Video: AEssential Connections: Ten Keys to Culturally Sensitive Child Care
Produced by WestEd Center for Child and Family Studies in collaboration with California Department of Education, Child Development Division.
(Executive Producer, J. Ronald Lally, Ph.D. (36 min.)

Culture is the fundamental building block of identity. When young children are cared for by their parents and other family members, the process of cultural learning occurs naturally. Early child care that respects time-honored cultural rules helps children develop a secure sense of self. In essence, the gifts children receive from an infancy firmly grounded in their home culture are confidence, competence, and connection. For children to receive these gifts, culturally sensitive care is crucial. The video recommends ten key ways to structure and run child care programs to strengthen children's connections with their families and their home culture. Experts contributing to this video include Louise Derman-Sparks, Lily Wong Fillmore, Carol Brunson Phillips, and YolandaTorres.

Available From:
California Department of Education
Bureau of Publications, Sales Unit
P.O. Box 271
Sacramento, CA 95812-0271
Tel. 916-445-1260. 800-995-4099 for credit card orders.
$65 plus shipping and handling
Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese.

Video: Attachment.
Produced by Anne Diach, BBC-TV/Open University. ( 24 min.)

This video introduces viewers to the concept of attachment and to the part it has played in the thinking of psychologists during the second half of the twentieth century. Archival film is used to illustrate some of the early thinking in the field. The work of James and Joyce Robertson on the effects of separation of young children from their mothers is presented with scenes from A Two Year Goes to the Hospital. From John Bolby research on maternal deprivation to his studies of the work of ethnologists the video chronicles the development of his theory of attachment. The Strange Situation technique developed by Mary Ainsworth is discussed and illustrated. An on-going research project at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands demonstrates the technique, developed by Ainsworth, with one young child who is securely attached to her mother and another child who shows herself to be insecurely attached to her mother. Additional research at the University of Leiden uses the Adult Attachment Interview to identify new mothers who themselves were insecurely attached to their mothers. The project then provides early intervention to support the development of sensitive responsiveness and to change mental representation in order to break the cycle of insecure attachment. The relationship between day care and the development of attachment is also examined through the work at the University of Cardiff in North Wales. In closing the video poses questions and challenges for research as we strive to achieve a better understanding of attachment.

Available From:
The Media Guild, 11722
Sorrento Valley Rd., Suite E
San Diego CA 92121.
Tel. 800-886-9191. Fax 619-775-4931.
Website www.mediaguild.com.
Purchase $99.95 plus shipping and handling.

Video: Attachment and Loss
Produced by Marion Solomon, Ph.D.
(Two tapes: 55 min and 35 min.)

In a seminar format Dr John Bolby reviews the experiences and research that led him to propose his theory of attachment. He explains how his theory of object relations, which recognizes the importance of real-life events, differs from a more narrow exclusively internal view of object relations. He acknowledges that this difference has had an impact on all of his subsequent work. He discusses his collaboration with Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and Margaret Mahler. He describes, at length and with great appreciation, the work of Mary Ainsworth and her contributions to the study of attachment. He elaborates the crucial aspects of attachment for human life, from infancy to old age, and the distressing emotional responses which arise when ties are ruptured. Several times he comments, "How we start we tend to go on." In the last part of the program Bolby addresses questions and presents excerpts from case studies that highlight the importance of attachments and the effects of separations. This seminar was filmed in London. Dr Bolby, the author of Attachment, Separation and Loss, was at the time a consulting psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic.

Available From:
Continuing Education Seminars, 1023
Westholme Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Tel. 310-474-2505
$200 plus shipping and handling.

Video: Exploring First Feelings with accompanying book, First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child
by Stanley Greenspan, M.D.
The video was produced by the Institute for Mental Health Initiatives. (21 min.)

Using actual footage of parents and caregivers interacting with their young children, this program illustrates milestones in the emotional development of infants and toddlers. The tape emphasis is preventative and aims to promote the mental health of infants and young children. This tape enables the viewer to help a baby begin to develop healthy relationships with others by recognizing the infants first feelings and responding to the baby cues. It allows parents and caregivers to translate their hunches and questions about their child emotions into "active" care giving. Six overlapping stages of healthy emotional development are identified showing a parent or caregiver providing a supportive environment for each stage. The tape will help parents, child-care workers and health professionals understand the infant and toddler emotional capabilities and interests so they can work together to create the supportive and interactive environment each baby and parent needs. The tape is based on the work of Stanley Greenspan, M.D. and his colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health. First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of Your Baby and Child by Stanley Greenspan, M.D., is the first book to show parents and professionals how to recognize the key stages of a child emotional growth, while guiding and enhancing early psychological development.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc., 5632 Van Nuys
Blvd, Suite 286, Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
Website: childdevmedia.com.
Purchase: $115, plus shipping and handling, for the set.

