Children Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
Children Media Offered by Penn State Media Sales
| Angels Don't Have Headlights: Children's Reactions to Death in the Family More on DVD Version | Observes the reactions of children to the deaths of close relatives, which can involve emotional, behavioral, or bodily expressions, and often are accompanied by troublesome fears and fantasies. Health professionals elicit some of these reactions from four children between ages three and eleven. Print material included. From the Pediatric Opportunities series. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Ape Language: From Conditioned Response to Symbol More on DVD Version | Illustrates research conducted by E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh between 1976 and 1984 into the nature of language acquisition through the study of symbolic and syntactical skills in primates; the goal of which was to help develop techniques that could be used in teaching language to mentally retarded children. Study guide included. Produced by Savage-Rumbaugh to serve as a visual supplement to her book (Columbia University Press, 1986).. Primate Category |
| Architecture and Play: Learning From Children's Museums More on DVD Version | Explores architectural considerations in the design of buildings for children by studying youth-oriented museum environments. Focuses on four key elements that embody the idea of play: multisensory issues, space-body relationships, juxtaposition of scales and spatial variety, and appeal to adults and children. Interviews architects, directors of children's museums, exhibit designers, and a child psychologist. Researched and written by Jawaid Haider, Penn State. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| A Balinese Family More on DVD Version | Study of a Balinese family and the ways in which the father and mother treat the three youngest children: lap baby, knee baby, and child nurse. Shows the father giving the baby his breast, behavior of the knee baby during the lap baby's absence, and difficulties of the child nurse in caring for the youngest. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. 1951 |
| Biology, Brain, and Behavior: Social Primates More on DVD Version | This video workbook offers viewers methods for observing and interpreting social behavior. The first part shows clips of rhesus monkeys behaving in a variety of social encounters and asks viewers to analyze the behavior using the methods of a scientific observer. The second part applies those methods to children's rough-and-tumble play in an effort to develop new insights into child development. |
| Boys in Conflict More on DVD Version | Depicts the experiences of a counselor at Camp Wediko in caring for nine boys with a variety of emotional problems. Communicates what it is like to deal with such children on a day-to-day basis. From the Wediko series. Dr. Edward Mason. Blue Ribbon winner, American Film Festival. |
| Can You Love Two Moms? Talking with Older Adopted Children More on DVD Version | This video features children who reveal their feelings about being adopted. Given up after age three, their sense of loyalty to birth parents conflicts with their attachment to adoptive parents. Can You Love Two Moms is from the Wediko series. Dr. Edward A. Mason, Psychology. |
| Childhood: 4 -- In the Land of the Giants More on DVD Version | Features three- to five-year-olds learning the social and psychological intricacies of family life. Shows how families teach children how to understand and cope with their expanding environment and presents ways in which parents mold children in their culture's proper social image. |
| Childhood: 5 -- Life's Lessons More on DVD Version | Illustrates the new behaviors and abilities that children manifest between the ages of five and seven as they move into the wider arena of school and work. Shows the first day of school in several countries and how such universal milestones are recognized by different cultures. |
| Childhood: 6 -- Among Equals More on DVD Version | Explores the importance of peer relationships as a crucial component of development when children begin to participate more often in youth groups and team sports. Looks at the differences between play among boys and play among girls at this stage. |
| Childhood: 7 -- The House of Tomorrow More on DVD Version | Looks at the many emotional and physical transformations that characterize puberty and adolescence, showing how this biological metamorphosis is marked in various cultures. Concludes with a reminder that what is said and done to children are "living messages to a time we will not see." |
| Childhood Rivalry in Bali and New Guinea (Mead, Bateson) More on DVD Version | Depicts sibling rivalry among children of the same age in the two cultures of Bali and New Guinea by showing how they respond to the mother attending to another baby, the ear piercing of a younger sibling, and the experimental presentation of a doll. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. 1954 |
| Children in the Hospital More on DVD Version | Records the emotional responses of four- to eight-year-olds at Boston City Hospital to the stress of hospitalization, illness, and separation. Describes the children's various defense mechanisms, supportive help that one child can give another, social group work, and importance of the attendant, volunteer, nurse, physician, and parent. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Children's Magical Death More on DVD Version | A group of Yanomamo Indian boys imitate their fathers. They pretend to be shamans, blowing ashes into each other's noses and chanting to the Hekura spirits. See Magical Death (33034) for the actual ritual conducted by these southern Venezuelan Indians. From the Yanomamo series. Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #123: A Day with Darlene More on DVD Version | Looks at a day in the life of Darlene, a twenty-eight-year-old Appalachian housewife with four children living in poverty in central Pennsylvania. Released in 1976. Includes her household routines and interaction with her husband, boyfriend, and oldest daughter. Designed as a supplement to “Notes on an Appalachia County: Visiting with Darlene”, (50483). Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. Not available for use in Blair, Bedford, Cambria, and Somerset counties of Pennsylvania. |
| Evil Wind , Evil Air More on DVD Version | Explores the origins and symptoms of the folk illness, mal aire, a serious malady that frequently afflicts children living in the Ecuadorian Andes. Mothers and folk healers describe and demonstrate a number of protective strategies and rituals that "clean" the body, ridding it of the evil force. This tape provides insight into the principles underlying Andean ethnomedical beliefs. Produced by the Archaeological Museum of the Central Bank of Ecuador and Lauris McKee. |
| Exploring Language: Thinking, Writing, Communicating -- Language, Learning, and Children More on DVD Version | Illustrates various aspects of children's language learning, including the acquisition of speech and reading skills and the ability to use language in a social setting. |
| A Father Washes His Children More on DVD Version | Dedeheiwa, a shaman and headman in his Yanomamo village of southern Venezeuela, takes nine of his young children to the river and washes them carefully and patiently. From the Yanomamo series. Timothy Asch and Napoleon Chagnon. |
| He Comes from Another Room More on DVD Version | Excerpts from a month of filming the integration of two emotionally disturbed children from a special classroom into a regular third-grade class. Emphasizes the need for trust among people, stresses the establishment of new relationships among children, and attempts to motivate schools to consider alternative techniques to meet the needs of all young children. Print material included. From the One to Grow On series. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Hello and Goodbye: Observations of Two-Year-Olds in Day Care More on DVD Version | Documents the arrivals and departures of thirteen children, ranging in age from sixteen months to three years, at the Meeting House Child Care Center over a period of several days. Observes the various reactions of the children as they arrive at the center, and follows them for a brief period of time after their arrival as they interact with other children and the center's staff. Dr. Edward A. Mason and Lyle Warner, Psychology. |
