VIDEOS
 Oral
Motor Development & Disorders
ORLM-1.0V Feeding & Swallowing: The Identification
of Medically Related Issues, 1991, Meyer Rehabilitation Institute
(15 min.) This videotape addresses medically-related issues of gastroesophageal
reflux and aspiration.
ORLM-1.2V Feeding & Swallowing: Indirect
Management Strategies for Feeding and Swallowing Problems, 1991Meyer
Rehabilitation Institute
(10 min.) This video addresses various issues in feeding and swallowing
and demonstrates strategies involving indirect management of the mealtime
environment and/or feeding procedure.
ORLM-1.3V Feeding & Swallowing: Direct
Therapy Strategies for Feeding and Swallowing Problems, 1991, Meyer
Rehabilitation Institute
(12 min.) This video illustrates direct therapeutic strategies to address
six components of feeding and swallowing: therapy strategies for jaw
control; jaw control from the back or side; jaw control from the front;
therapy strategies for the lips; therapy strategies for the bite reflex;
therapy strategies for the tongue and chewing.
ORLM-1.4V Feeding & Swallowing: Identifying
and Managing Oral Hypersensitivity, 1991, Meyer Rehabilitation Institute
(7 min.) This videotape presents simple suggestions to help you and
your child work toward more relaxed and productive feedings through desensitization
efforts.
ORLM-1.5V Feeding & Swallowing: The Impact
of Proper Positioning and Handling on Feeding, 1991, Meyer Rehabilitation
Institute
(7 min.) This videotape discusses some of the basic principles of positioning
and handling and suggests guidelines for establishing good positioning
and handling during meal times.
ORLM-1.6V Feeding & Swallowing: Using Behavioral
Approaches to Feeding Your Child, 1991, Meyer Rehabilitation Institute
(15 min.) This video provides a discussion of important strategies
for considering a program to promote better feeding and swallowing through
behavioral management. This video does require a familiarity with behavioral
principles and procedures.
ORLM-1.7V Feeding Infants and Young Children
with Special Needs, 1989
(26 min.) Information is presented to help overcome the feeding problems
of special needs infants and children. Techniques are demonstrated to
help alleviate the problems and encourage the development of more satisfying
feeding patterns.
Parenting
Information
FS-3.6V Developing Relationships with Families,
2003, Sandy Ginther & Carol Weisheit
This video and accompanying guide features perspectives from families
of young children with delays/disabilities in regard to experiences that
have been helpful in developing beneficial relationships with education
and service providers. The information will relate to the Illinois Professional
Teaching Standard, 'Collaborative Relationships' which supports relationship
building that supports student learning and well-being.
FS-3.7V Developing Relationships with Families
- Part II, 2003, Sandy Ginther & Carol Weisheit
This video and accompanying guide focuses on developing relationships
that enhance the home/school connection. It features professionals that
work with young children that are at risk or that have developmental
disabilities.
PAR-1.0DVD A Journey of the Heart,
2004, Washington State Fathers Network
PAR-1.0V Children with Special Needs: Parent
Support Groups, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Patricia Smith, NICHCY, joins discussion of importance of
groups, how to start and maintain them, as groups are visited and viewed
in action.
PAR-1.1V Children with Special Needs: Stress
and Coping, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) This video and accompanying guide enables parents to have
a better understanding of identifying and working with the sources of
stress in their lives; dealing with the impact of stress on the family;
finding community resources for support; caring for themselves; and identifying
when stress is a potential danger.
PAR-1.2V Children with Special Needs: Preventing
Sexual Abuse, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Child Safety Specialists and parents discuss safety rules
for parents and children. Existing programs are visited, and additional
resources are given.
PAR-1.3V Children with Special Needs: Planning
Your Child's Future, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Parents' concerns about the future, ways of providing opportunities
for children as they grow, and residential and financial planning are
discussed by a panel.
PAR-1.4V Children with Special Needs: The Role
of the Clergy, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A Pastor, Rabbi, and Salvation Army worker give their reactions
to a series of honest responses from parents about the role religion
has had in dealing with disabled children and their families.
