Oct/090
New Resource – Getting Kids in Sync
Getting Kids in Sync DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Getting_Kids_In_Sync_DVD-pid898.html
Resource #: GKSD919W
Sensory-Motor Activities to Help Children Develop Body Awareness
Getting Kids in Sync DVD
In this lively DVD, Carol Markowitz, author of the best-selling Out-of-Sync Child series, demonstrates SAFE (Sensory-Motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy) activities with the help of the children of St. Columba’s Nursery School in Washington DC.
This is a great DVD for any parent, teacher or childcare provider looking for quick-and-easy ideas for incorporating sensory activities into a child’s day.
The children’s demonstrations make the activities easy to understand, while Carol’s explinations clarify the sensory benefits of the activities, the many ways they can be used, and how children on differing developmental levels may react.
Oct/090
New Resource – Making Sense of Sensory Integration
Making Sense of Sensory Integration CD-ROM
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Making_Sense_of_Sensory_Integration_CDROM-pid900.html
Resource #: MSSC917W
Making Sense of Sensory Integration CD-ROM
In this audio CD, three expert occupational therapists discuss a wide variety of issues related to sensory processing disorder and how to treat it. The CD format is wonderful for parents’ and teachers’ busy schedules! Those new to SPD will appreciate the easy-to-understand language, while SPD veterans will pick up new strategies and ideas to add to their tool box.
Topics include:
• An Introduction to Sensory Integration
• How Sensory Processing Disorder Affects a Child’s Development
• How the Different Types of Sensory Processing Disorder Affect Children
• Evaluating Sensory Abilities in Children
• How Sensory Disorders Affect Family Life
• How Sensory Disorders Affect Children’s Learning and Schoolwork
• Treatment of Sensory Disorders
• Summary and Recommendations
The accompanying booklet provides even more information, such as How to Get the Most Out of Making Sense of Sensory Integration, Questions and Answers, Finding a Therapist, Recommended Reading, and more!
Oct/090
New Resource – Move About Activity
Move About Activity Cards
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Move_About_Activity_Cards-pid901.html
Resource #: MAAC919W
Quick and Easy Sensory Activities to Help Children Refocus and Calm Down
Move About Activity Cards
Winner of an iParenting Media Award, this colorful 64-card deck provides fun-filled activities that will help children develop their sensory-motor skills in a game-like format.
These cards offer delightful activities for children of all ages and abilities. Many activities require no special equipment, while others make use of standard, classroom equipment to develop children’s sensory-motor skills and improve their learning and behavior.
A great tool for parents, teachers, or therapists to use at home, at school, or in the clinic!
Oct/090
New Resource – Sensory Issues in Learning & Behavior
Sensory Issues in Learning and Behavior DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Sensory_Issues_in_Learning_and_Behavior_DVD-pid903.html
Resource #: SILD999W
See the Nation’s Leading Special Needs Author in Your Very Own Classroom or Living Room
Sensory Issues in Learning & Behavior DVD
In this 3-hour DVD of a live presentation, Carol Kranowitz offers sensory strategies and activities that are applauded not only in the United States but around the world. Carol discusses research in SPD and shares her 25 years of teaching experience.
For every kind of sensory need, she has a story that illustrates how a child may behave. She suggests techniques that work (and some that don’t) and fun and functional activities that are sure to be a hit with your young child or student, no matter what his or her sensory needs are.
Carol discusses:
• Recent research in SPD by the world’s top investigators
• The six types of SPD and how they can affect the daily lives of children
• Possible co-existing problems (e.g., visual, auditory, eating, sleeping, and emotional difficulties)
• Available treatment and therapy options
Carol’s lively approach to sensory challenges makes this DVD informative and entertaining. Her dynamic presentation will have you out of your seat in no time!
Oct/090
New Resource – Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration
Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration CD-ROM
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Teachers_Ask_About_Sensory_Integration_CDROM-pid905.html
Resource #: TAAC919W
Teachers Ask About Sensory Integration CD-ROM
An audio companion to the book Answers to Questions Teachers Ask about Sensory Integration, Carol Kranowitz interviews expert occupational therapist Stacey Szklut and they discuss how to teach children with sensory integration problems.
It is like eavesdropping on two experts sharing sensory secrets! Finally, here is help for teachers and other school professionals who are trying to reach kids with sensory problems and help them succeed in the classroom, and in life.
