DVDs and videos - Adolescents

  • NHS Health Scotland(2008). Youth voices: issues and solutions for health services [DVD]. Edinburgh : NHS Health Scotland
  • Human Relations Media (2007). Caution: teenager under construction [DVD]. Stowmarket: Boulton-Hawker Films . Suitable for students aged 11-14. Discusses the enormous emotional, social and developmental changes that accompany adolescence. Includes a detailed teacher's resource guide.
  • Channel 4 (2006). Being different and that's my life [DVD]. London : Channel 4 Television. Being Different. We are all different. Some differences are small but significant, whilst others are more obvious and have a big impact. In this series of funny and touching video diaries, young people from across the country explain why they feel different from others, and how being different affects them. (5 x 10-minute programmes). That's my life. These films feature young disabled people talking about themselves, their lives and relationships. (5 x 5-minute programmes). [Abstract taken from DVD cover] Suitable for 7-14 year olds.
  • Coleman John (2006).Teenagers in the family: skills for parents. [DVD]. Dawson Films. This film has been created to assist parents understand teenage behaviour and development. The film includes a number of acted scenarios, followed by discussion among a panel of experts. The film covers six main topics: Understanding teenagers, Problems at school, Unsuitable friends, Talking about sex, Staying safe, Changing families. [Abstract taken from DVD cover]
  • Video Education Australasia (2004). Resilience : bouncing back [DVD and support notes]. Stowmarket: Boulton-Hawker Films . Aimed at students aged 10-13. Uses a teenage presenter and a puppet 'friend' to explore what it means to be resilient, interspersed with comments from young people. The programme shows how important it is to have the following three things in everyone's life: someone to care; something to do; and something to hope for. [Abstract taken from DVD cover]
  • Video Education Australasia (2001). A to Z of risk : a young person's guide [DVD and support notes]. Stowmarket: Boulton-Hawker Films. Divided into 26 fast-paced segments of drama, fact, personal stories and insights, to help students focus on and discuss issues associated with risk-taking behaviour.
  • Flower of Scotland (1995). Your life - your decision. Ellon: Cinecosse. [A lifestyle video which every Scottish teenager should see – taken from video sleeve.]
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