Video: Infancy: Self and Social World.
Produced by Magna Systems, Inc.
(15 min.)

In this video we see that a significant base for the foundation of self in the social world is laid in the first year. Babies are born with a set of behaviors that demand the adults around them pay attention to their physical needs. While they are getting those needs met they are also creating a relationship. Those commanding behaviors, plus some endearing ones, promote attachment. Emotions, drawn primarily from inner, then outer states are quite distinguishable very early. The infant senses himself as an integral part of the mother in the first months. Gradually the infant gains the knowledge of being a separate person and activates this by both choosing to stay by the mother. s side and move away from her to explore. In this tape the early interactions between parent and child are likened to a dance with carefully orchestrated interactions on both sides. Both partners learn from each other. Sometimes parents miss the baby cues early on. A baby who spends much of his early life in this kind of situation will have a harder time attaching. Parents may need help to find out how to rectify the misstep. The baby learns what is wanted from the parent. At first the relationship includes parents only, but by six months the infant can include siblings and other constant adult caregivers. Differing cultural belief systems have an impact on the family and subsequently on the development of the child. The emerging personality of the child also interfaces and affects those in the world around him.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd,
Suite 286, Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
Website:childdevmedia.com.
Purchase $90, plus shipping and handling.

Video: Interactional Styles and Attachment from Worlds of Childhood.
Based on the PBS series Childhood, produced GPN.
(30 min.)

The ties that bind us to others are also the ties that liberate. This video focuses on the forms and functions of interactions between children and their caregivers, and the effect that these interactions have on children emerging personalities and ability to engage the world on their own. Observing infants instudies of early face-to-face interaction with mothers and fathers, this program illustrates how parents and children take cues from each others social smiles, patterns of eye contact and emotional expressions. History of the study of attachment, and methods of measuring it and results relating to it, are discussed in terms of cultural context and importance of caregiver sensitivity, predictability, and respect of children as individuals. Following young children discovery of a world of differentiated self, others, and objects, the program explores the universal sequences of development, including person permanence. We see how these cognitive achievements relate to the child relationship with the primary caretaker. By helping children develop a sense of themselves as valued, caregivers foster the healthy dependence that makes independence possible. The closing sequence of an Italian preschool caving expedition presents examples of the independence that results when caregiving is responsive. Worlds of Childhood explores the lives of children growing up in diverse social, economic and cultural conditions around the world. The series surveys cognitive, social and physical development within the context of culture and history and examines the ways in which changing the circumstances of children lives may change the future. Site-experiences from around the world highlight the programs featuring children, from birth through puberty, and their families from Brazil, Japan, Russia, Cameroon and the United States. Twelve families were filmed over an 18-month period and their activities commented on by childhood experts Jerome Kagan, Urie Brofenbrenner, Robert A. Hinde, Sandra Scarr, Marian Wright Edelman and Melvin Konner.

Available From:
GPN, P.O. Box 80669
Lincoln, NE 68501-0669.
Tel.800-228-4630. FAX 402-472-4076.
$59.95 each program, $1,300 for the twenty-four videotape series.

Video: The Nature of Human Attachment in Infancy from Awakening and Growth of the Human Infant: Studies in Infant Mental Health.
Produced by Michael Trout, Director, the Infant-Parent Institute, Champaign, IL. (56 min.)

This tape provides an historical overview of infant mental health with current thoughts on the process by which human infants and their primary caretakers develop a bond. The tape examines what difference the bond makes to the infant's mental, motor, physical and emotional development and how we may notice when such a bond is absent or conflicted. Includes narrative and vignettes from both healthy and conflicted caregiver-infant dyads. Suitable for parents and educators as well as for use as an introduction to more in-depth training of clinicians. Awakening and Growth of the Human Infant: Studies in Infant Mental Health is a series of six clinical training video tapes that focus on problems of attachment in infancy and their assessment and treatment. The series was developed at the Infant-Parent Institute, a private teaching and clinical service institute specializing in problems of attachment in infants and adults.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
Website: childdevmedia.com.
Purchase $$150 plus shipping and handling.