PAR-1.5V Children with Special Needs: The Role
of the Doctor, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.)
PAR-1.7V Children with Special Needs: Issues
of Family Life (Part 2), 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A variety of issues are discussed by a panel of parents and
professionals as they react to taped segments of parents talking about
their day-to-day experiences of having disabled children. Dr. Lou Brown
and Dr. Lisbeth Vincent talk about integration.
PAR-1.8V Children with Special Needs: Fathers,
1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Two fathers and psychiatrist Dr. Hector Goa discuss the unique
issues faced by fathers of disabled children.
PAR-1.9V Children with Special Needs: Siblings,
1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Dr. Thomas Powell of Sibling Information and Network and Maureen
Lynch, a sibling and special educator, discuss with families the concerns
that sibling have, support programs that exist, and suggestions for parents.
PAR-2.0V Children with Special Needs: Extended
Family Members, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Grandparents discuss their love for disabled grandchildren
and their concerns for the future. Other relatives and friends talk about
getting the information they need to provide support for the family.
PAR-2.1V Children with Special Needs: Working
with Your Child at Home, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.)
PAR-2.2V Children with Special Needs: Motor
Development, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.)
PAR-2.3V Children with Special Needs: Emotional
Development, 1987, Young Adult Institute (30 min.)
PAR-2.6V Children with Special Needs: Early
Intervention, 1987, Young Adult Institute (30 min.) (2 copies)
PAR-2.7V Children with Special Needs: Transitioning
to School, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Transitioning from home or preschool to a mainstreamed public
school classroom can be a traumatic experience for a child and his/her
family. Dr. Michael Conn-Powers talks to us about this process as we
visit programs in Vermont .
PAR-2.8V Children with Special Needs: Parents
and Teachers in Partnership, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Parents and professionals talk about the benefits and techniques
of developing a good working relationship.
PAR-2.9V Children with Special Needs: Public
Law 94-142 (Part 1), 1987, Young Adult Institute
(60 min.) Two half hour tapes on the law feature Dr. Ann Turnbull, parent
advocate Rosemary Gonzalez, NYC public school administrator Teri Chase,
and attorney Jane Stern discussing parents' and professionals' rights
and responsibilities, and the most frequently asked questions.
PAR-3.0V Children with Special Needs: Public
Law 94-142 (Part 2), 1987, Young Adult Institute
(60 min.) Two half hour tapes on the law feature Dr. Ann Turnbull, parent
advocate Rosemary Gonzalez, NYC public school administrator Teri Chase,
and attorney Jane Stern discussing parents' and professionals' rights
and responsibilities, and the most frequently asked questions.
PAR-3.1V Children with Special Needs: Your
Public Schools, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A comprehensive show overviewing the services and personnel
who will be available to you and your child. (Part I and Part II)
PAR-3.2V Children with Special Needs: School
Integration, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A group of parents and professionals discuss selecting and
supporting children in a mainstream environment.
PAR-3.3V Children with Special Needs: Infant
Temperament, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Child psychiatrist Dr. Stella Chess discuss how knowing a
child's temperament and style will help you to be a better parent and
teacher.
PAR-3.4V Children with Special Needs: Having
a Baby in the NICU, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Neonatologists join parents and professionals to discuss technical
terms and procedures, working cooperatively with hospital staff, and
parenting a hospitalized child.
PAR-3.5V Children with Special Needs: Causes
and Preventions, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A genetic counseling program is visited with guests Dr. Arthur
Salisbury, Dr. Cassandra Henderson, Dr. Harold Nitowsky, and Myrna Ben-Yishay.
PAR-3.6V Children with Special Needs: Diagnosis,
1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) An assessment in progress is visited as Dr. T. Berry Brazelton,
Dr. Yeou-Cheng Ma and Anne Preston join parents in discussion of selecting,
participating in, and monitoring a child's assessment.
PAR-3.7V Children with Special Needs: Community
Integration, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Patricia Smith, NICHCY, joins parents for a discussion of
attitudes towards disabilities and techniques for educating the public.