| The Hillcrest Family: Studies in Human Communication, Assessment Series -- Assessment Interview 1 More on DVD Version | See stock # 8020 for complete set of the 8 DVDs Dr. Nathan W. Ackerman. interviewer Series consists of four separate interviews of the Hillcrest family by four psychiatrists. The family, consisting of a husband, wife, and four children, has sought psychiatric help because of problems with the children, three of whom are from previous marriages. Each interview segment presents the family's problem, with emphasis on the causative factors. Following each interview is a consultation segment in which the psychiatrist and a therapist who has been working with the family discuss the dynamics of the interview session and the rationale for the interviewing approach at various nodal points during the session. First interviewer: Dr. Nathan W. Ackerman. Produced by the Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute. R.L. Birdwhistell and J.D. Van Vlack. |
| Karba's First Years: A Study of Balinese Childhood (Mead, Bateson) More on DVD Version | This series of scenes in the life of a Balinese child, beginning with a seventh-month birthday ceremonial, shows Karba's relationships to parents, aunts and uncles, child nurse, and other children as he is suckled, taught to walk and dance, teased, and titillated. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. 1952 |
| Magical Death More on DVD Version | Focuses on the role of an older Yanomamo Indian, Dedeheiwa, who is a prominent political leader and renowned shaman from a village in the Orinoco River area of southern Venezuela and northern Brazil. Documents the activities that take place in a two-day period during which Dedeheiwa organizes many of the co-villagers in a joint magical attack on the souls of children in a distant village. Shows use of hallucinogenic snuff by shamans. Suited for courses relating religious activities to political and social organization. (Ref: Chagnon, N.A., Studying the Yanomamo, NY: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974.) Also see The Feast (31606) and Yanomamo: A Multi-Disciplinary Study (50259). From the Yanomamo series. Napoleon Chagnon. Blue Ribbon winner, American Film Festival. |
| Max Made Mischief More on DVD Version | This program about teaching literature to young students uses Maurice Sendak's classic children's book, Where the Wild Things Are, to demonstrate a curriculum developed by Sonia Landes. Shows how third-graders can explore plot structure, the nature of poetry, and the use of illustrations. Print material included. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| New Tribes Mission More on DVD Version | Dedicated members of the New Tribes Mission attempt to teach the Yanomamo Indian children of Bisaasi-teri in southern Venezuela. The missionaries describe their philosophy and methods for acculturating the Yanomamo to Western ways and Christianity. From the Yanomamo series. Napoleon Chagnon. |
| Nikolaas Tinbergen's Discussion with Richard Evans: Unique Contributions, Reflections, and Reactions More on DVD Version | Professor Tinbergen discusses innate releasing mechanisms, nonverbal communication, and observation techniques in studies of autistic children. He reflects on his contributions, reacts to criticism of his work, and speculates on several contemporary social problems. From the Notable Contributors to the Psychology of Personality series. Produced by R.I. Evans. |
| Notes on an Appalachia County: Visiting with Darlene More on DVD Version | Darlene, age twenty-eight, married, with four children, subsists on welfare and lives in a $14-a-month house in central Pennsylvania. Reveals a way of living -- poor, uninformed, and day-to-day -- in the United States in 1971. Interviews Darlene as she goes about her daily routine. Also see A Day with Darlene (60331). Produced by P.J.O'Connell and Lisa J. Marshall for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Palettes: Public Gardens More on DVD Version | Edouard Vuillard's 1894 conception of the Jardin des Tuileries spills over onto nine panels, offering a panorama of the middle class at leisure. Under the apparent simplicity -- women and children in a park -- lies a multitude of historic, technical, and artistic riddles. The program suggests that deciphering a work by Vuillard is a curious, never-ending adventure. |
| Peasant Ecology in the Rural Philippines More on DVD Version | Examines the ecology of the rural Philippines, describing the physical environment, housing, and the complexity of relationships among cultural patterns. Looks at the limited technology of village industries and at food production, including wet rice,vegetable, and fruit cultivation. Notes the effect of poor diets on the health and growth of children. Produced by George M. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| Preventing Malnutrition by Reinforcing Improved Diets More on DVD Version | Describes a field experiment conducted in a rural community in the Philippines. The research goal was to reinforce specific behavior patterns of women in order to improve the care and growth of their children. Various aspects of the research setting are illustrated, followed by a step-by-step explanation of the year-long experiment. Preliminary results are summarized, indicating that such programs may be one method of dealing with rural health problems. Produced by George M. and Helen A. Guthrie of Penn State University. |
| Psychological Maltreatment of Children: Assault on the Psyche More on DVD Version | Dramatized portrayal of the harmful effects parental verbal abuse can have on children. The psychological maltreatment of two children is shown in a living-room vignette, revealing the inner struggle of the parents that gives rise to the abuse and itsdisturbing consequences. Created by James Garbarino and John Merrow. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. |
| Stuck on Welfare More on DVD Version | Visits Middle America to profile an unmarried mother and her five children living on welfare, a man who once was on welfare and now works more than 100 hours a week to stay off it, and a welfare worker who juggles the problems of his 293-family caseload. Examines an experimental Wisconsin program that sponsors people for job training -- but it's not quite what it seems. Produced by CBS for "48 Hours." |
| Teacher to Teacher: Language and Literacy -- Reading Aloud and Discussing More on DVD Version | This five-part series provides opportunities for preservice and inservice teachers and teacher educators to observe real teachers in their own classrooms while unrehearsed, integrated literacy learning is occurring among pupils in kindergarten through sixth grade. The first program presents a basic strategy for building children's understanding of language and literature, and for encouraging analysis, problem solving, and discovery. Author: Chris Mare. Produced by Penn State Television / WPSX-TV, in cooperation with the State College Area School District and Penn State's College of Education. |
| Teacher to Teacher: Language and Literacy -- The Morning Letter More on DVD Version | Demonstrates the use of the morning letter teaching strategy with six-year-old children. The teacher writes a daily letter to the class to introduce the children to words in print, a technique adopted when teachers decided not to use the preprimer component of the basal reading program. This method is an adaptable, creative vehicle for teachers to use in introducing and reinforcing language concepts they believe will facilitate growth in their pupils' reading and writing. |
| Teacher to Teacher: Language and Literacy -- The Writing Process More on DVD Version | Looks at two different but complementary methods to approach the writing process. The first segment, with seven- and eight-year-olds, illustrates how the children are engaged, the structure of the process, the role of the teacher, and how this activity is linked with the thematic unit that the class is studying. The second segment, with ten- and eleven-year-olds, emphasizes peer coaching and editing with demonstrations of the procedures, the role of the teacher, and the role of the students. |
