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FOR PARENTS - Videos

For a step-by-step guide if you suspect or know your teen is drinking or using drugs, Go online to TIME TO ACT.

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
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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
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BULLYING

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

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Understanding Brothers and Sisters with Asperger Syndrome (4 programs 4 age groups)	DVD	7 -46 min	Presch - Adult
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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
	Middle School Confessions	DVD	75 min	A
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MARIJUANA

MEDIA LITERACY

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Growing Up Online	DVD	60	8+
	Selling Children: How Media Affects Kids	DVD	22 min	5+, A
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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
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PARENTING

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
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SMOKING & TOBACCO USE

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

VIOLENCE PREVENTION

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.

• Preparing for the Drug Free Years
  For families with children in grades four through seven

• Parents Who Care
  For families with teens

• Padres Que Se Preocupan
  Spanish language for families with teens