Videotapes

ADHD & LD

Teach Me Different!
Sally Smith


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You will understand learning disabilities & ADHD; appreciate children's different intelligence; acquire strategies to help kids succeed; and assist youngsters in comprehending complex directions & abstract ideas. 2 hrs. on 2 videos

 

Adoptee

First Person Plural
Deann Borshay Liem


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Filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an American family and was sent to Korea to her new home. The memory of her birth family was nearly obliterated until recurring dreams led her to discover the truth: her Korean mother was very much alive. Uniting her biological and adoptive families, Liem's heartfelt journey makes FIRST PERSON PLURAL a poignant essay on family, loss, and the reconciling of two identities.

 

Adoption Issues

Adoption Making It Last



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A compelling look at the need for supportive services to keep adoptive families together. This 16-minute tape, produced by CS Communications in collaboration with the Virginia Department of Social Services, looks at four adoptive families facing a wide range of challenges and the array of adoption support and preservation services required to maintain family bonding.

 

Characteristics of Successful Adoptive Families
Spaulding for Children


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This 22 minute documentary-style videotape features families and professionals who discuss, describe, and demonstrate "what it takes" to successfully parent a child with special needs. In short video segments, the characteristics are presented with honesty, wisdom and humor, tolerance for ambivalence and negative feelings; entitlement; instrusive and controlling qualities; flexible expectations; ability to delay parental gratification; tolerance for rejection; sense of humor; ability to meet personal needs; ability to use resources; and flexible family roles.

 

Cultural Competence: A Community-Based Approach
Spaulding for Children


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This 24 minute video begins with the premise that child welfare services must change to meet the changing needs of children and families served. Community-based organizations in African American, Native American, Asian/Pacific American and Hispanic/Latino communities share values and principles and make a "call to action" for administratiors and social workers to adopt these principles in their day-to-day child welfare work. This model can be used in working with various cultural communities.

 

Developing Cultural Competence
Spaulding for Children


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This 18 minute video defines culture and cultural competence from various perspectives and outlines the five basic steps in the developmental process of adapting one's practice to cultural competence: awarenness and acceptance of difference; self assessment; development of cultural knowledge; understanding the dynamics of difference; and adapting services. Practitioners and administrators from various cultural groups offer examples from their own practice.

 

Engaging Culturally Diverse Communities
Spaulding for Children


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This 13 minute video presents a framework for working effectively with culturally diverse communites. It includes short segments that define and illustrate successful strategies used in acutal practice. Individuals share examples of how the framework has worked for them in their work with culturally diverse communities.

 

I Wonder…Teenagers Talk About Being Adopted



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14 teenagers were interview by Vera Fahlberg, MD, an internationally known author, consultant, trainer & therapist whose work has focused on the needs of children placed outside of their family of birth. They share their thoughts about adoption so that other families and professionals could learn more about the impact of adoption on the lives of children and teenagers.

 

Impact of Transracial Apdoption on the Adopted Child and the Adoptive Family
Joseph Crumbly


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This tape identifies how transracial adoption impacts the child's feelings about her/himself, the birth family and community of origin; the child's interaction with the adopted family and adopted community; the nuclear and extended family's reaction to the adopted child; and how the family can manage the impact of a transracial adoption.

 

Multiple Transitions: A Young Child's Point of View on Foster Care and Adoption
Michael Trout


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The interactive and affective "language" of young children is a worthy language, deserving of our attention and respect. This video is an effort to put into words that which is already being "said" by young children whose mothers or fathers have disappeared, temporarily or permanently.

 

Parenting Tasks in Transracial adoptions
Joseph Crumbly


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This tape presents a psychosocial rationale explaining the parenting tasks with minority children: parental tasks, resources and capabilities; and information and networks parents must access and provide their adopted child.

 

Special Needs of Minority Children Adopted Transracially
Joseph Crumbly


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This tape discusses the minority child's need for cultural and positive racial identity; surrogate role models, cultural and community interaction, skills and explanations to cope with prejudice and discrimination; and parenting with specific skills to address the minority child's needs.

 

Adult

Begin with Love: The First Three Months: Connecting with Your Child with Oprah Winfrey



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30 minutes - The video highlights five guidelines that will help all new parents create a responsive and enriching environment for their baby - the key to helping them learn about their new world. It features Dr. Kyle Pruett and a group of new parents.

 

Great Expectations: Parenting Strategies During the First Year With Your Child
Gregory Keck
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DVD or VHS format - Helps families understand their role as emotional healers, and provides parenting strategies that enhance the success of placements during the first year by examining adoption expectations and other steps.

 

Helping Traumatized Children

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Explores the effects of early childhood trauma on the process of child development and behavior. Presenter is Lyn Liphart, L.P.C.

 

Putting the "Super" in Post-Placement Supervision
Gregory Keck
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DVD & VHS format - This training module instructs case managers in practice methods necessary for effective post-adoption supervision.