Discussion topics include:
• Understanding why challenges in sensory integration affect learning
• Learning how to become a good detective of SI dysfunction in the classroom
• Gaining insight into how sensory integration dysfunction can look like ADD, ADHD or learning disabilities
• Learning methods for creating effective collaborations between home and school
• Materials appropriate for preschool through high school teachers and school professionals
Oct/090
New Resource – Out of Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder
Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Out_of_Sync_Child_Recognizing_and_Coping_with_Sensory_Processing_Disorder_DVD-pid887.html
Resource #: OSCD939
Featuring Best Selling Author Carol Stock Kranowitz, MA
Out-of-Sync Child
The renowned author of bestseller The Out-of-Sync Child is now on DVD! Carol is a teacher with over 25 years experience and a special interest in the field of sensory integration.
In this informative and charming video, she presents both the human and neurological aspects of sensory integration challenges.
A wonderful resource for parents, teachers, therapists, and all those concerned, this DVD explains what sensory integration dysfunction is, how to recognize the symptoms, and how to help those affected. It offers great combination of theory and practice, with emphasis on early diagnosis and intervention.
This DVD was taped before a live audience and includes footage of her students at St. Columba’s Nursery School in Washington, DC, where Carol teaches music and movement.
Oct/090
New Resource – Special Kids: Body & Grooming
Special Kids: Body and Grooming DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Special_Kids_Body_and_Grooming_DVD-pid889.html
Resource #: SKBD944W
Part of the Special Kids Learning Series
Special Kids: Body & Grooming DVD
Do you know how to wash your hands, brush your teeth and comb your hair? This program teaches children all about their body — and how to keep it clean. From head to toe, they’ll learn that boys and girls aren’t all that different as they learn to bathe, shower, wash hair, brush teeth and trim nails.
Teaches: Self-help, communications, social and motor skills plus speech, labeling, writing, reading, sequencing, modeling, generalization and association to objects and actions.
The Special Kids Learning Series is designed to teach and promote quality, effective, integrated learning for children with autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Down syndrome, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, Apserger syndrome, dyslexia and other developmental and learning disabilities. It has been proven that video is one of the most effective ways to reach and teach this audience. Each program focuses on teaching early academics, self-help, hygiene and socialization skills to help visually receptive learners acquire speech, reading, writing, fine motor, computer, play, human interaction and other important skills.
This series employs the following teaching methods:
•Multi-Associative Learning: Special Kids combines video of an object, action or person through real-time video or photography, with the audio association of its identification through the spoken word.
•Modeling: The simple video modeling of actions, events and proper behaviors. Generalization: The grouping of objects, actions or events in their proper category or sequence.
•Repetition: Repetitive presentation of materials, in a variety of approaches, to reiterate, yet entertain.
•The Human Element: Very importantly, Special Kids features the human element — via host “John Sprecher,” father of a boy with autism — that Newsweek calls essential to learning
Oct/090
New Resource – Special Kids: A Day At School
Special Kids: A Day At School DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Special_Kids_A_Day_AT_School_DVD-pid888.html
Resource #: SKSD944W
Part of the Special Kids Learning Series
Special Kids: A Day At School DVD
What’s a typical day at school like? There’s a lot to do and it’s a lot of fun! In this program children learn the alphabet, numbers, spelling, reading and writing plus singing a song, watch kids color pictures and play at recess. This program also teaches children how to behave — from getting on the bus, to sitting quietly, to raising their hand or waiting their turn.
Teaches: Social, Communications, Motor & Play Skills plus speech, labeling, writing, reading, sequencing, modeling, generalization, and association to objects, actions and concepts.
The Special Kids Learning Series is designed to teach and promote quality, effective, integrated learning for children with autism spectrum disorder, pervasive developmental disorder, Down syndrome, mental retardation, cerebral palsy, Apserger syndrome, dyslexia and other developmental and learning disabilities. It has been proven that video is one of the most effective ways to reach and teach this audience. Each program focuses on teaching early academics, self-help, hygiene and socialization skills to help visually receptive learners acquire speech, reading, writing, fine motor, computer, play, human interaction and other important skills.
This series employs the following teaching methods:
• Multi-Associative Learning: Special Kids combines video of an object, action or person through real-time video or photography, with the audio association of its identification through the spoken word.
• Modeling: The simple video modeling of actions, events and proper behaviors. Generalization: The grouping of objects, actions or events in their proper category or sequence.
