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For children with a learning or physical disability, the focus is often on what's wrong. Miss You Can Do It celebrates what's right. This uplifting HBO Documentary Film chronicles the efforts of Abbey Curran, a former Miss Iowa USA and the first woman with a disability to compete in the Miss USA Pageant®, and eight girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It pageant. Created in 2004 by Curran (who has cerebral palsy),...
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I'm not really one of those parents of a kid with special needs who thinks it's a gift from God or a blessing in disguise, says filmmaker Kelly O'Brien. O'Brien speaks honestly about her struggle to cope for the first five years following the birth of Teddy, born with extensive brain damage resulting from an in-utero viral infection. The rewards as well as the challenges of caring for him are evident in Softening, a lyrical cinematic diary O'Brien...
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The rate of autism diagnosis in American children continues to climb according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown discusses the latest research into the group of disorders with CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden and the University of Rochester Medical Center's Dr. Susan Hyman. Origina?
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Mainstreaming has become a widely used method for including special needs students in the educational process, but it sometimes leaves instructors feeling overwhelmed, under-qualified, and even resentful. Utilizing a sports metaphor including pre- and post-game analyses, this program takes viewers into elementary school classrooms to review strategies that empower teachers to more effectively manage their time, use their expertise, collaborate on...
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Would you like me to look at it with my eyes or with my hands? asks art therapist Susan Aach, addressing a visually impaired girl who has just completed a richly textured drawing. Aach's question embodies one of the central ideas behind a pilot program conducted in 1972 at the Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind and documented in this video. In essence, the program's young participants learn to see with their hands-or perhaps it's more accurate...
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Rick Lavoie has served as an administrator of residential programs for special needs children since 1972. Drawing on his rich experience, Mr. Lavoie developed powerful strategies for teaching friendship skills in the classroom, the home front, and the community. Beginning with an exploration of the causes and consequences of "social incompetence," this program provides field-tested advice on how to help children work through daily social struggles....
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Difficulty with reading and spelling is not necessarily dyslexia. This program explains what dyslexia means and the many ways in which it is manifested; the extensive testing necessary; beyond how the subject reads and spells and what kind of error he or she makes; to make a diagnosis of dyslexia; and the role of heredity. Treatment builds on the student's strengths while focusing on his or her weaknesses and may involve neurological, psychological,...
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This documentary tells how the popular science show QED transformed the life of one young autistic boy. The astonishing talents of Stephen Wiltshire, one of three idiots savants featured in The Foolish Wise Ones, brought him fame and fortune. Since the age of six, Stephen could draw buildings in perspective. By the age of 12, he was acclaimed as probably the best child artist in Britain. Stephen's brilliant drawings have been published around the...
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This classic program focuses on the savant syndrome, telling the story of three severely mentally handicapped people. Each possesses an extraordinary talent - for playing music, creating art, or remembering dates. Noel Patterson is autistic and requires constant care, yet he is an exceptional pianist and can reproduce almost any music effortlessly. David Kidd has an IQ of only 68, but he is an expert in the recondite mathematics of calculating the...
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Forty years ago autism was an obscure disorder that was thought to affect only two to four children in every 10,000, but now some British teachers are claiming to see it in one out of every 86 children. What has happened? Is there an epidemic of autism? If so, what's causing it? Or is it that awareness has grown and the definition of autism has changed over the years since 1943 when the term was first coined? This documentary looks at the history...
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Although children with birth disorders face special hurdles as they grow, today's parents of challenged or disabled children should be able to benefit from a variety of resources and support systems. This program depicts the difficulties and uncertainties of a couple whose first child was born with Down syndrome. Now expecting their second baby, the family undergoes increased stress as their 10-month-old son awaits heart surgery. Viewers learn about...
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Utilizing the principles of Universal Design for Learning, this program takes viewers into classrooms where low- to mid-tech AT solutions are helping students with disabilities to become confident, independent learners. The video covers auditory process supports (interactive white boards, Inspiration software, and FM Classroom Amplification systems); fine-motor and writing supports (AlphaSmart, MathPad Plus, UltraKey, Franklin Spellers, Ginger Software,...
13) Teens and ADHD
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More than two million American youth have been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD - a condition that, if left untreated, puts them at greater risk of developing devastating substance abuse disorders. Students who are diagnosed with ADHD will find important information as well as support in this video, such as understanding and dealing with the symptoms of ADHD; recognizing the link between ADHD and substance abuse; and...
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Complex and highly sophisticated, sign languages have proved excellent tools for analyzing the foundation of human language capability. In this program, Dr. Jonathan Miller weaves together the history of sign languages for the Deaf with insights into the natural synergy between language, vision, and dexterity to support his conviction that there is a common mental structure underlying all languages, regardless of their outward expression. Along the...
16) Finding a way
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Although more and more people with disabilities are entering the mainstream of life, the quest for meaningful integration has never been an easy one in America. After discussing the history of institutionalization, this program uses interviews to come to grips with a wide range of disabilities, celebrating the progress being made toward total cultural equality while acknowledging that more still needs to be done to fully bring it about.
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This program explores how a doctor and a social worker help families and individuals cope with ADD. Dr. John Schneeberger, an expert on the condition, provides a thorough explanation of the disorder, including the multi-modal treatment approach which combines medical, psychological, educational, and parental intervention, as well as the appropriate uses of Ritalin. The program observes as the social worker helps children with ADD to build their social...
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In this program viewers learn the signs for numbers, money, time, months, weather, transportation, directions, hobbies, and food. There are demonstrations throughout the video of how to formulate the signs, along with vocabulary sections, receptive skills practice, and question and answer sections that allow viewers to recap and assess their newly acquired knowledge.
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I want my diaper changed. "I want to go to sleep." These are two of many examples of what a pre-verbal child can communicate through American Sign Language. Using the work of researcher Joseph Garcia, founder of the business Sign with Your Baby, as a platform, this program illustrates the benefits and positive implications of introducing ASL to children regardless of whether their hearing is impaired. Parent/child ASL creates a new source of bonding...
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Emphasizing the play leader's role in facilitating growth and change, this film features drama therapy pioneer Dr. Eleanor Irwin, a co-founder of the National Association for Drama Therapy. As a licensed psychologist Dr. Irwin has helped countless young patients find creative ways to express themselves and achieve emotional healing through dramatic play. She has also taught and written widely about drama therapy, helping to raise awareness of the...