 

Understanding the Drug-Exposed Child: Approaches to Behavior & Learning

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Has accompanying booklet by Ira Chasnoff, MD. The focus of this work has been to learn the differences between biological and environmental factors that affect the long-term outcome of drug-exposed children, and, most importantly, how to provide interventions in the home and in the school that will ensure the best possible outcome for the child.

 

Children

Helping Traumatized Children

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Foster

Antwone Fisher



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DVD format - Inspired by the true life experiences of its title character, Antwone Fisher tells the compelling story of a troubled sailor who is ordered to see a naval psychiatrist about his volatile temper. Little does he know that his first step into the doctor's office will lead him on a remarkable emotional journey to confront his painful past and connect with the family he never knew.

 

Dr. Vera Fahlbert Video Series
Dr. Vera Fahlberg


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This is a 5 Video Series that covers: Separation and Loss Issues for Foster and Birth Families; Listening to Birth Families:Forming Kinship Groups; Foster Parents Working with Birth Parents; Behavior Management Using Supportive Control; Re-Education of Foster and Adoptive Children.

 

Foster Parents Speak



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An honest and moving film that captures the essence of what it means to be a foster parent in America.

 

Infant

Happiest Baby on the Block, The
Dr. Harvey Karp
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Video 72 mins. - In perhaps the most important parenting work of the decade, Dr. Harvey Karp reveals an extraordinary treasure sought by parents for centuries --an automatic "off-switch" for their babys crying. Dr. Karp places in the hands of parents, grandparents, and all childcare givers the necessary tools to be able to calm their babies almost as easily as…turning off a light.

 

LD

How Difficult Can This Be?



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Look at the world through the eyes of a learning-disablked child. Join in classroom activities that cause frustration, anxiety and tension - emotions all too familiar to the student with a learning disability.

 

Last One Picked…First One Picked On

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Addresses social problems kids with learning disabilities face and offers practical solutions.

 

Look What You've Done!



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Practical strategies for helping children develop the confidence and resilience they need to succeed.

 

Misunderstood Minds



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Understanding kids who struggle to learn. Moving and personal look into the lives of 5 children and their families as they deal with puzzling mysteries presented by their unique learning differences. Features leading experts in the field of learning problems.

 

Success at Work: Transitions to Employment
Howard Eaton


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A 55:55 minutes VHS tape recommended for young adults with learning differences in high school or in the workforce. 6 high school students/graduates with learning disabilites and/or ADHD discuss their successful transition to work. An inspiring and motivational resource for teaching self-determination. Accompanied by a video discussion guide booklet.

 

When the Chips are Down



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Offers practical advice on dealing with behavioral problems quickly and effectively. Shows how preventive discipline can anticipate many problems before they start & explains how a stable, predictable environment can be created in which children with learning disabilities can flourish.

 

Parenting

123 Magic: Managing Difficult Behavior in Children 2 - 12
Thomas Phelan


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This video offers easy-to-follow steps for disciplining children without arguing, yelling or spanking. It offers a humorous look at parenting - and a serious look at discipline.

 

I Am Your Child
Many Hosts
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9 Video Series (2 in Spanish) covering: To Be A Father; Your Healthy Baby; Save from the START; Quality Child Care; Ready to Learn; Discipline; and The First Years Last Forever.

 

More 123 Magic
Thomas W. Phelan


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More 123 Magic covers: 3 parental qualities that foster competence in kids; How to encourage and respect your child's growing independence; 10 strategies for building self-esteem; Up and out in the morning; How to get your kids to pick up after themselves; making mealtimes more enjoyable; How to avoid Homework Civil Wars; Going to bed and staying there; and Family Meetings: obnoxious but effective.

 

Special Education

A New Idea for Special Education



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This video will help parents and educators better understand the recent changes to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (I.D.E.A.), the law governing Special Education.

 

Three R's For Special Education Rights, Resources and Results



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Raising a child with special education needs is a challenge, but you are not alone. The 3R's video assists parents in becoming educated and acquiring new skills to assist their child in receiving a proper evaluation, preparing for IEP meetings and more.

 

Special Needs

Autism & the New Law: Resources for Treatment



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Documentary about autism, its diagnosis and treatments. The video explains the Advancement of Pediatric Autism Research Act and discusses new studies and potential cures.

 

Children Who Wait
Spaulding for Children


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Special needs adoption practice is shaped and driven by the needs of children who wait for adoption placement. This 30 minute video illustrates how children come into the child welfare systems, behaviors they develop to survive living in the system, and the implications for parenting. It includes parents, children and professional speaking to these issues.

 

Coping with Bedwetting
John Baugh


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Provides a definition and discusses possible causes of enuresis. Suggested interventions found to be effective in decreasing enuresis are outlined.