• Repetition: Repetitive presentation of materials, in a variety of approaches, to reiterate, yet entertain.
• The Human Element: Very importantly, Special Kids features the human element — via host “John Sprecher,” father of a boy with autism — that Newsweek calls essential to learning.
Oct/090
Featured Product – A Reason to Live
A Reason to Live
By Perry Como
A Reason to Hope
A Reason to Hold On
A Reason to Live DVD
As a small boy in the ‘50’s my father called me the “Shadow”. Whenever possible, you would find me by his side. This particular afternoon we were off to see a friend of his. When we arrived, his friend’s daughter was on their front steps doing homework and told us to “go on in, Dad’s in the kitchen”. As we made our way to the kitchen the smell of gas surrounded us. At the kitchen door we found my father’s friend sitting on a chair in front of the stove. He had draped a blanket over his head and the open oven door and turned on the gas. Dad immediately turned it off and rushed his friend outside to the front steps, much to his daughter’s horror. At a young age the ‘Shadow’ had a very close look at suicide.
After a degree in Psychology and another in Counseling, I still don’t have answers to what I witnessed almost 55 years ago. Throughout my life and career I have not been sequestered from the subject, but that incident from so long ago, left a bigger imprint of any other. When asked to write a blog about a new DVD on the subject, my experience as a young boy came to mind. My thought was maybe there would be something to give me a little more to understand what was going on in that kitchen and why suicide has become the third leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 24.
A Reason to Live is from producers who pour their heart and soul into their work. Husband and wife team, Cynthia Salzman Mondell and Allan Mondell, who are Media Projects, Inc., have done no less with this program. Cynthia and Allen have been making award winning docu-dramas and documentary films and videos for over 25 years. Their work explores a wide range of subjects but always with the goal of personalizing often complex social problems. This 52 minute film is no exception.
Probing deeply into the questions of suicide, A Reason to Live focuses on the more than 4,000 teenagers and young adults who succeed in taking their own lives every year. Using a documentary style format they capture 12 penetrating personal stories of despair and hope. As you watch the program you begin to understand depression and suicide from the individual’s perspective. Cynthia and Allan’s goal is to educate the viewer with realistic and effective steps to treat depression and prevent suicide. But before that they explore the psychological, cultural, biological and social factors contributing to depression and suicide. With this understanding, the Mondell’s make us more effective in recognizing the danger signs, getting help and hopefully, saving lives.
Cynthia and Allen’s hope is A Reason to Live will give us a deeper understanding of depression and suicidal behavior. After watching the film, I gained an insight and awareness of suicide the “Shadow” didn’t have and now know prevention is possible with early recognition and treatment.
Here are some contacts:
National Suicide Prevention Life Line 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
Purchase A Reason to Live at:
Program Development Associates
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?A_Reason_to_Live_DVD-pid472.html
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Teen Anger
Real Life Teens: Teen Anger DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Teen_Anger_DVD-pid873.html
Resource #: RTAD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Teen Anger DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Anger is often the most powerful emotion for teens — but it can reveal a deep assortment of underlying emotions. At school campuses everywhere, anger is a growing problem for students.
This program covers teen anger and why anger can be the tip of an emotional iceberg. Students discover methods for recognizing anger in all its forms and how to cope with it. Teens learn what leads up to anger and how to diffuse angry or violent situations. They’ll also learn about anger and home life, why covering up anger is dangerous, how to maintain positive attitudes and how to deal with this negative emotion in a positive way.
Subjects covered include:
• Identifying Anger
• Why Anger can be destructive
• Common sources of anger in teens
• How to let out anger
• Anger and home life
• Violence and anger
• Expressing emotions in a positive way
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Deep Depression & Suicide
Real Life Teens: Deep Depression & Suicide DVD
Resource #: RDDD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Deep Depression & Suicide DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Teen Suicide is a complex situation mostly of deep depression where a Teen develops feelings that they are un-wanted, misunderstood, angry, ashamed, abused, unloved, or victimized. Other Teens that commit suicide may be feeling guilty about disappointing family, friends or they feel an overwhelming sense that they are too much of a burden on others. Deep Depression can affect Teens where they believe that suicide is the only solution. If a Teen commits suicide, everyone is affected. Sometimes even those who barely know the Teen develop feelings of guilt, confusion and the sense they could have done something themselves to prevent the suicide.
