Video: Taking Good Care of You: Training Series
Produced by Family Communications, Inc.
(Four video and print training modules)

"One of our Neighborhood songs says, ‘I like to take care of you.’ Its message is that taking care of another person is something pleasurable and rewarding,’’ says Fred Rogers in his introduction to this series from the Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood Child Care Partnership. This series covers health and safety issues in child care while emphasizing the important role self-esteem plays in the healthy physical and emotional growth of young children. The training package is comprised of four modules, each with its own video and training manual, workshop outlines, background materials, and handouts. The workshop content includes hands-on activities, discussion of issues, and short video elements. The modules include I. Controlling Infectious Diseases: Developing awareness of infectious diseases common to young children including the symptoms and the ways they are spread. Helping caregivers and teachers understand the importance of proper hand washing and diapering. II. Keeping Children Well: Understanding the importance of preventive health care and the role providers play in encouraging it. Learning about immunizations, well-child check-ups, and other ways to prevent illness in child care. III. Managing the Sick Child: Learning about types of mild illnesses and how to keep mildly ill children comfortable and nurtured. Learning strategies for working with parents when their children are too sick for child care. IV. Nourishing Emotional Growth: Understanding the important role positive emotional development plays in children’s overall health, including their physical well-being. Acquiring new skills for helping children express and manage their feelings.

Available From:
Family Communications, Inc.
4802 Fifth Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Tel. 412-687-2990.
Also available from Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd, Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax: 818-994-0153.
$150 plus shipping and handling.

Video: SIDS: Reducing the Risky
A production of ChildSecure LLC.
(27 min., 1996)

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome takes the lives of 5000 to 6000 infants in the U.S. every year, nearly 16 babies a day. The formal definition of SIDS includes the wording, "an explanation for the death can not be determined." Research has indicated that there are common features of SIDS, but no common causes. Multiple conditions combined with known risk factors can come together, in early infancy, when a child is most vulnerable. The triple-risk model for SIDS is not based on one factor but on 1) the normal vulnerability of all infants during the first year of life, 2) on the presence of a specific risk factor such as premature birth and 3) the presence of specific stress on the baby such as exposure to cigarette smoke. It is the combination of these factors that leads to SIDS. Risk factors for SIDS include; cigarette smoke and use of illicit drugs, putting the baby to sleep prone, soft and fluffy bedding materials, over-warming the baby with night clothes, premature birth and teen pregnancy. Factors that avoid risk include: good nutrition, exercise and proper rest during pregnancy; prenatal care; no smoking, no alcohol or drugs during pregnancy; baby on back for sleep; no soft bedding and breastfeeding. In this program public health and medical experts on SIDS accurately and practically explain the risk reduction measures emphasizing how a pregnant woman or new parent can reduce the chance of their child dying of SIDS. Public Performance Rights are included with this program.

Available From:
INJOY Videos
3970 Broadway, Suite B4
Boulder, CO 80304.
Tel. 800-326-2082.
Fax 303-449-8788. $79.95 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: The Healing Cycle: Infants in Recovery
Produced for Epiphany Early Intervention Training Program (a program of Mt. St. Joseph - St. Elizabeth), San Francisco, CA.
(19 min., 1996)

For some infants the time of intrauterine growth can be painful as a result of drugs, alcohol and other substances in their systems that disrupt feelings of security and protection. Caring persons can create for the newborn infant an environment that restores a sense of connectedness and begins the healing process. By meeting the needs of this special population of infants, caregivers will help with the formation of self-regulation, trusting attachments, self-esteem and healthy movement patterns. In this tape child development professionals describe and demonstrate a healing environment that includes listening and communicating, touching in a comforting way, changing the environment, creating physical security, and developing healthy movement patterns. Caregivers who create this healing environment become more aware and respectful of individual personalities. Children who know they are unconditionally loved and respected are able to grow up with healthy levels of confidence and self-esteem. As they learn to regulate their physical responses they learn to value this ability to control and adapt their behavior. By raising children who love themselves we are raising children who feel confident in their abilities to communicate their thoughts, needs and feelings.