Video: Architecture and Play: Learning from Children’s Museums.
(1994, 25 min.)
Produced by WSPX-TV and Jawaid Haider, Ph.D.

This video explores architectural issues to be considered in the design of buildings for children and features interviews with leading international architects Frank Gehry, Denise Scott Brown, Robert Venturi. Directors of children’s museums, exhibit designers and a child psychologist discuss experiential aspects of these children’s spaces. The video focuses on four critical elements of design that embody the idea of play: multisensory issues, space-body relationships, juxtaposition of scales and spatial variety and appeal to both children adults. From a child’s perspective viewers move through a succession of museum environments that are youth-oriented including those in Boston, Houston, Indianapolis, Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Zoo’s Treehouse. The tours are intended to stimulate designers’ intuition and creativity while avoiding absolute prescriptions. This program is based on the work of Jawaid Haider, who studied more than thirty children’s museums in the United States and abroad. By assessing the pioneering designs, exhibits and architecture of children’s museums, designers can bring these insights into any building intended for children, including child care centers and schools.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$100 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Child Care by Design.
(1995)
Produced for Childcare Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The objective of this video and guide is to assist designers and child care professionals who are building a new child care center or renovating an existing one. The tape presents an overview of some important design principles that influence the effectiveness of any child care center. The principles are based on the conviction that the most important attribute of any design solution is how positively it contributes to children’s development and well-being. The design of the physical facility has a major impact on the quality of interactions that take place within it. Research demonstrates clear connections between specific aspects of architecture and design, teachers’ performance and children’s behavior and development. The challenge is to translate what is known about child care design into practice. To accomplish this design professionals need a clear understanding of the particular needs of the child care center. It is also essential that child care professionals and policy makers understand the design process. The design principles defined and examined in this tape include Pre-design, Site planning, Building design, Interior space and Outdoor space. Every dimension of child care center development presents decisions to be made, issues to be resolved and compromises that must be accepted. Working together, design and child care specialists can translate their knowledge into a center that works to maximum benefit for the staff, the parents, the community and most of all, for the children.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
$50 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Building Blocks: A Practical Supportive Prevention Video for Parents.
Produced by April Butler and Lee McIntyre, M.E. Victoria, BC, Canada.
(53 min., 1996)

Building Blocks explores the ABCs of empowerment from everyday ways of building assertiveness, to teach children about personal boundaries, to developing an open, supportive communication style. Using a parent-to-parent style, this video provides a down-to-earth approach to the challenges and triumphs of raising strong, self-assured children. Developing a solid parent/child relationship is an integral message throughout the video. Creativity and humor are used to address the more difficult aspects of child development (e.g. children's sexuality, what's normal, what's cause for concern).

From the way parents choose caregivers to their own relationships and dating, Building Blocks provides parents the tools to make empowered choices and become stronger role models for their children. Children who experience a strong sense of empowerment in their everyday lives are in a much better position to prevent sexual abuse. The video presents concrete skills and strategies that parents can use to build that foundation of empowerment through their everyday interactions with their children. This video is a useful resource for parents, childcare providers, therapists, health and social service workers, schools, community organizations and libraries.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286.
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942, FAX 818-994-0153
$115, plus shipping and handling.

Discoveries of Infancy: Cognitive Development and Learning

One of a series of 12 videos developed by the Program for Infant/Toddler Caregivers, this video explores the constant quest for knowledge of infants and toddlers. It illustrates how infants begin learning through simple sensorimotor experiences and move toward figuring things out in their heads. The video focuses on six major kinds of discoveries children make in the first three years of life and offers guidelines on how to support early learning.

