Ray, Sadie, Naomi and Sindy live with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Day to day they cope with the effects caused by their exposure to alcohol before they were born. These individuals debunk some of the myths surrounding the disease and show how, with the support of people who love and care for them, they are able to lead rich and meaningful lives.
Subjects: Relationships / Family / Parenting
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Getting to Know Me: All About Personal Identity
So what actually is our personal identity? Everybody has different images of, and ideas about us. Our parents, teachers, and friends all say they know us but really, what makes you, you? or me, me? Often students feel there’s one “them” when they’re at home, another when they’re at school, another when they’re with their friends, and another when they’re by themselves. In this program, six animated scenarios provide audience discussion triggers about factors such as Risk, Gender and Body Image that go towards constructing our personal identity. After each scenario students talk about the particular concepts of personal identity brought up in that episode. Dr Jenny Proimos, an Adolescent Health expert, comments on the themes considered in each scenario.
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Human Nature
Based on Cloud9World stories, an educational curriculum present in prestigious schools across the US and Latin America, Human Nature freely recreates the tales and animal adventures in a fun talk show that turns the animals into guests.
The series uses, in an intelligent and entertaining way, lovely animals as role models. Their stories help children internalize the fundamental resources for decision making, critical thinking, and group collaboration. It gives them early tools to build a better world.
If animals were to speak, how many things would they have to say? If animals told us their experiences, they would surely have a lot to teach us, and we would learn so much. This is a truly educational series to teach children, using animals they love as their role models.
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Insatiable Teens
Youth Documentary Series, taking an in depth look at the darker side of the pleasures accessible to teenagers in the 21st Century. When a seemingly harmless overindulgence begins to develop into a life-altering addiction, who is ultimately to blame, and who is there who can help !?
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Teens 101: Educational Mental Health series
Teens 101 is a multi media initiative towards reaching, guiding, empowering, 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 worth, family dysfunction, racism, sexuality, and LGBTQ.
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Moving up to Middle School
In the documentary-style film, middle school aged children share their personal stories of what its like to transition from elementary to middle school. Viewers will hear from children who are going into middle school and those who have already been attending. This challenging time is captured in their engaging stories about navigating new classes, having to use lockers for the first time, dealing with pressure to get good grades, worrying about fitting in and much more. Viewers will be left with a feeling of hope and an understanding that they are not alone in their feelings about transitioning to middle school.
Includes: “Getting a Grip on Middle School“, “Surviving the Middle School Social Scene“, and “Problems Solved: Advice from Middle Schoolers“.
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Talk It Out: Teens, Substance Abuse, and Addiction
This series, designed for elementary-aged children, presents information on legal and illegal drugs in an easy to understand way. It delves into the impact of the use and abuse of these substances on the human body, individuals, and society.
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Trouble In Mind
Did you know that over 80% of all mental disorders are untreated or undiagnosed? Hosted by former “Charlie’s Angel”, Kate Jackson, this unique series takes a dramatic and insightful journey into the centre of the most common mental disorders. We see how these disorders were viewed and treated in the past, while medical and psychiatric experts shed light on modern treatments and the easily identifiable characteristics of disorders that may be crippling the life of someone you know. (13 x 25:00)
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This Thing Called Hope
Some of us are paralyzed by the challenges life offers. Others embrace the future with an amazing sense of hope – despite seemingly insurmountable odds. Hope has an inexplicable beneficial impact on the lives of those who practice it. Today there is powerful evidence to support the belief that positive emotions can cause physical change. By making hope a part of our lives, we can learn to thrive instead of just merely survive. A viewer’s guide is included when the complete series is purchased. Extra copies can be purchased separately.