| Touching the Future: Berna Ravitz More on DVD Version | Berna Ravitz, principal of the Hispanic-centered Academy of the Americas in Detroit, talks about the language-immersion curriculum within her school, where English- and Spanish-speaking children take on the role of mentors as they become fluent in eachother's languages. She stresses the need for a school environment that is comfortable and nurturing, and describes a pilot program called Playtime in Science. |
| Touching the Future: Jane Healy More on DVD Version | Learning specialist Jane Healy points out the influence of modern lifestyles on the developing brains of children in light of how neurological development is shaped by early experience. She fears that children growing up in the age of television and video games are showing a loss of language, listening, and problem-solving abilities. |
| Touching the Future: Joseph Pruit-Diaz More on DVD Version | Migrant-education specialist and Penn State associate professor Joseph Prewitt-Diaz discusses ways in which education might better provide for migrant children's needs. He advocates the creation of traveling learning centers that would give migrant students an opportunity to capitalize on the creativity and problem-solving skills already attained in their lives. |
| Touching the Future: Lloyd Elm More on DVD Version | Lloyd Elm, principal of the Native-American magnet school in Buffalo, New York, discusses the origin of his vision to create a program responsive to the culture of Indian children. He asserts that the development of a magnet school requires moving away from the traditional educational paradigm and explains the whole-language concept and learning in a risk-free environment. |
| Touching the Future: Phillip Schlechty More on DVD Version | Phillip Schlechty, president of the Center for Leadership and School Reform, believes schools must be organized around the needs of children rather than those of adult school employees. He recognizes business as a model for organizing success-oriented educational leadership structures and talks about the practical impact of legislation on education. |
| Touching the Future: Ray Johnson More on DVD Version | Ray Johnson, principal of the Paul Robeson African-centered school of choice in Detroit, states that faith, determination, working together, and economics all play a part in the success of his academy. He endorses constant curricula assessment and evaluation to ensure that youngsters understand and value diversity, and says it is essential that children receive an education filled with many points of view. |
| Tug-of-War More on DVD Version | Presents a Yanomamo Indian play session during the rainy season with approximately twenty women and children from the village of Mishimishimabowei-teri in southern Venezuela. From the Yanomamo series. Napoleon Chagnon |
| While Soldiers Fought: War and American Society -- For God and Country More on DVD Version | A look at the way in which children and teachers contrast traditional American ethical and religious values with the heroic images of soldiers and combat. |
| Why Should I Stay? Crisis Intervention with a Resistant Teenager More on DVD Version | An interview documents an episode in the therapeutic work with Priscilla, a sixteen-year-old referred to Wediko Children's Services because of her repeated running away and abuse of alcohol. Time period precedes At the Edge of a Desert: Renegotiating a Contract (35638). From the Wediko series. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #102:Visiting with Darlene More on DVD Version | Darlene, her husband, and four children (at the time of filming) live in a run-down, three-room house on an uphill gravel road in south-central Pennsylvania. She carries water from a spring, "fires" her stove with wood and coal, "baths" her children in a basin, uses an unpainted outhouse across her heavily sloping yard. She is 28 and, in her term, "flat-assed poor." She is also verbal, high-strung, superactive, nondirected, and bored. The film is selected from numerous "visits" by the producers to Darlene's home. It is a talky, subtle, observational film about a way of living--living poor, day by day, in Appalachia in the last third of the 20th century. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. restricted use in some PA counties. C1971 |
| Pennsylvania Parade:#115 - Profiles of Rural Religion: Go and I'll be with You More on DVD Version | At 33, Paul Wonders was a successful dairy farmer, with a wife, six children, and a farm that had been in his family for four generations. He "got saved" at an evangelistic meeting in 1948, sold the farm, became an itinerant tent preacher and later an ordained minister. Today, he is pastor of the Gospel Tabernacle Assembly of God in Hammersley Fork, an unincorporated crossroads community in the most sparsely populated corner of Clinton County, PA. The Wonders have built a new church building; they hold four exuberant services a week for their congregation of less than 100. They and their church are flourishing. This is an exploration of a minister and his wife--co-ministers--and the joyous brand of evangelism they conduct in their lives and in their church. From the "Profiles of Rural Religion" series. Produced by P.J. O'Connell for Penn State Television / WPSX-TV. Rural America Documentary project. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #127 – That Special Year More on DVD Version | This program documents the experience of high school through candid statements made by seniors and staff at DuBois Area High School. These students and staff share their experiences and express their feelings toward graduation. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting and The Rural America Documentary Project . ©1983 Do you remember what it feels like to be one of 40 million units in the seventh largest industry in the United Sates? Do you remember senior-day pictures, cafeteria chili, the Homecoming dance, skipping seventh period? Do you remember the excitement and the chaos--and the fear--of your journey through high school? For most of us, high school is an end-point, the last major social experience we will share together in such numbers, the place where we pass from child to adult. From here, we go our separate ways--to work, to college, to marriage--but the commonness of the experience will shape our lives. More of us go to high school than marry; more graduate than have children. Being a senior, getting ready to face the world, means a year of final experiences, unnerving to some, but very special to us all. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #125: A Matter of Principle More on DVD Version | Program offers a look at the inner workings of public school administration, from policing noisy cafeterias to deciding on the character of a teacher. Depicts co-principals dealing with children who want to drop out of school, parent-child disputes alcohol and drug abuse among students and kids thrown out of class for laughing. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #109: Hard Cases More on DVD Version | McKean County, 11th largest in Pennsylvania, contains 1/2 of1% of the state’s population. It ranks 1st in crude oil production, 5th in white-tail deer, and 2nd per capita for child abuse. Hard Cases is about the county and the Youth Services agency whose job it is to protect these children. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural America Documentary series. |
| Pennsylvania Parade #157: The Darlene Chronicles More on DVD Version | "Well, I'm 28, and I've got four kids. And I'm also married! (laughter)" (October, 1970) "That was my life; my kids was my life. Now they’re gone. I don’t have a life." (February, 1995) For twenty-five years, we watched. Darlene carried water, built a fire, slapped a child; the child grew, had children of her own, now refuses to speak to her mother. Darlene had a husband, and a boyfriend, "that certain someone"; "that certain someone" was dismissed, another boyfriend arrived, and her husband remained. Darlene lived in a three-room cabin, without running water or indoor plumbing; she moved to a five-room house, with running spring water but still without indoor plumbing. Darlene was "flat-assed poor" (her term); she is still flat-assed poor. For twenty-five years we watched, as the children (five; one graduated from high-school) grew and left home, and as Darlene, her husband, and her boyfriends grew old. A generation passed before our eyes—-and cameras. A remarkable record of an Appalachian family. Produced by P J O’Connell for Penn State Public Broadcasting. Rural lAmerica Documentary series. |
