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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
DVD/VHS
34 min
A
A Stone's Throw: Adult Alcohol Use and Its Impact on Youth Attitudes and Behaviors
DVD
6 min
9 - A
  BACK TO TOPICS

BODY IMAGE & EATING DISORDERS

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
Anorexia: Recognizing & Combating It In Your Child (Keeping Kids Healthy Series)
DVD
26
10+- Adult
Sexy Inc.: Our Children Under the Influence
DVD
36
9+, Adult

 

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

BULLYING

  Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
7 Ways to Block a Cyberbully
DVD
20 min
6 - A
  BACK TO TOPICS

DISABILITIES

  Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
Understanding Brothers and Sisters with Asperger Syndrome (4 programs 4 age groups)
DVD

7 -46
min

Presch - Adult
  BACK TO TOPICS

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
Middle School Confessions
DVD
75 min
A
  BACK TO TOPICS

MARIJUANA

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Marijuana: A Video Guide for Parents & Professionals
VHS
26 min
A
  BACK TO TOPICS

MEDIA LITERACY

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
Growing Up Online
DVD
60
8+

 

Selling Children: How Media Affects Kids
DVD
22 min
5+, A
  BACK TO TOPICS

MENTAL HEALTH

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
Adolescent Onset Schizophrenia: 1 in 100 Young People (Keeping Kids Healthy Series)
DVD
26 min
10+, Adult
Teen Anxiety Disorder: Taking it Seriously (Keeping Kids Healthy Series)
DVD
13
10+

Adolescents and Co-Occuring Disorders
DVD
24 min
9 - A
  BACK TO TOPICS

PARENTING

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

Taking Care of Baby: Tips & Techniques
DVD
23 min
7+, A
  BACK TO TOPICS

PREGNANCY

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade

 

From Conception to Birth
DVD
25 min
9 - A
You Can Quit: How to Stop Smoking During Pregnancy
DVD
18
7-Adult
  BACK TO TOPICS

SMOKING & TOBACCO USE

Video Title
Format
Length
Grade
You Can Quit: How to Stop Smoking During Pregnancy
DVD
18
7-Adult
  BACK TO TOPICS

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
  BACK TO TOPICS


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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