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Asking Questions: Guide to Questionnaire Design BOOK 
Since it was first published more than twenty-five years ago, Asking Questions has become a classic guide for designing questionnaires the most widely used method for collecting information about people s attitudes and behavior.

Assessment, Treatment,  Prevention of Suicidal Behavior  BOOK
Current and comprehensive information concerning the assessment and treatment of suicidal persons and the prevention of suicidal behavior the eighth leading cause of death in the United States and the second leading cause among U.S. teens, suicide is unique in being self-inflicted and is, as such, often preventable.  

Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work   BOOK
College of Education, University of Missouri – St. Louispast president of the American Counseling Association Today’s career development professional must choose from a wide array of theories and practices in order to provide services for a diverse range of clients. Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work focuses on scientifically based career theories and practices, including those derived from research in other disciplines.

Contemporary Clinical Psychology, 2nd Edition    BOOK
"This new edition provides the reader with the latest developments in clinical psychology. An excellent text for introducing and motivating students to become well-informed consumers of clinical psychology information.

Change Almost Anything in 21 Days   BOOK
Ruth Fishel knows that almost any negative habit can be changed in 21 days. While struggling with a drinking problem, Ruth discovered the power of affirmations and transformed her life.

Chronic Depression: Journal of Clinical PsychologyVol 59 BOOK
Chronic forms of depression are more common and imparing than is recognized. Get the latest on these disorders, and how to treat them.

Essentials of Crisis Counseling and Intervention       BOOK
A practical guide to effective crisis counseling and intervention essentials of crisis counseling and Intervention offers practical, field-tested methods for dealing with traumatic and life-changing events.

Essentials of Group Therapy       BOOK  
As part of the Essentials of Mental Health Practice series, this book provides information mental health professionals need to practice knowledgeably, efficiently, and ethically in today’s behavioral healthcare environment.

Essentials of Psychological Testing    BOOK
An excellent primer on the key concepts of psychometrics Essentials of Psychological Testing surveys the basic principles of psychometrics, supplies the information needed to understand and evaluate tests, and introduces readers to the major contemporary reference works in the field.

Essentials of Treatment Planning    BOOK
Essentials of Treatment Planning presents a clear and concise approach to the development and use of treatment plans in behavioral health care settings. This nuts-and-bolts guide covers such essential material as the role and benefits of treatment planning in a clinical setting, methods for conducting comprehensive patient assessments.

Essentials of Research Design and Methodology    BOOK
The text offers students and practitioners in the behavioral sciences and related disciplines important insights into identifying research topics, variables, and methodological approaches. Data collection and assessment strategies, interpretation methods, and important ethical considerations also receive significant coverage in this user-friendly guide.

Essentials of Statistics for Social & Behavioral Sciences  BOOK
Master the essential statistical skills used in social and behavioral sciences Essentials of Statistics for the Social and Behavioral Sciences distills the overwhelming amount of material covered in introductory statistics courses into a handy, practical resource for students and professionals. This accessible guide covers basic to advanced concepts in a clear, concrete, and readable style.

Getting Started in Private Practice: The Complete Guide to Building Your Mental Health Practice    BOOK
Getting Started in Private Practice is a reliable reference that offers the comprehensive information and armchair motivation you need to establish and build your own practice from the ground up. User-friendly and full of helpful tips, this handy book provides you with tools and techniques for starting and maintaining a thriving private practice, including information on.

Handbook of Dementia: Psychological, Neurological, and Psychiatric Perspectives    BOOK
Presents cutting-edge information on a variety of dementia-causing illnesses.Provides relevant material for professionals working with AIDS patients, substance abusers, stroke or other vascular patients, and other individuals suffering from degenerative illness. Edited by leading experts in geriatric health and dementia.

How to Build and Market Your Mental Health Practice    BOOK
Successful psychotherapist and practice consultant Linda L. Lawless takes you step by step through the process of evaluating your current position, choosing a professional path, and taking decisive action to achieve your business goals. She covers the nuts and bolts of the business side of private practice—including renting office space, securing referrals, billing and record keeping, and office management.

How to Get Referrals: The Mental Health Professional's Guide to Strategic Marketing     BOOK
Now more than ever, it's critical for mental health professionals to find new ways to succeed in today's competitive marketplace. Written by health niche marketing specialists Linda Lawless and Jean Wright, this book provides step-by-step guidelines to get referrals by building and leveraging relationships with other professionals, community leaders, and the media.