| Trauma and Memory I:The Dissociative Defense More on DVD Version | Interviews with clinicians working with both adults and children,along with graphics, reveal how the brain processes and stores information, differences between normal and traumatic memory, developmental aspects of traumatic memory, the forensic issues. Part I of a two part series. price$135 one video, parts one and two set $235 |
| Identifying Dissociation in Children More on DVD Version | Intended for teachers, social workers, nurses,and other professionals working with children,this video covers the traumatic origins ofdissociation, common misdiagnoses such as attention deficit disorder and conduct disorder, classroom behaviors, and the importance of early recognition. One video $125, "Identifying Dissociation in Children" and "Treating Dissociation In Children" $225 |
| Treating Dissociation In Children More on DVD Version | Intended for school psychologists, counselors, therapists, and doctors,this video covers safety issues, unfolding the dissociative system,art and play therapy techniques, and integrating alter personalities. One video $125, "Identifying Dissociation in Children" and "Treating Dissociation In Children" $225 |
| Children At Risk: Ritual Abuse in America More on DVD Version | Case histories document the reality of ritual abuse. Includes first-hand accounts by children,therapists, parents and law enforcement personnel. Narrated by Mike Farrell. |
| Coming Home: Recovery From Satanic Ritual Abuse More on DVD Version | This video reveals the dimensions of cult attacks on children's concept of God, and explores aspects of healing not ordinarily addressed in therapy.Christian perspective. |
| Meshie, The Child of a Chimpanzee More on DVD Version | Records, in informal style, some of a young chimpanzee's activities while raised in a home environment Meshie plays with a hose, joins in games with children, manipulates tools, eats with a spoon, and rides a tricycle. Learning tool manipulation and building a ground nest illustrate the interaction of learning and genetic programming in primate behavior. Serves as an historical record, one of the first films on raising a chimpanzee with human companions. Produced by H. Raven. 1929 silent c Harry L. Shapiro 1974. Primate category. |
| Sex Differences in Children's Play More on DVD Version | Synopsis Investigates sex differences in play behavior in preschool and primary school children. Examines size of play groups, rank, style of play, and precourtship behavior during group sessions on the playground. c 1969 R. Parker and Daniel G. Freedman. |
| Rock-a-Bye Baby: A Group Projective Test for Children More on DVD Version | Copyrighted 1956 A filmed puppet show designed to elicit projective responses from children five to ten years of age. Taps areas of sibling rivalry, aggression, fear, guilt feelings, and attitudes toward parents. Special manual includes directions to be administered only by persons trained in the use of projective techniques; study of the manual prior to the use of the film is essential. Manual and research monograph included with the film. M.R. Haworth and A.G. Woltmann. |
| Language Development More on DVD Version | C 1977 Richard M. Weist Demonstrates how children process language differently from adults. Explores the influence of semantic information on sentence comprehension. Comprehension processes are revealed by children at various phases of development as they act out the meaning of sentences with toys. Produced by Richard M. Weist. |
| Successfully Parenting Your Baby with Special Needs More on DVD Version | ©1999 Produced by: Edvantage Media Successfully Parenting Your Baby with Special Need is designed to give parents hope and support through enlightening them to the wonderful benefits of Early Intervention. This video will teach parents about the system of services designed for children with unique needs between the ages of birth to three and their families |
| A New IDEA for Special Education. Revised. Understanding the System and the New Law More on DVD Version | ©1998 Produced by: Edvantage Media WINNER OF THE PARENT’S GUIDE TO CHILDREN’S MEDIA AWARD 1998!! This insightful program will help both parents and educators better understand the recent changes to the law governing the Special Education System, The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Improvement Act (IDEA 2004). The Busch Admisnistraion reauthorized IDEA in the Fall of 2004. The changes to this law affect everyone, both regular and special educators and most importantly the students. In this program experts in education as well as experienced parents explain the law and the recent changes while guiding the viewer through the special education system. The key areas covered in the program are: ∑ The New Law- IDEA 2004 ∑ The Referral Process into Special Education ∑ The Evaluation Process of a Child ∑ Placement and Related Services ∑ Preparing for Transitions ∑ Discipline, Mediation and Standardized Testing |
| Costa Rica - Homes, Not Slums More on DVD Version | Marta Trejos is Executive Director of "CEFEMINA" - the Feminist Information and Action Center, and Coordinator of the "Women and the Environment" movement in Central America. Marta led an extraordinary experiment with a group of women under the slogan: "Homes, not slums". The purpose of this movement was to prevent anymore "shanty-towns" from being erected, and to build a more improved way of housing with a school and a dispensary nearby. Mothers also wanted their children to play in safety and they wanted jobs. In every aspect of this tremendous task, women undertook the construction of their own homes; from the organization of volunteers to managing the supply of materials. Produced by Judithe Bizot. |
| The Tree of Life More on DVD Version | Available in Spanish or English Los Voladores" (the Flyers) is a 1500 year-old rite sacred to Quetzalcoatl, the Morning Star. From its origins on the Gulf coast of Mexico, the ritual spread throughout Mesoamerica: a special square was reserved for it in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, and a variant is still known among the Quiche' Maya in Guatemala. Today "Los Voladores" is best known in its original home in the Huasteca region, especially among the Totonac, who have lived in the area for millenia. The version shown in the film is from Huehuetla, in the Sierra Norte de Puebla. The film opens with images from the Nuttall, Laud, and other Codices, and poetry from "Cantares Mexicanos", a collection of pre-hispanic Nahuatl verse from Texcoco. At the home of one of the Voladores, we watch the preparation of the characteristic seven-branched wax candles, crowned with a representation of the Volador pole (a mayordomia obligation, part of the cargo system). Intercut with the candle-making, children learn the ritual of the Voladores by re-enacting it from start to finish. In the forest, the Voladores bless the tree chosen for the rite. The tree is felled and dragged by 300 Totonacs along mule trails into the village, where it is wrapped with vines and raised entirely by hand to its new place in the churchyard. Preparations are completed as the Voladores bring the hub, the sacred symbol of dynamic change (Olin), from its place at their home altar, set it on the tip of the pole, and thread the ropes which will bear them on their flight carefully through the hub and around the pole. Dressed in costumes drawn from 18th-century European models, the Voladores join the statue of San Salvador, the Risen Savior, in the fiesta procession. As the capitan of the Voladores dances on the narrow bub, high above the flagstones, other dance groups perform: Huehues, Quetzales, San Migueles, and Negritos. Then the Voladores descend head down, arms spread, in a slow spiral, to the sound of drum and flute... Combining ritual, dance, music, poetry, and art, "THE TREE OF LIFE" is a meditation on the mystery at the heart of human life. It calls us to keep the world in balance with our lives. Awards:: First Prize, Festival of Films on Native Americans (Mexico); First Prize, International Festival on Culture & Psychiatry; First Prize, The American Film Festival; Berlin & London Film Festivals, Musee de l'Homme, Smithsonian, Corcoran, MOMA, Museo Nacional de Antropologia. TV: US (PBS) |
