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27th and Prospect: One Year in the Fight Against Drugs
Video 335
Adults    52 minutes    1997    
This documentary presents the yearlong struggle of a Kansas City community's fight against drugs. There are personal interviews with people who have lost family members to drugs and drug-related violence.

About AIDS
Video 20
Teens/Adults    15 minutes    1986    
Takes a candid look at Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, explains what AIDS is, how it spreads, and how to protect oneself.

A Call to Action: Changing the Culture of Drinking at U.S. Colleges
Video 712
Adults    53 minutes    2002
A teleconference that examines the problem of binge drinking at high schools and colleges across the country.

Act-1 Alcohol & Other Drugs: Drug-Exposed Infants
Video 437
Adults    16 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-1 Alcohol & Other Drugs: Substance Abuse & Sexual Abuse
Video 438
Adults    20 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-1 Alcohol & Other Drugs: The Multicultural Family
Video 439
Adults    25 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-1 Alcohol & Other Drugs: Understanding Alc & Other Drugs
Video 435
Adults    16 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-2 Alcohol & Other Drugs: HIV Positive Babies & AIDS Prevention
Video 440
Adults    21 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-2 Alcohol & Other Drugs: Prenatal Effects of Alcohol
Video 441
Adults    17 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Act-2 Alcohol & Other Drugs: The Challenge of Parenting
Video 442
Adults    21 minutes    1993
Designed to help child welfare and human service agencies better recognize and address AOD problems in order to protect children and strengthen and support families. A set of training videos for all levels of staff and caregivers to assure a consistent skill and knowledge level in addressing chemical dependency issues.

Addicted
Video 300
Teens/Adults    59 minutes     1997   
With Linda Ellerbee. Highlights the lives of addicts with hospital and police statistics. Highlights from a radio call-in show for alcoholics.

Addicted To Painkillers (Oxycontin)
Video 687
Teens/Adults    60 minutes    2001    
This video portrays three Oxycontin users; one who uses Oxycontin legally as prescribed, another who uses it illegally, and another who began using it as prescribed and then became addicted.

Addiction's Impact on Family and Friends
Video 613
Teens/Adults    110 minutes   c.N/A
Answers questions such as: What can families do to help a friend or family member with a drug problem, how can the community support the families, and what is the real impact of drug addiction on families and friends?

Addiction Treatment: Investing in People for Business Success
Video 608
Adults    120 minutes    1999
Discussion of treatment and treatment programs for employees with drug dependencies.

Ad Libbing It
Video 164
Grades 6-12    18 minutes    1991    
Using actual advertisements, Seattle's Dr. Robert Jaffe entertains viewers while he demonstrates how producers of tobacco and alcohol products exert influence on consumers and potential customers, especially young people.

Adolescence and the Future
Video 12
Adults    22 minutes    1990    
Focuses on two young people with F.A.S. Parents, educators, and health professionals discuss the problems these young people face.

Adolescent Treatment Issues
Video 238
Adults    25 minutes    1992
What kinds of problems do adolescents bring with them when they enter treatment, and what techniques will best treat them? The video stresses the importance of understanding the specific needs that accompany adolescent development as the key to success in treatment. This understanding begins with accurate assessment and continues with aftercare monitoring. The video examines the family's role in treating substance abuse problems among adolescents. Family therapy and other treatment programs are also presented. Clinicians are encouraged to broaden their perspectives in particular topical areas through the user's guide.

Adults: How to Talk to Your Kids About Drugs
Video 470
Adults    120 minutes    1999
Video tape of a nationwide broadcast from May 1999. Panel discussion with leaders in prevention which focuses on parenting and youth issues.

Advertising Alcohol: Calling the Shots
Video 581
Teens/Adults    30 minutes    1991    
Analyzes the alcohol industry's $90 billion a year advertising strategy.

Aftermath, The
Video 89
Teens/Adults    23 minutes    1992    Supplemental material available
Documents the crash Olympic diver Bruce Kimball had while intoxicated. Four public service announcements follow the documentary.

