A message of tolerance and respect from a Holocaust Survivor. From his personal experience of prejudice, persecution and loss under Nazi occupation, Walter Absil offers an inspiring, powerful message to today’s youth: tolerance and respect for those different from ourselves. In illuminating the consequences of this own encounter with evil, Absil’s narrative serves as a cautionary tale about what can befall even the most elevated culture when crucial, social qualities are purged from daily life. Delivered with disarming candour and wit, Walter Absil’s message addresses the challenge of achieving a more humane and compassionate future.
Subjects: Guidance
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Vital Signs
The assessment of a patient’s health status is an essential part of the nurse’s or personal carer’s role. It includes observation of the patient and measuring the patient’s vital signs. This program focuses on the vital signs and how to measure temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure. It also outlines how to measure oxygen saturation, blood glucose levels and how to perform a urinalysis. Each vital sign is described, as well as how to use appropriate equipment and how to accurately perform procedures.
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Frontline: College Inc. – Public Performance
The business of higher education is booming. It’s a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. But what are students getting out of the deal? Critics say a worthless degree and a mountain of debt. Investors insist they’re innovators, widening access to education. FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America.
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Frontline: College Inc. – Home Use
The business of higher education is booming. It’s a $400 billion industry fueled by taxpayer money. But what are students getting out of the deal? Critics say a worthless degree and a mountain of debt. Investors insist they’re innovators, widening access to education. FRONTLINE follows the money to uncover how Wall Street and a new breed of for-profit universities are transforming the way we think about college in America.
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Frontline: The Suicide Tourist – Public Performance
Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late-stages of painful, terminal illness? The questions, debated for centuries, have only grown more pressing in recent years as medical technology has allowed us to live longer lives, and several U.S. states have legalized physician-assisted suicide. With unique access to Dignitas, the Swiss non-profit that has helped over one thousand people die since 1998, Academy award- winning filmmaker John Zaritsky offers a revealing look at two different couples facing the most difficult decision of their lives-and lets us see for ourselves as one Chicago native makes the trip to Switzerland for what will become the last day of his life.
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Frontline: The Suicide Tourist – Home Use
Do we have the right to end our lives if life itself becomes unbearable, or when we enter the late-stages of painful, terminal illness? The questions, debated for centuries, have only grown more pressing in recent years as medical technology has allowed us to live longer lives, and several U.S. states have legalized physician-assisted suicide. With unique access to Dignitas, the Swiss non-profit that has helped over one thousand people die since 1998, Academy award- winning filmmaker John Zaritsky offers a revealing look at two different couples facing the most difficult decision of their lives-and lets us see for ourselves as one Chicago native makes the trip to Switzerland for what will become the last day of his life.
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Drink Spiking: Awareness and Avoidance
Drink spiking has become an increasingly disturbing health issue. The immediate effects of these incidents range from mild sickness to temporary loss of consciousness but their hidden effects can linger for a long time. This informative and practical program explains what drink spiking is and how to recognize and avoid situations that may increase susceptibility to drink spiking. It explores the prevalence and nature of drink spiking, situations where it is likely to occur, the people who do it (including friends!) and how victims are chosen. Using expert opinion, narration and dramatized scenarios, the program delivers balanced information about the substances commonly used in drink spiking, potential health consequences to the victim and strategies to minimize the risks of it occurring. An empowering program about health in a young person’s world. Chapters: 1. Introduction 2. What is Drink Spiking? 3. Consequences for the Victim 4. Drugs and their Effects Part 1 5. Drugs and their Effects Part 2 6. Awareness and Prevention 7. Consequences for the Perpetrator
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Knowing When to Say No
In order for development to occur adolescents involve themselves in a number of positive and negative risk taking activities. This program is an excellent way to begin the discussions that are necessary with young people with regard to the many issues/problems that they sometimes face. Issues discussed by a teenage boy and girl include values, drugs, sex and road trauma.
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Taking Control: Strategies for Coping with Stress
Stress is something we can learn to cope with. In this video, we explore some of the types of stress encountered in secondary school, their main causes and how adolescent people can identify and cope with them. We look at various ways young people can learn to manage their stress, minimizing distress and preparing themselves to survive anticipated stressful situations, such as Examinations. Looking at positive and negative attitudes to coping with stress expressed by those who have successfully learnt how to accomplish this.
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Building Resilience
This program discusses how a person can become resilient and talks about methods that we could use to withstand stress and trauma without permanent damage. If someone is resilient, they have the ability to “bounce back” after something negative happens to them. The program outlines the importance for young people to build resilience so that they can recover from a trauma without developing any psychological problems.