 

First, Theyre Children
Spaulding for Children


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This 25-minute videotape presents the experiences of families rearing their children who have developmental disabilities. Families tell their own stories, and professionals highlight the importance of permanency planning for all children. It is an excellent tool for communicating the impact of permanency planning policy.

 

Horizon Institute 9/26/03, Tapes 1 & 2

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Understanding and working with learning disabled children. Presenters are David S. Cantor, Ph.D., & Melissa Malone, M.Ed., of the Psychological Sciences Institute, P.C. A number of children in state care are struggling with learning differences/learning disabilities of various kinds. The presenters will discuss what a learning disability is; understanding & identifying learning disabilities. Resources for parents will be provided.

 

Rebuilding the Broken Bond



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These two four-hour videotapes present a fully developed parenting plan for emotionally disturbed children. These videotapes have a humorous format.

 

Tender Healing
Spaulding for Children


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This 45 minute videotape features three segments designed to help both parents and professionals better understand issues related to helping children make transitions and form attachements and effective discipline. This video, already included in the full PATH curriculum package, can be used alone to augment any parent training program.

 

Transitions to High School



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Transitions to High School is being used by regular and special education teachers, learning assistance staff and school counselors to assist elementary and middle school students become better self-advocates and help them plan their transition to high school. The video may be viewed on its own or used with the instructional materials in a classroom setting or on a one to one basis.

 

Transitions to Post Secondary Learning



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Transitions to Postsecondary Learning is a video resource kit that gives students with learning disabilities and/or AD/HD the self-advocacy skills needed for success at college and university. Transitions to Postsecondary Learning features eight college students speaking about their experiences as students with disabilities. They discuss the importance of self-knowledge, planning, hard work and self-advocacy in making the transition from high school to a post-secondary setting. This video is a great discussion tool for students as well as parents.

 

Other Titles

Caring for School-Age Children with HIV Infection

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Accompanied by a discussion guide, this video shares the daily life of three families caring for children with HIV infection. Issues range from how to talk to a child who has HIV/AIDS, to caring for non-infected siblings, to facing discrimination in the community, including the school system.

 

Creating Rituals and Traditions in Adoptive Families

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Discusses how family rituals are the tools we use to define our families. Through rituals/traditions children learn how to become members of a family and community. The presenter is Dr. Makungu M. Akinyela, MFT, Ph.D., national, international and local speaker. Currently teaches at Georgia State Univ. & has written numerous articles & book chapters on culture and its affect on the family.

 

Good Kids, Difficult Behavior
Joyce Divinyi, M.S., LPC
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Joyce Divinyi is a professional counselor, trainer with more than 20 years in the field, and author of the book with the same name of this video. Discusses parenting children in the current world/culture. Talks about parenting your child different from how you may have been parented. Deals with children's attempts to cope with life experiences that are beyond their control and root causes of difficult behaviors.

 

Helping Challenging Children with Love and Logic

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In this video, Mr. sornson will explain that love and logic was designed specifically to put control of the family back into the hands of the parents. It is based on simple, intuitive practices that are entirely consistent with good parenting, and that parents can begin using in their homes right away.

 

Meeting with Success: Tips for a Successful IEP
Jerome Schultz


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This 20 minute video with accompanying booklet is in use in hundreds of schools across the country. The video has been recommended as a "must see" by many parent groups. The booklet addresses several impediments to productive Team Meeting and the creation of an effective IEP, and offers suggestions for eliminating barriers to success.

 

Parent 2 Parent: A Mentoring Program
Richard J. Delaney, PH.D


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This video and the companion guidebook, "Safe Passage", provide a glimpse at what is possible when experienced adoptive parents mentor relatively inexperienced parents who have just embarked on their journey with troubled adoptive children.

 

Right Choice: Teaching Responsibility to Children

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Discusses helping children build good decision-making skills and the development of personal accountability and responsibility. Program developed for youth at risk. The speaker is Greg Alan Williams, actor, public speaker, author and mentor, who has served as coordinator of the Fathers and Families Reunification Project of Central of GA.

 

That's What Drugs Took Me To…A Story of Addiction and Teen Pregnancy

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This is a no-holds-barred look at the realities facing today's teenagers and the agencies that serve them. Those who work with teens will get a clear understanding of the process of addiction and recovery, the consequences of maternal drug use on the fetus, the impact of parenting, and the relationship between substance abuse and other high-risk behaviors such as unprotected sex.

 

White Oleander: DVD

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Astrid Magnussen has a mother who is as sharp as a new knife. An uncompromising poet, Ingrid despises weakness and self-pity, telling her daughter that they are descendants of Vikings, savages who fought fiercely to survive. And when one of Ingrid's boyfriends abandons her, she illustrates her point, killing the man with the poison of oleander flowers. This leads to a life sentence in prison, leaving Astrid to teach herself the art of survival in a string of Los Angeles foster homes.

 

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