DVD List: August 2015
Child Welfare Information Center
SFA, School of Social Work
* = Suggested DVDs for Foster Parents
Italicized = NEW DVD
CODE
105569
104713
104709
104710
TITLE
LENGTH
30 Day:The Complete Series
6 discs, 3
episodes per
disc; episodes
approximately
40 minutes each
In this 6-DVD series, 18 white middle class Americans are put into
situations where they are way out of their comfort zone and experience
30 days of how the other half lives. (2008) Donated
33 minutes
DVD. Every school has kids with emotional and behavioral disorders.
They can be bright, engaging and fun but are also difficult, disruptive
and taxing for teachers and classmates alike. A best practice
approach to successfully integrate elementary and middle school EBD
students into the educational mainstream is outlined. The DVD
features special education teachers, as well as student portraits and
family interviews. (2005)
25 minutes
DVD. Escaping an abusive home, Dainella Anderson entered foster
care at 16. At 19, she had a son, a job and hopes for college. Now
she's struggling to fend for herself. This is an excellent portrayal of the
choices young people immersed in the system face, to receive
supports from that system; or strike out on their own. It's a challenging
choice. (2005)
23 minutes
DVD. Keely Lopez is a 21-year old African American woman who aged
out in 2002. She grew up on welfare, lost her mother to AIDS, a
brother in a drug shooting and her father to alcohol abuse. She finds
and loses jobs, sinks into depression, becomes pregnant and returns
to welfare. The one thing she can control is seeing that her child is
never in foster care. (2005)
The ABCs of Emotional
Behavioral Disorder *
Aging Out:
Bound and Determined *
Aging Out:
Case Closed *
DESCRIPTION
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Aging Out:
Declaration of Independence *
Aging Out:
Ready or Not *
Aging Out:
With No Direction Home *
American Denial
25 minutes
DVD. Eighteen-year-old David Griffin has lived in 21 foster homes
since birth. Intelligent, unpredictable and self-destructive, he feels
suffocated by a system that won't let him be independent. He goes
AWOL, steals, lives on the street and is arrested and incarcerated.
Charges are dropped and his case is closed. He talks about leaving
the bad things behind and prepares for a new life in Alaska where no
one knows him. (2005)
29 minutes
DVD. Risa Bejarano almost beats the odds. Abused by her stepfather,
separated from her siblings at 9, a veteran of 10 foster-care
placements by 18, she excels in high school and enters college.
Lacking family and financial support and battling addiction, she suffers
a serious breakdown and leaves the university. She rallies, enters a
community college and finds a job, but her story ends on a tragic note.
(2005)
24 minutes
DVD. Thomas Hudson, a 20-year old African American, survived
sexual abuse and several suicide attempts. He grew up without a
family and aged out with nowhere to go. Still, he finishes high school,
and in spite of many obstacles, finds work. He bounces around from
place to place and from job to job and starts over again in Chicago,
hoping to maintain his fragile independence and success. (2005)
56 minutes
DVD. In 1938, Swedish researcher and Nobel Laureate Gunner Myrdal
plunges into America's Jim Crow South. Through Myrdal's story and
contemporary racial dynamics, the film explores how denial, cognitive
dissonance, and implicit bias persist and shape all of our lives.
Archival footage, drawings, newsreels, nightly new reports and rare
southern home movies from the '30s and '40s thread through the
story, as well as psychological testing into racial attitudes. (2014)
2
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105087
An Introduction to Qualitative
Research
An Introduction to Quantitative
Research
Anatomy of Prejudice
Angels of the Basin
Antwone Fisher
81 minutes
An overview of conducting qualitative research in the Health and
Social Sciences. The DVD features essential components and
concepts of qualitative data inquiry including history, data collection
methods, types of analyses, key features of qualitative research,
comparing qualitative and quantitative research, writing a research
report, and ethics. Examples, case studies, and summaries are
incorporated to demonstrate concepts. (2014) Donated
37 minutes
This DVD provides an introduction to components and concepts in
quantitative research in the Health and Social Sciences. Topics
include data collection methods, experimental design, types of
analyses, writing a research report and ethics. (2014) Donated
49 minutes
DVD. Jane Elliott's seminar on race modeled on an experiment in
which culturally and racially diverse third-graders were separated into
groups of "superiors" and "inferiors." Examines the effects of prejudice
on attitude, work ethic and feelings of self-worth. This lecture exposes
the harm done when prejudice is introduced into any setting. (2009)
52 minutes
DVD. This documentary chronicles the history and way-of-life of one of
America's most fascinating cultures, the Cajun fishermen of Louisiana.
Environmental stress, pollution, political powerlessness, and economic
instability threaten their home & heritage. Note: the first 15 minutes is
a play with historical narrative of Acadian people then the
documentary begins. (2007) Donated
120 minutes
DVD. Inspired by the true life experience of its title character, Antwone
Fisher tells the compelling story of a troubled sailor who is ordered to
see a naval psychiatrist about his volatile temper. Little does he know
that his first step into the doctor's office will lead him on a remarkable
emotional journey to confront his painful past and connect with the
family he never knew. (2002) Donated
3
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105072
105571
Asperger Syndrome *
Ask Us Who We Are *
Away From Her
Bayou Landfall
17:30 minutes
DVD. In recent years schools have seen a marked increase of
Asperger Syndrome diagnoses. This DVD looks at a Asperger
students in general and focuses in on 12-year-old Andrew. Includes
an in-depth interview with Dr. Tina Iyama, M.D., University of
Wisconsin Children's Hospital. She explains the causes, symptoms,
and strategies for coping with Asperger Syndrome. Andrew shows
that with appropriate supports it's possible to flourish outside the
accepted social and educational bell curve. (2002)
75 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. This documentary film is focused on the challenges and
extraordinary lives of youth in foster care and highlights the heartbreak
that many youth carry with them as they move through their lives. This
film also reveals the tremendous strength and perseverance that
grows out of their determination to survive and thrive and also focuses
on the lives of foster care parents and kinship families that open their
homes to children. (2011)
110 minutes
DVD. Grant and Fiona appear to have an unwavering commitment to
each other. This serenity is broken by Fiona's increasingly evident
memory loss. For a while, the couple is able to casually dismiss these
unwelcome changes. But when neither Fiona nor her husband can
deny any longer that she is being consumed by her disease, the
couple is forced to wrenchingly redefine the limits of their love and
loyalty -- and face the complex, inevitable transition from lovers to
strangers. (2007) Donated
17 minutes
DVD. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina over one thousand Houma
Indians of Louisianna were left homeless, their homes completely
destrpyed by wind and water. This film documents their day to day
survival, as wellas their struggle for federal recognition. (2006)
Donated
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105271
105256
104621
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Being Gay:
Coming Out in the 21st Century
Beyond Consequences *
Beyond The Border:
Mas Alla de la Frontera
93 minutes
25 minutes
DVD. Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father,
Wink, in the Bathtub, a southern Delta community at the edge of the
world. When her tough but loving father succumbs to a mysterious
Illness, the fierce and determined girl bravely sets out on a journey to
save him. The film provides an excellent case example for child
welfare especially related to poverty. (2012)
DVD. Interviewees and experts discuss the benefits of this important
transition by examining the six stage of coming to terms with one's
sexual identity. They also look at the dangers of running away from
self-acceptance: such as alcoholism, drug abuse, and suicide, and
how finding support can greatly assist the process. (2005)
48 minutes (1)
81 minutes (2)
46 minutes (3)
96 minutes (4)
This 4-part DVD set will bring you solutions and a deeper
understanding of the book Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control
(volume 1 and 2). This presentation gives you a more real-life
application to empower you to implement the Beyond Consequences
principles to bring peace to your family. [Beyond Consequences,
Logic, and Control (vol. 1&2) books are available for checkout].
