometimes subtle characteristics of such verbal attacks. The program is designed to engage students’ sense of social responsibility by creating an awareness of personal and cultural diversity, developing empathy for victims of these hateful words. Contains inflammatory language. A Cambridge Educational Production.

When Your Baby Is Sick VIDEO
Nothing can be more distressing to a new parent than not knowing how to help when baby is sick. This program gives clear demonstrations of how to take an infant's temperature using a digital thermometer and how to measure and give prescription medication.
One 11-minute video. © 2003.

Windows on the Mind: Children’s Drawings  VIDEO
Jean Piaget believed that children go through a universal developmental process that is clearly reflected in their drawings. Is Piaget’s theory valid, and if so, to what extent does culture influence that process? In this timeless program, Peter Willatts, of the University of Dundee; Edith Bavin, of La Trobe University; and other researchers compare and contrast the drawing schemas of Scottish children from Dundee and Aborigine children from Yuendumu in an effort to answer those questions. (25 minutes, color)

Without Pity: A Film about Abilities   VIDEO
This HBO documentary, narrated by Christopher Reeve, celebrates the efforts of people with disabilities to live full, productive lives. We meet a cross-section of Americans. A young woman with cerebral palsy cares for her baby, while a man with cerebral palsy lives successfully on his own after 40 years in a long-term care facility. We go to school with a remarkable 6-year-old without arms or legs, visit the workplace of a computer expert who is blind, and meet a professor with polio who teaches the history of discrimination against people with disabilities. A young man, recently made quadriplegic, discusses his daily battle with depression and his determination to overcome it and get on with his life. This program applauds the resilience and potential of people turning disabilities into "diff-abilities" in their determination to be self-sufficient. (56 minutes, color)

Working as a Team   VIDEO
This program stresses the importance of teamwork, not just among the medical staff, but also between the staff and the families of special-needs children. Team-building starts with inclusion, listening, and trust. Questions such as, "What do you expect from the hospital stay?" and "What are your goals for your child?" allow the parents to voice their concerns and to participate in their child’s recovery. (20 minutes, color)

Working with Children VIDEO
Traditionally, those interested in working with children might consider teaching, working in a daycare center, or pediatric medicine. This program examines alternative positions offering the opportunity to work with children of different ages and the qualifications necessary for those jobs. A nanny, social worker, non-faculty school worker, and retail salesperson describe their job responsibilities and explain why they find their work so enjoyable. A Meridian Production. (23 minutes, color)

You, Your Body and Puberty  VIDEO
Join Tyler, Vanessa, Sam and Michelle, four friends who have been buddies since kindergarten, as they begin to observe and understand puberty. These boys and girls notice changes in themselves and each other--physical changes, emotional changes and changes in how they react to one another. In school, their health teacher, Mr. Saulson, leads them in their study of puberty.

Young Children and Trauma - Intervention and Treatment  BOOK
Presenting state-of-the-art knowledge and treatment approaches for working with very young children affected by trauma, this book fills a crucial need for mental health professionals and child welfare advocates. Readers gain an understanding of the impact of severe stress on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers; how trauma disrupts crucial early relationships; and ways to collaborate with parents, other caregivers, and broader support systems to facilitate healing and prevent further traumatization. Guidelines are provided for conducting effective assessments and intervening with vulnerable children and families in traditional mental health contexts and in pediatric, legal, and community settings. Giving particular attention to the needs of children who have been neglected or abused, the book also addresses other forms of trauma, including illness, injury, exposure to domestic and community violence, and parental loss.

A YOUNG MIND IN A GROWING BRAIN  BOOK
A Young Mind in a Growing Brain summarizes some initial conclusions that follow simultaneous examination of the psychological milestones of human development during its first decade and what has been learned about brain growth. This volume proposes that development is the process of experience working on a brain that is undergoing significant biological maturation. Experience counts, but only when the brain has developed to the point of being able to process, encode, and interact with these new environmental experiences. This book's aim is to acquaint developmental biologists and neuroscientists with what has been learned about human psychological development and to acquaint developmental psychologists with the biological evidence. The hope is that each group will gain a richer appreciation of both knowledge corpora. The authors hope to appeal to neuroscientists, psychologists, psychiatrists, pediatricians, and their students. The idea for this book was born in 1993 when the authors--a leading developmental psychologist and a pediatrician--met for the first time and recognized the complementarity of their backgrounds and the utility of a collaboration. The reception of their first two papers motivated this attempt to synthesize the available information over a longer developmental era. Learning a great deal over the past decade, the authors hope that their enthusiasm provokes an equally intense curiosity in readers.

Your Truth Is Your Truth: Women Speak Out on Abusive Peer Relationships VIDEO
Like a knife, peer abuse cuts across the boundaries of age, race, culture, social class, and sexual orientation. Through intimate interviews with women who have survived severe mistreatment by romantic partners of both sexes, this program identifies the many forms peer abuse can take, the warning signs of an abusive relationship, and how to break the cycle of victimization. Creating a personal support system and rebuilding self-esteem are also discussed. Disempowering myths and stereotypes are exposed and skewered. (32 minutes, color)