Available from:
California Department of Education
Bureau of Publications, Sales Unit
P.O. Box 271
Sacramento, CA 95812-0271
Telephone: (916) 445-1260

Video: Multiple Transitions: A Young Child's Point of View.
Produced by Michael Trout, Director, the Infant-Parent Institute, Champaign, IL. The Infant-Parent Institute is a private teaching and clinical service institute specializing in problems of attachment in infants and adults.
(12 min., 1997)

This program is about children who experience multiple losses and separations in early life because they find themselves in the foster care and adoption systems. In this production there are no adults, or even adult voices, to be seen or heard. The script attempts to distill what children would teach us, if they had the chance, about what being moved around feels like, how and why their behavior begins to change, and what happens to their availability for new attachment. The video ends with a few suggestions on how we might be able to do it better. . Produced by Michael Trout, Director, the Infant-Parent Institute, Champaign, IL. The Infant-Parent Institute is a private teaching and clinical service institute specializing in problems of attachment in infants and adults

Available from:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$70 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Parents, Kids & Mother Goose.
Produced by the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(1995. 22 min. video, Information Kit, Training Manual and three books of interactive rhymes)

This video introduces the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, a supportive group experience which focuses on the benefits of using rhymes, songs and stories with babies and young children. The Program was initially developed to help high-risk mothers, those with children who were in danger of neglect and abuse, develop basic components of attachment. In the Program rhyme, songs, and stories serve as a catalyst with the power to help parents bond with and nurture their children. The tradition of children's oral literature is harnessed to a serious end: supporting parents and promoting healthy emotional development and literacy in children. The original scope of the Mother Goose Program has been expanded and it now offers recognized benefits to all caregivers, including fathers, grandparents, nannies, and the children themselves. Sharing rhymes, songs, and stories accompanied by loving touch and play creates a sense of emotional engagement and mutual pleasure. The rhymes used in the Program are chosen for their rich images and interactive potential. Children delight in language games and the adults' attention. The caregivers take pleasure in being able to engage the children. For pre-readers, hearing rhymes and stories told aloud is a key to the structure of words and language, setting the stage for learning to read and write. The parents, children, and teachers of the Program show how enjoying language, rhyme, and story together strengthens and enriches families and gives children emotional connections and essential pre-literacy skills. The set includes an Information Kit and Training Manual for the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program, The Moon is Round, 32-page booklet of rhymes and songs, Bounce Me, Tickle Me, Hug Me: Lap Rhymes from Around the World iteractive rhymes from many cultures collected from participants in the Parent-Child Mother Goose Program and Mother Goose: A Sampler a collection of rhymes with artwork by Canadian illustrators.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0933.
$150, plus shipping and handling.

Video Observations for the Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS)
Developed by Thelma Harms, Jana Fleming and Debby Cryer.
(26 min., 1993)
Video Guide & Training Workbook
Family Day Care Rating Scale (FDCRS)
FDCRS Scoring Sheets.

Video Observations for the Early Childhood Rating Scale (ECERS)
Developed by Thelma Harms, Jana Fleming and Debby Cryer.
(1998)
Guide & Training Workbook (Newly revised, available July, 1998)
Early Childhood Rating Scale, 2nd Edition (ECERS). (Available July, 1998)
ECERS Scoring Sheets (Revised)

Video Observations for the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale (ITERS)
Developed by Thelma Harms and Debby Cryer.
(1991, 24 min.)
Video Guide & Taining Workbook
Infant/Toddler Rating Scale (ECERS)
ITERS Scoring Sheets

Providing quality child care is of great concern in most industrialized countries today. Although it is widely believed that high-quality care does not adversely affect development, defining exactly what high-quality care means and providing such care on a daily basis are tremendous challenges. These rating scales are based on research evidence, professional values and practical knowledge in order to define quality. The definition of quality is consistent with the Criteria for Quality Early Childhood Programs stated by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs (NAEYC, 1984) and with Child Development Associate (CDA) requirements. Each video observation package consists of an interactive videotape and a Video Guide and Training Workbook. The video observation package was designed to be used either for self-instruction or with an instructor. The videos introduce the seven general areas covered by the scales and give an explanation of the format of each item, which includes a seven-point scale, with descriptions listed for four levels of quality. The videos then present six observation opportunities to practice scoring. After viewing there is an instruction to "stop" to decide on a score. Then the video gives the correct score with an explanation for each observation. These materials are suitable for training providers of care who will use the scale for self evaluation, outside evaluators, training specialists, early childhood education students, program monitors and researchers.

Available From:
Teachers College Press
PO Box 20
Williston, VT 05495-0020.
Tel: 800-575-6566. Fax 802-846-7626.