Subjects covered include:
• What is Deep Depression?
• How Deep Depression is recognized
• Attempted Suicide
• Substance Abuse
• Warning Signs
• Coping with Teen problems
• Where to turn to if you or a friend needs help
This program is designed for use with a genereal high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Cyber-Bullying
Real Life Teens: Cyber-Bullying DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_CyberBullying_DVD-pid876.html
Resource #: RCBD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Cyber-Bullying DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face today. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Cyber-bulling is any form of harassment that occurs via the Internet. Vicious forum posts, name calling in chat rooms, posting fake profiles on web sites and mean or cruel email messages are all examples of bullying. While Cyber-Bullying mainly takes place on line, other high tech methods like threatening text messages and taunting voicemail also fall under this category. Cyber-bullying is a crime in some States and has even led to death. Hear from Real Teens as they discuss their views on Cyber-Bullying.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Why do teens Cyber-Bully
• What can be done about Cyber-Bullies
• How can Cyber-Bullies be stopped
• Dealing with forum and chat room bulling
• Where to turn to if you or a friend is being Cyber-Bullied
• The consequences of Cyber-Bulling
• Dealing with website bullying
• The must do’s and the not do’s of the Internet
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Bullies & Harassment on Campus
Real Life Teens: Bullies & Harassment on Campus DVD
Resource #: RBHD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Bullies & Harassment on Campus DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
This program discusses bullies and harassment on campus and some of the motivations behind a bully’s behavior. Using interviews with teens that bully and teens that have been bullied, this program provides a broad understanding of why bullies do what they do, the best way to handle them and who can be of help in a harassing situation. The program discusses the damage to self-esteem when a student becomes the constant victim of bullying and the ways to avoid conflict and violence on campus. Teens tell us their fears and solutions in this “must watch” program.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Does bullying exist?
• Student harassment.
• How to deal with a bully.
• The law & it’s involvement with bullying.
• School rules to protect from harassment.
• How to stand up for yourself.
• Where to turn for help with a harassing situation.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Eating Disorders
Real Life Teens: Eating Disorders DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Eating_Disorders_DVD-pid878.html
Resource #: REDD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Eating Disorders DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Eating Disorders are a growing concern amongst teens. While positive feelings of self esteem about appearance are important in today’s world often teens put appearance above all else with devastating results. Eating disorders are complex, self-destructive and dangerous issue with physical, psychological and emotional roots. Viewers will learn the difference between anorexia and bulimia and why becoming obsessed with weight can reveal serious underlying issues. Students will discuss and learn some of the common causes of eating disorders. Teens see that both sexes can be affected and that getting help is possible. Real Teens talk about how they feel about their self image and food.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Why appearance is important.
• The difference between anorexia and bulimia.
• Why eating disorders are dangerous.
• What to do if you suspect an eating disorder.
• Why diet pills and fads are dangerous.
• Good nutrition for teens.
• Where to turn for help with eating disorders.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Obesity & Health
Real Life Teens: Obesity & Health DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Obesity_Health_DVD-pid879.html
Resource #: ROHD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Obesity & Health DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
In our looks-obsessed society, lots of people think that being overweight is simply an appearance issue. Obesity issues go way beyond the ones we usually hear about, like diabetes and heart disease. Being overweight can also affect a person’s joints, breathing, sleep, mood and energy levels. Being overweight can impact a person’s entire quality of life. Hear from Real Teens as they discuss their self image, weight, obesity and health.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Why do Teens become overweight
• How can Teens avoid being Obese
• The health issues surrounding being overweight
• How depression & anxiety add to conditions of Obesity
• What outside influences can lead to Obesity
• Changing attitudes toward body image
• Where to turn to if you or a friend needs help
• Obesity can change a Teens personal self-esteem
• How outside influences such as family life & hurtful teasing can lead to Obesity, depression & other serious issues in a Teens life & happiness
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Peer Pressure
Real Life Teens: Peer Pressure DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Peer_Pressure_DVD-pid880.html
Resource #: RPPD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Peer Pressure DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
This program discusses peer pressure and its effect on teens. It is designed to help teens feel comfortable discussing issues and the positive and negative effects of peer pressure. After completing the program, students will have a better understanding of peer pressure and its effects.
Subjects Covered Include:
• The positive effects of peer pressure.
• The negative effects of peer pressure.
• How to avoid negative peer pressure.
• Where do most peer pressure situations occur.
