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Status:Available The Cat Who Drank and Used Too Much

 

Funny, touching, and entertaining explanation of the addictions process. Deals with addiction in a positive, non-threatening way, using live action cats. Simple enough for young children, but engaging for adults as well. A timeless classic... Details >>

Status:Available Having Fun with L.C. Bee

 

An upbeat, Romper Room-style kids' video on alcohol with L.C. Bee. Covers the affects alcohol has on your body and hobbies, and how to say no. Produced by the PA Liquor Control Board... Details >>

Status:Available The Great Drugosaur Expedition

Published: 2003

Teaches kids about the dangers of tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs using fun animations of dinosaurs. Kids learn to identify the behaviors and symptoms of each type of drug, and the illnesses they cause that made the drugosaurs extinct... Details >>

Status:Available Secondhand Smoke

 

Combines humor and serious fact as an evil wizard seeks a poison that will help him control the world. His discovery: second hand smoke. Discusses health effects of smoking in the workplace and the family... Details >>

Status:Available Joey and Me

Published: 1976

Animated film about the friendship between two boys, one of whom has an alcoholic mother. Emotional ending provides fuel for discussion... Details >>

Status:Available Bullying

Published: 1995

This video and teacher's guide put in place several strategies to reduce bullying in school. Students are presented with various bullying scenarios, at the end of which questions are asked to provoke thought and discussion about the characters and circums.. Details >>

Status:Available El Gato que Bebia y Usaba Demasiado

Published: 1986

**The Cat Who Drank & Used Too Much** Pat the cat has a problem, and his family wants to help. Adorable live action film, shows how Pat gets help. Kids from 1 to 93 will enjoy the feline antics and get the anti-drug message to boot!.. Details >>

Status:Available Step By Step

Published: 1986

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Status:Available How Do You Tell?

 

Animated video offers children information on how to talk to their friends about making good choices when it comes to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs... Details >>

Status:Available Scared, Sad and Mad

 

Animated film teaches young children that alcoholism is a disease, that it is not their fault, and that help is available... Details >>

Status:Available Be Cool: Coping With Anger

Published: 1995

Specially designed for children with learning and developmental disabilities. Teaches how to handle anger at others by accepting, apologizing, and making amends. .. Details >>

Status:Available Name That Trouble

Published: 1995

In this fictional game show, kids are quizzed on refusal skills in relation to tobacco, drugs, alcohol & stealing. They learn to identify trouble, ask questions, explore consequences, and promote alternative plans... Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Self-Esteem

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets emphasize the importance of liking yourself, and being able to say "No" to things that don't feel right. Sooper Puppy is feeling sad when some bad news dogs approach him to 'have some fun.' He agrees, and suffers the consequences of not.. Details >>

Status:Available Drug Avengers

Published: 1988

Ten animated cartoons(4 designed for grades 1-3; 5 for grades 4-6;& one common "pilot episode"), tell about visitors from the future...the Drug Avengers. They've come back in time to help today's children by bringing healthy messages and ideas on ways t.. Details >>

Status:Available The Dog Who Dared to Keep Kids Off Drugs & Alcohol

Published: 1992

Ralph the Dog is street-smart and dares to keep kids away from alcohol and other drugs... Details >>

Status:Available Drug Avengers

 

Ten animated cartoons, (four designed for grades 1-3; five designed for grades 4-6), tell about visitors from the future...the Drug Avengers. They've come back in time to help today's children by bringing healthy messages and ideas on ways to refuse or a.. Details >>

Status:Available Hard Facts - Speak Up, Speak Out/Dare to be Different

 

A series of three programs designed for middle school students. "Hard Facts" addresses the facts on alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. "Speak Up, Speak Out" teaches kids how to say no to their friends. "Dare to be Different" looks at how you need to care.. Details >>

Status:Available Sesame Street: Developing Self Esteem

Published: 1989

This video encourages youngsters to experience the special feelings of pride in accomplishment, in unique aptitudes and abilities, in friends and family, and in learning new skills... Details >>

Status:Available Twee, Fiddle, & Huff

 

Whimsical animated video that teaches children healthy ways to cope with family problems such as alcohol and other drug dependence... Details >>

Status:Available Kids at Risk: Blaming Kitty

 

Teaches children decision-making skills to cope with family members who have alcohol and other drug dependence... Details >>

Status:Available Making Friends

 

Teaches young people an easy, non-threatening way to make new friends, whether they are the new kid at school or merely want to widen their circle of friends... Details >>

Status:Available Staying Out of Trouble With Your Friends

 

Animal puppets teach children to STOP; THINK, about what might happen; LOOK around you for something to do instead; and GIVE yourself a pat on the back for staying out of trouble. Encourages children to consider the consequences of their actions... Details >>

Status:Available Staying Out of Trouble With Your Friends

 

