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With a Mid-Hudson Library System card, you may borrow these videos from any System public library or you may REQUEST A TITLE from your library's online catalog.

All Health Information Project videos that are reviewed and recommended by teens address issues affecting teens and are useful for parental guidance. The videos listed here are specifically directed toward a parent/educator audience and include Highly Recommended Parenting Videos by Topic and Research-Based Prevention Programs.

Highly Recommended Parenting Videos by Topic

ALCOHOL USE & TEENAGERS
(see also FAMILY ISSUES)

  Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
On the Rocks: The Epidemic of Teen Drinking
DVD
22 min
5+, A
This Place
DVD
15 min
8+, A
  Listening Heart (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome)
DVD
37 min
9+, A
  Underage Drinking: A Video Guide for Parents & Professionals
VHS
34 min
A
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BODY IMAGE & EATING DISORDERS

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Parenting a Child with an Eating Disorder: Two Parents Speak About Their Journey Through the Process of Recovery
VHS
55 min.
A
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FAMILY ISSUES

  Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
Stages of Family Recovery
DVD
36 min
6 - A
  Staying Connected with Your Teen: A Program for Parents of Teens
VHS
118 min.
A
Lost Childhood: Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family
DVD/VHS
30 min
6 - A
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MARIJUANA

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Marijuana: A Video Guide for Parents & Professionals
VHS
26 min
A
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MEDIA LITERACY

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Selling Children: How Media Affects Kids
DVD
22 min
5+, A
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MENTAL HEALTH

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Adolescents and Co-Occuring Disorders
VHS
24 min
9 - A
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PARENTING

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Taking Care of Baby: Tips & Techniques
DVD
23 min
7+, A
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PREGNANCY

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

From Conception to Birth
DVD
25 min
9 - A
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Addiction: Why Can't They Stop? HBO Documentary Film
DVD
360 min
7+, A
  The New Face of Drugs: A Wake-Up Call for Parents & Teens
DVD
60 min
8 - A
  Adolescents and Co-Occuring Disorders
VHS
24 min
9 - A
  Living with Addiction: A Family Disease
VHS
23 min
7 - A
  BACK TO TOPICS

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Kid Escape from Child Abductors
VHS
90 min.
A
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Research-Based Prevention Program Videos

The Health Information Project offers the following parenting videos, companions to two proven-effective programs which focus on fostering positive family management practices.

 

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