| The Tree of Knowledge More on DVD Version | Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac Indian community in East Central Mexico, The Tree of Knowledge contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon their own culture. But there is also a deeper, older level to the ritual: it is not the mestizos, but the living spirits of trees, who are the real spirits of the Danza, and who teach the Totonacs how to live in harmony with nature. That is where the Dance began... But there is also a deeper, older level to the ritual: it is not the mestizos, but the living spirits of trees, who are the real spirits of the Danza, and who teach the Totonacs how to live in harmony with nature. That is where the Dance began... Set in Huehuetla, Puebla, a Totonac Indian community in East Central Mexico, The Tree of Knowledge contrasts two systems of education. The public school system uses patriotic symbols to "integrate" Indian pupils into the national culture while teaching them to reject their own identity. In contrast, the Danza de los Huehues urges young Totonacs to learn from the mestizos ("whites"), yet warns them not to abandon their own culture. "Throughout the film we see the divided nature of the town: a close-up of a caged dove - the Indian locked into a Spanish world. The remarks of the school principal (of course a mestizo): 'Our main interest is that the children learn Spanish . . . If we speak to a sixth grade pupil in Totonac, he is insulted. He says, 'I speak Spanish now. Why do you talk to me in Totonac?'' . . . Lane's approach is indirect and symbolic; he avoids interpretive narration in favor of allowing visual and spoken symbolism to carry the message . . . Lane has made a useful contribution both to peasant studies and to the methodology of ethnographic film as well." Dr. Michael Logan The American Anthropologist, 1984 |
| The Eagle's Children More on DVD Version | Available in Spanish or English "La Danza de la Conquista del Gran Tenochtitlan", also known as "Los Concheros", "Danza Azteca", & "Danza Chichimeca", traces its origins to pre-Columbian Nahua ("Aztec") roots. Its adherents are organized into dance groups, each led by a "Capitan de Danza", who must obey one of the "Generales" who head distinct lineages and claim to pass traditional lore down from before the Spanish invasion of Mexico. The "Danzantes" must take part in a complex series of "obligaciones" throughout the year. At the great annual pilgrimage to the shrine of Chalma, thousands of "Danzantes" from Mexico and the US gather for four days of ritual and dance. Since the 1960's, Mexican dance teachers like Florencio Yescas and Andres Segura have brought the "Danza" to the US. The Eagle's Children follows Mexican-American "Danzantes" to Chalma, Central Texas, and San Diego, as they rediscover their indigenous heritage. |
| Inside Afghanistan More on DVD Version | Shot in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar, Spinbuldak, and the Afghan countryside in 1987, this film is a look at the *other* side of the war in Afghanistan - the Communist government and its supporters. Inside Afghanistan opens with an examination of the war as seen by the Afghan army. After a ride with an armored column transporting supplies from the Soviet border. We have tea with an Afghan captain, his Russian wife, and their two sons, as he explains the bond he feels with the other Afghan officers who trained in the Soviet Union. An Afghan colonel explains how these Soviet-trained army officers led the "revolution" that brought the Communists to power. At a tank training ground, an officer extols the "revolution". The documentary then looks at the educated, urban modernizers and reformers who saw the "revolution" as a way to bring Afghanistan into the modern world, even if on the Soviet model: women teachers and medical students, doctors at a children's hospital, boys at a Soviet orphanage, government officials, party members, and a rare interview with then- President Najibullah himself. The second half of the film moves to the countryside, where we visit several groups of villagers who had left the Mujahedin and were fighting on the government side under the same khans (clan landlords) who earlier had led them in their fight against the government. In a peaceful village square, a group of villagers discuss their needs, unaware of the camera, while in another village a government propaganda team entertains and passes out gifts. Under attack by Mujahedin at a remote outpost, we go to the nearby artillery base, which responds with a devastating barrage of rockets and howitzers. In the Kandahar prison, we meet two Taliban POWs, who in spite of torture tell us courageously that they still believe they were right to fight. Finally, at a meal in his home, the governor of Kandahar province breaks down in tears as he tells us of the deaths of his sons in this long and bloody war. Inside Afghanistan underscores the chasm between the urbanized, Westernizing supporters of the Communist government and the traditional Muslim world of the villages, still based on clan and feudal ties. Without preaching, the film breaks the stereotypes of Communist "puppets" and heroic "Freedom Fighters" to give the viewer a new understanding of the tragic and complex struggle for change in Afghanistan - a struggle that is far from over. |
| Functions of the Brain: Behavior of Man and Animal, Mechanism of the Brain More on DVD Version | Authentic film documentation of experiments performed by Ivan Petrovich Pavlov in his laboratory. Originally displayed at the 14th International Congress of Physiology, Rome 1932. This Pavlov film includes an experiment with children who are fed cookies via a mechanical device to demonstrate conditioned response. Pavlov presents an experiment with a dog demonstrating alimentary unconditioned reflexes, unconditioned reflex responses, and conditioned responses. Food, sound or a shock plate is used. Footage of child development newborn through 6 years is compared. silent. (Pavlov, Psychology) © 1999, University of Akron |
| Grief: A Peril in Infancy More on DVD Version | Comparisons in infant's behavior before and after mother's three-month absence indicated negative changes that may have permanent effects if mother fails to return. Study indicates that there is slower development of infants in an institution compared to children with real mother's constant attention. From the Film Studies of the Psychoanalytic Research Project on Problems in Infancy Series. Dated, but of historical value. (Dr. Rene Spitz, psychology) |
| Complex PTSD in Children I: Etiology, Assessment, Advocacy More on DVD Version | While this country spends large amounts on abused and neglected children----some thirty to forty billion dollars a year, according to Bessel van der Kolk----relatively little of this money is devoted to helping children recover from the psychological damage they have suffered. As a result, many survivors continue to suffer from the effects of their trauma---depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc.---in their adult lives. In this video series, Bessel van der Kolk and other clinicians from The Trauma Center, along with therapists Joyanna Silberg and Frances Waters, describe the assessment tools and therapeutic approaches that they have found most useful in working the severely traumatized in children. The clinician’s role in such cases often includes working with parents or guardians as well as children, and can extend far beyond the therapy room to encompass psychoeducation and advocacy. Before they can be treated, abused children need to be identified. The presenters describe the range of symptoms with which a traumatized child may present, and explain the ways in which a trauma assessment differs from a general mental health assessment Topic include developmentally appropriate behavior, differential diagnoses, parental trauma history, and the importance of early intervention. |
