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  • These Days: Youth Suicide Teacher Resource Kit

    These Days: Youth Suicide Teacher Resource Kit

    Kick start the conversation with These Days: Youth Suicide Teacher Resource Kit. The aim for this kit is to demystify the issue and reduce the social taboos that prevent an open and effective discussion about suicide with young people.

    These Days: A Short Film on Youth Suicide
    These Days is a short film exploring the aftermath of a youth suicide (Malik) on his friends, family and school community. It is targeted firmly at Australian teenagers in language and tone, and has a very honest look at teenage life today. The narrative focuses on Malik’s friend Chloe as she struggles with the grief and depression that follow this tragedy. It provides an opportunity for viewers to reflect on warning signs, positive and negative coping strategies, and ultimately the importance of resilience and a strong support network.

    Understanding Youth Suicide: A Guide for Teachers
    This program provides background information on suicide and advice about how to discuss suicide in a classroom setting. It helps viewers understand what leads to suicide/suicidal thoughts among teens, the warning signs you may see in the school setting and what to do if you suspect a student is suicidal. We also look at how teachers can support themselves, the school community and students who are dealing with the aftermath of a student’s suicide or attempted suicide”

    This kit includes:

    • These Days: A Short Film on Youth Suicide
    • These Days: A Short Film on Youth Suicide (Censored Version)
    • These Days: A Short Film on Youth Suicide (with Extended Commentary)
    • Understanding Youth Suicide: A Guide for Teachers
    • Discussion guide with questions to consider and student activities to support mental health and wellbeing
    • Consent form template in case you wish to obtain parental consent prior to viewing
    • Instruction on how to use the videos

     

  • Sports Psychology

  • Substance Abuse: Current Concepts

    Professor Greg Blevins of Governor State University helps students achieve an in-depth understanding of the uses and abuses of drugs in contemporary society. His course provides a balanced, factual account of the physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of drug abuse. Each lesson begins with an examination of existing student perceptions, using it as a springboard to introduce pertinent information on drug use and abuse. Students study substance abuse from the perspectives of legal and ethical issues, scientific pharmacology, and social attitudes. The end goal of the course it to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the resulting effects of substance use and the possible approaches to treating and preventing it.

  • The Adolescent Substance Abuser

    Examines the prevalence of substance abuse and use in the schools; the etiology of such use/abuse; the pharmacology of abusable drugs as it relates to the physiological, psychological, and social development of youth; and methods of preventing, intervening, and/or treating substance use/abuse among youth and adolescents. Designed for teachers, counselors, and administrators in K-12 schools, as well as parents and other interested members of the community.

  • Teaching Systems – Nutrition (2011)

    The Standard Deviants Teaching Systems are simply the most effective method for students to learn and for teachers to teach. This educational programming is optimized for classroom use. Each module is a topic-based video that containsFull Public Performance Rights. The digital workbook includes teacher’s guides, classroom notes, quizzes, games, and graphic organizers. The subject matter correlates directly to state standards and is produced and designed by the Cerebellum Academic Team of professional scriptwriters, students, professors, actors, comedians, and teachers.

  • Facts and Fiction

  • PBS NewsHour

  • The A-Z of Drugs

    The A-Z of Drugs aims to disentangle myths from reality, giving facts, information and viewpoints in a language young people understand. It’s a fast-moving, stylish, no-nonsense guide through the minefield of drugs, empowering young people to make informed choices for themselves. 3 x 25 min.

  • Health and Social Care

    This series is made up of six programmes, with the aim of providing engaging, relevant ‘case studies’ which will help students understand health and social care clients’ needs and how local services attempt to fill them. Participants include a mother of 18 month old twins, imminently expecting another pair, a family with a six year old with cerebral palsy, and a doctor’s receptionist trying to kick her habit of 30 cigarettes a day.

  • Science in Focus: The Virtual Body

    This series explains the workings of the human body using advanced virtual technology, clearly illustrating what happens inside us. Presented from inside the body, the remarkable and complex body functions are viewed close up and hitherto unseen organs and processes are described.