Video: Finding Quality Child Care.
Produced by Quartet Creative Services, San Francisco, CA
(45 min., 1995)

This program provides a comprehensive overview of high-quality child care program standards. The video was produced to give parents the information and guidance they need to make the best child care decision for their child and family. It is also a resource for training programs, parent groups and child care providers. The four types of child care are identified and described, including private, in-home care. Child care experts, providers and parents discuss how to locate quality care, what questions to ask when interviewing prospective placements, what quality care looks like and how to look at a child care environment to spot potential problems. Licensing and accreditation are defined. The importance of provider qualifications, a statement of philosophy, an open-door policy and the child-to-adult ratio are discussed. Health care professionals review hygiene issues, immunization and describe what should be included in a child care facility's health policy. Suggestions are offered for facilitating the process of transitioning children to child care. A checklist is included for accessing child care programs.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0933.
$55.

Video: Baby Talk
Produced by Poly Health Media.
(60 min., 1997)

This program answers the common questions every new mother has about newborn appearance and explains how to care for the new baby and the mother herself. In easy to follow demonstrations Baby Talk explains bathing, diapering and skin care, breast and bottle feeding, sleep and awake patterns and correct sleeping position, colic and calming a crying baby, variations in baby temperament, illness and doctor visits and the importance of immunizations. A variety of men are shown involved in baby care so male viewers can see and learn ways in which they can help and be supportive. The program is based a peer support system by presenting women and men who tell intimate stories ased on their life experience and through example can become positive role models. This video presents a wide range and mix of new parents in terms of age, race, marital and social status and reflects sensitivity to the multi-cultural nature of our society. An objective of this program is to make medical care less intimidating. The program does not present authority figures. Medical care is seen as a partnership with the patient encouraged to ask questions, understand what is happening and to play a collaborative rather than a passive role. The video is divided into ten chapters, each covering a specific topic and clearly numbered with an on-screen index that allows access to information by fast forwarding.

Available From: Poly Health Media 2766 Puesta Del Sol Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Tel. 800-922-6165. Fax 805-682-28689. $29.95 (plus shipping and handling). Volume discounts available.

Video: Born to Read: How to Nurture a Baby's Love of Learning
(29 min. 1996). Closed captioned.With 200-page planning manual.
Created by the Association for Library Service to Children.

The "Born to Read" project was created to help parents raise children with healthy bodies and minds. . "Born to Read" is guided by the mission: 1) To teach at risk expectant parents the importance of prenatal care, good health, and well-being of their newborn babies. 2) To teach at-risk expectant parents the importance of reading to their infants from birth. 3) To teach at-risk expectant parents the importance of the public library. To achieve the "Born to Read" goals, public librarians and health care professionals form partnerships and reach out to at-risk expectant and new parents. The program is designed to be offered within health care settings. In addition to traditional health care, parents can participate in discussions on reading and its importance to child development, parenting videos are shown and range of books are available for parents to use with their children. The first part of the video (9 min.) is designed to be presented in the community. It shows local associations, civic leaders and potential fundraisers the important role the library plays in producing a healthy, literate community. The second part of the video (20 min.) trains staff, giving them ideas and proven techniques for having a successful program for babies and their care providers. Tips from successful "Born to Read" projects are included. The planning manual provides step-by-step program planning, media/promotional activities, curriculum outlines and tips on raising local funding.

Available From:
ALA Video/Library Video Network
320 York Rd.
Towson, MD 21204-5179
Tel. 800-441-TAPE
$89 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: The Dialogue of Love
Produced by Monica Hedenbro and HSM Media, Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden.
(14 min., 1995).

This program looks as the interaction between new-born babies and their parents. Recent research into infant behavior shows that immediately after birth babies want to communicate with their parents and are able to do so with great subtlety. In interacting with infants, parents not only demonstrate their love and support of the child but also encourage further development. A diaper-change can be a major experience for a small baby. This tape shows what small babies are capable of and how parents can act in simple and natural ways to support and encourage their children in everyday situations. The tape has been produced to be used in parent education, both before and after the birth of a baby.

Available From
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$90 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Growth & Development: What's Normal?
Produced by Creative Video, Inc.
(1996).

This series is narrated by a parent as she writes letters to her own mother about her experiences as a new parent. Through the series she tells her mother about the child development and parenting information she has received from health care professionals and in a new-parent support group. At intervals, throughout the series, developmental milestones and a general time-frame outlining changes is presented. Parents are encouraged to talk with health care providers if there are concerns about development.