• Where to turn for help.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Preparing for College
Real Life Teens: Preparing for College DVD
Resource #: RPCD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Preparing for College DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
In this modern world getting a college education is extremely important for one’s life and career goals. Today, too many teens are dropping out of high school. This program is designed to help teens get more involved in their own college preparation. Real Teens discuss the issues and problems faced by teenagers dealing with college preparation and shows the importance of preparing for college.
Subjects covered include:
• Ways to prepare for college.
• The importance of graduating from High School.
• SAT’s and their importance.
• The importance of choosing the right college.
• Developing good study habits.
• Where to ask for help with college preparation.
• Future Careers.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Teen Depression
Real Life Teens: Teen Depression DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Teen_Depression_DVD-pid882.html
Resource #: RTED964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Teen Depression DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Depression can be a devastating and debilitating condition for teens. It can interfere with school, social life, family life and virtually every aspect of a teen’s life. Unfortunately, teen depression is common. In this program, teens learn about the real risks of teen depression, how to identify depression and why depression interferes with a teen’s life. Students learn about self-medication and the dangers of trying to solve chemical imbalances themselves along with the warning signs of depression and why it’s important to seek help. This program also touches on the tragedy of teen suicide and what to do if you or a friend needs help. This is real advice for a dangerous and wide-spread health condition among today’s teens. Real Teens speak frankly about their “dark side”.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Defining depression.
• The warning signs of depression.
• Identifying the roots of depression.
• Depression and home life.
• Self-medication.
• Self-destructive choices.
• Getting help.
• Teen suicide.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Stress
Real Life Teens: Stress DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Stress_DVD-pid883.html
Resource #: RSTD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Stress DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Many teens are under stress: school, dating, home life, social stress, it can be overwhelming! Too much stress can get in the way of enjoying life, being productive and making good choices. It’s well recognized that stress can lead to health problems and psychological harm.
This important episode of Real Life Teens is designed to help teens through the very real issue of stress in their lives. The program covers common areas of stress in a teen’s life: academic stress, social stress and stress from home life. Real teens give real solutions and insights into this important subject.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Sources of stress.
• What a teen can do to reduce academic stress.
• Why procrastination can cause stress.
• Pressure to “fit in”.
• Why It’s important to accept yourself.
• How to reduce dating stress.
• What to do if there is a serious problem at home.
• Solutions to stress.
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Self Destruction
Real Life Teens: Self Destruction DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Real_Life_Teens_Self_Destruction_DVD-pid884.html
Resource #: RSDD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Self Destruction DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
This program discusses Teen Self Destruction and its different manifestations. Self inflicted physical injury such as “cutting” is the most common aspect of Self Destruction. Teens may experience painful feelings of their own towards harming themselves or may be exposed to a teen or friend who needs real help. Helping someone who is prone to self destruction is not easy and Teens discuss ways to help.
In this program we’ll discuss possible causes and solutions to self destruction in adolescents. Hear from Real Teens as they discuss different aspects of Self Destructive behavior
Subjects covered include:
• What is self destruction?
• What kinds of problems can lead to self-destruction?
• How to express negative feelings in a positive manner
• Alternatives to self destruction
• Positive ways of expression
• How to know if you or a friend needs help
• Where to turn to for help
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Racial Tension on Campus
Real Life Teens: Racial Tension on Campus DVD
Resource #: RCTD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Racial Tension on Campus DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
This program gives an important overview of racism today in high schools and why racism can be insidious and destructive in a teen’s life.
Students learn about racial tension and how it can lead to problems in every aspect of high school life. Suggestions and techniques for diffusing racial tension are presented in a practical and useful style. Students learn how to open up their mind to the differences between races on campus, along with the common occurrence of racial cliques and why they can lead to racism. Real Teens speak frankly about their feelings on Race in this important program.
Subjects Covered Include:
• Racial cliques
• Racism on campus
• How to diffuse racial tension on campus
• The advantages to avoiding racism in life
• How to open up to other languages
• The importance of honesty
• Why some teens become racist
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Real Life Teens: Teens & Disabilities
Real Life Teens: Teens & Disabilities DVD
Resource #: RTDD964W
Part of the Real Life Teens Series
Real Life Teens: Teens & Disabilities DVD
The Real Life Teens series takes an unbiased, realistic look, from the teen’s perspective, at the wide variety of issues teens face toda. Featuring young teenagers (not actors) telling their stories, in their own words.