(2007)
60 minutes
DVD. Over the past decade, thousands of Latinos seeking a better life
have migrated to Kentucky, finding low-paying jobs in the tobacco,
manufacturing and horse racing industries. However, as these Latino
communities have swelled, so too has the xenophobia and
discrimination they face. This film traces the painful transition made
by four sons in a Mexican family as they leave behind their parents and
sisters and struggle to overcome cultural, class and language barriers
in Kentucky. (2001)
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A Bilingual's Healing Journey: In
Search of the Language of the Heart
105276
Body Language:
Cultural Differences
105673
Boys And Men Healing From Child
Sexual Abuse*
105737
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
3hrs
DVD. Counseling for a bilingual client is complex when experienced in
their second language. It does not always provide healing or helpful
outcomes. Much can be misunderstood and much can be missed
altoghether. The bilingual client is able to navigate verbal
communication in two worlds, but remains at a disadvantage when the
intimacy of their culture and expression of the affective experience
cannot be accessed in their second language.(2013)
30 minutes
A diversity specialist outlines differences in behaviors among non-U.S.
cultures and introduces multicultural manners. The program covers
such topics as greetings, physical contact between the sexes, smiling,
and embracing and emphasizes that acceptable norms vary among
cultures. (2007)
58 minutes
DVD. A Documentary about the epidemic of sexual abuse of boys, the
impact on individuals, families, and society, and the importance of
male survivors healing and speaking out to end child sexual abuse.
(2010)
132 minutes
DVD. Inspired by Dee Brown's acclaimed bestseller. This film begins
powerfully with the Sioux triumph over General Custer at Little Big
Horn. It is a display of how American Indians were displaced as the
U.S. expanded west. (2011) Donated
105421
The Business of Poverty:
Facing up to the Economy
57 minutes
DVD. As more and more companies view low-income Americans as
opportunities for profit, the poverty business is taking off. A Bill Moyer's
essay on the Iraqi government's $79 billion surplus rounds out the
program. (2008) Donated
105132
But Words Do Hurt:
Stories From GLBT Youth
30 minutes
DVD. GLBT youth speak about their experiences of coming out,
discrimination, support and resources in rural settings. (2005)
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By Invitation Only
Call + Response
105731
Children in No Man’s Land
105448
Children with Disrupted Attachment:
Understanding Children with
Disrupted Attachment
105449
Children with Disrupted Attachment:
Parenting Children with Disrupted
Attachment
105450
Children With Disrupted Attachment:
Caring for Children with Disrupted
Attachment
57 minutes
DVD. Inclusion in New Orleans' old line Carnival society remains "by
invitation only," but this new documentary gives viewers
unprecedented look at the inner workings of this insular world through
the lens of one of its own. This film follows a young woman's
ascension to her throne as Mardi Gras queen, along the way revealing
the tension between family and social status with both her own
personal convictions and the winds of change in tradition-bound New
Orleans. (2006)
86 minutes
DVD. This film takes a stand by uncovering the hidden world of human
sex-trafficking in the United States. The filmmakers expose disturbing
information about the reality and commonness of human trafficking
and advocate for change. The film is an excellent example of the
power of advocacy to inspire change and enhance social
justice. (2008)
39 minutes
DVD. A documentary that uncovers the current plight of the 100,000
unaccompanied minors entering the United States every year. This
film gives the timely political debate about the U.S. Mexico border a
human face by exploring the story of Maria de Jesus (13) and her
cousin Rene (12) as they attempt to cross the U.S./Mexico border
alone to reunite with their mothers in the Midwest. (2008)
42 Minutes
DVD. Part 1 of 4. This 4-DVD series is intended to help parents,
residential workers, and therapists in working with children with
disrupted attachment. Explains the effects of disrupted attachment and
provides introductory information. (2011)
45 minutes
DVD. Part 2 of 4. This 4-DVD series is intended to help parents,
residential workers, and therapists in working with children with
disrupted attachment. Discusses issues encountered by foster
parents, adoptive parents, and family members. (2011)
44 minutes
DVD. Part 3 of 4. This 4-DVD series is intended to help parents,
residential workers, and therapists in working with children with
disrupted attachment. Discusses issues affecting child care workers
and residential staff. (2006)
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Children with Disrupted Attachment:
Treating Children with Disrupted
Attachment
42 minutes
DVD. Part 4 of 4. This 4-DVDseries is intended to help parents,
residential workers, and therapists in working with children with
disrupted attachment. Discusses treatment issues, and is intended for
counselors, social workers, and therapists. (2011)
105108
Calming the Tempest:
Helping the Explosive Child
35 minutes
DVD. Many adults have faced a child's or teenager's explosiveness
and are unsure of how to respond. In reality, many children who have
difficulty managing their anger need to be taught the skills necessary
for coping with frustration and situations that demand flexibility. It is
the lack of cognitive skills that contributes to the angry outbursts.
Calming the Tempest provides parents, teachers, and caretakers with
an awareness and overview of how to teach these skills at home and
at school. (2004)
105258
Child Assessment and Preparation
30 minutes
DVD. An ecological, child-focused practice model that can help
adoption workers prepare children from the child welfare system for
the challenges they will face in the future. (1998)
39 minutes
This DVD helps parents identify and respond to trauma from parental
divorce, the death of a parent or sibling, a life threatening accident or
illness, extreme school violence, and natural catastrophic disasters. Its
important for parents to know what to do in identifying reactions to
these events in their children and in turn the appropriate responses to
take.(2002)
23 minutes
DVD. Play is how children try out roles and test limits, how they
develop basic physical and mental skills. Play is fun and free, yet also
a dress rehearsal for adulthood. Play is the engine that drives child
development. (2003)
54 minutes
DVD. Two child sexual abuse survivors tell the secrets of the sexual
abuse that was kept from their families for more than half a century.
