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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)

BODY IMAGE & EATING DISORDERS

BULLYING

COPING SKILLS

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Middle School Confessions	DVD	75 min	A
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DISABILITIES

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Asperger's Difference	DVD	31 min	6 - A
	Understanding Brothers and Sisters with Asperger Syndrome (4 programs 4 age groups)	DVD	7 - 46 min	PreK - 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
	Middle School Confessions	DVD	75 min	A
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HEALTH & SAFETY

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Beyond the Invisible: Living with a Brain Injury	DVD	30 min	11 - A
	Living in the Moment: The Story Behind Brain Injuries	DVD	17 min	11 - A
	Teen Safety: When You Are Alone	DVD	17 min	6 - A
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LEGAL RIGHTS & CONSEQUENCES

MARIJUANA

MEDIA LITERACY

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video	DVD	37 min.	9 - A
	Growing Up Online	DVD	60	8+
	Selling Children: How Media Affects Kids	DVD	22 min	5 - A
	Sexy Inc: Our Children Under Influence	DVD	36 min	9 - A
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MENTAL HEALTH

PARENTING

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	Fathering: What It Means to be a Dad	DVD	20 min	9 - A
	Taking Care of Baby: Tips & Techniques	DVD	23 min	7+, A
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SELF-INJURY

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	The Secret Cut: Understand Self-Injury and Teens	DVD	59 min	8 - A
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SEXUAL IDENTITY

	Video Title	Format	Length	Grade
	When I Knew	DVD	35 min	10 - A
	Anyone and Everyone	DVD	57 min	8 - A
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SMOKING & TOBACCO USE

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.

• Parents Who Care
  For families with teens

• Padres Que Se Preocupan
  Spanish language for families with teens