Ignite Your Intuition: Improve Your Memory, Make Better Decisions, Be More Creative, Achieve Your Full Potential  BOOK
Dispelling the myths of psychic powers, Karges reveals how to unlock the extraordinary natural powers of your mind. This book will awaken you to the possibility of truly realizing your full potential.

Lift Your Mood Now: Simples Things You Can Do to Beat the Blues   BOOK
When depression hits, the energy you need to get back on track often disappears. What's wanted is clear, simple suggestions that you let you take small steps forward, in manageable increments.

Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace: A Handbook for Organizations and Clinicians    BOOK
Mental Health and Productivity in the Workplace is a comprehensive and practical guide to identifying, understanding, preventing, and resolving individual and organizational mental health problems in the workplace.

Personality and Work: Reconsidering the Role of Personality in Organizations    BOOK
The subject of personality has received increasing attention from industrial or organizational psychologists in both research and practice settings over the past decade.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues & Controversies  BOOK
Still a relatively new diagnosis, PTSD has changed our vocabulary and shaped our views on human coping and resilience. Yet almost every assumption upon which the diagnosis rests has come under question. In this volume, Gerald Rosen brings together leading international scholars in posttraumatic studies to consider the most contentious debates.

The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook: The Complete Paperwork Resource for Mental Health Practice BOOK
From intake to diagnosis and treatment through discharge and outcome assessment, The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Third Edition offers sample forms for every stage of the treatment process. The included CD-ROM also provides these forms in Word format so you can easily customize them to suit your practice. With The Clinical Documentation Sourcebook, Third Edition, you’ll spend less time on paperwork and more time with clients.

The Evidence-Based Practice: Methods, Models, and Tools for Mental Health Professionals   BOOK
Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), a trend started in the medical community, is rapidly becoming of critical importance to the mental health profession as insurance companies begin to offer preferential pay to organizations using it. Featuring contributions from top researchers in the field, this groundbreaking book covers everything from what EBP is and its relevance to behavioural health to specific models for application and implementation, building best practice protocols, and evaluating bottom-line effectiveness in your organization.


The Handbook of Coaching: A Comprehensive Resource Guide for Managers, Executives, Consultants, and Human Resource Professionals  BOOK
The Handbook of Coaching is the first resource to offer a compendium of basic information about the burgeoning field of adult coaching--the art of guiding individuals and organizations to function at their most effective and creative levels. Written for experienced and aspiring coaches, as well as for executives and human resource professionals interested in this rapidly growing profession.

The Life Skills: Presentation Guide  BOOK
means of increasing their visibility within their communities and generating new referrals. For many, they also provide a steady source of secondary income. But creating the myriad documents and graphical materials that go into marketing, organizing, and delivering presentations can be a forbidding task for the professional on the go.

The Marriage & Family: Presentation Guide   BOOK
Presentations and workshops provide mental health professionals with an excellent means of increasing their visibility within their communities and generating new referrals. For many, they also provide a steady source of secondary income. But creating the myriad documents and graphical materials that go into marketing, organizing, and delivering presentations can be a forbidding task for the professional on the go.

The Therapist's Advertising and Marketing Kit   BOOK
All the tools you need to advertise and market your practice The Therapist’s Advertising and Marketing Kit is an invaluable collection of ready-to-use marketing and advertising materials designed specifically for mental health professionals looking to manage and grow their practice.

The Therapist's Newsletter Kit   BOOK
A powerful practice-building tool for the busy mental health professional
Building a successful practice and standing out in the crowded mental health profession requires a great deal of time and energy. The Therapist’s Newsletter Kit helps you build your practice and communicate with past, present, and future clients.

The Workplace Skills : Presentation Guide     BOOK
Presentations and workshops provide mental health professionals with an excellent means of increasing their visibility within their communities and generating new referrals. For many, they also provide a steady source of secondary income. But creating the myriad documents and graphical materials that go into marketing, organizing, and delivering presentations can be a forbidding task for the professional on the go.