Animal puppets teach children to STOP; THINK, about what might happen; LOOK around you for something to do instead; and GIVE yourself a pat on the back for staying out of trouble. This program encourages children to consider the consequences of their act.. Details >>

Status:Available Decide to Be Drug-Free

 

Takes children through a maze of decision-making skills about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs... Details >>

Status:Available Having Fun With L. C. Bee

 

A kids' Romper Room-style video on alcohol with LC Bee. Upbeat and fun with information on how alcohol affects your body and hobbies, and how to say no... Details >>

Status:Available All Bottled Up

 

Animated stories about children of alcoholics encourage teens to tell a friend or any adult they trust if they have an alcoholic parent, and not to keep feelings ALL BOTTLED UP... Details >>

Status:Available Ask For It

Published: 1986

This video, featuring animal puppets, teaches children how to make requests in an assertive,non-aggressive way. Children can also use the skill in making friends, reaching compromises, or joining in an activity... Details >>

Status:Available Becoming a Brand New Moose

 

Puppet dramatization of problems children might face when alcohol or other drugs enter into their lives... Details >>

Status:Available Deciding

 

Students learn a technique for making good decisions that can be applied to a variety of situations. They find out that many different people influence their decisions and that any decisions that they make have consequences... Details >>

Status:Available Get the Message

Published: 1970

This video shows how certain messages from the advertising industry, sports stars, parents, rock stars, and other groups can give children mixed messages about alcohol and other drugs. Made in the 1970s... Details >>

Status:Available Stay Out of Trouble

 

This program incorporates scenes from Duffy's Story to demonstrate the steps of refusal. Two adults introduce the skill to two children and then coach them in how to stay out of trouble with their friends... Details >>

Status:Available Helping Your Children to Stay Out of Trouble

 

This program incorporates scenes from Duffy's Story to demonstrate the steps of refusal. Two adults introduce the skill to two children and then coach them in how to stay out of trouble with their friends... Details >>

Status:Available I Think

 

A teacher sees her young self in her students as they struggle to balance their desire to conform w/ their peers with their real selves. From personality traits and appearance to behaviors & opinions, children face great pressure to be like their friends... Details >>

Status:Available Less Stress

 

Presents dramatic stressful episodes common to most children. Teaches what stress is, some of the things that may cause it, and gives suggestions about how to deal with it... Details >>

Status:Available Making Friends

 

Teaches young people an easy, non-threatening way to make new friends, whether they are the new kid at school or merely want to widen their circle of friends... Details >>

Status:Available Making Friends

 

Teaches young people an easy, non-threatening way to make new friends, whether they are the new kid at school or merely want to widen their circle of friends... Details >>

Status:Available Me and the Monsters

 

Animated cartoons about the 'monsters' of bullying, alcohol and other drugs, and tobacco. Teaches the child to deal with these everyday monsters... Details >>

Status:Available Monica and the Powerful Drug

Published: 1999

This animated, musical cartoon about alcohol and its effects contains messages about health, family, resisting peer pressure, and ways to have fun without using drugs or alcohol... Details >>

Status:Available Square Pegs - Round Holes

Published: 1974

A little cube is born, & as it grows, it finds it isn't like its fellow shapes; the cones & spheres;who easily fall into grooves made for them. Finally, the answer comes to him: he digs his own hole, jumps in, and eventually finds his own unique way of li.. Details >>

Status:Available Staying Out of Trouble With Your Friends

 

Animal puppets teach children to STOP, THINK, LOOK around for something to do instead, & GIVE yourself a pat on the back for staying out of trouble. Encourages children to consider the consequences of their actions, which facilitates the learning of soc.. Details >>

Status:Available Staying Out of Trouble With Your Friends

 

Animal puppets teach children to STOP; THINK; LOOK around for something to do instead; & GIVE yourself a pat on the back for staying out of trouble. Encourages children to consider the consequences of their actions, which facilitates the learning of soc.. Details >>

Status:Available Talking Helps

 

Four parts. Shows teens how to help their friends and themselves work through problems... Details >>

Status:Available The Wizard of No

 

Young viewers deal with conflicting messages from parents, peers, and advertising. This video speaks directly to kids with practical advice concerning self-esteen, tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. The Wizard of No encourages them to discover the amazi.. Details >>

Status:Available You Can Refuse...Including Group Pressure

 

Realistic vignettes show teens how to stay out of trouble with friends. The video emphasizes that students can stay out of trouble without losing their friends... Details >>

Status:Available Say No and Mean It

 

This video is designed to assist teachers in teaching kids to withstand peer pressure. Learning to apply the simple concepts and techniques featured in this program will help students toward increased self-worth and self-respect... Details >>

Status:Available Inhalants: Are You Out of Your Mind?

