Young gay people in the UK are increasingly discovering the self-awareness and confidence to come out while still in school. In recent years there has been a revolution in social acceptance, but coming out while still a teen is always fraught with difficulties and potential danger. This documentary follows five British teenagers as they come out, capturing intimate first-hand experiences, empathising with them as they seek acceptance for their sexuality....

The planning of a new Islamic school triggers outrage among Sydney's non-Muslim residents. A protest against the project attracts thousands from all social backgrounds, brought together by their wish to see the Muslims leave town. Hostility like this has impacted the way Australia's young Muslims - most of whom were born in Australia - feel about their country. This program looks at the fraught relationship between these young people and the rest...

Suicide has been a taboo subject but attitudes are changing. There is a push to raise public awareness and openly discuss and seek different approaches to this complex, highly emotive issue to help prevent suicide. Unfortunately teachers, students and school communities should be prepared to deal with this tragedy. In this program, Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry and Psychotherapist Julie Lynn Evans talk about, in a sensitive and informed manner, factors...

This program informs teens of the role of school resource officers on campus and how the police can be of help. Subjects covered include students rights on and off campus; the school resource officer; how to avoid trouble with the law; local and federal laws; common punishments for breaking the law; juvenile hall; the role of the police; and probation. Through interviews with officers and teens, students will gain a broad understanding of laws, why...

This dark and atmospheric program reveals the experiences of ice addiction - told directly by three recovering addicts. Each shares how they started using ice, how it made them feel, how it affected their lives and those around them, and why they decided to get clean. It concludes with each person reading a letter they have written to their 15-year-old selves.

A Sid Davis film about the inner life of an at-risk teenager, told in an idiosyncratic and often surreal manner. Shot in working-class Inglewood, Hollywood and other parts of the Los Angeles basin.

This Mid-America Emmy Award winning film launches an exciting campaign that calls our communities, our kids and the world to learn, understand and accept those living with autism. Harnessing the power of film to connect and create empathy in others in an unprecedented way, this documentary captures the real life stories of three children and their best friends/sibling. They explain their lives with autism in relatable everyday scenes. The kids and...

This program discusses bullies and harassment on campus and some of the motivations behind a bully's behavior. Subjects covered include the existence of bullying; student harassment; how to deal with a bully; the law and its involvement with bullying; school rules to protect students from harassment; how to stand up for oneself; and where to turn for help with a harassing situation. The damage to self-esteem that can occur when a student is the constant...

Are the increasingly frequent accounts of wanton, often cold-blooded youth violence a reflection of a toxic culture or the problems of troubled, isolated individuals? This program tells the stories of several young offenders from their own perspectives as well as from those of their families and the families whose lives they have irreparably changed. Interviews with social workers, law enforcement and probation officers, psychologists, criminologists,...

Shows socially-maladjusted boys 10 to 11 years old being benefitted therapeutically by "acting out" their disturbances upon their environment and each other in a realistic situation with an emotionally neutral therapist and concealed cameras and microphones. A fascinating mental health film produced for professional audiences.