We watch parents take their daughter to the park, then see Kirsten Hansen
use specially designed dolls, the New Friends Curriculum, with a group
of preschoolers.
PAR-3.8V Children with Special Needs: Having
a Developmentally Disabled Child, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) This video and accompanying guides provides parents with information
on recognizing and coping with their reactions to having a child with
disabilities, seeking and using community resources, and preparing themselves
to get what they want from a service system.
PAR-4.1V Down Syndrome: A Parental Perspective,
1992
(20 min.) Demonstrates the importance parents place on how they are
first informed of their child's conditions; candid and powerful interactions
of parents sharing their personal experiences.
PAR-4.3V Genetics: A Family Affair, 1990 ,
Teresa Hadro
(90 min.)
PAR-4.4V MegaSkills: The Power of Families,
1988
(6 min.) (2 copies)
PAR-4.5V MegaSkills: The Ever-Widening
Circle : New Partnerships for Children's Success in
School and Beyond, 1988 (16 min.) (2 copies)
PAR-4.6V MegaSkills: In Their Own Words, 1988 (10
min.)
PAR-4.8V Like Any Child: Raising a Child with
Down Syndrome, Kim Sheridan
This video shows the many experiences of raising a child with Down Syndrome.
It covers the period from birth through adult using interviews with parents,
teachers, scout leaders, and people with Down Syndrome.
PAR-4.9V 3 R's for Special Education: Rights,
Resources, Results - A Guide for Parents, a Tool for Educators,
1996
(48 min.) This video presents a practical step-by-step guide for parents
as they become effective managers on behalf of their children, ages 3
through 21 years.
PAR-5.0V Parent to Parent, Virginia Institute
for Developmental Disabilities
The families in this video discuss their feelings of isolation, fear
and uncertainty when they were told that their children had disabilities.
The families also share the love that they have for their children and
their strengths as families.
PAR-5.1V Setting Limits with Children: A Talk
by Patty Wipfler, Patty Wipfler
(60 min.) This video and the accompanying 7 booklets outline an approach
that connects the parent and child at the center of the limit-setting
process. The speaker shows how children signal that their sense of connection
is broken or frayed and she describes a limit-setting process. The booklets
are titled: Special Time; Playlistening; Crying; Tantrums and Indignation;
Healing Children's Fears; Reaching for Your Angry Child.
PAR-5.2V Winning at Parenting.....Without Beating
Your Kids, 1989, Barbara Coloroso
This video and accompanying handout presents Barbara Coloroso in a humorous
approach to general parenting issues, mealtime, bedtime, fighting, and
chores.
PAR-5.3V A New IDEA for Special Education:
Understanding the System and the New Law, 1998
This video will help parents and educators better understand the recent
changes to the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA).
The information covers: referral, evaluation, IEP, placement and related
services, preparing for transitions, and discipline, mediation and standardized
testing.
PAR-5.4V Parents Guide to Temperament (4 video
set)
Four video tapes: (1) Understanding your Intense Slow Adapting Child.
(17min.) (2) Understanding Your Active Slow Adapting Child. (16 min.)
(3) Knowing Your Child. (14 min.) (4) Understanding Your Sensitive and
Withdrawing Child. (15 min.)
PAR-5.5V The IEP: A Tool for Realizing Possibilities,
1998
( 20 min) Parents teach parents how to use the IEP as the basic tool
for delivering supports and services.
PAR-5.7V Silent Angels: The Rett Syndrome Story,
2000
(50 min) This video, hosted and narrated by Julia Roberts, is a moving
documentary about the stories of families with daughters that have Rett
Syndrome. The video captures the discovery of the genetic link for Rett's.
PAR-5.8V Rett Syndrome: A Conversation with
Families, 2001
This video presents the stories of families that have children with
Rett syndrome.
PAR-5.9V Meeting the Challenge: Parenting Children
With Disabilities, 1992
(94 min.) This video with accompanying guide presents stories told by
parents of children with special needs. Theirstories cover topics such
as lost dreams, rebuilding dreams, the challenge of parenting, and working
with professionals.