Published: 1997

Lays down the facts about what toxic fumes do to the body. Without mentioning products by name, inhalants are divided into solvents, aerosols & propellants; tells kids how to tell if a product is dangerous. A musician, dancer & athlete stress the importan.. Details >>

Status:Available When Nobody's Looking

Published: 1998

A young man has to deal with peer pressure and make some tough decisions when nobody is looking... Details >>

Status:Available Poor Jennifer: She's Always Losing Her Hat

 

This video is about a child who grows up in an alcoholic home. It gives reinforcement to children of alcoholics that it is not their fault... Details >>

Status:Available Right Turns Only

Published: 1992

A school project teaches kids about drugs by having them visit prisons & juvenile detention centers. They interview detainees about why they used and how drugs affected their lives. Broken down into 20 minute segments. .. Details >>

Status:Available The Power of No: The Wizard Returns

Published: 1995

The Wizard of No helps Alice understand that her father suffers from alcoholism, and that saying no to alcohol herself is not the same as rejecting her friends... Details >>

Status:Available Libre Quiero Ser

Published: 1994

*I Want To Be Free* Introduces preteens & teens to the negative social and health consequences of tobacco use. Demystifies the image of tobacco that advertisers promote, and viewers learn that it's actually a poison. Presented in music video format inter.. Details >>

Status:Available Bulking Up: The Dangers of Steroids

by AIMS

Professional athletes explain why they started using steriods and how they came to regret their decision. Risks, problems, and severe psychological effects are also described. Program emphasizes taht there are no short cuts to a well-developed body. Bruce.. Details >>

Status:Available Cincinnati Bones and the Treasure of Health

Published: 1988

A strong healthy tribe called the Hitecs lived in a beautiful city deep in the jungle, but when they began taking drugs, their minds became clouded and bodies destroyed. Cincinnati Bones carries the message of the Hitecs back to civilization: stay away f.. Details >>

Status:Available Drug Avengers

Published: 1988

Ten animated cartoons,4 for grades 1-3; 5 for grades 4-6; and 1 common "pilot episode"), tell about visitors from the future...the Drug Avengers. They've come back in time to help today's children by bringing healthy messages and ideas on ways to refuse.. Details >>

Status:Available Get the Message

 

Addresses and analyzes the mixed messages, particularly about drinking and drug use, that we can receive through television, recordings, and print media as well as from family and friends about alcohol/drug use and addiction. Stresses good decision making.. Details >>

Status:Available In the Public Interest

 

Video instructing kids to stay away from drugs... Details >>

Status:Available Mom! Louie's Looking at Me Again!

 

Themes relating to children of alcoholics' experiences growing up in dysfunctional family of origin. This video does an exceptional job of portraying the anger, pain, bewilderment of addicted families. Very humorous presentation... Details >>

Status:Available The Wizard of No

Published: 1986

Humorous story that combines live action and animation. Focuses on saying 'NO' to smoking, skills for handling peer pressure, and effects of smoking. An imaginative take on these concepts... Details >>

Status:Available Avengers De la Droga

Published: 1988

**Drug Avengers** Ten animated cartoons, (4 for grades 1-3; 5 for grades 4-6; and one common "pilot episode"), tell about visitors from the future...the Drug Avengers. They've come back in time to help today's children by bringing healthy messages and ide.. Details >>

Status:Available Child's View

by Claudia Black

Published: 1990

Black reads from her book "My Dad Loves Me, My Dad Has a Disease," and discusses with a group of kids topics like blackouts, denial & pretending, promise breaking, and being scared, sad, mad & embarassed because of their parents' addictions. Book is also.. Details >>

Status:Available The Power of Choice: Alcohol and Drugs

by Channel 33

Published: 1980

Counselor/Comedian Mike Pritchard talks with teenagers about alcohol, drugs, decisions, consequences, and the power of choice. From the 1980's... Details >>

Status:Available The Boy Who Was Swallowed By the Drug Monster

by Sue Petit

Published: 1994

The true story of a boy named Vince who starts using drugs after his parents get divorced, produced and animated by his mother Sue. Treatment doesn't work for Vince, and he ends up in jail, from where Vince himself, age 21, speaks to us and urges kids not.. Details >>

Status:Available The Real True & False About Club Drugs, Prescription Drugs and Street Drugs

Published: 2004

High schoolers explain to younger viewers the consequences of drug use and support a choice for a drug-free lifestyle. Engaging and informative, the video's social norms message comes through loud and clear: the vast majority of teens don't use drugs- not.. Details >>

Status:Available McGruff on Anger, Conflict and Violence

Published: 2001

McGruff finds his nephew, Scruff, angry at his video game, and explains that violence is not the answer. He shows how potentially violent situations can be defused, and the negative effects violence has on students' relationships & lives. Peaceful conflic.. Details >>

