Among The Many
Recommended: Video Librarian "The world is a completely different place when we have a loved one this close to us die. Grief is about relearning the world." —Franklin Cook, Unified Community Solutions Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in our country. Those who suffer the loss of a loved Read More...
Blowing Smoke: Vaping Teens & Smoking Addiction
Recommended: Video Librarian E-cigarettes have been called the next generation cigarette and vaping the newest way for teens to start smoking. Research confirms that nonsmoking teens who start vaping are three times as likely as nonvapers to later smoke cigarettes and that vaping seemed to encourage smoking. Most teen Read More...
Bullying: There's Always A Way Out
Recommended Parent's ChoiceBullying has moved past face-to-face interaction. Junior High and High School students present real-life scenarios of bullying, including bullying through the Internet, texts and video. Difficult and distressing situations in a variety of settings are addressed, followed by both unproductive ac Read More...
College: The Other Costs
When students and parents discuss the costs of college or university it’s usually centered around tuition, but there are other costs, more obscure and sinister that should also be discussed. These hidden costs relate to the ethics and health related issues that arise from the pressures to succeed and of keeping Read More...
Complete Anti Bullying Kit, The
Highly Recommended: Video LibrarianThe Complete Anti Bullying Kit includes everything you need to combat bullying at your school. Keith Deltano, winner of the Teaching Excellence Award and the National Impact Award, addresses the needs of the students, educ Read More...
Dream Stealers: A True Story About Cigarettes
This very powerful program does not encourage people to quit smoking, but rather to never start. Geraldine brings new meaning to the term struggling actor. She was just a young woman when she began to smoke. It was, at the time, quite sophisticated, even bordered on glamorous. She smoked for the better part of her adult li Read More...
Drugs & Alcohol and Your Choice
Bronze Telly AwardThere are all kinds of drugs. Some help people with medical problems and can be bought in any store, right over the counter. Other medicines must be prescribed by a doctor. The alcohol and energy drinks we see advertised everywhere? Those are drugs, too. Then there are illegal drugs like marijuana. Some dru Read More...
Four More Days: The Dangers of Drinking & Driving
Recommended School Library JournalHard to believe, but it is just four more days until high school graduation. Tara and her friends are beginning to feel the nostalgia associated with saying their final goodbyes to teachers and friends, excitedly capturing their comments by creating a reality based video yearbook. Their exuberan Read More...
Guidance Systems Series
NOTE: Series orders are delivered in a single, multi-disc case. If you need individual cases you must order the individual DVDs. Recommended Parents' Choice. Silver Telly Award and Film & Video Omni Award. The Guidance Systems series features age appropriate children in real life situations that students can relat Read More...
Gun Shop
A film by James Rogan The Financial Times: Critic’s Choice; The Guardian: Subtly terrifying. Highly Recommended: Library Journal Recommended: Video Librarian No issue currently divides Americans more than their constitutional right to bear arms versus the merits of gun control. This new, topical documentary Read More...
Guns At School: Creating A Safer Learning Environment
Recommended - Video Librarian One of the most frightening trends over the last several years has been the rise of gun-related violence at school. A number of reasons have been cited for the emergence of this disturbing phenomenon. Some of these include the widespread availability of guns, escalating levels of violence in Read More...
Let's Talk About Drugs Series
NOTE: Series orders are delivered in a single, multi-disc case. If you need individual cases you must order the individual DVDs. Telly Awards- Silver WinnerThis series, designed for upper elementary-aged children, presents information on legal and illegal drugs in an easy to understand way. It delves into the impact of the Read More...
Rumors, Gossip and Teasing: It Hurts
Bronze Telly AwardRumors, gossip, taunting, teasing and bullying are all forms of harassment. Harassment is when someone or a group of people targets someone else with the goal of making them feel bad. Teasing and taunting might get you angry, but there are healthy ways to deal with it and how it makes us feel. Sometim Read More...
School Violence: You Can Help Prevent It
Recommended: Booklist, Video Librarian Violence is anything that hurts a person physically or emotionally. School violence refers to any act of violence that occurs within a school community. Both “threats of violence” and physical “acts of violence” create an unsettling and unsafe envir Read More...
Sexual Abuse: It's Not Your Fault
Recommended Video Librarian, Parents' Choice. Silver Telly Award Elementary aged students present real-life scenarios of sexual abuse and the resulting emotional impact. Follow the children from the beginning to end to identify what sexual harassment is, how to handle this serious issue and establish av Read More...
Talk It Out: Teens, Substance Abuse and Addiction Series
NOTE: Series orders are delivered in a single, multi-disc case. If you need individual cases you must order the individual DVDs. Telly Awards- Silver Winner Through vintage footage, animation, graphics, and scientific demonstrations, this series explores the various types of substance abuse and addiction and their impact Read More...
Teens 101 Series: A Youth Mental Health Initiative
Teens 101 is a multi-media initiative reaching, guiding, empowering, and inspiring youth through the issues that can affect their mental health and well being. The series communicates from a youth's perspective topics such as: depression and anxiety, addiction, self harm, mental illness, bullying, body image, self worth, fa Read More...
Teens In Treatment Series
This series takes an in-depth look at teen addiction. Through a personal connection with teens in recovery, students get an honest look at the causes and consequences of substance abuse, as well as the steps to recovery. Teen mental health and drug abuse experts, and clinical addiction psychologists lend their expertise. T Read More...
Your Body, Your Health And Drugs
Recommended School Library Journal, Parents Choice. Silver Telly Award.Elementary students must understand at a young age the harmful effects drugs and alcohol have on their body. Presented as an early education drug prevention and health program, young viewers will understand the connection between respecting the Read More...