Tracking Mental Health Outcomes: A Therapist's Guide to Measuring Client Progress, Analyzing Data, and Improving Your Practice   BOOK
A complete, step-by-step guide to tracking and documenting treatment outcomes
Outcomes assessment has become an increasingly critical component of contemporary mental health practice, yet most therapists receive little or no training in accepted outcomes assessment and documentation methods. Tracking Mental Health Outcomes fills this gap, providing step-by-step guidance on choosing the best outcomes-tracking methods and instruments for your practice.

cd-rom's

A Healthy Lifestyle: It’s MY Choice!  CD-ROM
After all, a healthy choice is always a good one—and making healthy choices is exactly what this CD-ROM is about. It’s set in the town of Beechoosee (“Be Choosy”), a safe virtual space where students make all the decisions…and then deal with the consequences. Starting from the town square, they’ll create their own learning adventures as they see the sights. Some may want to go to the convenience store. That’s where they’ll confront smoking and tobacco products. Others may head straight for the movie theater—and run into questions about physical and emotional issues related to sexuality. A party at a friend’s house? Cool! But they’d better be ready to deal with the dangers of alcohol and drugs. Other hotspots and hangouts include the high school (peer pressure), a café (nutrition), the gym (exercise), and the mall (mental health—self-image, self-esteem, and stress management).

videos

The ABCs of Vitamins  VIDEO
Despite both an abundance of food and detailed nutritional labels, we as Americans are still unsure if we’re getting the proper amounts of vitamins and minerals in our diets—so unsure that we spend around three billion dollars annually on supplements. But what is it exactly that vitamins and minerals do in the body? And are we already getting enough nutrients from what we eat or should we use supplements?

A Man In A Woman's World   VIDEO
Take a look at the stereotypes surrounding men who choose a job or career traditionally filled by women. Direct questions and answers that cover the challenges and advantages of a man in occupations such as a nurse or a flight attendant are covered along with honest dialogue. This video takes a unique view of a rather common stereotype that is often overlooked. Straight forward advice from men in non-traditional careers concludes this well organized and much needed look into the career/job choices available to men. Ten pages of fun and exciting reproducible worksheets are included. They are designed to help the viewer understand the concepts presented.

A Woman In A Man's World  VIDEO
Explore some of the nontraditional career areas for women. See how some women are still trying to break the stereotypes and fill some of the traditionally “male” jobs such as construction positions, and medicine positions. A powerful interview with a woman who has achieved success in a non-traditional career is highlighted. Cross-gender communication, women supervising men, balancing work and family, and setting career goals are all covered in this video that provides unique tools to help overcome the challenges of being a woman in a man’s world. This is an excellent resource to explore some of the unknowns between the genders, and to help create acceptance in the work force. Ten pages of fun and exciting reproducible worksheets are included. They are designed to help the viewers understand the concepts presented.

Attitude Towards School  VIDEO
This video looks at how attitude about school can color the whole experience of education. It reviews what school expects of students and then presents some techniques for internal attitude change. It also reviews some of the positive out comes that are just an attitude shift away. Great motivational video for students; teachers will appreciate the reinforcement.

Attitude Towards Teachers & Authority   VIDEO
One of the most confusing things about being a teen is that you are expected to respect authority, yet at the same time, you are expected to challenge it. What should your attitude be? This video will present some suggestions on how viewers can set limits for themselves and figure out what is expected of them. Techniques for developing a healthy attitude towards teachers and authority figures are presented.

Attitude Towards Teamwork   VIDEO
Great teams accomplish a great deal; collections of individuals rarely accomplish great deeds. Teamwork is a powerful tool not only at school but in the world of work as well. This video identifies the phases of a team life cycle and looks at how attitude is an important component of team health.

Attitude Towards Work   VIDEO
A good attitude towards work is more than just showing up to work on time and doing your job. A positive and can-do attitude can make the difference between success and failure. This video presents the right and wrong attitudes and shows some of the consequences of a bad attitude and the rewards of a good attitude. Easy-to-apply tips and exercises are presented to help viewers focus and improve their attitude towards work.

Basic Study Skills   VIDEO
Improving reading comprehension and memory is the goal of this video.  

Basic Survival Skills   VIDEO
Things we all take for granted can sometimes pose insurmountable obstacles for teens first starting out on their own. The expert featured in this video is a Certified Vocational Consultant with over eight years experience managing vocational rehabilitation counselors at the state level. The "little" things are addressed in this show: reading newspapers, doing laundry, reading maps, bus schedules, and phone books, addressing an envelope, using credit cards, etc. The video emphasizes that home based skills such as these serve as a very important foundation and successfully launch the teen into the outside world.