Status:Available The Real True & False About Alcohol, Marijuana, & Inhalants

Published: 2002

Uses a social norms approach to correct misinformation students have about drug use. "Most kids DON'T use alcohol or drugs!" Hosted by a multi-ethnic group of teens, this engaging program uses a lively "pop quiz" format. Excellent!.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: That's Trouble

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach a valuable lesson about resisting peer pressure. Sooper Puppy learns how to say no to trouble by thinking ahead and imagining if what he's about to say or do will have consequences he can do without. He helps his friends avoid tro.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Flying High

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach us the difference between "fake fun" & "real fun," as Sooper Puppy contemplates getting mixed up with some drug dealin' dogs! He learns that "real fun" is having a good time being who you are, as opposed to changing for others who.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Puff of Smoke

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach that smoking cigarettes is not nearly as "cool" as the media would like us to believe. Sooper Puppy, after accidentally "putting out" his smoking friend with a hose, talks to him about addictions and why he should avoid cigarettes.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: A Friend in Need

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets show that it's hard to tell friends that you think something they're doing is wrong or dangerous, but it's the right thing to do. Sooper Puppy debates whether to talk to his friend who has gotten involved with drug usin' dogs, and gets.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Drink, Drank, Drunk

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach that refusing alcohol is best for us in the end. Sooper Puppy learns the hard way that alcohol makes him feel terrible and do dangerous things. In order to be "cool," he has messed up his body. He decides he be happier doing other.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Once Upon a Feeling

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach kids to pay attention to their feelings. His Grandpaw helps Sooper Puppy through his jealously over a new dog in the house, and his sadness and embarassment when he gets sent to his doghouse for acting out. Understanding yourself.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Whose Wuzzit?

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach children the importance of telling the truth and apologizing when Sooper Puppy gets caught shoplifting a popular, new toy. Grandpaw helps him understand that you can't take things that don't belong to you, even if they look really.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Words Can Hurt

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets address name-calling and how it hurts everyone involved. Sooper Puppy gets called a name, and is so hurt he insults his friend Big Jon. Grandpaw comforts the puppy and tells him a story to show that mean words are powerful, but so is lo.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: Self-Esteem

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets emphasize the importance of liking yourself, and being able to say "No" to things that don't feel right. Sooper Puppy is feeling sad when some bad news dogs approach him to 'have some fun.' He agrees, and suffers the consequences of not.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: This, That or the Other

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets address choices; sometimes choices are opinions, such as choosing your favorite color, and sometimes they are important decisions, as when you go to one friend's house as opposed to another. Sooper Puppy is confused by his choices, but.. Details >>

Status:Available Sooper Puppy: What's the Difference

Published: 1995

Delightful puppets teach children that being different is a good thing. Sooper Puppy befriends someone who looks very different from himself, and learns to accept himself and others... Details >>

Status:Available Riding High

Published: 1993

This high energy, non-confrontational prevention video features young athletes on roller blades, skateboards, and bicycles presenting a strong and clear message- stay away from alcohol and other drugs. Encourages kids to undertake the journey of setting g.. Details >>

Status:Available Leader of the Pack

Published: 2003

The digitally animated tale of Henry, who has no friends until he meets Smokey the Cigarette. Smokey takes him to his smoking theme park of horrors, where other kids have been trapped. Henry says NO to smoking, saves the other children, and beats the smok.. Details >>

Status:Available The Teen Files: The Truth About Drinking

Published: 1998

Students' understanding of the risks of drinking are expanded as they experience how alcohol impairs driving ability, how organs suffer lasting damage, how families lives are devastated, and that prison is one consequence for drunk driving. Very impactful.. Details >>

Status:Available Milton Hershey School

 

An overview of the Milton Hershey School in Hershey, PA. It provides a cost-free education for children from families of limited income. Grades K-12, it is a residential program... Details >>

Status:Available Red Ribbon Week: Working Toward a Drug-Free School & Community

Published: 1998

Hosted by Michael Pritchard, one of America's foremost youth counselors, this video is filmed at an actual Red Ribbon rally & classroom discussion. It explains the origins & meaning of Red Ribbon week observances and gives ideas for your celebration... Details >>

Status:Available Red Ribbon Week: Working Toward a Drug-Free School & Community

Published: 1998

Hosted by Michael Pritchard, one of America's foremost youth counselors, this video is filmed at an actual Red Ribbon rally & classroom discussion. It explains the origins & meaning of Red Ribbon week observances and gives ideas for your celebration... Details >>

Status:Available Mouseology

Published: 1996

Amusing yet highly effective animated video exposes the impulses that manipulate those addicted to cigarettes. Represented as a mouse, addiction is revealed as a programmed desire that arrests the mind and forces the body to act contrary to common sense... Details >>