Among The Many
Recommended: Video Librarian "The world is a completely different place when we have a loved one this close to us die. Grief is about relearning the world." —Franklin Cook, Unified Community Solutions Thousands of families are affected by the drug epidemic in our country. Those who suffer the loss of a loved Read More...
Caring for a Loved One with Alzheimer's: An Emotional Journey
Highly Recommended: Video Librarian Recommended: Booklist This dynamic program offers insight, hope, and understanding for anyone who cares for a loved one with Alzheimer's. This disease without cure currently afflicts more than 30 million people and there are no treatments to halt its progression, making caregiving bot Read More...
Changed Forever: Grieving the Death of Someone You Love
"The content is compelling and useful for anyone who has suffered a loss." Amy Tucci, President and CEO, Hospice Foundation of AmericaWhen someone we loves dies, our lives are changed forever. The pain and sorrow we feel seems as if it will never end. In this therapeutic, new pr Read More...
Comfort & Support Collection
Recommended: Video Librarian, Booklist See individual titles for online previews. Regular List Price:&nbs Read More...
Get Along Monsters: A Social-Emotional Learning Series
The Get-Along Monsters assist young children to learn strategies that will help them solve problems in safe and appropriate ways. Viewers learn important skills necessary for successful social interaction and emotional management. Each segment combines humorous, animated segments and age-appropriate, live-action scena Read More...
Grieving the Sudden Death of a Loved One
Recommended: Video Librarian When someone we love suddenly dies, we are stunned. We had no preparation and no time to gradually absorb the reality that our world was about to change dramatically. Because this type of loss is so disruptive, recovery almost always is complicated. This video is for those who have suffered a su Read More...
Living Through Dying Series
By breaking down barriers and openly discussing the taboo topic of death and dying, these documentaries present honest and heart warming tributes to those living with a terminal illness. Through the openness of the subjects, their families and friends, these programs aim to provide viewers with greater insight into the final Read More...
My Broken Brain
Stories of resilience, love, and family in the face of adversity.Each day more and more people are being diagnosed with some form of neurological condition. Most of these conditions are debilitating, degenerative, or incurable. As this number is set to increase as the population ages, the importance of brain research canno Read More...
My:24- The Day My Life Changed Forever!
Recommended: School Library Journal, Video Librarian In an upbeat, visual treat of social media storytelling, teens bring together words and images that document a personal, life-changing event. Each of these young adults transports the viewer to a moment of reflection and discovery. Inspirational, the Read More...
Origins Of Disease Series: An Evolutionary Perspective
Highly Recommended: Science Books & Films Human's first ancestors appeared in Africa about 7 million years ago. As these early humans began to walk on two legs, their hands were free to do a variety of tasks and their brain size increased dramatically. Soon the human race was on the road to developing advanced c Read More...
Reclaiming LIfe: Faith, Hope and Suicide Loss
Highly Recommended: Library Bookwatch Recommended: Video Librarian Each year, over one million people end their lives by suicide. All death unsettles us, but suicide causes a very distinct set of emotional, moral, and religious scars. It brings with it an ache, a chaos, a darkness, a stigma that only one who has surviv Read More...
Syria: Children At War
Highly Recommended: Video Librarian Recommended: Booklist (Adults and Young Adults) For more than seven years now, the civil war that opposes the rebel armies against the armed forces of Syrian president Assad has caused over 200,000 victims. The first victims of this thug are civilians, including children. Through this d Read More...
Teens 101 Series: A Youth Mental Health Initiative
Teens 101 is a multi-media initiative reaching, guiding, empowering, and inspiring youth through the issues that can affect their mental health and well being. The series communicates from a youth's perspective topics such as: depression and anxiety, addiction, self harm, mental illness, bullying, body image, self Read More...
There's Always Help: Suicide Prevention
Bronze Telly AwardAt some point everyone goes through very stressful and anxious situations. Those experiences can be very hard to cope with and lead to feelings of extreme sadness, anger and depression. Sometimes teens may feel like their situations are hopeless and think that one way to get relief from the bad feelings Read More...
Transforming Power of Caregiving: Returning to Life after Caregiving
Whether you have cared for your loved one for one year or many, when it ends, it will feel abrupt. The life and routine that have become yours, suddenly comes to an end with a finality that is painful on many levels. You have become a different person during your caregiving experience, yet you haven’t had time to r Read More...
What About Me? Series
Difficult Stories About Difficult Times • Feelings • Helpless & Hopeless • Help Brings Hope • Arguing & Fighting • Understanding & Coping • Blame & Guilt • Accepting & Growing • Solutions & Resolution Kids & Divorce You can see the pain in their young fa Read More...
What About Me?: Kids & Divorce
You can see the pain in their young faces and hear the heartbreak in their voices as these brave children share their emotional experiences on the break-up of their family. Often isolated and alone they have heard the loud, angry arguing behind closed bedroom doors, unable to fully comprehend the reasons and possible con Read More...
What About Me?: Kids & Grief
1st Place: CAVE Media Festival; Bronze Plaque-Columbus International Film & Video Festival. Recommended: Booklist, School Library Journal, Caring Concepts, Bereavement Magazine, National Bereavement Resource Guide This highly reviewed video highlights 11 boys & girls ages 4-14, while they discuss grief experiences due Read More...
What About Me?: Teens & Depression
Chris Award--Columbus Int'l Film & Video Festival CINE Award Depression can happen to anyone and the root causes are not always clearly understood but it is important to know that psychological and medical help is available. You can get better. This ethnically diverse group of teens, who have experienced the depths Read More...
What About Me?: Teens & Divorce
A very large number of teenagers live in split homes and deal with complex living arrangements. Even though these teens may understand they are not the cause of a divorce it isn't always something easy to accept. There is tremendous stress and anxiety placed upon these young adults trapped in the middle. Read More...
When A Loved One Dies: Walking Through Grief As A Teenager
When a Loved One Dies: Walking Through Grief as a Teenageris an ideal resource to help a teen dealing with grief. It features interviews with bereaved teens, because teens are most receptive to their peers. They speak from the heart, sharing candidly about their pain and healing. Divided into segments, the video covers topic Read More...