Balancing Work and Family   VIDEO
This video stresses there are many factors to consider when choosing a job/career. Salary immediately comes to mind. But there is a whole set of more subtle factors. These have to do with the impact the job will have on family life. Going through a transition, the modern day family is a challenge for all concerned - from trying to define what the family is to encouraging business to become more family friendly. This show explores the delicate balancing act most people have e to endure in balancing work and family. Fighting stress, dealing with guilt, organizing time, sharing household responsibilities, childcare, dealing with emergencies and typical relationship challenges are all discussed with a framework of creative problem solving.

Becoming Independent Video Series   VIDEO
Titles Include: Credit Card Basics, Insurance Basics, Intro To Kitchen Safety, Basic Survival Skills, Budgeting/Handling Money, Checking Accounts/Working With Banks, Your First Interview, Your First Job, First Wardrobe, Skills For Food Shopping, Finding First Apartment, Menu Planning For Fast Food Addidcts, Love The 1st Time Around.

Best 10 1/4 Tips For Basic Work Habits Video Series   VIDEO
Titles Include: Developing Awesome Work Habits, Driving Co-Workers Crazy, Getting Along With Weird Bosses.

Best 10 1/4 Tips For Controlling Anger  VIDEO
Is being angry okay? Is anger contagious? This creative and up-beat video focuses on good communication skills being an important key to controlling anger and redirecting the anger of others. Other topics covered include the importance of preparing for disappointments and skills to let anger out safely. This is an excellent resource for life skills, physical ed., health ed. classes, and more.

Body Talk 2: It's a Whole New Language  VIDEO
This video empowers boys and girls to celebrate their natural size and shape and to accept and embrace their bodies. Video shows that society often promotes an ideal body type impossible for most mortals to achieve;a body type too often based on media images of impossibly thin women and pumped up over muscled men. In this documentary viewers meet peers from all ethnic backgrounds, sizes and shapes as they talk about self-esteem, puberty, and trying to fit and feel comfortable.

Body Talk 3: My Special Body  VIDEO
This video empowers boys and girls to celebrate their natural size and shape and to accept and embrace their bodies. Video shows that society often promotes an ideal body type impossible for most mortals to achieve; a body type too often based on media images of impossibly thin women and pumped up over muscled men. In this documentary style video, viewers meet peers from all ethnic backgrounds, sizes and shapes as they talk about self-esteem, puberty, and trying to fit in and feel comfortable.

Boundaries of Self-help: A Self Esteem  VIDEO
To be able to have high self-esteem it is imperative that a person know what healthy boundaries are and how to defend them without offending others. This mental health video on appropriate boundaries is a self-help resource of the highest order.

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. A Meridian Production.

Checkbook Video  VIDEO
Learn how to easily and accurately balance your checkbook with a comprehensive instructional guide. This is an excellent consumer math tutorial.

Communication Assertiveness  VIDEO
In the heat of an argument, do you feel as if no one is listening? Do you ever feel like you are talking, but not being heard in your relationships? Do you have a hard time expressing how you feel?

Communication Assertiveness  VIDEO
In the heat of an argument, do you feel as if no one is listening? Do you ever feel like you are talking, but not being heard in your relationships? Do you have a hard time expressing how you feel?


Communication Basics: Get Over the Fear  VIDEO
Do you realize that communication is a circular process? Learn how to make the most of your role, either as a speaker or as a listener, and learn how to get over any fears that you might have about speaking in front of an audience.

Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation VIDEO
Conflict can be one of the most stressful elements in anyone's life. It can drain individuals of their physical and mental energy, leaving them on the verge of exhaustion. For those whose conflicts are allowed to go unresolved, pressure may build within them until it explodes uncontrollably into violence and destruction. Developing conflict resolution skills - learning to settle potentially explosive situations in a positive and constructive manner - can often be helped by the process of peer mediation.
 
Coping with Anger  VIDEO
This video defines anger, explains how mismanaged anger can have destructive results, and helps to identify certain strategies that will allow you to cope with feelings of anger.

Coping with Divorce VIDEO
Every year, in America, a million minors become children of divorce. Learn how the breakup a marriage can change a young person's life. Helpful tips about how to stay out of the middle when parents disagree or argue are provided. Behaviors that may tempt you, but which you should avoid during this vulnerable period of your life will be examined. Understand the process by which a loss is grieved and consider how you should react when a parent begins to date or when a parent remarries. The importance of resiliency is underscored.

