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Child Development

Child Development


BRAIN, THE

The human brain is fascinating - every movement we make, everything conscious or unconscious stems from our brains. The most critical time for brain development is from birth to age five. What can parents and caregivers of children do to help give those developing brains the best chance for success? Discover how the basic workings of the brain influence our memory and how we learn and what can be done to encourage healthy brain development in children.

The Brain: Developing Memory in Developing Brains includes:
  • Review main parts of the brain: medulla, cerebellum, thalamus, and amygdala and their functions
  • Explore the difference between short and long term memory
  • Discuss practical things parents and caregivers can do to promote learning, such as finger plays, action songs, baby massage, and more
  • Examine the importance of multi-sensory learning and repetition
  • Encourage a child's self-confidence through positive affirmations, secure environments, and more
  • Create a joy of learning by making learning fun

    Item no.: SH01070199
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 20 minutes
    Audience:
    Copyright: 2009
    StdBkNo.: 1571759506
    Price: USD 70.00

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    CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS

    Beginning with Sigmund Freud, modern child development theories have changed the way that parents raise their children and the way that teachers teach those children. This video is an entertaining and enlightening view of the major child development theorists, how the theories differ, and how more than one approach can be beneficial. Historical footage and photos are combined with candid documentary footage from day care centers in this informative video.

    Theorists presented include:
    Sigmund Freud
    Maria Montessori
    Arnold Gesell
    Lev Vygotsky
    Jean Piaget
    Rudolf Dreikurs
    Erik Erikson
    Abraham Maslow
    John Bowlby
    B. F. Skinner
    Benjamin Spock
    Lawrence Kohlberg
    T. Berry Brazelton
    Diana Baumrind
    Howard Gardner


    Reviews
  • "well organized... Brief and to the point, this excellent overview introduces students to the giants of the field and their significant findings." - Booklist, May 2009

  • "Teaching materials are included in this excellent educational DVD recommended for high school classroom use." - The Midwest Book Review, April 2009

  • "Child Development Theorists takes viewers on a whirlwind 100-year-plus overview of men and women behind major theories relating to child psychology and development. A fine introduction to the principal ideas regarding child development, this is recommended." - Video Librarian, September 2009

    Item no.: HN01070211
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Duration: 21 minutes
    Audience: Grades 9 - Adult
    Copyright: 2009
    StdBkNo.: 1571758062
    Price: USD 80.00

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    HOW I LEARN

    Meet children of all ages as they experience the social, emotional, physical and intellectual milestones of typical early childhood development.

    Filmed in a child care center, this documentary is packed full of information and features, entertaining footage of children, parents, caregivers, archival film footage, and a teen childcare worker who pulls it all together.

    Review
  • "Teens will relate to important information that is presented in an entertaining format." - School Library Journal, August 2006

    Award
  • 2006 Telly Award

    Item no.: NH01070235
    Format: DVD (Closed Captioned)
    Duration: 17 minutes
    Audience: Grades 7 - Adult
    Copyright: 2006
    StdBkNo.: 1571752463
    Price: USD 70.00

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    CHILD DEVELOPMENT THEORISTS

    From Freud to Brazelton: 100 years of development theories. Covers a review of child and parenting development theories and theorists. Clear, concise content slides on CD-ROM, with attractive text and graphics. Enhances your current lectures and demonstrations.

    Item no.: PK01070031
    Format: CD-ROM (Win, With PowerPoint Presentation)
    Duration:
    Audience: Grades 9 - Adult
    Copyright: 2004
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    MIND, THE: TEACHING MODULES

    An extension of the topics covered in The Brain:Teaching Modules, these programs explore cognition and human behavior, and current findings on language processing, drug treatment and addictions, and cognitive development throughout the life span. They also cover mood and personality disorders and pain and its treatment. These modules are appropriate for use in general and advanced courses in psychology.

    Item no.: SD07940459
    Format: 3 DVDs
    Duration: 325 minutes
    Audience: College and High School Classrooms
    Copyright: 1999
    StdBkNo.: 1576801802
    Price: USD 610.00

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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS, SLEEP AND DREAMING (SECOND EDITION)

    Sleep and Circadian Rhythms
    This module covers our natural rhythms and the stages that occur during sleep. It shows the brain's electrical activity over the course of a normal night's sleep, with its REM and non-REM cycles. The remainder of the module is devoted to an experiment conducted by Michel Siffre, a French cave explorer, in which Siffre spends seven months in a Texas cave. Without external cues, the body is shown to have its own built-in clock.

