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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Teenagers are notorious risk takers. Understand why the adolescent brain leads to this behavior and learn ways to mitigate the hazards. Discover the four main goals of adolescents - which include both fitting in and standing out - plus strategies for maintaining a trusting, open relationship that will make your teen more likely to disclose important concerns.
22) Scientific Secrets for Raising Kids Who Thrive: Episode 18,Peer Conflicts and Social Development
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Most parents understand the importance of modeling positive behaviors, but not many realize social competence should be explicitly taught. See how conflict management skills can help kids avoid being bullied, and consider several other topics - from regulating strong emotions to respecting differences in others - that you can teach for your child's social and academic benefit.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Over time, parents develop a style of interacting with their children that drives moment-to-moment decisions and the children's overall development. Here, the professor presents research conducted on parenting styles and what it suggests about how your own style can affect your child's behavior, social and cognitive development, and even long-term happiness.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (33 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Teaching your baby sign language can help her communicate long before she speaks her first word. Learn simple signs you can teach your baby, plus other tips for promoting language development, including why you should begin having "conversations" with your baby right from birth and reasons you should use "Motherese" when you do.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
How is ability to remember several numbers in a row a good predictor of school success? Get an introduction to the principles of human memory function and tips for teaching kids how to make better use of the working memory capacity they naturally possess, including the use of rehearsal, visual imagery, and mnemonic devices.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Can infants do math? Is there a window of early brain development that - if missed - can doom a child to a life of mediocrity? Explore the wealth of evidence suggesting that even very young infants are seeing, hearing, thinking, feeling beings, and gain tips for creating enriching experiences for your baby.
27) Lunch Hour
Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (75 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
LUNCH HOUR explores the National School Lunch Program, childhood obesity, and our addiction to unhealthy foods. It shows what schools, parents, authors, doctors, politicians, celebrities, and chefs are doing to problem solve this issue and help save the children of America.
28) Fat Camps
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (53 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
There are 14 million obese teenagers in the USA, four times more than 30 years ago. But for those who can afford it, there’s a solution. Camp Pocono, two hours away from New York, is the biggest fat camp in the country. Every summer, 400 children are sent there and put through a tightly regimented routine, a strict diet and gruelling sessions of cardio. We follow some of them during their three month stay there. Will the camp meet all their expectations?...
29) The New Normal
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (76 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
One year after the horrific mass shooting on Feb 14, 2018 in Parkland, Florida that claimed the lives of 14 students and 3 administrators, students are still navigating this new reality. THE NEW NORMAL intimately follows five student survivors of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting, Gabby, Nicole, Daniel, Brandon, and Kelsey, as they cope with finishing the school year and the year beyond. It is a testament to the resilience of youth and the...
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (71 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
INTELLIGENT LIVES stars three pioneering young American adults with intellectual disabilities – Micah, Naieer, and Naomie – who challenge perceptions of intelligence as they navigate high school, college, and the workforce. Academy Award-winning actor and narrator Chris Cooper contextualizes the lives of these central characters through the emotional personal story of his son Jesse, as the film unpacks the shameful and ongoing track record of...
31) Waldo on Weed
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (87 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
When Brian and Danielle’s son Waldo was just 6 months old, they found out their baby had cancer. Because the chemotherapy caused Waldo to become so sick, they began a desperate search for alternative therapies, and one, worked like a charm.
Publisher
Passion River Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (89 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
MY BEAUTIFUL STUTTER follows five kids who stutter, ages 9 to 18, from all over the United States and all walks of life, who, after experiencing a lifetime of bullying and stigmatization, meet other children who stutter at an interactive arts-based program, The Stuttering Association for the Young, based in New York City. Their journey to SAY find some close to suicide, others withdrawn and fearful, exhausted and defeated from failed fluency training,...
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (56 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Along with use of the internet, cases of child sex abuse have exploded in the last ten years. Images of child sex abuse continue to spread at unprecedented rates with tech platforms and law enforcement agencies unable to keep pace with the problem. Certain forums, meant only for children, have become the hunting grounds for sexual predators. And now there’s a new practice on the darknet: the “live stream”. Rape on command. Today, more than 80%...
Publisher
Collective Eye Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (38 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
TERROR AND HOPE offers a unique window into the impact of war on children through the pioneering work of an international team of scientists and humanitarians. Our film follows researchers from Yale, Harvard and Hashemite Universities as they investigate the impact of toxic stress on young refugees fleeing the brutal Syrian civil war. As our cameras join them in their research in Jordan's refugee camps and communities, we witness the role that science...
35) Palliative
Publisher
Bed Rock Productions
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (37 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
PALLIATIVE follows Dr. Nadia Tremonti as she helps families to ease the passing of their terminally ill children. Her role as a pediatric palliative care physician extends well beyond providing end-of-life care, easing the suffering of both her patients and their families. Our human aversion to discussing death has made the job of these healthcare professionals even more delicate as they advise parents through their heartbreaking situation while also...
Publisher
The Moving Child Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (79 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring 10 Board Certified Dance/Movement Therapists, this film demonstrates use of movement and dance to support self-expression, confidence, trauma healing, self-regulation, social skills and wellbeing. Includes case studies with children aged 0-15 with diverse special needs, in group and solo sessions.
Publisher
The Moving Child Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (60 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Featuring the founder of Body Mind Centering™, Occupational Therapist Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, along with other leading movement development experts who discuss and demonstrate the physical, emotional and cognitive importance of the developmental movement babies engage in their first year. This film’s innovative imagery and case studies demonstrate ways to help babies with physical challenges Helps parents and caregivers understand an infant's...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 129 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
"In order to investigate a case of suspected child abuse or litigate that case, you have to not only understand the legal issues, which are complex enough, but one really has to understand something about child development, about the impact of traumatic experiences on children, in order to understand how they react to it and to understand how we react to them." John E. B. Myers, JD. Abuse and neglect can have profound effects on children's neurological...
39) This Small
Publisher
Dark Star Pictures
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (74 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Italiano
Description
Length of gestation: 25 weeks. This is the threshold of viability for premature children. When a baby is born before their due date, the joy of his or her parents is suspended. It is the beginning of a tormented path, made of long waits at the hospital, watching children engaged in a constant fight to survive. THIS SMALL explores the story of parents who walked this path.
Publisher
Maria Farinha Filmes
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (84 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
Portuguese
Description
Why are there so many obese children in Brazil? What is the responsibility of parents, the government, and schools? Why is industry so silent? This documentary bravely answers these and other questions, encouraging the viewer to think about their own eating habits, that of their children and family, and of our society.
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