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New
Books and Videos
Come check out the new materials at the Resource Center.
Books
Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-Olds
by Donald F. Roberts, Ulla G. Foehr, Victoria Rideout
HQ 784 .R62 2005
A national Kaiser Family Foundation survey found children and teens are spending an increasing amount of time using “new media” like computers, the Internet and video games, without cutting back on the time they spend with “old” media like TV, print and music. Instead, because of the amount of time they spend using more than one medium at a time (for example, going online while watching TV), they’re managing to pack increasing amounts of media content into the same amount of time each day. The study, Generation M: Media in the Lives of 8-18 Year-olds, examined media use among a nationally representative sample of more than 2,000 3rd through 12th graders who completed detailed questionnaires, including nearly 700 self-selected participants who also maintained seven-day media diaries.
Violence and Mental Health in Everyday Life: Prevention and Intervention Strategies for Children and Adolescents
by Daniel J. Flannery
RJ 506 .V56 F62 2006
Clinical psychologist Daniel J. Flannery reveals the impact of violence and victimization in the lives of children and adolescents from a developmental perspective. He offers case studies and professional resources, including web sites and readings related to violence and mental health. This resource can be used by parents and public health practitioners in school systems, mental health and social work, as well as professionals in juvenile justice and law enforcement.
The Anti-Bullying and Teasing Book for Preschool Classrooms
by Barbara Sprung and Merle Froschl
LB 3013.3 .S67 2005
Resource book for preschool teachers that provides activities and techniques to prevent and address teasing and bullying in the classroom.
Parent Friendly Early Learning: Tips and Strategies for Working Well With Families
by Julie Powers
LB 1139.35 .P37 2005
Offering insight into the perspective of parents, Parent-Friendly Early Learning is a thoughtful and practical resource for classroom teachers seeking to create positive and meaningful relationships with the parents of young children. Six chapters address specific challenges in working with parents including improving parent-teacher communication, addressing the fears of parents, and developing and upholding policies.
Start Seeing Diversity: The Basic Guide to an Anti-Bias Classroom
by Ellen Wolpert for the Committee for Boston Public Housing.
LC 1099.3 .W64 2005
Covers the anti-bias curriculum used at the Washington-Beech Community Preschool. Part 1 gives a summary of the four goals of an anti-bias approach and eight underlying assumptions. Part 2 contains individual sections that address six specific areas of bias: age, gender, sexual orientation, economic class, physical abilities, and physical characteristics. Each section provides several concrete examples of the ways that bias comes up in a classroom, as well as strategies to support children's development of strong self and group identities, their ability to recognize and think critically about bias, and their capacity to stand up for themselves and others.
It’s Perfectly Normal: A Book about Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health by Robie H. Harris
HQ 53 .H37 2004
Providing accurate, unbiased answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, IT'S PERFECTLY NORMAL offers young people the information they need -- now more than ever -- to make responsible decisions and to stay healthy. Uses candid language and graphic illustrations.
Multicultural Parenting Educational Guide: Understanding Cultural Parenting Values, Traditions and Practices. Volume One
edited by Stephen J. Bavolek HQ 755.83 .B38 1997
Designed to increase awareness, understanding and sensitivity to the uniqueness of some of the cultures that make up American society.
Videos
Nicole’s Choice
Select Media, 2003, 15 minutes
RC 200.2 .N52 2003
This dramatic film portrays an African-American teen, Nicole, as she finds out that she has contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by having unprotected sex, on a one-night stand. As the story progresses, we watch Nicole struggle to decide whether or not to abstain from sex or use condoms to prevent herself from contracting STDs in the future. In the end, Nicole and her boyfriend choose to abstain from sex, while her best friend makes a choice to always practice safer sex by using condoms.
Children, the Internet & Pornography. Vol. I, The Adolescent & Teen Years
HQ 784 .M3 C53 2004
Children, the Internet & Pornography. Vol. II, The Preschool & Elementary Years
HQ 784 .M3 C54 2004
KidSafety of America, 2005, 23 and 19 minutes respectively
With the rapid growth of the Internet and its many benefits it also has a dark side. Today children are being exposed to porn via the Internet at an alarming rate. In this video series, we will show you as the educator, caregiver and parent, how to deal with this phenomenon. From preschool, Jr. high and high school the warning signs to look for, installing parental controls, parental involvement, the role of the educator or caregiver, group therapy and much more.
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