PAR-6.1V Transition: The Never-Ending Story,
2001
(45 min) This tape will assist families, teachers and program staff
in identifying the needs, issues and challenges surrounding transitions.
Daily transitions as well as transitions between programs, out of Early
Intervention, into and out of Early Childhood, into Kindergarten, and
beyond are discussed by parents and teachers. Ideas and strategies for
smooth transitions are discussed.
PAR-6.2V Parenting Children With Special Needs,
1995, Bill Wagonseller
(28 Min) This video and facilitator's guide provide information on parenting
children from infancy through early childhood with special needs. Highlighted
topics include the diagnosis of a child with disabilities, impact on
the family, early intervention, federal laws regarding the development
of effective educational programs, and interviewswith parents.
PAR-6.3V Managing the Defiant Child: A Guide
to Parent Training, 1997, Russell Barkley
(35 min.) This video and manual brings to life a proven approach to
behavior management, and shows clinicians, school practitioners, parents,
students and teachers how enhanced parenting skills can dramatically
improve the parent-child relationship.
PAR-6.4V Parents' Views of Living with a Child
with Disabilities, 1995
(27 min.) This video and guide provide an insight into the emotional
and personal side of parenting a child with special needs. It features
three couples sharing their stories, perspectives and insights; all are
parents of children with severe disabilities.
PAR-6.5V Successfully Educating Preschoolers
with Special Needs: A Guide for Parents, A Tool for Educators,
Grace Hanlon
This video provides information for parents about preschool for children
with disabilities. Through interviews with a parent, teacher, and director
the video introduces parents to information about IDEA (Individuals with
DisabilitiesEducation Act), the evaluation process for special education,
related services, preschool for children with and without disabilities,
and transition into Kindergarten.
Sensory
Integration
SI-1.0V Sensory Integration Therapy, 1987, Laurie Snider
This video is an introduction to the developmental process of sensory
integration. It provides examples of sensory integrative developmental
problems and therapeutic activities.
SI-1.2V Sensory Defensiveness, Patricia Wallbarger
(60 min.) Patricia Wallbarger explores the scope of sensory defensiveness,
the significance of identification of sensory defensiveness, and proposes
three intervention approaches.
SI-1.3V Looking At Children Through New Eyes:
Sensory Processing & Sensory Integration, 1997, Jennifer Rosinia
This video and companion guide present an overview of sensory processing
and sensory integration. Topics covered include: history of the theory
of sensory integration; definition of sensory integration and processing;
sensory processing disorders; facilitating adaptive sensory processing
strategies.
SI-1.5V Getting Kids in Sync, 2002, Carol
Kranowitz
This video demonstrates Sensory-Motor, Appropriate, Fun and Easy (S.A.F.E.)
Activities to help children of all abilities develop their bodies and
integrate their senses.
Team/Collaboration
TEAM-1.0V Children with Special Needs: Parent-Professional
Cooperation, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) Parent advocate Rosemary Gonzalez and art therapist Jayminn
Sanford discuss how to work with health and social service professionals
and role play typical problems that arise.
TEAM-1.1V Children with Special Needs: The
Team Approach, 1987, Young Adult Institute
(30 min.) A variety of professionals are often involved when working
with families of children with disabilities. An administrator, a parent,
and a teacher discuss the ins and outs of working as a team.
TEAM-1.2V The IEP Meeting: Roles and Responsibilities (23
min.)
TEAM-1.3V The Transdisciplinary Approach, 1990 (44
min.)
TEAM-1.4V Working As A Team, 1992, Judith
Pokorni
(19 min.) This videotape highlights two important aspects of effective
teams: family-centered and staff from different disciplines.
TEAM-1.5V Partnerships with Parents
(28 min) The importance of parent/teacher relationship for children.
TEAM-1.6V The Parent-Teacher Partnership, 1991,
Robert Rockwell (90 min.)
Vision
Impairment
VI-1.0V Functional Vision - Learning to Look,
1993, The Blumberg Center
(18 min.)
VI-1.1V Functional Vision - Learning to Look
(Spanish version), 1993, The Blumberg Center
(18 min.)
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