This film takes you beyond these two lives, to the familiar life themes
observed in your students, clients, family members, or even your own
story. (2010)
105406
Childhood Trauma:
A Parent's Guide*
104924
Child's Play How Having Fun Turns
Kids Into Adults
105684
Common Threads: Stories of Life After
Trauma*
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Communicating Between Cultures
23 minutes
DVD. Some "cultural givens" are so deeply imbedded in thought
patterns they are invisible to those who hold them. Communicating
Between Cultures shows how to make some of these patterns visible
and improve communication. A series of cross-cultural situations
show how even good intentions often go astray. (2004)
105126
Connecting with Kids for Kids:
Not Like Me *
24 minutes
This DVD show how kids deal with racism, prejudice and tolerance in
daily life. (2000)
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105245
The Courageous Heart
of Irena Sendler
Cracking the Codes:
System of Racial Inequity
95 minutes
The
Daddy & Papa *
Empathy Training for
Ethnic and Cultural Awareness
DVD. The story of Irena Sendler, a social worker who was part of the
Polish underground during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis
for saving the lives of nearly 2,500 Jewish children by smuggling them
out of the Warsaw ghetto. (2009)
75 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. This film reveals a self-perpetuating system of inequity in which
internal factors play out in external structures: institutions, policy and
law. Designed for dialogue and learning, Cracking the Codes: The
System of Racial Inequity works to disentangle internal beliefs within,
as it builds skills to recognize and address the external drivers of
inequity. (2012)
57 minutes
DVD. This film explores the growing phenomenon of gay fatherhood
and its impact on American culture. Daddy and Papa delves into the
particular challenges facing gay men who decide to become dads.
From surrogacy and interracial adoption, to the complexities of gay
divorce, to the battle for full legal status as parents. (2006)
60 minutes
This DVD features 36 vignettes developed and role-played by diverse
students based on their personal experiences with marginalization on
college campuses. It features insights into the challenges facing
African-American, Asian, Asian-American, Caribbean, gay and
lesbian, Hispanic, Native-American, and international college students
and encourages viewers to examine their own assumptions, feelings,
and attitudes regarding diversity. (2009)
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ENDGAME:
Aids in Black America
Education Under Arrest
105110 105111 Endless Dreams: Building Educational
105112
Support for Youth in Foster Care *
105,237,105,238
Every Child is Adoptable
120 minutes
DVD. Every ten minutes, someone in the United States contracts HIV.
Thirty years after the discovery of the AIDS virus among gay white
men, nearly half of the one million people in the U.S. infected with HIV
are black men, women and children. This film traces the history of the
epidemic through the experiences of extradionary individuals. From
Magic Johnson to civil rights pioneer Julian Bond, from pastors to
health workers, people on the front lines tell moving stories of the
battle to contatin the spread of the virus, and the opportunity to finally
turn the tide of the epidemic. (2012)
60 minutes
DVD. This film looks at the efforts by those on the frontlines of juvenile
justice reform and what programs are successful in breaking the
school-to-prison pipline. Travis Smiley travels to Washington State,
Louisana, Missouri and California, meeting the educators, law
enforcement, judges, youth advocates and the at-risk teens
themselves who are working together to get our kids out of the juvenile
justice system, back into highschool and through graduation. (2013)
15 minutes
This DVD is developed for those who are actively involved in the
educational needs of children who are in out-of-home care, and the
importance of the efforts of school administrators, teachers, special
education professionals, foster parents, and staff is emphasized. The
unique problems and challenges that children in out- of- home care
face include: parental abuse, substance abuse, loss of family, multiple
placements, frequent changes in schools and the trauma of physical,
emotional and/or sexual abuse. (2006)
30 minutes
DVD. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption knows that every
child waiting in foster care is adoptable and that every child deserves a
permanent and loving family. This film presents three distinct and
critical voices of foster care adoption: adopted teens, adoptive parents
and the frontline adoption professionals. Listen to these voices of
experience and their impact on foster care adoption. (2009)
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105251,105252,
105253, 105254,
105255
105,239,105,240
Extreme Off Road Parenting *
Family Forever: Reunification through
Family Focused Foster Care
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders:
FADS and Your Child:
Cause, Effects, and Interventions *
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders:
Understanding FADS:
Cause, Effects, and Interventions *
Finding Forever Families
30 minutes
DVD. An in-depth look at child anger problems. Looks at factors that
could be generating extreme anger outbursts and possible solutions.
(2002)
18 minutes
DVD Four birth mothers tell stories of how they became overwhelmed
by problems and could not care for the children they love. These
mothers share their feelings toward social workers and foster parents
immediately following the removal of their children. (1999)
1hour and
15 minutes
In this DVD, physicians, researchers, educators, and parents share
insights, information, and practical strategies to help you make the
most of your child's potential. Topics include What is FASD- cause
and characteristics, Diagnosis for health care professionals, and
Interventions- learning and behavioral strategies. (Introduction for
professionals and parents) (2009)
15 minutes
35 minutes
In this DVD, physicians, researchers, educators, and parents share
insight, information and practical strategies to help you understand
FASD and learn how to interact more effectively with a child affected
by prenatal alcohol exposure. Topics include what is FASD, effects of
FASD, and interventions for individuals with FASD. (Designed for
Parents) (2009)
DVD. In the United States and Canada, thousands of children are
legally freed for adoption. These children are often considered
unadoptable because of their age, race, physical or emotional
handicap or desire to be placed with siblings. This DVD dispels the
myth that any child is unadoptable and provides best practices on how
to recruit families for children based on the child's desires and needs.
(2009)
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First Person Plural *
For the Child:
Information on Mental Health and
Advocacy for Resource Parents *
60 minutes
DVD. In 1966, Deann Borshay Liem was adopted by an Ameircan
family and was sent from Korea to her new home. Bravely uniting her
biological and adoptive families, filmmaker Borshay Liem's heartfelt
journey make FIRST PERSON PLURAL a poignant essay on family,
loss, and reconciling of two identities. (2000)
30 minutes
DVD. Understand the most common children's' mental health
problems. Navigate the local mental health service delivery system.
Develop alliances with birth parents, school systems, mental health
providers and caseworkers. Feel increased comfort seeking mental
health services. Recognize the rights and responsibilities for foster
children, birth parents, kinship providers, foster parents and
caseworkers. Identify who to call, what to say, and where to go to
obtain the right services for the children in their care. Be an effective
advocate for the children in their care. (2007)
105115
Foster Parent College:
ADHD, ADD, & ODD *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Dr. James Kagan
offers insight and positive steps to foster parents on dealing with kids
diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and
Oppositional Defiant Disorder. While presenting the stories of six
families. This DVD covers issues such as symptoms, diagnosis,
medication, power struggles, keeping things positive and becoming
advocates for the children. (2006)
104435
Foster Parent College:
Anger Outbursts *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Features four types of
anger in children: temper tantrums, anger towards other children,
anger towards the mother, and erratic anger and strategies for
addressing each behavior. (2003)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Pediatric psychiatrist,
Dr. Jim Kagen, and a panel of foster and adoptive parents discuss
their children's fears and phobias. Learn to understand your child's
disorder and possible root causes. Disorders discussed include
separation anxiety, social anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, and other
childhood worries. (2007)
105114
Foster Parent College:
Childhood Anxiety Disorder *
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Foster Parent College:
Child Safety and Supervision*
Foster Parent College:
Children with Autism *
45 minutes
Study Guide
45 minutes
Study Guide
Foster children present unique safety issues in and out of home. This
DVD offers insight into challenges faced daily by foster caregivers.