| Complex PTSD in Children II: Therapeutic Intervention More on DVD Version | While this country spends large amounts on abused and neglected children----some thirty to forty billion dollars a year, according to Bessel van der Kolk----relatively little of this money is devoted to helping children recover from the psychological damage they have suffered. As a result, many survivors continue to suffer from the effects of their trauma---depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc.---in their adult lives. In this video series, Bessel van der Kolk and other clinicians from The Trauma Center, along with therapists Joyanna Silberg and Frances Waters, describe the assessment tools and therapeutic approaches that they have found most useful in working the severely traumatized in children. The clinician’s role in such cases often includes working with parents or guardians as well as children, and can extend far beyond the therapy room to encompass psychoeducation and advocacy. For children with complex PTSD, safety must be established both externally and internally. Maintaining internal safety can be an especially difficult task when the child is highly dissociative. The presenters discuss ground techniques that can help a child to stay safe and stable, and describe the therapeutic modalities—play, talk, art, and group therapy—that they have found useful. Topics include controlling aggression, accessing emotions, changing the trauma story, and using EMDR. |
| Complex PTSD in Children I: Etiology, Assessment, Advocacy, II: Therapeutic Intervention More on DVD Version | While this country spends large amounts on abused and neglected children----some thirty to forty billion dollars a year, according to Bessel van der Kolk----relatively little of this money is devoted to helping children recover from the psychological damage they have suffered. As a result, many survivors continue to suffer from the effects of their trauma---depression, substance abuse, eating disorders, etc.---in their adult lives. In this video series, Bessel van der Kolk and other clinicians from The Trauma Center, along with therapists Joyanna Silberg and Frances Waters, describe the assessment tools and therapeutic approaches that they have found most useful in working the severely traumatized in children. The clinician’s role in such cases often includes working with parents or guardians as well as children, and can extend far beyond the therapy room to encompass psychoeducation and advocacy. I: Etiology, Assessment, Advocacy Before they can be treated, abused children need to be identified. The presenters describe the range of symptoms with which a traumatized child may present, and explain the ways in which a trauma assessment differs from a general mental health assessment Topic include developmentally appropriate behavior, differential diagnoses, parental trauma history, and the importance of early intervention. 41 minutes II: Therapeutic Intervention For children with complex PTSD, safety must be established both externally and internally. Maintaining internal safety can be an especially difficult task when the child is highly dissociative. The presenters discuss ground techniques that can help a child to stay safe and stable, and describe the therapeutic modalities—play, talk, art, and group therapy—that they have found useful. Topics include controlling aggression, accessing emotions, changing the trauma story, and using EMDR. 43 minutes |
| Successfully Educating Preschoolers with Special Needs More on DVD Version | Ages 2 1/2 to 5. This video describes all the services that preschoolers and entitled to if they have special needs. Experts in the field as well as experienced parents guide the viewers through the critical process of educating preschoolers receiving Special Education Services. Viewers will learn about the laws that entitle children to services and how they are applied to the preschool experience. The benefits of preschool for special needs children are stressed as the viewers meet families excelling from the services they received! |
| 0259 SCERTS Model: Enhancing Communicative and Socio-emotional Competence for Young Children with ASD - Barry M Prizant More on DVD Version | 4 tape session From the National Autism Conference held July 30, 2002 to Aug 2, 2002 |
| 0268 Teaching Language to Children with Autism - Mark L Sundberg More on DVD Version | 4 tape session From the National Autism Conference held July 30, 2002 to Aug 2, 2002 |
| 0270 Applications of Precision Teaching for Children with Autism - Richard Kubina More on DVD Version | 4 tape session From the National Autism Conference held July 30, 2002 to Aug 2, 2002 |
| Developing Communication Strategies More on DVD Version | Children who have hearing losses often misunderstand or are misunderstood when they communicate with others. Developing Communication Strategies introduces a treatment program to help children develop strategies for coping with this communication breakdown. Emphasis is placed on helping children learn to supplement speech, speechreading, listening and / or sign skills with techniques for managing the enviroment (e.g., background noise, distance from th speaker) and alternate communication modalities (e.g., writing). based on nine years of research conducted at The University of Iowa's Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center, this 57-minute video provides parents, teachers and clinicians with a foundation for designing activities to be used in home, school, and clinic settings. Clips from actual treatment sessions allow viewers to gain insight regarding the children's reactions to communication breakdown and the benefits of coping strategies introduced through the treatment program. OPEN-CAPTIONED Everyone is Communicating, winner of the prestigious Telly Award for health videos, teaches new ways to communicate effectively with a person whose disability may make communication seem difficult. Through animation, a professional cartoonist tells of ways people can benefit from sharing their similarities with others as well as valuing each other's uniqueness in order to make comunication fun and interesting. Jill L. Elfenbein, Ph.D, holds American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certification in both Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and had twenty years of clinical experience in public school, hospital, and university clinic settings. At present, she is an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University where she continues to do research in the area of rehabilitative audiology. |
| Family Mediation: Dealing with the Realities of Divorce More on DVD Version | The groundbreaking video that helps couples mediate their own divorce - without lawyers. Divorce without lawyers. Divorce through cooperation. It's a growing trend , as a new breed of mediators empower separating couples to mediate their own divorce, without lawyers. But how does a person or couple learn to mediate? Family Mediation assists divorcing couples in working out an equitable dissolution agreement that meets the needs of their post-divorce family. Family Mediation shows a realistic simulation of a complete and successful divorce mediation, answers common questions, and prepares the viewer for his or her role in mediation. This unique video series begins with the elementary decision to divorce, fully explores custody decisions and concludes with a full financial settlement of the dissolution. The whole mediation process - culled from weeks of videotaping - fills five one-hour videotapes: The Decision to Divorce, Telling the Children, The Custody Decision, Dividing Limited Resources, and Family Mediation: Conflict and Resolution in Divorce. Created by two pioneering experts on the subject of divorce mediation, Serena Stier, professor of law at Albany Law School in Albany, NY, and family therapist Nina Hamilton, currently at the University of Illinois in Champaign, IL. |