After The Crisis: "Establishing Therapeutic Rapport" Part 1
Video 415
Adults    37 minutes    1993    Supplemental material available
In this video you'll come face to face with a dangerous confrontation between an acting-out individual and a staff member. You'll learn how to determine the best time to work with the individual after the crisis. You'll also learn how to identify the individual's feelings of frustration and regret without downplaying the seriousness of the situation.

After The Crisis: "Establishing Therapeutic Rapport" Part 2
Video 416
Adults    37 minutes    1993    Supplemental material available
In this video you'll come face to face with a dangerous confrontation between an acting-out individual and a staff member. You'll learn how to determine the best time to work with the individual after the crisis. You'll also learn how to identify the individual's feelings of frustration and regret without downplaying the seriousness of the situation.

Alcohol and the Mind
Video 232
Teens/Adults    30 minutes    1995    
Alcohol is the most widely abused drug in the world. Popularly considered a "social lubricant" which may initially cause a feeling of relaxation, alcohol also hampers the user's judgment. In this video, various people recount how alcohol consumption blurs the ability to think clearly and act rationally.

Alcohol and Pregnancy: Taking A Drinking History/Counseling/Referral
Video 217
Adults    17 minutes    1985    Supplemental material available
Designed to stimulate group discussion and help health professionals become aware of their own feelings about alcohol and pregnancy. The brief interview segments are designed so that clinicians imagine themselves as interviewers, and approach the situations in their own styles.

Alcohol and Pregnancy: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects
Video 218
Adults    21 minutes    1993    
Shows parents-to-be how alcohol adversely affects the developing fetus and points out critical periods during pregnancy when the fetus is most vulnerable. Through candid interviews with a diverse group of people, the video presents a realistic look at the daily struggles of the FAS/FAE child and his/her parents or caregivers.

Alcohol & You Part 2: All-American Killer
Video 517
Teens/Adults    21 minutes    1999
Viewers will learn a few shocking statistics, the psychological effects of alcohol, and certain symptoms that are visible in the personalities of alcoholics.

Alcohol Poisoning
Video 276
College    40 minutes    1995
This video explains the effects of alcohol on the brain and the causes and consequences of alcohol poisoning.

Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention
Video 675
Adults    30 minutes    1990;   Supplemental Materials Available
This video is part of a curriculum implementation project that was developed to teach alcohol screening and brief intervention techniques to nursing students and other health professionals. The video consists of a conceptual overview, an introduction to interviewing techniques and brief advice giving, filmed interviews with simulated patients, and information on how to identify and refer cases not suitable for brief interventions.

Alone In The Dark
Video 166
Grades 7-12    26 minutes    1993    
A guardian angel steps in to show a seventeen year old student that drinking and driving under the influence is a choice. Her decision could be fatal to her boyfriend, younger sister, and even herself.

Altered States-A History of Drug Use in America
Video 689
Adults    57 minutes    1993    
This program focuses on the history of America's drug use and abuse, from the days when the early European settlers became enamored with tobacco, through Prohibition, and up to today.

Alternatives to Spanking (Part 1): Red White and Bruises
Video 632
Adults    15 minutes    1997     Supplemental materials available
Why parents spank their children and what they can do instead.

Alternatives to Spanking (Part 2): I'm Only Doing This For Your Own Good
Video 633
Adults    40 minutes    1997
Teaching parents nurturing parenting techniques for challenging times with infants, toddlers and preschoolers.

Alternatives to Spanking (Part 3): This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You
Video 634
Adults    45 minutes    1997
Teaching parents alternatives to spanking, hitting and slapping.

Alternatives to Spanking (Part 4): My Way or the Highway
Video 635
Adults    16 minutes    1997
Teaching parents and teenagers alternatives to hitting, yelling, and name calling.

Alternatives to Spanking (Part 5): Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child
Video 636
Adults    15 minutes    1997
Providing discipline to children without spanking.

America Hurts: Drug Epidemic
Video 21
Teens/Adults    34 minutes    1987    Supplemental material available
Eye-opening look at the long-term implications of our own society, a society where youth are enticed by a morally corrupt model of easy financial success -- the multi-billion dollar illicit drug industry.