    Sleep: Brain Functions
    What is the purpose of sleep? This module sets out to answer this question by exploring the patterns of a woman's sleep and dream cycles in the setting of a sleep laboratory. Characteristics of the five stages of sleep and the typical 90-minute cycle are explained. The module also covers sleep disorders and the current techniques used to treat them.

    REM Sleep and Dreaming
    This module probes deeper issues relating to sleep and dreaming. The uniquely individual experience of dreaming requires researchers to look beyond conventional methods of study. Dream specialist Dr. J. Allan Hobson discusses the function of dreams, explaining his theory of the biological mechanism behind the phenomenon and reflecting on the contribution of dreaming to human creativity.

    Item no.: TJ07940073
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 26 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: CORTICAL ORGANIZATION AND SPECIALIZATION (SECOND EDITION)

    The Divided Brain
    This module begins with graphic representations of the cerebral hemispheres' specialized functions. It continues with a description of the brain's asymmetry, showing diagrams of how the two halves communicate. The extreme case of a patient who has undergone split-brain surgery for treatment of epilepsy illustrates the role of hemispheric organization in sensory perception and verbal skills.

    Language and Speech: Broca's and Wernicke's Areas
    The left hemisphere is dominant in this module on language and the brain. Relationships between specific brain areas and verbal processing are shown through the historic example of Dr. Paul Broca's brain-injury patient. The patient's preserved brain is subjected to CAT scan analysis, which shows correspondence between the damaged area and the patient's documented difficulties with language comprehension.

    Brain Anomaly and Plasticity: Hydrocephalus
    Hydrocephalus, a childhood disorder of excess fluid in the brain, illustrates brain plasticity - the brain's amazing ability to rebound after injury. While patients with this disorder experience compression and destruction of brain tissue early in life, many are able to function normally later in life, after their brains have compensated for the loss.

    Item no.: NU07940074
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 20 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: FOUNDATIONS (SECOND EDITION)

    Organization and Evaluation of Brain Function
    This module introduces the general external topography of the brain. To illustrate the relationship between specific behaviors and brain function, the module begins by showing a racecar driver exercising his skill, and then presents graphic illustrations of the internal activity of his brain. The module reviews several methods of studying brain activity including the CAT scan, PET scan, EEG, and MRI.

    The Effects of Hormones and the Environment on Brain Development
    This module presents some startling and significant findings relating to the effects of sex hormones on brain development. Beginning with in utero photography and then visiting an animal laboratory, this module shows how Dr. Marian Diamonds ground-breaking research has revealed structural differences in the brains of men and women, as well as factors influencing these differences.

    Gender Development: Social Influences
    Shifting from the biological focus of the previous module, this segment shows how social factors affect gender-specific behaviors. Mother-child interactions are shown, illustrating typical differences in how male and female children are treated, and how this treatment affects gender identity, roles, and expectations, and perceived differences in ability.

    Intelligence and Culture
    The issue of cultural bias in testing is explored in this module, presenting Judy Kearinss work with Australian children. White and aboriginal children are shown to perform differently on visual/spatial tasks, and use different methods to arrive at solutions to the problems presented. Theories of cultural influence on cognitive processing and the shaping of the brain are suggested as explanations for tested differences in ability.

    Item no.: YP07940075
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 20 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: MEMORY AND AMNESIA (SECOND EDITION)

    The Locus of Learning and Memory
    In the history of psychology, the question of where learning and memory take place has occupied investigators for years. Recent work at the National Institute of Mental Health has brought scientists closer to resolving the issue. This module shows magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology being used to identify specific changes in the motor cortex of human subjects - changes that correspond to training in particular tasks.

    Learning As Synaptic Change
    This module presents researchers investigating the structural changes involved in learning. Research conducted at the Pasteur Institute in Paris shows that the learning process involves the formation of new brain connections and the elimination of others. Other researchers dispel the myth of brain loss in aging, present evidence of changes at the cellular level, and review research on associative learning.

    Living With Amnesia: The Hippocampus and Memory
    Amnesia appears in many different forms. This module shows how the extent and location of damage can result in varying levels of memory impairment. Footage of Mike, an amnesic individual, demonstrates the result of an injury to the hippocampus. Mike's reaction to his memory deficit and drastic coping measures underscore the importance of memory to everyday functioning.

    Alzheimer's Disease
    When this program was first filmed, Eleanor, age 51, was in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. This module follows Eleanor's physical and mental decline after the initial filming. Pathology in the brainstem and other regions in the brains of Alzheimer's patients are shown to interfere with acetylcholine release, resulting in neuronal atrophy. The module discusses our current knowledge of the disease and the direction of future research.