This sound, practical advice gives parents the tools they need to
develop and implement safety plans for the home and off-site
environments. (2009)
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. This DVD discusses
autism spectrum disorders known as pervasive developmental
disorders. The three most common ASD's are autism, Asperger
syndrome and pervasive developmental disorders. Dr. Nickel shares
his expertise with a panel of foster, kinship, and adoptive parents who
have questions about autism spectrum disorders. (2008)
105414
Foster Parent College:
Culturally Competent Parenting*
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Dr. Tanya M. Coakley offers insight and practical solutions for
the unique challenges faced by majority culture parents caring for
minority culture children. The course focuses on helping children
appreciate and maintain their cultural identity, building children's
confidence in dealing with prejudice and racism, and advocating on
behalf of children. (2009)
104434
Foster Parent College:
Eating Disorders *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Covers stealing and
hoarding food, gorging, refusing to eat certain foods, and anorexiabulimia and offers strategies for addressing each behavior. (2003)
104452
Foster Parent College:
Fire-Setting *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College series. Training on four types
of fire-setting: silent but deadly, impulsive, disturbed, and accidental.
(2003)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Special foster care
regulatory agencies, including Child Protective Services, have been
mandated to investigate foster care regulation violations and
complaints. These investigations are a necessary part of the safety net
that protects chindren in care. This course explores why foster home
investigations are necessary, what happens during and after
investiagtion, and how providers can limit the impact of an
investigation on their household. (2012)
105618
Foster Parent College:
The
Foster Home Investigation Process *
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Foster Parent College:
Grief and Loss in the Care system *
45 minutes
Study Guide
105248
Foster Parent College:
House Safety *
45 minutes
Study Guide
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105198
Foster Parent College:
Impact of Fostering
Birth Children *
Foster Parent College:
Kinship Care *
The
on
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Charley Joyce, a
Licensed Independent Social Worker and Clinical Director of PATH,
Inc. of North Dakota, offers insight into the issues surrounding grief
and loss based on 30 years of experience working in areas of foster
care and specialized foster care. This course examines the stages of
grief, complex grief, and the manifestation of grief and loss in children,
birth parents and foster parents. Also covered are strategies for
helping children, birth parents, and foster families handle and
appropriately express their feelings of grief and loss, as well as when
to seek professional help. (2009)
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Michael Quinn, a 25year-veteran social agency professional, guides parents through a 10station tour and inspection of a typical foster home. He looks for
dangerous conditions that might go unnoticed until seen as a safety
hazard to children-everything from the temperature of hot tap water to
unsecured old freezers. Parents assume the role of regulator with self
scout house inspections, noting deficiencies and making necessary
corrections or repairs. (2008)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Adding a foster child to
the household stirs up a variety of emotions. Birth children may be
excited at the prospect of a new child in the home, but at the same
time may be jealous of the time and energy their parents devote to the
new child. This course explores what birth children and their parents
may feel through all phases of the fostering proces and offers
strategies for helping them cope. (2011)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Kinship care can be
very challenging to both the relative caregivers and the children -it is
usually unplanned and arises out of a crisis situation requiring major
adjustments in space, priorities and attitude. These issues are
addressed by internationally known kinship care expert Dr. Joe
Crumbley. (2006)
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Foster Parent College:
Lying *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. In this program
parents learn to understand and deal with this frustrating problem by
looking at four types of lying behavior: lying to get out of trouble, lying
to gain attention, pathological lying, and lying to get others in trouble.
(2004)
105006
Foster Parent College:
Positive Parenting 1 *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Getting kids to
behave and cooperate can be a real challenge, especially with some
foster and adoptive children. Frustration makes it easy to slip into
negative interactions for both parents and children. In this first course
on Positive Parenting, learn techniques to minimize the negative by
gaining children's cooperation, tracking their behavior, and using
encouragement. (2005)
105007
Foster Parent College:
Positive Parenting 2 *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. The second course of
Positive Parenting provides examples on how to set limits with your
children. Helps in mutual understanding on behavior and rewards.
(2006)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. While it is important
to keep parenting positive atmosphere in the home, sometimes
children's behavior can become quite negative, difficult, and even out
of control. This course focuses on three approaches to handling
situations that have turned negative: time-out, privilege removal, and
extra chores. (2006)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College series. Attachment, or how we
connect with other humans, is the cornerstone of social development.
Since it is shaped in the initial experience of the infant and young child,
it is important for foster and adoptive parents to understand what can
happen when attachment goes awry and their child is diagnosed with
RAD. (2005)
105008
105005
Foster Parent College:
Positive Parenting 3 *
Foster Parent College:
R.A.D. Reactive Attachment Disorder *
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Foster Parent College:
The
Role of Mandated Child Abuse
Reporters *
Foster Parent College:
Running Away *
Foster Parent College:
Safe Parenting
Foster Parent College:
Self-Harm *
Foster Parent College:
Sexualized Behavior *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College series. Every 8 seconds a
report of suspected child abuse is made. Reporting suspected abuse
carries with it duties and responsibilities necessary to insure the
investigation process is not compromised. This course looks at the
challenges mandated reporters face and the laws that govern reporting
suspected child abuse. (2012)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Each year 800,000
children between the ages of 10 and 18 run away from home and are
reported missing-that's one out of seven kids! In Running Away , Dr.