The series discusses many significant issues in adolescent society and cuts through many barriers with its honest and relevant advice. The Real Life Teens is crafted by experts to solve pressing problems in today’s high schools. Give your students the advice and support they need in this complex and often overwhelming world.
This program discusses Teens and Disabilities and explores the different ways that disabilities can impact a teens life. Teens learn that many different ways in which disabilities can manifest in people and how they should treat and react to other teens with disabilities. In this program we will discuss students with disabilities and how the general student population can support them.
Subjects covered include:
•What is a disability?
•How to understand a student with a disability
•Why those with disabilities are called “special”
•Showing respect and helping those who are disabled
•Special Education
This program is designed for use with a general high school audience, grades 8-12.
Oct/090
New Resource – Spotlight on Careers in Education
Spotlight on Careers in Education DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Spotlight_on_Careers_in_Education_DVD-pid872.html
Resource #: SPCD999W
Spotlight on Careers in Education DVD
Gaston Caperton overcame dyslexia to become the Governor of West Virginia and President of the College Board—provider of the SAT, AP exams, and CLEP tests.
In section one of this program, Caperton explains how his struggle with dyslexia fueled his dedication to the promotion of education.
In section two, Virginia Jose, an art educator at South Bronx Preparatory School and a practicing professional artist, discusses what teaching means to her.
She also shares why art is so important to her—a message she also strives to communicate to her more than 120 students each week.
Oct/090
New Resource – Teens At Risk: Addiction and Depression
Teens at Risk: Addiction and Depression DVD
Resource #: TRAD964W
Teens At Risk… Powerful Insights Into Powerful Issues
Teens At Risk: Addiction and Depression DVD
The TEENS AT RISK series deals with powerful and relevant issues facing teenagers today. This series reveals first hand how young people deal with and overcome the very real challenges encountered as part of their growing up. Relevant to all teens and with real life messages about real life issues, these highly charged personal interviews and stories reveal, in their own words, how significant and seemingly overwhelming problems can be to overcome.
TEENS AT RISK is crafted by experts to help solve and give advise about pressing issues facing youth in school, family and adolescent society and gives viewers the messages of hope and support that are needed in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Many depressed people, especially teenagers, also have problems with alcohol and drugs. Sometimes the depression comes first and people try using drugs using drugs as a way to escape. Other times, the alcohol or other drug use come first and depression is caused by the drug itself, the withdrawal from it or the problems that substance abuse causes.
Obviously, in the long run drug or alcohol use just makes things worse. Although it is often difficult to distinguish which came first, the important point is that if someone has one or both of these problems, the sooner they get help the better, as doing nothing is a recipe for bigger trouble, like serious addiction of failing in school or in life.
Teens at Risk, teaches how to be honest about both issues- showing how depressed teens can deal effectively with their illness without substance abuse and how to communicate with people who can get into treatment – proven to be the only way to really get better and stay better.
Oct/090
New Resource – Teens At Risk: Youth and Drugs
Teens At Risk: Youth and Drugs DVD
http://www.disabilitytraining.com/product-info.php?Teens_at_Risk_Youth_and_Drugs_DVD-pid871.html
Resource #: TRYD964W
Teens At Risk… Powerful Insights Into Powerful Issues
Teens At Risk: Youth and Drugs DVD
The TEENS AT RISK series deals with powerful and relevant issues facing teenagers today. This series reveals first hand how young people deal with and overcome the very real challenges encountered as part of their growing up. Relevant to all teens and with real life messages about real life issues, these highly charged personal interviews and stories reveal, in their own words, how significant and seemingly overwhelming problems can be to overcome.
TEENS AT RISK is crafted by experts to help solve and give advise about pressing issues facing youth in school, family and adolescent society and gives viewers the messages of hope and support that are needed in this complex and often overwhelming world.
Children generally believe that alcohol and drug use is safe. Bombarded by media from an early age, the average 18 year old has seen well over 100, 000 television commercials encouraging them to drink. Any illicit drug use by adolescents can have immediate, long-term health and social consequences.
Overall, mental health problems including depression, developmental lags, apathy, withdrawal, conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, and other psychosocial dysfunctions are frequentlylinked to substance abuse among adolescents. Arrest, adjudication and intervention by the juvenile justice system are eventual consequences for many youths engaged in alcohol and other drug use.