Available from:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$85, with accompanying training handbook, (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Worth the Trip: Raising and Teaching Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
(57 min., 1997)

This program considers the health, development and learning styles of children affected by fetal alcohol. With 'video chapters' accompanied by 'tips sections' this video offers information, demonstrations and expert advice for a wide array of audiences including foster, adoptive and biologic parents; early childhood, elementary and special education teachers; pediatricians; developmental psychologists; occupational and physical therapists; adoption agencies and counselors and professionals in training. The 'video chapters' cover: Definition of FAS/FAE; Speech and Language Development; Sensory Sensitivity; Eating and Feeding Issues; Health and Development; Activity Levels; Sleep Issues; Transition Times; Behavioral Concerns; Siblings; Friendships; Impact on Parents' Relationship; Baby Sitters & Self-Care for Parents; Coming to Terms; Hope for the Future and Teaching and Learning. The video presents strategies for meeting the complex developmental and behavioral needs of children with FAS and the parents and professional who care for them.

Available From:
Vida Health Communications,
6 Bigelow Street,
Cambridge, MA 02139.
Tel. 617-864-4334. Fax 617-864-7862.
$155 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Ingredients For a Good Start.
Produced by Far West Laboratory, Center For Child And Family Studies in collaboration with the California Department of Education, Child Development Division.
(25 min.,1995). Guide included. Available in English and Spanish.

Young children need nourishment to grow, and they depend on caring adults to help them get that nourishment. Children also need adults to help them develop healthy habits and attitudes toward food so that they can learn to make their own good food choices. Healthy habits cultivated from a very young age will last a child's lifetime. Feeding children is one of the most important things a caregiver does because of the major role eating habits and attitudes play in children's long-term health. This part of the caregiver's job is also one of the most challenging. The caregiver must meet the unique needs of each child, and in child care settings, while attending to the group as a whole. Knowing what and how to feed each child requires skill, knowledge and sensitivity. The children's food needs are influenced by their developmental stage, temperament, personal preferences, cultural and family practices and other individual differences. In childcare, the caregiver must also take into consideration how the child is fed at home and what special concerns about food the child's family may have. This video explains how children's food and mealtime needs change through the stages of early childhood, it gives information about foods to offer infants and introduces the food pyramid as a guide for planning meals for children over two years of age and suggest ways to help children acquire lifelong habits of pleasurable and healthful eating. Designed to answer questions any caregiver may have about when, what and how to feed infants and young children.

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 credit card orders.
$17 plus shipping and handling.

Video: Children's Medicine
(13 min. 1993)

This program examines the use of over-the-counter medicines for children. Many persons feel that over-the-counter medicines are not real medicines and that they are safe because the do not require a prescription. They are not aware that there can be significant side effects, particularly in children. This tape looks at the reactions some children have had to over-the-counter medicines, the serious concerns of pediatricians and the position of a drug company representative. A report in the medical literature of a study on clinical trials over the past 40 years showed that there is no good evidence of effectiveness of over-the-counter medicines on preschool children. There is concern about the safety of these medicines particularly on infants. There are big differences in the way that medicines effect adults and children, especially infants. Infants break down drugs differently and drugs have a different effect on their heart and brains. Over-the-counter medicines may work safely for adults but, efficacy on children may not ever have been established.

Available From:
Films for the Humanities & Sciences
P.O. Box 2053
Princeton, NJ 08543-2053.
Tel. 800-257-5126. Fax 609-275-3767.
$69.95 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Hear to Listen & Learn: A Language Approach for Children with Ear Infections
Produced at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center.
(20 min.,1995).

Of all children in an early childhood group program as many as one-third may have a middle ear infection on a given day, with infants and toddlers being at greatest risk. There are two common forms of otitis media, middle ear infection and otitis media with effusion known as middle ear fluid. Otitis media can make it difficult for children to hear. In this program diagrams are used to describe normal hearing and the changes that occur with otitis media. In children distractibility, poor attention, withdrawal from other children, overactive or uncooperative behavior or even not responding when spoken to may be signs of hearing loss. This tape discusses recognizing signs of possible hearing loss, checking for hearing loss, techniques for maintaining health and hygiene in a group setting, and strategies for creating an optimal environment for listening and learning. All children can benefit from strategies that promote health, listening and learning, but with otitis media these strategies can make a noticeable difference in how they learn from activities and interactions everyday.