Rick Delaney discusses different types of running away behavior with
foster and adoptive families, what parents can do to prevent it, and
how they can promote more positive behavior. (2005)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. The challenges of
foster parenting can be overwhelming, and a highly stressed parent
may lose sight of the safest way to proceed in solving behavior
problems. This course offers insights and practical steps to looking
after a child's health, safety, security and best interest. (2005)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Understandably,
foster and adoptive parents may feel disturbed when a child engages
in self-harm by carving on the body, reckless self-injury, hair pulling,
risky behavior or threatening suicide. In this course, meet five families
whose children obsess about and participate in these types of selfharm. Offering valuable input about these behaviors is Dr. Rick
Delaney-author, speaker and practicing psychologist. (2005)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Training on four types
of sexualized acting out: obsessive sexual behavior, sexual behavior
with siblings, seductive behavior towards adults, and public
masturbation is provided along with strategies for addressing each
behavior. (2003)
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Foster Parent College:
Sleep Problems *
Foster Parent College:
Stealing *
Foster Parent College:
Substance-Exposed Infants *
Foster Parent College:
Wetting & Soiling *
Foster Parent College:
Working with Birth Parents I:
Visitation *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Some of the most
difficult parenting happens at bedtime-just when parents are tired and
ready for rest themselves. In this DVD, Dr. Richard Delaney talks with
four families about the sleep problems their children are facing, and
offers the viewer understanding, insights, and practical steps to
overcome these problems. (2003)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. The fact that stealing
is a common problem with foster and adopted children doesn't make
that behavior any less upsetting to parents. Many worry that it places
their child on a collision course with a life of crime. Dr. Rick Delaney
gives parents the understanding and knowledge to deal with four
different types of stealing: shoplifting, stealing because of envy or
revenge, stealing from loved ones, and kleptomania. (2005)
55 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Discussion of the
issues and challenges surrounding the care of infants prenatally
exposed to drugs. This course also covers effects of legal and illegal
drugs, risks and protective factors, medical and developmental issues,
and parenting strategies (2010).
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. With abused and
neglected children, the toilet can become a battleground of emotional
upset and rebellion-as well as a window into a child's past. This
course examines five types of problems: wetting as an emotional
outlet, wetting as self-defense, classic wetting problems, soiling and
smearing feces, constipation and withholding stools. (2004)
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. Visitation explains
why birth parent visits are both turbulent and important to your child
and how you can assist in making them positive experiences. It
suggests ways to clarify your role in the visitation process and who to
turn to for support. Using realistic cases, common problems are
explored and solved with recommendations for younger and older
children. (2007)
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Foster Parent College:
Working With Schools *
45 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Part of the Foster Parent College Series. A panel of foster
parents discuss the varied challenges foster parents face as they work
with their child's school. Topics covered include roles and
responsibilities, entering a new school, working with the school staff,
special education, and parent advocacy. Foster parents will find the
many strategies and tips helpful regardless of their child's placement in
the school system. (2007)
105570
From Place to Place *
80 minutes
DVD. Having recently aged out of foster care this documentary follows
three young adults as they face life with little support beyond their
social worker. Two travel to Wasxhington D.C. to advocate for
changes to the foster care system. (2011)
105566
Gay Youth
40 minutes
DVD. This classic film aims at unraveling homophobic attitudes and
behavior in the school setting and is designed for young adults who
face these often terrifying circumstances. (1992)
105752
Girl Rising
103 minutes
DVD. This film travels the globe to meet nine unforgettable girls
striving beyond circumstances, pushing past limits. Their dreams, their
voices, their incredible stories are captured in a film about the strength
of the human spirit and the power of education to change the world.
(2012)
105621
Girl Trouble:
Girls Tell Their Truth about the
Juvenile Justice System
57 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. Shot over a four year period, Girl Trouble documents the
compelling personal stores of three girls entangled in San Francisco's
failing juvenile justice system. Includes 56 minute PBS version and 74
minute theatrical version. (2004)
73 minutes
This DVD explores how massive international efforts to alleviate
poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to
benefit. Through intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling to save their
homes from large-scale development organizations, the film presents
a unique opportunity to experience foriegn aid through the people it is
intended to benefit. (2009) Donated
105753
Good Fortune
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Group Counseling with Adolescents:
A Multicultural Approach
Half the Sky:
Turning Oppression into
Opportunity for Women Worldwide
Hard Times at Douglas High
105672
The Healing Years
105358
A Hidden America:
Children of the Mountains
105747
Homeless: The Motel Kids of
Orange County
420 minutes
This DVD shows two counselors co-leading eight full counseling
sessions with a racially and ethnically diverse group of eighth-grade
students. The program highlights issues with family, school transitions,
relationships, and multicultural understanding. (2012)
52 minutes
DVD. Take an unforgettable journey with six actresses/advocates and
New York Times journalist Kristof to meet some of the most
courageous individuals of our time, who are doing extraordinary work
to empower women and girls everywhere, These are stories of
heartbreaking challenge, dramatic transformation and enduring hope.
2 Discs, approx. 3 hrs., 52 mins + extras. (2012)
112 minutes
Documentary
DVD. Alan and Susan Raymond spent one year filming in Frederick
Douglass High School, which has a rich history of successful alumni,
including Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall. Shot in classic
cinema verité style, the film captures the complex realities of life at
Douglass, and provides a context for the national debate over the
controversial No Child Left Behind Act, focusing on the brutal
inequalities of American minority education, considered an American
tragedy by many.(2008)
52 minutes
DVD. Profiles three women through their journey of pain and despair
from incest, and their incredible process of recovery as they finally
work to end the cycle of incest and child sexual abuse for generations
ahead. (2001)
48 minutes
DVD Isolated pockets in Central Appalachia have three times the
national poverty rate, an epidemic of prescription drug abuse, the
shortest life span in the nation, toothlessness, cancer and chronic
depression. (2009)
60 minutes
This DVD chronicles one summer in the lives of children of the working
poor. Their parents work low-paying jobs and hope for a rise or a
chance at a better life while living week-to-week in inadequate housing.
These "motel kids" end up with a lifestyle devoid of hope and dreams,
mitigated only by their imagination and youthful exuberance. (2010)
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I Am Sam
I'm Just Anneke *
134 minutes
This DVD is a humorous and heartwarming story about a mentally
challenged father who enlist the aid of a high-powered attorney to help
him regain custody of his daughter. (2001) Donated
25 minutes
This film provides a portrait of a 12-year old girl, Anneke, and her
familys journey as well as other families who are raising gender
noncoforming children. Anneke takes viewers into the heart of the new
generation of children who are intuively questioning the binary gender
paradigm. (2010)
105746
In Plain Sight
68 minutes
DVD. This documentary is an inspiring film featuring the work of six
modern-day abolishnists as they fight sex trafficking in our nation.
Through engagin interviews with numerous victims, a similar pattern of
vulnerability and abuse becomes clear. In the midst of the darkness,
stories of hope and freedom emerage as each survivor shares how
she was transformed through the work of a sex trafficking aftercare
home. (2014)
105119
Internet Safety:
What You Don't Know
Can Hurt Your Child *
16 minutes
This DVD offers information and resources to help parents navigate
the world of computers and the Internet, and keep their children safe.
(2008)
22 minutes
DVD. Emphasizing the role of respect in all interpersonal interactions,
this program examines communication with individuals of different
ages and considers the ways in which human development affects
communication abilities, explores the role of positive and negative
stereotypes in age-related communication, and offers skills and
techniques for communicating with individuals of different ages.