Coping with Emotions VIDEO
Anger, indiference, sadness, confusion and ecstatic happiness are emotions that manifest themselves frequesntly during the teen years. The hormones that change the body physycally also have a great effect on a teenager's emotions. Discover the gamut of emotions that rule a teenager's life and what can be done to control them.

Coping with Fear  VIDEO
We all experience fear from time to time. It's an instinctive human response. Some fears are beneficial to us because they make us take action to keep ourselves safe. However, other fears immobilize us and keep us under their control. Learn effective strategies that can be used to handle fear.

Coping with Stress VIDEO
Stress affects everyone, both emotionally and physically. For some, mismanaged stress can result in substance abuse, violence, or even suicide. This program answers the question, 'How can a person cope with stress?

Creating Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence VIDEO
It's never too late to improve one's feelings of self-worth. Simple strategies that anyone can employ are outlined in this helpful video that every student needs to see.

Dealing with Social Anxiety  VIDEO
Social anxiety is America's third-largest psychiatric disorder. It generally develops during the mid-teen years, and almost always before the age of twenty-five. Understand what may trigger the development of anxiety and learn how it sometimes evolves into full-blown panic disorder, which is characterized by recurrent attacks of terror or fear. The consequences of social anxiety are examined and effective treatments are discussed.

Dating, Relationships, and Marriage  VIDEO
Dating can be one of the most anticipated and, yet, feared activities in a person's life. For some, it is an exhilarating experience, but for others, it is accompanied by heartache and frustration. People may experience dating at various times in life--not only as an adolescent but also as an adult who has recently been divorced or who has lost a spouse. Learning how to consider the feelings of others in a close and possibly intimate relationship is a valuable skill that you will use throughout your life. A positive relationship built upon a foundation of respect, trust, and commitment can be the most rewarding experience that you will ever have.
 
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.

Dealing with Anger  VIDEO
When people let their emotions get away from them, they face the danger of risking friendships, losing jobs, or precipitating violence. Teach students how to release primary emotional energy in a healthy way.

Dealing with Racism and Hate  VIDEO
Racism and hate are two very powerful emotions that are prevalent in American society. People come into contact with them every day because of their appearance, ethnicity, occupation or sexual preference. Organizations have been founded on these two emotions alone, organizations that breed intolerance. Discover the different types of racism and hate. Find our what you can do to put a stop to the unhealthy social epidemic.

Dealing with Rejection and Disappointment VIDEO
No one makes it through life without being rejected or feeling disappointment. For some the effects can be crippling, they may feel that there is no hope for anything to ever go their way. Find out about the many different forms of rejection and the disappointment that inevitably follows. Also learn about the different strategies that can be used to combat rejection and lean to a more positive outlook on life.

Debt Stress: Teen Budgeting VIDEO
Managing money is not always an easy feat. You have to know how much you have to spend, what bills you have to pay with it, whether or not you are going to save or invest it or whether or not you are just going to spend it on a movie and a new pair of shoes. Money and financial responsibility go hand in hand. Find out how to manage your money, live within your means and stay out of debt.

Decision-Making Made Easy  VIDEO
All of us are constantly faced with the need to make decisions. Some people put off making decisions because they're afraid that their choices will wind up being wrong, while others make snap decisions that are not based upon thoughtful consideration. Learn how to use an effective process that will allow you to make sound decisions that will be right for you. This video provides strategies that really work.

Developing Positive Listening Skills   VIDEO
Being a good listener is one of the most important aspects of effective communication, but it is also seems to be one of the most difficult for people to practice. It is impossible to estimate the number of friendships that have been damaged or relationships that have fallen apart because of a failure to communicate. Learning to listen well can help individuals to improve their academic performance, foster better friendships, and to be better employees in the workplace.

Developing Refusal Skills   VIDEO
For many young people, peer pressure is a constant reality. While some situations they have to face are relatively benign, others may be unsafe and involve potentially life-altering choices. Decisions that young people may have to make include whether or not to abuse illegal drugs, to have sex, to cheat on an exam, to steal in order to pass an initiation, or to commit an act of vandalism. When faced with pressure to participate in unsafe or illegal activities, it is critical for an individual to have developed refusal skills that hold up under pressure. In many cases, there may not be anyone else present to help young people make good choices, so they must rely on an established set of principles, their own good judgment, refusal skills and avoidance strategies. Successfully doing so can mean the difference between a positive outcome and a lifelong regret.