| Old Capitol: Restoration of a Landmark More on DVD Version | This prize-winning program introduces viewers to the process of historical restoration along with a condensed history of Iowa as a Territory and a State. Graphics illustrate the founding of Iowa City and the initial construction phase in the 1840's. Old photographs show the rehabilitation and remodeling done in the 1920's and on-site filming traces the restoration process which started in 1970 and was completed in 1976. Shows the founding of The University of Iowa and introduces the people connected with Old Capitol from the founding fathers to the school children who contributed money earned in class projects for its restoration, the construction workers and many others who were instrumental in its restoration. |
| Speech Pathology (all 7) More on DVD Version | Complete set of 7 speech pathology videos. Titles include: Cineradiographic Examination of the Velopharyngeal Mechanism, Examination of the Oral Mechanism, Normal Speech Articulation, Speakers with Cerebral Palsy, Speakers with Cleft Palates, Survey of Children's Speech Disorders, Velopharyngeal Function of the Normal Speaker. Medicine |
| Speech Pathology - Speakers with Cerebral Palsy More on DVD Version | Various deviations in respiratory, laryngeal and articulatory functioning are demonstrated by persons with cerebral palsy. Emphasis is on the difficulty of fully describing the speech physiology problems and relating specific deviations in functioning of the speech mechanism to the speech defects exhibited. Physiological functioning m ay vary in cerebral palsied children and a number of deviations may contribute to a particular speech characteristic. |
| Speech Pathology - Survey of Children's Speech Disorders More on DVD Version | How children learn oral communication and the relation of these processes to children with speech difficulties - oral communication problems in hearing, cleft palate, cerebral palsy, articulation, stuttering and the factors involved in each specific disorder. |
| Understanding Terrorism Series Afghanistan: The Lost Generation More on DVD Version | An Ancient Culture drowns in a Sea of Brutality. After enduring twenty-five years of civil strife, a botched occupation attempt and countless calamities, Afghanistan has finally returned to a state of relative-though fragile-calm. Controlled by a violent autocratic regime intent on eradicting personal liberties and forcing society back into the Dark Ages, Afghanistan faces a new set of challenges. Afghanistan: The Lost Generation is not about politics or religion. It is an unflinching look at the atrocities of war, and a personal visit to a nation and a people struggling to survive in the total desperation caused by an almost perpetual state of conflict. In a nation of countless victims, thousands of emotionally and physically crippled survivors-maimed children, widows and silent scholars-struggle to rebuild their lives. Ustad Kamal, a dean of traditional music and a virtuoso of the two-stringed dotar, uses his music to alleviate his pain and fight the cultural genocide destroying his country. Twelve-year-old Bashir lost both his feet in a rocket blast that struck his home and killed his parents, yet he works to provide food for his six surviving brothers and sisters. Nasrullah, a soldier crippled by war, clings to memories of his lost childhood amid the brutal reality of death and destruction. This is the struggle to rebuild a new Afghanistan as seen through the eyes of the lost generation. |
| York: The Voice of Freedom More on DVD Version | York: The Voice of Freedom is not a documentary, it is a dramatic work of art. As such, it starts with the facts of York's life and tries to explain through music and drama what that life meant. A work of history deals strictly with the facts; a work of art must seek for the truth that lives within those facts: how did the obedient slave come to understand that equality is not a gift to be passively accepted but a right to be seized and passed on to one's children? York: The Voice of Freedom hopefully shines some small light upon the dark facts surrounding the hundreds of thousands who were forced into lives of servitude. The stories of most of those victims have been lost, their voices silenced. York: The Voice of Freedom is a song of hope that resurrects the story of one man: York, the slave who traveled to the end of the earth and came back to find he still had ahead of him a long road to freedom. YORK: The Voice of Freedom Music by Bruce Trinkley Words by Jason Charnesky Videotaped at Penn State's Playhouse Theatre, November 17, 2002, by Penn State Public Broadcasting, this version was produced by Jerry Sawyer and directed for television by Jeffrey Hughes. 2dvd set |
| The 11th Hour Marc Klaas More on DVD Version | Father of kidnapped and murder victim Polly Klaas, provides proactive approaches to protect our children and our future. In facing your own mortality, what final message would you leave to future generations? Since 1991, distinguished individuals from around the world have been invited to answer this provocative question by contributing their living testament as they would like to be remembered when delivering their lasting message to the world. |
| The 11th Hour Gloria Allred More on DVD Version | Attorney Gloria Allred shares some of her historic legal battles on behalf of women, children, and minorities, as well as encouraging others to join her in her crusade to fight injustice. In facing your own mortality, what final message would you leave to future generations? Since 1991, distinguished individuals from around the world have been invited to answer this provocative question by contributing their living testament as they would like to be remembered when delivering their lasting message to the world. |
| Creating Health - Childhood Obesity Part 3 More on DVD Version | WPSU-TV's on-going health series explores the growing problem of childhood obesity in Creating Health: Childhood Obesity with host Kris Clark. More than five million American children and teens are considered overweight or obese, with resulting health issues including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, breathing and heart problems. The program explores causes of childhood obesity, including the impact of larger food portions and reduced physical activity, and demonstrates how today's American lifestyle of fast food, driving instead of walking and activities such as video games and computer use have affected children's health. |
| Children and Autism: Time is Brain More on DVD Version | Home Use only No public performance or classroom rights. This documentary features two families faced with the daunting challenge of raising a child with autism. Includes family therapists, and a board certified behavior analyst with more than 25 years of experience designing learning environments for people with autism and developmental disabilities. Discussions include identifying the signs and symptoms of autism, and ABA or Applied Behavior Analysis recognized by the Surgeon General. Produced by Marie Hornbein and Patty Satalia as a Take Note Live production of Penn State Public Broadcasting. © 2004 Does not include Classroom/Instructional Performance Rights, if Classroom/Instructional rights are needed please see stock # 0408. Autism, Special Education This documentary features two families faced with the daunting challenge of raising a child with autism. Includes family therapists, and a board certified behavior analyst with more than 25 years of experience designing learning environments for people with autism and developmental disabilities. Discussions include identifying the signs and symptoms of autism, and ABA or Applied Behavior Analysis recognized by the Surgeon General. Produced by Marie Hornbein and Patty Satalia Take Note Live is a production of Penn State Public Broadcasting. © 2004 Does not include Classroom/Instructional Performance Rights, if Classroom/Instrucitional rights are needed please see stock # 0408. |
| Genesis of Emotion More on DVD Version | Follows a child two weeks old, from an unspecific beginning in which the only discernible emotion is one of negative excitation, the child develops interest for the human being by the end of the first month. The differentiation of the first positive emotions from this interest is shown with the aid of the smiling response in children ranging from two to six months. Experiments show the factors operative in the smiling responses. The differentiation of the negative emotion is shown in the four-month-old child. The negative emotion's preponderant role between the eighth and the tenth month, during which it leads the development of the other emotions, is shown, as well as its role in the process of environmental discrimination. The last part of the film demonstrates the wide gamut of emotions the child has already developed at the end of its first year. Silent © 1953 Rene Spitz, M.D., Psychology. From the Psycholoanalytic Research Project on Problems in Infancy film studies. |