0-6 Months (16 min.) addresses the important developments that occur in the first six months of a baby's life and acknowledges that parents are better prepared to care for their baby when they know what to expect. Safety tips are demonstrated and the proper way to secure a baby in a car seat, stroller, and the crib is illustrated. Introduction of solid foods is explained and general time frames are given.

6-12 Months (11min.) While stressing that every baby develops at his or her own pace, this program outlines the significant changes that occur at eight, ten and twelve months. As the baby gains independence and curiosity developmental advances are highlighted.

12-24 Months (13 min.). For parents and child care workers the 12-24 month tame can be one of surprising advancements, discipline dilemmas and many other changes. Children are excited and want to explore their world through a rapidly expanding vocabulary, gestures, social play and food preferences. The joys and frustrations of parenting a child at this age are explored.

Available From:
Altschul Group Corp.
1560 Sherman Ave., Suite 100
Evanston, IL 60201. Tel. 800-421-2363. Fax 847-328-6706.
$295 each program.

Video: Parents Guide to Temperament: A Video Tape Series.
Produced by the Temperament Program, Kaiser Permanente Northern California.

This series of four videotapes was developed to introduce parents to the temperament approach of understanding the behavior of preschool-age children. The series is based on the original research of Drs Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas and the work of the Temperament Program at Kaiser Permanente Northern California. An interview with Dr Chess is included in each of the four tapes. In each of the tapes parents are also provided with a view of a wide variety of behaviors that children exhibit as being "normal."

Knowing Your Child (14 min.). In this program parents learn about the nine different temperament traits children have and the combination of temperament traits that may cause behavior problems. Some techniques that parents might try in order to prevent these temperament based problems are identified and demonstrated.

Understand Your Active, Slow-Adapting Child (16 min.). In this program parents learn about the different behavior issues that are common for children with the temperament combination of high-activity, slow-adapting, and low rhythmicity. Children are shown at home and at play demonstrating some of the main characteristics of this combination including refusal to obey adult requests; hitting, biting, and fighting with other children; difficulty getting to sleep and waking up; and returning to forbidden activities. Parents are offered some techniques that they might try to prevent these behaviors and increase adaptability.

Understanding Your Intense, Slow-Adapting Child (17 min.). This tape is intended to inform parents of preschool-age children with temperament based behavior problems. Parents learn about the different behavior issues that are common for children with the temperament combination of high-intensity and slow-adapting, the pre-existing conditions that may precipitate behavior problems by reducing adaptability, events that act as "triggers", and some techniques parents might try in order to prevent these behaviors.

Understanding Your Sensitive and Withdrawing Child (15 min.). In this videotape parents learn about the different behavior issues that are common for withdrawing children with high sensitivity and intensity, and some techniques parents might try in order to prevent these temperament-based problems.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$165.

Video: Learning Language and Loving It: An Introduction
Produced by the Hanen Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(23 min., 1991).

This videotape is based on the guidebook Learning Language and Loving It: A Guide to promoting Children's Social and Language Development in Early Childhood Settings (Weitzman, 1992). The guidebook and video reflect the work of the Hanen Center which provides early language intervention to children with language delays. The guidebook and video offer guidelines and practical suggestions on how to promote the child's language learning in naturalistic, everyday contexts. The video looks inside at life in child care settings where early childhood educators use the Hanen approach to promote interaction, language learning and emergent literacy in young children. The vital role of the teacher in helping children learn to communicate is discussed and the following guidelines to promote language learning are demonstrated: 1) Get every child in on the act; observe, wait, listen and follow the child's lead; 2) Provide information to promote learning; label, expand, model, explain and describe; and 3) Let language lead the way to literacy, foster a life time love of learning through books. The goal of this program is to help children reach their potential as playmates, as learners and as successful confident communicators.

Available From:
The Hanen Program
P.O. Box 1213
Buffalo, NY 14242-1213
Tel. 416-921-1073. Fax 800-380-3355.
$55 for the video and $35 for the guidebook (plus shipping and handling).

Learning Language and Loving It: The Teaching Tape with User's Guide.
Produced by the Hanen Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(103 min., 1993).