Developing Teenage Parenting Skills  VIDEO
Parenting is a challenge at any age, and teens who face impending parenthood are especially in need of information and support systems. In this video, teens learn how to prepare themselves for a huge change in their lives. Becoming a parent means assuming a long-term responsibility. It's not easy to be a teen parent, but the strategies presented in this video will help teens to cope with a new role successfully.

Developing Your Self-Esteem  VIDEO
Know yourself and be true to yourself. The advice sounds simple, but these two rules can lead a person toward a happier and fuller life.

Driver Education: The Rules of the Road
Driving is a privilege that affords a young person a great deal of freedom, but this freedom comes with certain responsibilities. Driving on the roadway with other vehicles can be dangerous if you are unaware of the rules that should be followed. Learn how to be safe when you get behind the wheel of a car.

Efficient Time Management  VIDEO
Your life will run much more smoothly when you become an efficient manager of your time. This video will give you some helpful tips about how to find the time to accomplish your goals. Learn how to set priorities and take

Fears and Phobias: Understanding Them, Defeating Them  VIDEO
Tailored to teens, this program provides information about common fears and phobias and how the brain and the body (fight-or-flight response) function when teens are exposed to them. Program explains the dividing line between normal fears and when teens and young adults may need help to defuse and overcome them. Real teens are seen interacting with a well known psychologist in a phobia clinic as typical fears and phobias are explained including fear of public speaking, social anxiety, fear of enclosed spaces, test anxiety and panic attacks. The psychologist describes both short term and long term methods for controlling and ultimately defeating these fears including deep breathing, meditation, desensitization, medication and improving one’s nutrition. After viewing this video and completing the activities in the teaching guide, viewers will be both reassured and informed about this topic that affects many young individuals.

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.

How to Achieve Your Goals  VIDEO
Everyone has goals, but not everyone knows how to achieve them. Prepare for the future by knowing the necessary steps to follow in order to reach both short-term and long-term goals.

How to Build Self-Esteem VIDEO
People who feel good about themselves are generally happy. They believe that they can take on any problem and solve it. They expect to succeed, and others are drawn to them. People who don't feel good about themselves are generally unhappy. It's hard for a person to enjoy life when he or she feels worthless. Fortunately, we can take steps to improve the way we think about ourselves. Learn what you can do to bolster your self-esteem.

How to Improve Your Grade Point Average   VIDEO
Good grades can lead to scholarships, better opportunities in colleges, and desirable careers. Students receive valuable tips on how to study more effectively to improve grades.
 

It's Never Too Late: Stopping Teen Suicide  VIDEO
Armed with the latest statistics and facts on teen suicide, this video and print program teaches viewers how to recognize and respond to the risks of teen suicide. Viewers will learn how feelings of rage, isolation and depression affect suicidal behavior and will understand the differences between normal “blues” and the symptoms of severe depression.

Learning About Cancer: Tommy's Story  VIDEO
This video features Tommy, a young boy who is recovering from cancer, and his animated friend CC, the Cancer Crusader. The program is designed to foster understanding and tolerance for young cancer patients returning to school. Viewers will learn age-appropriate information about living with cancer, its treatment and its cure. Viewers meet Tommy as he returns to school after undergoing chemotherapy. Tommy struggles to catch up with his classwork, wonders how kids will treat him, and worries that they won’t understand what cancer is. CC and Tommy teach viewers about the physical and psychological effects of cancer and its treatment. The video helps viewers overcome stereotypes about serious illness and is an effective teaching tool for tolerance programs and values training.

Manipulation & Control  VIDEO
Manipulation and control are the tools of tyranny. We all know people who aren't happy unless they can engineer the movements of everyone around them Forcing friends and family members to do what they would rather not do is abusiveness. Understand what's behind a person's need to bend others to his or her own will. See what you can do to resist people who are intent upon dictating decisions that you should be making for yourself. Learn how you can assert yourself when others thwart your autonomy.

Manners for Young Moderns  VIDEO
Students learn that good manners can improve anyone's image. In this video, Harley teaches Vicki about common courtesy, proper introductions, table manners, and phone etiquette.