    A Super-Memorist Advises on Study Strategies
    This module explores the brain's potential for storage-as-memory. Rajan Mahadevan, a "super-memorist," demonstrates his phenomenal memory by scanning a 7 by 7 matrix of digits and recalling all forty-nine digits forward, backward, and by columns. He also claims to have memorized 100,000 digits of pi. Mahadevan offers suggestions to help college students improve their study habits when learning new material.

    Item no.: NK07940076
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 43 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: PERSONALITY AND AGGRESSION (SECOND EDITION)

    Multiple Personality
    Tony, walking down a country road, is shown talking to himself about his multiple personalities. Dr. Frances Howland of the Yale University School of Medicine describes Tony's case, and viewers are shown Tony's therapy sessions as different personalities emerge. The narrator explains the phenomenon as triggered in childhood by the need to flee psychologically from physical or sexual abuse.

    Aggression, Violence, and the Brain
    This module links human aggressive behavior with specific regions of the brain. Scenes from classic experiments show stimulation of a bull's brain to stop it from charging and excitation of a cat's hypothalamus to trigger aggression. A striking case of violent human behavior is then linked to a brain lesion - the surgical removal of which restored normal emotional control.

    Frontal Lobes and Behavior: The Story of Phineas Gage
    This module relates the story of Phineas Gage, whose name appears in virtually every general psychology textbook. After a heavy metal rod was blown through his temporal lobe, Phineas experienced dramatic mental change. The study of the trauma and its physiological effects provided the first documented evidence of how brain injury can affect human behaviour.

    Item no.: TN07940077
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 29 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS (SECOND EDITION)

    Schizophrenia: Symptoms
    In this module, mental health professionals observe a patient named Jerry, a classic schizophrenic. Jerry's case and medication schedule are described, and his disordered speech and behavior are shown. Prominent psychiatrists describe schizophrenia and the prognosis for those diagnosed with this disease; a locked psychiatric ward provides a graphic illustration.

    Schizophrenia: Etiology
    This module covers the history of attitudes, beliefs, and theories about the etiology of schizophrenia. While the illness was long thought to be environmentally caused, this module emphasizes the scientific evidence in support of its organic origins. Dr. Arnold Scheibel of UCLA Medical Center describes cellular pathology in the hippocampus and speculates on the possible role of viruses. A genetic component is also demonstrated.

    Schizophrenia: Pharmacological Treatment
    Dr. Arnold Scheibel reviews the various ways in which schizophrenia has been treated since the 1950s, ranging from the use of physical restraints and cool baths to the administration of antipsychotic drugs. He and other psychiatrists elaborate on the ways in which drugs alter the chemistry of the brain. Drugs that are effective seem to reduce the levels of dopamine in the brain - to provide amelioration and stabilization, not a cure.

    Autism
    This module opens with statistics and a description of autism and how the disorder has been viewed historically. Studies now support the theory that autism results from a lack of normal neural growth during prenatal development. Dr. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University, severely autistic as a child, is presented as someone who overcame her autism and managed to use her way of perceiving the world to her advantage.

    Item no.: DM07940078
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 39 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: STRESS AND COPING (SECOND EDITION)

    Emotions, Stress, and Health
    Commentary from scientists, dramatic reenactments, and graphic illustrations show the consequences of prolonged stress on health. Animated diagrams show the brain releasing hormones, followed by a role-playing situation illustrating on-the-job stress that may set this process in motion. Researchers explain how low-level stress leads to the breakdown of frontal lobe functioning.

    Stress: Locus of Control and Predictability
    The classic rat experiment described by Dr. Jay Weiss of Rockefeller University, New York, is presented in this module. Two rats are connected to a stressor - an electric shock to the tail. One rat is able to turn off the stimulus by turning a wheel, while the other receives the stress stimulus regardless of what it does. The rat with more control is shown to suffer fewer deleterious health consequences.

    Item no.: RR07940079
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 14 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: TREATMENT OF BRAIN DISORDERS (SECOND EDITION)

    Understanding the Brain Through Epilepsy In the midst of a young boy's epileptic seizure, Dr. Fritz Dreifuss describes what is happening to him on a medical level. He explains that a lack of adequate inhibitory neurotransmitter function leads to an "electrical storm" in the brain. Different types of treatment are covered, including valproic acid and radical surgeries, along with how and why they are effective.

    Brain Transplants in Parkinson's Patients
    This module covers the symptoms and mechanisms involved in Parkinson's disease. It explains the effectiveness and limitations of traditional treatment using L-dopa. The module then describes one of the most promising new approaches to treating Parkinson's disease - brain transplant - involving the implantation of fetal tissue into patients' basal ganglia.

    Neurorehabilitation
    The promising results of rehabilitation after brain trauma have encouraged a growing number of centers dedicated to working with brain-injury victims. Specialists at such centers discuss the range of treatments now available, and the cases of actual patients are reviewed. The module shows that people can recover significantly from brain damage.

