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Parent Education and Guidance

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Resources for parent education and guidance

    This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You
    This video teaches parents of 4 to 12 year old children alternatives to spanking, hitting, and slapping. Challenging real-life situations are presented to promote discussion and brainstorming non-violent practices. Available in DVD and VHS.


    First Person. . . Impressions of Being a Baby
    This program observes the foundations for the developing person being secured bonding with the parent, development of language, development of social skills, and the formation of self-image. The tape underscores why the first years of parenting are so crucial to the development of a child's social skills and self-image. Includes: VHS. Languages Available: English and Spanish.


    Parents, Kids & Mother Goose (a set)
    This Program is about parents, children, and teachers enjoying language, rhymes, and stories together that strengthens and enriches families and gives children emotional connections and essential pre-literacy skills. The set includes resources used in the Program. Includes: 1 VHS, 5 Books, and 1 CD


    Life's First Feelings
    The video seeks to show that infants begin life with a set of survival-oriented emotions and acquire social emotions as they pass through childhood. Includes: VHS


    The Dad Difference: Raising Children Birth to Five
    This two-volume set provides a comprehensive parenting program for fathers emphasizing the significance of his parenting role, challenges and solutions during the first five years of a child’s development. Available in DVD and VHS formats. Spanish available in VHS only. Includes: Facilitator’s Guide and Handouts


    Prenatal Development: A Life in the Making
    The video explores the three stages of prenatal development offering insight and perspective into each stage. It also reviews the organs and structures that nourish and protect the fetus during its critical trimesters of development. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    See How They Move
    The video represents the philosophy of Magda Gerber and shows Infants from three months to two years demonstrating the stages of gross motor development. Available in VHS and DVD.


    Shaking, Hitting Spanking: What To Do Instead
    This video presents positive nurturing parenting techniques to promote healthy, desirable behavior in children and is designed to help viewers recognize that any degree of violence toward children is inappropriate. Available in VHS and DVD.


    Families Talk About: A Video Series (set)
    In this four-part series inner-city parents frankly discuss the challenges they face as they try to raise healthy and socially responsive children the under the harshest of circumstances. Available in VHS and DVD.


    Your Baby's First Year Series
    In this series teen parents share their experiences during that first crucial year of baby's life from nurturing the baby, talking and playing, developing routines, to keeping him healthy and safe. Includes: VHS or DVD


    Partners for a Healthy Baby - Home Visiting Curriculum Manual for Expectant Families: Before Baby Arrives
    This curriculum is designed to be used by home visiting programs to achieve multiple goals: to help expectant families' deal with the multitude of physical and emotional changes pregnancy brings; to foster a strong bond between both parents and their unborn baby; to inspire pregnant women to have a healthy lifestyle and ultimately a healthy baby; to enhance their self-esteem and life goals; to identify early signs of problems; and to prepare couples for parenthood.


    Kids and Food
    This video explores both the nutritional and psychological problems of feeding children. Available on VHS and DVD


    Breaking the Cycle
    This video demonstrates how early intervention at a preschool for young children with challenging needs can help parents learn positive strategies to break the cycle of oppositional behavior. Available on VHS and DVD.


    Parenting from the Inside Out
    Child psychiatrist Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., and early childhood expert Mary Hartzell, M.Ed., explore the extent to which our childhood experiences shape the way we parent.


    Touchpoints (a set)
    This video set presents Dr T. Berry Brazelton and twelve young parents with their children, from before birth to age three years. Together they define and illustrate "touchpoints." Included 3 VHS tapes.


    Michelle's Story
    Michelle's Story is a documentary about a woman recovering from drug and alcohol abuse, and her son Tyler, born two and a half months premature and prenatally exposed to drugs. This is a story of hope. Available in DVD and VHS formats.


    I Love Somebody: Partners in Parenting
    This video looks at the benefits of collaboration between parents with special needs/ mental retardation, their children, and the professionals that work with them. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

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