Oh No, It's Due Tomorrow!  VIDEO
This humorous look at good planning will help students to get their acts together so that they can finish projects on time.

Overcoming Jealousy: Rivalry, Anger, and Resentment   VIDEO
Very few emotions are as negative and as self-destructive as the green-eyed monster known as jealousy. It has the power to cloud the mind and ignite self-destructive behavior. If left unchecked, the poisonous feelings of jealousy can evolve into a state of unhealthy rivalry, unresolved resentment, and mismanaged anger. However, with education and understanding, people may come to realize that they do not have to be slaves to these negative emotions if they can deal with jealous feelings positively and decisively.

Overcoming Obstacles and Self-Doubt  VIDEO
Self-doubt is that frightening feeling of being unsure of yourself or your abilities, and it can be a problem all by itself. However, when feelings of self-doubt are combined with the sudden appearance of an overwhelming obstacle, the situation can be emotionally crippling. The fear of not having enough skill to accomplish a goal, the panic of not having enough time to complete a task, and the frustration or anger of not knowing how to deal with a problem can negatively impact a person's state of mind. Many people simply give up when confronted by such situations because they don't know how to deal with them. But, there are few problems that cannot be conquered or solved when people learn to overcome their feelings of self-doubt and to manage overwhelming situations. By learning simple, yet positive strategies, feelings of fear can be transformed into feelings of triumph and confidence.

Overcoming Prejudice  VIDEO
People from diverse backgrounds should learn to get along with one another and should celebrate their differences. Find out why prejudice is such a negative force and learn why it is better if people accept one another as individuals.

Overcoming Procrastination   VIDEO
Do you postpone projects or find excuses for not doing things? You may be a procrastinator. This video defines procrastination, outlines some of the reasons that people procrastinate, and suggests six strategies for overcoming procrastination.

Pathological Behaviors: Lying, Stealing, and Sex  VIDEO
Many people tell 'little white lies' or engage in sexual activity, but when does normal activity become pathological? Students will learn the differences between normal, healthy behaviors and those that are pathological. Find out how to recognize the signs of pathological lying, thrill seeking, kleptomania and sex addiction and discover ways to get help before it's too late.

Personal Safety: Street Smart  VIDEO
As you read this, there is a crime occurring somewhere. Although we cannot, as individuals, change this fact, we can protect ourselves. Learn how to avoid and react to attacks by using Street Smart's four steps to personal safety.

Portion Control: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat  VIDEO
The goal of this program is to teach teens how to correctly measure food portions using everyday, easy-to-understand analogies. For example, a protein portion should be about the same size as the palm of your hand; a portion of baked potato is about the size of a computer mouse. Using video to visualize portions, the program teaches viewers the difference between supersized portions and nutritionally correct portions. Once teens understand the right food portions for their body and metabolism, they can make healthy judgments about food portions at every meal, every day, for long-term health.

Portion Distortion: Seeing the Healthy Way to Eat  VIDEO
This program teaches children how to choose the right food portions for their body type and metabolism. Nationwide, children have become accustomed to eating “supersized.” This is a major factor in the obesity epidemic affecting teens today. Kids are suffering from weight-related health problems—diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, depression, and even heart disease.
The goal of this program is to teach children how to correctly measure food portions using everyday, easy-to-understand analogies. For example, a protein portion should be about the same size as the palm of your hand; a portion of baked potato is about the size of a computer mouse. Using video to visualize portions, the program teaches viewers the difference between supersized portions and nutritionally correct portions. Once children understand the right food portions for their body and metabolism, they can make healthy judgments about food portions at every meal, every day, for long-term health. Portion Distortion also gives children practical tips on eating healthy portions, checking labels, ordering small or medium sizes at restaurants, taking home leftovers from restaurants, sharing meals with friends and starting with smaller amounts on dinner plates.
 

Public Speaking: How to Demonstrate, Introduce, and Make a Toast  VIDEO
There are many special occasions in life when making a speech will be necessary. Don't get caught off guard and ruin the party. Learn how to make speeches, introduce guests, and deliver the perfect toast.

Rage: Out of Control  VIDEO
A car cuts you off. A sibling gets all the attention. Your favorite team is losing the biggest game of the year. You can't take it...you just want to scream!!! Rage takes over and all control is lost. Find out what rage is and what scenarios can elicit this extreme response. Also, find out what you can do to stop rage before it starts.

