DEALING WITH LOSS, DEATH AND GRIEF

3300-12, 21 minutes, This video is designed to help educators offer the guidance young teens need to handle grief in a positive way by talking about it and reaching an understanding that their feelings are normal, that they are not alone, and that time will help them heal. Accompanied with...

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DON’T PICK ON ME!

#3600-12, 20 minutes, 1993 Don’t pick on me provides a basis for generating discussion on such issues as whether adults can help, and how kids can help each other. The program is designed to spur discussion around open-ended questions at the end of both part 1 and part 2. Each...

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Alcohol and the developing brain

400-43, 22 minutes, 2018 This program focuses on the effects of alcohol on the still-developing adolescent and young adult brain. It then focuses the risks of alcohol abuse on different parts of the still developing brain and how alcohol affects decision-making, coordination, memory and risks of binge drinking. Request

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BULLIES, LONERS AND VIOLENCE

3600-8, 2001 Teens Joey and Kristin are attractive and outgoing…and both are bullies. “Flipped” into attending a new school dressed in “nerd clothes”, the two are teased mercilessly on the same day there’s been a school shooting in a nearby community. In an emotional after-school vigil, students from Columbine and...

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TEEN SUICIDE

#2900-13, 34 minutes, 2001 Teenagers have more stress in their lives than ever before. Divorced parents, substance abuse, lack of adult supervision, abusive family situations, unemployment, and a sense that the world may not be getting any better are all factors that cause many teenagers to feel alone and desperate....

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Deep Depression & Suicide

2900-18, 18 minutes, 2008 Teen suicide is a complex situation mostly of deep depression where a teen develops feelings that 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...

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Teens and Sex: What you need to know

3500-6, 28 minutes, 2005 The road to informed sexual decision-making is filled with potential wrong turns. Peer pressure, misinformation, media exposure, and powerful hormones can make it difficult for teens to make decisions in their own best interest. Two peer hosts, using a straightforward approach, answer questions and debunk myths...

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