(2008)
12 minutes
This documentry is a candid interview with a mother whose children
were taken into foster care. Without making excuses for her behavior,
she talks about her past mistakes and what she had to endure before
she was willing to get clean and work to get her children back. What
shines through it all is the deep love she feels for her children and her
gratitude toward their foster mother. (2013)
105277
105749
Interpersonal Communication with
People of Different Ages
Interview with a Mother about
Addiction & Foster Care *
20
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The Invisible War
The Key of G *
105563
Killing Us Softly 4
1044880
Knowing Who You Are:
Helping Youth in Care Develop Their
Racial and Ethnic Identity *
105738
The Laramie Project
97 minutes
59 minutes
This DVD is a ground breaking investigative documentary about one of
America's most shameful and best kept secrets: the epedemic of rape
within the U.S. military. The film paints a startling picture- today, a
female soldier in combat zones is more likely to be raped by a fellow
soldier than killed by enemy in fire. (2012) Donated
DVD. THE KEY OF G is an award-winning feature documentary about
disability, caregiving and interdependence. The film follows Gannet, a
charismatic 22-year-old with physical and developmental disabilities,
as he leaves his mother's home to share an apartment with a closeknit group of artists and musicians who support him, not only as paid
caregivers, but also as friends. Together they create a uniquely
successful model of supported living, and a compelling alternative to
institutionalized care. (2007)
45 minutes
DVD. This film takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted
and destructive ideals of femininity. A stunning pattern of damaging
gender stereotypes is presented – images and messages that too
often reinforce realistic, and unhealthy, perceptions of beauty,
perfection, and sexuality. Students are challenged to take advertising
seriously and to think critically about popular culture and its
relationship to sexism, eating disorders, and gender violence.(2010).
Donated
24 minutes
In this DVD,23 people came together-former youth in care, birth
parents, foster parents, kinship caregivers, social workers, and child
welfare administrators-to share their unique perspectives about why
race and ethnicity matter and the importance of helping youth develop
their racial and ethnic identity. (2005)
96 minutes
This DVD looks at a small town in Wyoming known as Laramie. In
October 1998, 21 year-old Matthew Shepard was found savagely
beaten, tied to a fence and left to die. The Laramie Project is a portrait
of a town painfully forced to confront itself in the reflective glare of the
national spotlight. (2002) Donated
21
DVD. More than one million immigrants have been deported since
President Obama took office. Under his administration, deportations
and detentions have reached record levels. The get-tough policy has
brought complaints of abuse and harsh treatment, including charges
that families have been unfairly separated after being caught in the
nationwide dragnet. The administration has promised to make the
detention system more humane, and more selectively target the most
serious criminals. (2011)
105615
Lost in Detention:
President Obama's Tough Immigration
Enforcement
105131
Mandated Reporting:
Advocacy-Process-The Aftermath
DVD. With the help of experts and practitioners, Mandated Reporting
helps you to understand your responsibility—what, how, when, and
where—to report you suspicion of abuse. Myths and changes in
abuse reporting are also discussed. (2006)
105736
Miss Representation
88 minutes
DVD.This documentary consisit of interwoven stories and interviews
from teenage girls discussing their look at media and its messages. As
the most persuasive and pervasive force of communication in our
culture, media is educating yet another generation that a woman's
primary value lay in her youth, beauty and sexuality-and not in her
capacity to lead, making it difficult for women to obtain leadership
positions and for girls to reach their full potentioal. (2012) Donated
105466
Multiracial Identity
77 minutes
DVD. This film explores the social, political, and religious impact of the
multiracial movement and the lived experience of being multiracial.
(2010)
96 minutes
DVD. This hard-hitting documentary exposes the disturbing trends of
modern D127day sex slavery. Nefarious gives an in-depth look at the
human trafficking industry, showing where slaves are sold, where they
work, and where they are confined. The film also exposes the
nightmare of sex slavery as experienced by hundreds of thousands
daily, through the eyes of both the enslaved and their traffickers.
(2012)
105743
Nefarious
60 minutes
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102736
105662
The New Black
Nonverbal Communication and
Culture
The Orphan Trains
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Oranges & Sunshine
74 minutes
DVD. This film examines pro- and anti-gay rights campaigns over the
past 25 years to reveal how outside right-wing religious groups expolit
the conservatism in many Black churches to try to make inroads into
their communities. It also goes behind the public debate to examine
how years of slavery and racial stigmatization have made frank
discussion of sexuality uncomfortable within African American
organizations and, even amongst friends and families. (2013)
20 minutes
DVD. This program examines cultural issues in nonverbal
communication. It discusses gestures; facial expressions; cultural
differences in voice, paralanguage, and the use of silence; and space
and body distance. The program features expert commentary,
illustrative vignettes, and student discussions. (2005)
60 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. In the mid-1800s, 10,000 homeless children prowled the streets
of New York-sleeping in stairwells, in stables, or on the docks.
Charles Loring, a young minister, organized an ambitious rescue effort
to remove them from their surroundings and send them by train to
Christian homes in the country. Using poignant interviews with the
elderly survivors, and century –old letters from children, The Orphan
Train explores the successes and failures of this little known, but
highly influential resettlement movement. (1995)
134 minutes
DVD. A free spirited con fakes insanity and moves in with what he
calls the “nuts” (state mental hospital) instead of serving a sentence in
the pen. (1975) Donated
106 Minutes
DVD. This film tells a story of Margaret Humphrey's, a social worker
from Nottingham who uncovered one of the most significant social
scandals of recent times: the deportation of thousands children from
the United Kingdom to Australia. Children young as 4 were told that
their parents were dead and then sent to children's homes on the other
side of the world. Many were subjected to apalling abuse. Margaret
reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and
drew worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.