| Motherlove More on DVD Version | In Motherlove, Rene Spitz begins his study showing the social relations of Johnny to his mother starting with the first day of life in the feeding situation. The first feeding is shown, and the mother’s attitude toward Johnny is illustrated. Later stages of the development of a close relationship between Johnny and his mother are presented during the nursing situation. The continuation of these relations after weaning and their shifting pattern is shown again in the feeding situation. The influence of the birth of a sibling three years later and the mother’s way of dealing with the new situation are presented. In the second part of the film the loss of mother love is shown in another child. The child’s happy behavior while enjoying her mother’s care, followed by unhappiness after separation from her mother is described. Similar stages are shown in three other children. The behavior of these children at the approach of a stranger is presented. In contrast, the film ends by showing Johnny, the child first shown, whose relations with his mother have been constantly happy ones, in free and boisterous interchanges with a complete stranger. Silent © 1953 Rene Spitz, M.D., Psychology. From the Psycholoanalytic Research Project on Problems in Infancy film studies. |
| Shaping the Personality: The Role of Mother-Child Relations in Infancy More on DVD Version | This film illustrates forms of mother-child relations and their influence on the child. A brief anamnesis of the mother's pregnancy is confronted with her behavior during breast feeding in an attempt to present the biological and psychological factors that will influence the emergent mother-child relations and will decide the future attitude of the mother to her child. Five mothers, breast-feeding their children, are successively shown. The behavior of the mothers in feeding and play situations is shown to be an expression of their conscious or unconscious wishes of what their children should be like. Five children are shown. Each is followed by a catamnesis of the further development of the child, showing how much the child's personality is a product of the mother's wishes and how much it molds itself to the picture she has of him. Silent © 1953 Rene Spitz, M.D., Psychology. From the Psycholoanalytic Research Project on Problems in Infancy film studies. © 1953 silent |
| Somatic Consequences of Emotional Starvation in Infants More on DVD Version | Rene Spitz, M.D. conducts a comparison of five pairs of children, each pair age-matched within one week. Each pair consists of a.) A desired, loved child in a comfortable middle-class environment and b.) A waif raised by its mother in an excellently appointed foundling home with good hygienic care and adequate food during the first four months of life. The activities of ten children are shown during the first five months. The second part of the film shows the comparison between the children raised in families and the foundling-home children at age levels between thirteen and fourteen months. While the family children continue to be raised in an atmosphere of happy emotional interchange by their parents, the institutionalized children were separated from their mothers around the age of five months. A comparison, age for age, between the behavior of the family children and that of the institutionalized children is shown. The ravages wrought by the emotional deprivation of the institutionalized children is vividly illustrated in their extreme bodily retardation, in their progressive mental deterioration, and in their lowered resistance to disease. Silent © 1953 Rene Spitz, M.D., Psychology. From the Psycholoanalytic Research Project on Problems in Infancy film studies. |
| Understanding and Parenting the Traumatized Child More on DVD Version | Discusses the impact of abuse and neglect on children, on their behaviors, on their sense of self, and on their capacity to form attachments with new caregivers. Presents the challenges that foster and adoptive parents confront. Former foster children, parents, teachers, and therapists discuss the variety of ways in which children may be traumatized, and describe the impact of trauma on the way children view themselves and others. Topics include attachment problems, environment and structure, boundaries and time outs, working with therapists, and self-care. (Psychology) Set of 2 VHS or DVD $175 |
| Understanding and Teaching the Traumatized Child More on DVD Version | Discusses the impact of abuse and neglect on children, on their behaviors, on their sense of self, and on their capacity to form attachments with new caregivers. Presents the challenges teachers and other professionals confront. Former foster children, parents, teachers, and therapists discuss the variety of ways in which children may be traumatized, and describe the impact of trauma on the way children view themselves and others. Topics include escalation and de-escalation, structure and rules, bullying, the team approach, adjunctive programs, and vicarious traumatization and self-care. (Psychology) Set of 2 VHS or DVD $175 |
| Chenchus Children of the Forest More on DVD Version | The Chenchus are a Telugu speaking food-gathering tribe living in the Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh in India spread over the districts of Mahaboobnagar, Kurnool, Prakasam and Guntur. They are a conservative tribal group and have not made many changes in their lifestyle or tried to adapt to modernity. They live in the enclosed space and geography, leading a life of an unbroken continuity. Centuries of life in the forest have deprived the Chenchus of an ability to adapt easily to modern life. Though some of their children are sent to government schools, there are very few instances of educated Chenchus finding their way into mainstream modern society. This film shows the Chenchus struggling to adapt to new patterns of life as the forest resources dwindle with time. |
| Birth and Belief in the Andes of Ecuador More on DVD Version | Birth and Belief in the Andes of Ecuador is an intimate portrait of women living in the Andes of Ecuador; their beliefs and practices surrounding childbirth. Deprived until recently of modern medical care rural Andean women have managed their reproductive practices based on an ethnomedical system that uses pre-Columbian magical elements. Although based on folk medicine the prescribed practices usually confer real physical and emtional benefits to mothers and their children. |
| Angels Don't Have Headlights: Children's Reactions to Death in the Family More on DVD Version | Observes the reactions of children to the deaths of close relatives, which can involve emotional, behavioral, or bodily expressions, and often are accompanied by troublesome fears and fantasies. Health professionals elicit some of these reactions from four children between ages three and eleven. Print material included. From the Pediatric Opportunities series. Dr. Edward A. Mason. |
| A Balinese Family More on DVD Version | Study of a Balinese family and the ways in which the father and mother treat the three youngest children: lap baby, knee baby, and child nurse. Shows the father giving the baby his breast, behavior of the knee baby during the lap baby's absence, and difficulties of the child nurse in caring for the youngest. From the Character Formation in Different Cultures series. Produced by Gregory Bateson and Margaret Mead. 1951 |
| Speedy Delivery More on DVD Version | A wig, moustache and timeless uniform help transform David Newell into the whimsical "Mr. McFeely. an authentic character who always delivers. “Speedy Delivery” follows Newell’s global quest to save “The Neighborhood,” infused with a deep retrospective look into what made ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ the longest running children’s show in history. |
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