The Real World of Tourette Syndrome  VIDEO
The Real World of Tourette Syndrome provides a straightforward and factual look at TS from the perspective of teenagers. The video was filmed with the help of 10 teens with TS who not only developed the concept, but also star in the video. The accompanying facilitator's guide includes three suggested methods for presenting the video, along with additional resources and information about TS

Teens and Credit Cards: Use or Abuse?   VIDEO
Getting older is accompanied with more responsibilities, especially with money. Unfortunately many teens do not know how to handle money and credit cards properly. Too many teens see credit cards a means to buy anything and everything they want. This in turn can lead to high debt and the destruction of a credit record. Find out about the dangers of credit cards and the proper way to use them. Also discover whether or not someone you know is a credit card abuser and what can be done to avoid becoming one.

Ten Reasons To Get in Shape  VIDEO
This video combines up-to-date information with an upbeat, engaging, kid-friendly format to teach young students the reasons why physical fitness is essential to a healthy lifestyle.
Young viewers will learn how regular exercise improves mood; builds strong muscles and dense bones; develops healthy lungs and heart; improves sleep and concentration; speeds recovery from ordinary illnesses; helps control weight; and enhances total physical and emotional health. Students will understand that a physically strong and fit body feels good and is the foundation for a long, healthy, happy, more productive life.
Kids will explore basic nutrition and understand the problems of obesity and sedentary lifestyles. Simple, easy-to-use and understand, this video emphasizes that exercise is fun and the payoff is a body that feels great.

Ten Steps to Personal Success   VIDEO
Everyone wants to accomplish as much in life as possible. In this video, we're going to show you how you can become the person you would really like to be. Learn about the 'ten steps to personal success.'

Understanding Anorexia & Bulimia  VIDEO
Hosted by two young teen narrators, this powerful video introduces middle school students to anorexia and bulimia. Viewers will hear from several real teens who have successfully overcome their own eating disorders. The warning signs, symptoms and health risks of anorexia and bulimia are explained in a way that viewers will be able to comprehend. The narrators spend time explaining that eating disorders are serious yet curable illnesses that can happen to anyone. Viewers will learn that eating disorders are often related to a person’s concerns about body image and self-esteem. Understanding Anorexia & Bulimia also examines the dangerous mindset that can arise when young people base their expectations for how their bodies should look upon the perfectly sculpted physiques of Hollywood actors and glamorous media figures. Developing realistic personal expectations and goals are discussed. The Teacher’s Resource Book offers follow-up activities to help students consider their own personal views about body image and self-esteem.

When Someone Dies: Bereavement & Loss  VIDEO
Adolescence is a time of tumultuous changes, but no change is more overwhelming than suddenly facing the realities of death. Dealing with the death of a family member, friend or school acquaintance can be devastating for young people. Many young people will resist the concept that grief is a normal or necessary emotion. This video arms teen viewers with information that will teach them that death and bereavement are natural and inevitable parts of life. Many of the myths around mourning are explored. Teens will understand that the process of mourning is unique for all people, and should never be ignored or trivialized. The video provides helpful information on the emotional states that often follow a personal loss. Leading adolescent psychologists discuss the stages of healthy grieving and healing, and provide details on how to cope with a painful loss. When Someone Dies offers students a sense of confidence that they can indeed go forward after suffering a personal loss. Activities in the Teacher’s Resource Book allow students to further explore this universal topic.

Why We Eat What We Eat: Understanding Food Choices  VIDEO
This is a cultural diversity video that helps students understand how society and culture influence our choices and decisions of what we eat. "Tastes great!" "Grandma’s best recipe!" "This is health food!" These are all comments we’ve heard about food. Family, culture, friends, religion, emotions, lifestyles, and advertising all influence what we eat. Follow along as multicultural students and a food expert present and discuss "understanding food choices." Video worksheet and teacher’s key included.

You, Your Body and Puberty  VIDEO
This program presents a gentle, curriculum-based introduction to puberty. The remarkable journey from child to adult is biological, physical and emotional. It is exciting and sometimes confusing to grow up. Viewers will learn what is "normal" for boys and girls at puberty: the biological facts of physical maturation; the timeline for growth for both sexes; the normal feelings of self-consciousness; the need for good personal hygiene; why mood swings happen; and, preparation of the body for human sexuality and reproduction (including a discussion of abstinence).