(2010)
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Original Minds*
57 Minutes
DVD. Kids with learning disabilities suffer from lack of self-esteem in a
one-size-fits-all education system. The five protagonists of Original
Minds buck the trend. They work intensively with the filmmaker to tell
their own stories. Their narratives reveal the unique approach to
learning that each must discern and claim as his or her own if they are
to succeed in the world. (2011)
This DVD offers a contemporary look at marriages and families - and
the choices, changes and issues that affect individuals, diverse family
types, and interpersonal relationships. (2007)
105182
Our Families, Ourselves
27 minutes
105275
Our Families, Ourselves:
Family Violence
26 minutes
DVD. This film examines violent behavior within a family context, and
the prevention and intervention programs that are making inroads in
combating its toxic effects. (2007)
120 minutes
Dr. Greene and Dr. Ablon help parents understand the specific
cognitive skill deficits that can impair a child's capacities for flexibility
and frustration tolerance and provide step-by-step guidance on their
approach-known as Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS)- for teaching
these skills. This DVD features live interviews with parents of
behaviorally challenging children and provides answers to many of the
common questions parents have about the CPS approach. (2004)
270 minutes
DVD. A unique and essential documentary series addressing the roots
of gender inequality, the devastating impact of poverty and the ripple
effects of that follow, including: sex-trafficking, teen pregnancy, genderbased violence, child slavery and the effective solutions being forged
to combat them. From the producers of film series Half the Sky. (2015)
30 minutes
DVD. This DVD provides a general overview and introduction to the
effective permanence planning techniques of successful mediation
programs and is targeted toward agency personnel, adoption and
foster workers, adoption and foster families, service providers,
community groups, and educational institutions. (2009)
105270
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105243, 105244
Parenting the Explosive Child: The
Collaborative Problem Solving
Approach *
A Path Appears
Pathways to Permanence *
24
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105741
105750
105422
A Place to Call Home*
Poor Kids:
An Intimate Portrait of
America's Economic Crisis
Power and Control: Domestic
Violence in America
The Power Broker
Race and Politics in America's Cities
March 28, 2008
15 minutes
DVD. The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption and Children's
Action Network are pleased to introduce a new, short film hosted by
Henry Winkler. It features four heartwarming stories about families
formed through foster care adoption - perfect for sharing with potential
adoptive parents! (2009)
60 minutes
DVD. FRONTLINE spent months following three young girls who are
growing up against the backdrop of their families' struggles against
financial ruin. The result is an intimate portrait of the economic crisis
as it's rarely seen, through the eyes of children. At a time when one in
five American kids lives below the poverty line, Poor Kids is an
unflinching and revealing exploration of what poverty means to
children, and to the country's future. (2012)
50 minutes
This DVD is a comprehensive and timely exploration of the shocking
persistence of domestice violence in our society. The complex issues
around domestic abuse are refracted through the story of Kim, a
mother of three in Duluth, MN. Kim's journey takes her from a
domestic violence shelter, to a promising fresh start, and then through
a disturbing final twist. (2010)
60 minutes
This DVD tells the story of Whitney Young, past president of NASW.
the film follows Young as he shuttles between the streets of Harlem
and the boardrooms of Fortune 500 companies, tying the needs of
Main Street to the interests of Wall Street. Young also advised
Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon and guided each along a
path toward historic change. The film potrays the public and private
trials of a man navigating a divided society in an explosive time. (2012)
Donated
58 minutes
On the 40th anniversary of the landmark Kerner Commission Report
on civil unrest, this edition of the Journal spotlights former Oklahoma
Senator Fred Harris, one of the last living members of the original
Commission, who discusses the root causes of the 1960s riots that
rocked Newark, Detroit, and other US cities. (2008) Donated
25
105263
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104893
105561
105565
The Return of the Navajo Boy
A Sentence Apart
Sexual Minority Adolescents *
Silences
Sin Pais (Without Country)
57 minutes
DVD. This unforgettable, universally acclaimed documentary
chronicles the extraordinary saga of how a rediscovered 1950s silent
film reel leads to the return of a long-lost brother to his Navajo family.
This thoughtful film can help college students begin to examine the
stereotypes that permeate our national culture, to gain some
understanding of Native people's lives at a personal scale, and
perhaps to develop some perspectives on the cultural, social, and
economic conditions that shape their own lives. (2001)
12 minutes
DVD. The U.S. imprisons more people, per capita, than any country in
the world. Behind 2.4 million prisoners lies an infinite ripple effect of
incarceration on the family and community. This documentary follows
three stories of people coping with a family member in prison,
attempting to bridge broken relationships, and diligently working to
reverse the generational cycle of incarceration. These intimate and
moving stories start to scratch the surface of the complex toll
incarceration takes on the world outside of the prison walls. (2010)
50 minutes
DVD. This program combines the voice of leading professionals with
those of gay and lesbian youth to present an insightful look at several
aspects of the GLB adolescent experience. (2005)
22 minutes
DVD. Set in Maumee, Ohio, an idyllic Midwestern suburb with
manicured lawns and historic homes, 'Silences' follows the filmmaker's
journey to understand his mother, Harriet Warnock, and her refusal to
discuss the circumstances of his birth. The camera captures one
family's inner demons: Warnock-Graham's family embodies the denial
found in multicultural families across the country, and reminds us that
the ideal of racial purity persists in America. (2006)
101 minutes
DVD. This documentary attempts to get beyond the partisan politics
and mainstream media’s ‘talking point’ approach to immigration issues
by exploring one family’s complex and emotional journey involving
deportation. (2010).
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Skills and Techniques for Group
Counseling with Youth:
Part 1-Conducting Session One:
Setting Guidelines and Getting
Connected
105321
Skills and Techniques for Group
Counseling with Youth:
Part 2-Conducting Subsequent
Sessions: Group Leadership Skills
that Teach and Heal
105323
105475
105565
Smoke Signals
Southeast Asia: The People
Sin Pais (Withouth Country)
39 minutes
DVD. This program shows how to work with upper elementary and
middle school students and demonstrates group counseling skills and
therapeutic interaction techniques. The program offers step by step
guidelines for conducting skill-building counseling groups on eight
different topics areas. Volume 2 is also available. (1996)
24 minutes
DVD. This program shows how to work with upper elementary and
middle school students and demonstrates group counseling skills and
therapeutic interaction techniques. The program offers step by step
guidelines for conducting skill-building counseling group on eight
different topics areas. Volume 1 is also available. (1996)
89 minutes
DVD. Smoke Signals tells the story of the relationship between a
father and his son. The story unfolds as Victor Joseph and another
young man from the Indian reservation, Thomas Builds-the-Fire, set
off to collect Arnold Josephs pick-up truck and ashes from Arizona
after Arnold has died. The two men remember Victors father along the
way, but their recollections are very different from each other. Victor
learns many things about his father during his journey and, in the end,
begins to understand, forgive, and grieve his loss. (1998) Donated
22 minutes
DVD. This program examines the diversity of population groups in
Southeast Asia, where cultural traditions are handed down from
generation to generation. Dramatic multicultural differences are
illustrated through styles of dress and religious customs of the
religion's faiths. Includes Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia,
Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Thailand. (2003)
101 minutes
DVD. This documentary attempts to get beyond the partisan politics
and mainstream media’s ‘talking point’ approach to immigration issues
by exploring one family’s complex and emotional journey involving
deportation. (2010).
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Steps in Planning and Conducting
Research
21 minutes
104711
Straight Talk About Autism *
83 minutes
105379
Successfully Parenting your Baby with
Special Needs*
57 minutes
105567
Taking Root
80 minutes
105274
Tal Como Somos:
The Latino GBT Community
33 minutes
Study Guide
105264
Teenage Grief *
13 minutes
DVD. This DVD looks at the characteristics of observational and
correlational studies and explains when to use these types of research
design. It considers the kinds of conclusions that can be drawn from
observational and correlational studies and discusses the benefits and
drawbacks of these research methodologies. (2008).
DVD. This two-part video features interviews with kids with autism and
their parents. They examine the key issues encountered during
childhood and adolescence. Childhood issues cover the difficulty of
getting an accurate diagnosis, parental acceptance of the disability,
dealing with communication deficits, and beginning school.