Available From:
Brookes Publishing Co., Inc.,
P.O. Box 10624,
Baltimore, MD 21285-0624.
Tel. 800-638-3775. Fax 410-377-8539.
$40 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Lead Paint Poisoning: The Thief of Childhood
(20 min., 1996).

This program explores the dangers of childhood lead paint poisoning and its adverse health effects. It provides information, education and practical advice on protecting children from lead paint poisoning through interviews and discussions with educators, health care providers and testimonials from culturally and linguistically diverse parents whose children were lead poisoned. This video has been piloted as an educational tool within the City of Boston's Public Health Commission programs as well as in health centers and community based organization. The video is available in English, Spanish, Cape Verdean Creole, Haitian Creole and Vietnamese.

Available From:
Abdi Yusef
City of Boston, Office of Environmental Health
1010 Massachusetts Ave.
Boston, MA 02118.
Tel. 617-534-5966. Fax 617-534-2372.
$10.

Video: Young Children Learning to Manage Asthma: A Family Affair.
Produced by Josephine V. Brown of the Parent-Infant Resource Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA.
(16 min.)

This video shows parents and other family members how they can enable their preschool children to take on more and more asthma self-management tasks. A seven-year old boy explains how well he has learned to manage his asthma, so he can do all the things children normally do. Then, with the help of three children aged 18 months, three years and five years and their parents and siblings, he shows how his family helped him learn about asthma from the time he was a small child. The video emphasizes the importance of regular medical care; that young children learn best in the context of their families and when they are taught developmentally appropriate skills; that parents need to prepare school teachers and other adults who care for their children with asthma; and that parents need support. This program is intended for health-care professionals, preschool and elementary school teachers, as well as for parents of children with asthma.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.,
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286,
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$45 (plus shipping and handling).

Video: Family-Centered Home Health Services for Young Children
Produced by Judith L. Pokorni, Ph.D., of the Georgetown University Child Development Center.
(1996). Four-tape series with Training Guides.

This video series was designed for home health staff and other personnel working with young children with special health needs. The series addresses issues in the areas of developmental needs, family concerns, and care coordination. Each video includes strategies for home health personnel and others working with families who have children with special health needs. Individual guides for each video include program objectives, a synopsis of the video content, supplementary information, related activities, and references. Closed captioned.

Responding to Families 24 min. In this video families receiving home health services describe some of the stress they experience from lack of privacy, disruption of normal family living, inconsistent nursing personnel, etc. In the second half of the video family members and home health personnel discuss important considerations for caregivers such as relating to the child as an individual, understanding the parent's role as primary caregiver and head of the house and working as a team. A supervisor's observations form in the guide includes a checklist of behaviors measuring responsiveness to families.

Encouraging Communication and Play 20 min. This video describes strategies for integrating activities that promote communication and play skills into everyday care. The first half of the video discusses communication skills and shows strategies for encouraging communication during routine nursing care. The second half focuses on play and includes suggestions for engaging in interactive play and for using toys appropriately. A supervisor's observation form in the guide includes a checklist of specific behaviors for promoting communication and play skills.

Encouraging Motor Development 16 min. This video illustrates the sequences of fine and gross motor skills that typically develop in the first few years of life. It also includes three basic principles for encouraging motor development: 1) positioning the child in the most stable and normal positions possible; 2) giving the child plenty of time in a variety of positions and 3) providing many opportunities to use hands and fingers. Techniques for using each principle throughout caregiving routines are illustrated. A supervisor's observation form in the guide includes a checklist of specific behaviors.

Building Family-Centered Care Coordination 23 min. Describes the role of care coordination in serving young children with ongoing health needs. The following four reasons for providing family-centered coordination for these families are discussed 1) to assure a smooth transition from hospital to home, 2) to support the family in their role as caregiver, 3) to assure the child's optimal functioning with the family and 4) to assure the transition to community-based services. Information on early-intervention services within the community is included in both the video and the guide.

Available From:
Child Development Media, Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd., Suite 286
Van Nuys, CA 91401.
Tel. 800-405-8942. Fax 818-994-0153.
$95 each tape or $350 for the series (plus shipping and handling).

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