This four- part teaching tape was designed for use as an adjunct to the Hanen guidebook Learning Language and Loving It. Four parts of the 62 page guidebook are illustrated on the tape: 1) Take A Closer Look At Communication (17 min.); 2) Get Every Child In On The Act - So All The Children Can Interact (35 min.); 3) Provide Information And Experience That Promote Language Learning (31 min.); and 4) Let Language Lead The Way To Literacy (20 min.). The examples in the teaching tape illustrate how teachers in early childhood settings implement and, in some cases, fail to implement the strategies that are considered to be crucial to the promotion of children's social, language and literacy development. Most examples on the tape are designed to stimulate discussion, problem-solving and analysis by the viewers.

Available From:
The Hanen Program
P.O. Box 1213
Buffalo, NY 14242-1213
Tel. 416-921-1073. Fax 800-380-3355.
$95 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: You Make the Difference In Helping Your Child Learn: Teaching Tape
Produced by the Hanen Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
(105 min., 1991).

This videotape is based on the parent guidebook You Make the Difference In Helping Your Child Learn (Manolson, Ward and Dondington, 1995). The guidebook and video extends the approach of the Hanen Center, which provides early language intervention to children with language delays, to include all children especially those who are at-risk for developing a language delay. The information covered in the parent guidebook is discussed and demonstrated in nine separate modules on the videotape. The modules show how parents can connect with their young children and foster self-esteem and learning during the natural conversations of daily living. The modules include: 1) You Make the Difference; 2) Allow You Child to Lead; 3) Adapt to Share the Moment; 4) Add New Experience and Words; 5) Go with Games; 6) Move Forward with Music; 7) Get Hooked on Books; 8) Create! Create! Don't Hesitate; and 9) Connecting Isn't Always Easy_But it's Always Worth the Effort. The parent guidebook is written in simple language and illustrated with cartoons. Both the guidebook and video are appropriate for all parents including those with limited literacy skills and parents for whom English is a second language.

Available From:
The Hanen Program
P.O. Box 1213
Buffalo, NY 14242-1213
Tel. 416-921-1073. Fax 800-380-3355.
$55 for the video and $15 for the parent guidebook (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Gentle Touch Infant Massage
Produced by Gentle Touch, Inc.
(47 min., 1996).

This program begins with health care professionals describing and discussing the power of touch and the benefits of infant massage for healthy growth and development of the child and how it helps create a special bond between parent and child. Infant massage offers parents the opportunity to learn the many ways babies communicate long before they are able to talk. The tape looks at aspects of the massage process: Getting .started, being relaxed, avoiding interruptions, finding the best time for the baby; Getting comfortable; Positioning for parent and baby; Supplies; Soothing techniques; Special populations; first time parents; babies who have special needs, who are unsettled, or who are premature; and, Group support. In three separate sessions, the tape shows parents (including a father) demonstrate with their babies progressive massage routines appropriate for the developmental stage of the baby. Parents show respect for their babies by asking permission to touch, by reading non-verbal cues and by responding sensitively. Viewers are encouraged, prior to massaging a baby, to check with medical and therapeutic specialist who can provide guidance about any relevant considerations.

Available From:
Gentle Touch, Inc.
P.O. Box 6007
Asheville, NC 28816
Tel. 704-254-0003.
$59.95 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Worlds of Childhood.
Based on the PBS series Childhood.
Twenty-four videotape series,1992. (30 min. each tape).

This series explores the lives of children growing up in diverse social, economic and cultural conditions around the world. The series surveys cognitive, social and physical development within the context of culture and history and examines the ways in which changing the circumstances of children's lives may change the future. Site-experiences from around the world highlight the programs featuring children, from birth through puberty, and their families from Brazil, Japan, Russia, Cameroon and the United States. Twelve families were filmed over an 18-month period and their activities commented on by childhood experts Jerome Kagan, Urie Brofenbrenner, Robert A. Hinde, Sandra Scarr, Marian Wright Edelman and Melvin Konner.

Introductory tapes include:

• Development and Diversity (30 min.)
  

  Childhood has a rich historical, cultural and individual diversity. This program explores that diversity and discusses the nature of developmental change, how it occurs, and how it is studied. The concept of nature/nurture interaction is introduced and the importance of studying children from cross-cultural and historical, as well as developmental, perspectives is discussed. A visual tour of development includes children in Russia, Japan, Brazil, a Cameroon rainforest and New York City.

• The Ecology of Development (30 min.)
  

  In this program the complex factors that influence development such as biological inheritance, temperament, caregiving, family, peers, schooling, culture and history are introduced. Four levels of the environment are defined and illustrated: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem and macrosystem. The twelve families from five countries whose lives are shared during the course of the series are introduced and the active role children take in creating their own environment is xamined.