Adolescent Issues features hypersensitive, splinter skills, teasing,
Circle of Friends programs, social skills, school-to-work transition and
independent living. (2002)
DVD: Discovering your baby has a problem can be a very traumatic
experience. This video is designed to give parents hope an support
through enlightening them to wonderful benefits of Early Intervention.
Early intervention is a system of services designed for children with
unique needs between the ages of birth to three and their families.
(2008)
DVD. Tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a
movement to safeguard the environment, and human rights. (2008).
Donated by SSW-IDC
DVD. This documentary examines the lives of six Latino GBT men and
women, focusing on their relationships with their families as well as
their culture, religion, and professional lives. (2007).
DVD. This animated program contains episodes about young people
from a wide range of backgrounds, facing different kinds of
bereavement. Includes teaching guide. (2007)
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Ten More Good Years
71 minutes
DVD.LGBT Elders often age alone, without financial stability and at
times find themselves returning to the closet. These issues are all but
ignored by the government so the LGBT Community is finding ways to
resolve these problems on their own. Ten More Good Years sheds
light on the issues and offers hope for the future should we decide as a
community to embrace everyone regardless of age. (2007)
105107
Testifying in Court:
A Guide for Child Protective Service
Workers
66 minutes
DVD. The Arizona Board of Regents addresses how to effectively
provide evidence and prepare for testimonies in court for case
managers. (2006)
105181
Them And Us
23 minutes
This DVD is not about specific minority groups; it explores the
processes we use to deal with other cultures, with people who do not
fit our category of "us". (2007)
32 minutes
In this DVD, experts discuss the viability of key theories and
movements in the evolution of social work. The program examines
utilitarianism, classic theories, social psychology, psychoanalytic
theories, structural theories, family theories, post industrial/modern
theories, systems theories, social-learning theories, and cognitive and
Rational-Emotive therapies. (2004)
20 minutes
DVD This is an introductory video presenting the issues related to the
foster care system and special needs adoption with an emphasis from
the perspective of the children. This video is targeted toward
individuals and groups focused on permanency for children waiting in
the foster care system. (2009)
70 minutes
DVD. As Carlos and the students grapple with the realities of a culture
much different from their own, a language they don't understand, art
projects that don't go as planned and a three-week deadline, they form
a bond with the children. Through these young Cambodian
mentors—all of them abandoned by society—the Americans empower
their own social activism and learn the true meaning of kindness,
selflessness, courage and community (2005)
105330
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105346
Theories in Social Work Practice
Through the Eyes of the Child
To Touch the Soul
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Tough Guise: Violence, Media & the
Crisis in Masculinity
Tough Times, Resilient Kids *
Troubled Transplants*
Unlocking the Heart of Adoption
Up Heartbreak Hill
82 minutes
DVD. While the social construction of femininity has been widely
examined, the dominant role of masculinity has until recently remained
largely invisible. Tough Guise is the first educational video geared
toward college students to systematically examine the relationship
between pop-cultural imagery and the social construction of masculine
identities in the U.S. at the dawn of the 21st century. (1999) Donated
58 minutes
DVD. Based on the book Raising Resilient Children, this DVD
considers how to help young individuals prepare for successful adult
lives. It follows the lives of several families and features interviews
with children, adolescents, parents, educators, and psychologists.
(2003)
15 minutes
DVD. Provides insight into the negative impact of the disturbed child
on the foster or adoptive family. It presents practical - if unconventionaltreatment strategies for addressing the puzzling, exhausting problems
of today's foster and adoptive children. (1997)
56 minutes
DVD. This 56 minute film chronicles diverse personal stories of
adoptees, birthparents and adoptive parents in both same race and
transracial adoptions. They stirringly reveal the enormous complexity
in the lives of normal people when impacted by adoption with
fascinating historical background. (2005)
82 minutes
DVD. The documentary chronicles the lives of three Native American
teenagers in Navajo, New Mexico-Thomas, and elite runner; Tamara,
an academic superstar; and Gabby, an aspiring photographer-as they
navigate their senior year at a reservation high school. Up Heartbreak
Hill is a moving look at a new generation of Americans struggling with
what it means to be Native American in the contemporary world.
(2011)
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
When I Came Home
Which Way Home*
White Identity Theory:
Origins and Prospects
White Man's Burden
128 minutes
DVD. What's Eating Gibert Grape is a movie of tenderness, caring and
self-awareness that is set amongst the fictional working class one
street town Endora. Centred around the Grape family Ellen and Amy
and their two brothers Arnie and Gilbert, who, along with their morbidly
obese widowed mother Bonnie Grape are striving to survive and
coexist with the absence of a father figure, low wage work and
seventeen-year-old Arnie's severe mental condition. (1993)
70 minutes
DVD. The documentary folllows Herold Noel, an Iraq war veteran who
becomes homeless in New York City after returning from combat with
PTSD. The film reveals a failing system and the "second war" that
many veterans must fight after they come home. At his breaking point,
Herold meets fellow vet Paul Rieckhoff, founder of the country's
largest veteran advocacy organization. What follows is a media blitz
that helps transform Herold from homeless vet into the leader of a new
movement. (2006)
83 minutes
DVD. "Which Way Home" is a feature documentary film that follows
unaccompanied child migrants, on their journey through Mexico, as
they try to reach the United States. (2009)
60 minutes
Study Guide
DVD. What does cultural identity theory say about White people?
Whites often forget that they, too, have a culture. Rita Hardiman was
the originator of White Identity Theory and has stimulated much
research and theorizing. Topics include: White experience as a
culture; Racism as a White problem; Stages of White Identity
Development ; Working with stages clinically. (1994)
89 minutes
DVD. Set in a time where color roles have been reversed. A poor
white man of the ghetto loses his job, which he needs to support his
wife and family. He decides to take on the system by taking on the
factory owner, but it may cost him everything. (1999)
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Without Pity:
A Film About Abilities *
109 minutes
DVD. Based on the popular best seller by Janet Fitch, White
Oleander traces Astrid's remarkable journey to independence. Her
mother, Ingrid, is jailed for the murder of her lover. Astrid is struggling
to get a foothold in life as she copes with her manipulative mother and
with the challenges of living in a succession of foster homes. (2003)
94 minutes
This DVD is inspired by true events in the life of Priya, a beautiful,
affluent young woman suddenly widowed and left to fate. Alone in a
land of extreme contrasts, she seeks peace in the "City of Widows,"
but instead of finding solace, Priya finds a cruel world filled with
brutality. Despondent, she meets three remarkable women and
together they embark on a journey of empowerment as they fight for
the rights of the widows of India in this ultimatley hopeful and uplifiting
story. (2007) Donated
56 minutes
DVD. This documentary celebrates the efforts of the disabled to live
full, productive lives. We meet a cross section of Americans. This
program applauds the resilience and potential of the disabled, and
their determination to be self-sufficient. (1998)
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