    Item no.: DK07940080
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 35 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    BRAIN, THE: TEACHING MODULES: VISION AND MOVEMENT (SECOND EDITION)

    Visual Information Processing: Elementary Concepts
    This module depicts the original pioneering research on how the brain's visual systems transmit and encode information. Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, present their work on the visual cortex of the monkey using x-ray images. Two Nobel laureates also recount their serendipitous discovery of "feature detector" cells in the striate cortex that respond only to stimuli of certain sizes or direction of movement.

    Visual Information Processing: Perception
    This module concentrates on higher visual areas beyond the striate cortex, addressing the questions of when seeing becomes perception and where it all takes place. Face recognition provides an illustrative example - patients suffering damage to their temporal lobes may see familiar faces, yet be unable to recognize them.

    Perception: Inverted Vision
    The peculiar image inversion process that takes place in the normal visual system is examined in this module. The program traces the experiences of an art student who volunteers to wear lenses that invert her visual world, connecting the adaptation process she undergoes with how the visual system functions. Graphic animations reinforce understanding of the mechanism involved.

    Sensory-Motor Integration
    Three spectacular dives of Olympic gold-medalist Greg Louganis provide vivid illustration of the human body in motion. The complex visual and motor coordination involved in sophisticated sensory-motor integration calls upon the faculties of the motor cortex, cerebellum, and basal ganglia. The roles of kinesthesis, vestibular functions, and cutaneous sensitivity are also covered.

    Huntington's Disease
    Dr. Nancy Wexler of the Hereditary Disease Foundation and Columbia University recounts her research on the demographics, symptoms, and genetic cause of this debilitating illness. The module also explores ethical and moral dimensions of DNA testing, which can determine who will develop the disease.

    Item no.: PM07940081
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 20 minutes
    Audience: High School, College, and Adult Learners
    Copyright: 1997
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    HEART OF LEARNING, THE

    Unlocking the Key to Every Child's Potential.

    One of the strongest determiners of how well kids will do in school is whether, as babies, they get enough close involvement, stimulation and loving interaction with parents. The child uses the adult as s learning partner. Kids do most of their learning before they ever arrive at school. - Dr. Paul Steinhauer, Prof. Emeritus of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

    The Heart of Learning has been described as a "must see" by librarians, educators, parents, child-care and health care workers and trade journals.

    This DVD follows children through the five stages of development from birth to three years. This crucial time of a child's development is strongly influenced by the presence (or lack of) loving interaction, stimulation and close involvement of parents and caregivers.

    The DVD accompanies five diverse families through the joys and challenges of raising their children, and shows how each provides an environment in which their children can thrive and learn. These parents show a diversity of parenting models, ethnic backgrounds and perspectives -- including a single parent family, a family with different cultural perspectives on child-raising, a weekend dad, a step-parent, and a working two- parent family. Parents and children provide the expert voices in this DVD, with brief clips from a variety of educators and child care consultants.

    Using research adapted from ZERO TO THREE, the DVD also features the voices of young children expressing their emotions and abilities at each developmental stage. The underlying theme of the DVD is that much of the way children think and feel about themselves and their world is determined in the first three years of their life. In this formative time, the brain is developing a complex "wiring" system, making connections that will strongly influence a child's patterns of emotional, social and psychological behavior -- and how well they can learn, handle stress, thrive and function in the world.

    The DVD also kindles deep, natural parenting instincts, while providing clear and accessible strategies for loving and nurturing interaction with children. Beautiful and inspiring visuals combine with candid and heartwarming storytelling through children's and parents' voices and perspectives.

    Reviews
  • An excellent resource for parents, expectant parents, caregivers and professionals serving families. Information is clear and carefully researched and presented in a gentle, accessible manner. Recommended for all libraries with parenting collections. - Children's Librarian

  • In a market inundated with parenting formulas, finally we see very real parents from diverse backgrounds with their infants and preschoolers. This video reassures, guides and supports parents' expressions of attention and love that nurture the hearts and minds of our youngest children. An evocative, yet realistic, guide through the early years. - Elementary School Teacher

  • The Heart of Learning is a visually appealing video that beautifully represents the diversity of American families with infants and toddlers. Parents speak with eloquence and enthusiasm about the importance of the first three years and their own commitment to responsive care giving. - ZERO TO THREE, National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, Washington, DC

  • This video will be a valuable health promotion resource for nurses who work with families in the community. It offers the message of building upon family's capacities to support their children's development as learners. - Public Health Nurse

    Item no.: EH07960029
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 27 minutes
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