• Other titles in the series include: Prenatal Development and the Birth Process; Evolution, Environment and Growth; Nature and Nurture Interwoven; Culture, Time and Place; Family Life and the Active Child; Individual Differences and Developmental Milestones; Symbol Formation and the Acquisition of Language; Responsive Caregiving; Interactional Styles and Attachment; Gender, Self and Other; Rivalry and Interdependence In Sibling Relationships; Day Care and the Preschool Experience; Learning and Achievement; Friendhsip, Gender and Morality; Peer Culture; Adolescence: The Prolonged Transition; Risk and Resilience; Poverty, Child Health and Labor; Family Stress: The Child's Perspective and The Nature and Nurture of Development, Parts I and II.

Available From:
GPN, P.O. Box 80669
Lincoln, NE 68501-0669
Tel. 800-228-4630. FAX 402-472-4076.
$59.95 each tape, $1,300 for the series.

Video: Prenatal Diagnosis.
Produced at Munroe - Meyer Institute for Genetics & Rehabilitation, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE. (16 min., 1995).

This videotape gives patients background information about six prenatal tests. It gives an overview of each procedure and highlights the risks, limitations, and indications. The tests included are Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein, Triple Screen, Prenatal Ultrasound, Amniocentesis, Chorionic Vilkus Sampling and Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling. The tape includes interviews with individuals and couples who have undergone prenatal diagnosis. The interviews reassure patients that these procedures are helpful in making beneficial choices for their health as well as for the health of their babies. Includes a folder of ten detailed brochures: Prenatal Diagnosis/Options; Chromosomes and Genes; Genetic Counseling; Maternal Serum Alpha-Fetoprotein; Triple Screen; Ultrasound; Amniocentesis; Chorionic Villus Sampling; Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling; and Quick Reference Table of All Procedures.

Available From:
Child Development Media
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942.
$100, plus shipping and handling.

Video: Baby to Be: The Video Guide to Pregnancy.
(60 min., 1997).

Baby to Be emphasizes the importance of early prenatal care and the relationship between maternal behavior and fetal development. Images of fetal development during the various stages of pregnancy are shown. This program helps mothers and fathers relate to the growing fetus and fosters changes to a healthier life style throughout pregnancy. Guidelines for nutrition, exercise, potentially harmful substances to avoid and for important times to call the doctor are discussed. Also covered are physical changes in the mother's body and ways of managing the common discomforts of pregnancy. There is a special chapter for dads explaining the supportive role they can play and one for moms on making pregnancy an enjoyable as well as healthy time. This program is designed to teach skills and motivate behavioral change. It is presented in a format of ten chapters, each covering a specific topic and clearly numbered on-screen. This video can be used in groups or for self-instruction.

Available From: Produced and distributed by Poly Health Media, 2766 Puesta Del Sol, Santa Barbara, CA 93105. $24.95, plus shipping and handling. Special pricing for quantity orders.

Video: Bonding with Your Baby.
Created by Dr. James Sayre, University of Rochester.
(16 min.,1996).

This video takes viewers into the homes of inner city families, all with new babies, who talk about their parenting experiences. They describe what bonding is to them, how and when it develops and why bonding is important to their family life. They share their experiences from bonding during pregnancy through raising toddlers. These parents are models of ways to love, nurture and communicate with children. The families include teenage parents, single mothers and two-parent families. This program demonstrates that even in harsh inner city environments parents can still foster healthy relationships with their children, relationships that result in confident children who become responsible, contributing adults.

Available From:
Injoy Videos
3970 Broadway, Suite B4
Boulder, CO 80304.
Tel. 800-326-2082. Fax 303-449-8788.
$89.95, plus shipping and handling.

Video: First Person . . .Impressions of Being a Baby
Produced by Susan Lyle Kinney (1994), 30 min.

Photographed over the course of two and a half years, this video follows the development of individual children from birth through the first few years of life. The richness and complexity of normal development is documented as the children move through the various stages of development. The sensitivity, curiosity, openness, awareness and impressionability characteristic of these first stages of life are shown. This program observes the foundations for the developing person being secured; bonding with the parent, development of language, development of mastery, 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.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.,
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
800-405-8942
Fax 818-994-0153.
$90 (plus shipping and handling).

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