America In Jeopardy: The Young Employee and Drugs in the Workplace
Video 183
Adults    20 minutes    1992    
Contains interviews of recovering drug users warning viewers that mixing drugs with work can be deadly. The host explains how drugs affect the body and the mind, and encourages viewers to get help if they or a friend have a problem with alcohol and/or other drugs.

America In Jeopardy: The Young Employee and Drugs in the Workplace (Spanish)
Video 464
Adults    20 minutes    1992    Spanish version/cc
Contains interviews of recovering drug users warning viewers that mixing drugs with work can be deadly. The host explains how drugs affect the body and the mind, and encourages viewers to get help if they or a friend have a problem with alcohol and/or other drugs.

American Cities Against Drugs
Video 505
Adults    52 minutes    1995    
Highlights of the American Cities Against Drugs Mayoral Conference held in Atlanta, GA in 1995.

American Exposé
Video 255
Adults    28 minutes    1993
A graphic, detailed account of how Brooklyn, New York prostitutes and drug addicts ended up where they are.

America, Taking Back Our Youth
Video 501
Adults    90 minutes    1998    
Programs designed to reclaim at-risk youth are the focus of a panel discussion with representatives of law enforcement agencies, juvenile justice agencies, the National Guard, and Weed and Seed.

Analyzing Tobacco and Alcohol Messages
Video 535
Teens     7 minutes    1999
A young movie maker narrates a discussion of alcohol and tobacco images and ads in movies, videos, billboards, magazines, and other media venues. Two breaks in the video pose discussion questions for viewers to pause and discuss.

An Alphabetter Answer
Video 22
Grades 1-5    32 minutes    1989    
A class of 5th graders learn about substance abuse and self esteem as they work together on a class play.

. . . And Down Will Come Baby
Video 195
Teens    16 minutes    1994    Supplemental material available
Discusses effects of exposure to alcohol and other drugs on the fetus during pregnancy. Designed to be used in the classroom.

And Then I'll Stop . . . Does Any of This Sound Familiar?
Video 23
Teens/Adults    20 minutes    1990    
No one should have to do it alone, is the premise of this animated film that follows seven chemically dependent people through the process of addiction, discovery, and recovery.

Angry John
Video 168
Grades 3-8    23 minutes    1993    
At the urging of an animated television bully named Angry John, an 11 year old boy is lured into fighting and vandalism, and soon finds himself in trouble. Before his anger gets out of control, a school counselor gives him the tools he needs to manage and resolve conflict.

Anti-Methamphetamine Campaign
Video 503
Adults    90 minutes    1998
In-depth look at methamphetamines.

Are You Talking to Me?
Video 24
Grades 7-12    30 minutes    1992    
The message delivered in this film is "Think about it, talk about it, and deal with it before it gets hold of you."

Art of Prevention
Video 120
Adults    14 minutes    1993
Showcases arts-centered approaches (dance, drama, visual arts, music, language arts and media arts) designed to complement your school's drug prevention curriculum. It describes how the arts - a powerful teaching tool - can be used to enhance your students' understanding of drug prevention. Designed for use by all teachers, not just art teachers.

Art Of Setting Limits, The
Video 422
Adults    50 minutes    1991    Supplemental material available
You'll witness the build-up of heated, potentially dangerous confrontations taking place in various settings. Defusion, de-escalation and limit-setting are demonstrated.

A Safer State at .08: Washington's New Drunk Driving Laws
Video 104
Teens/Adults    12 minutes    1998    
This video covers numerous issues concerning Washington's new drunk driving laws.

Asking About Alcohol in the Pre-Natal Interview
Video 220
Adults    5 minutes    1989    
Many physicians find it difficult to obtain a valid pre-natal alcohol history. Direct questions about alcohol consumption do not always provide reliable answers. In this video, Dr. Chris Loock uses questions about tolerance rather than consumption to collect an alcohol history.

Assessing Client Needs Using the Addiction Severity Index (ASI), Part 1
Video 445
Adults    64 minutes    c. N/A    Supplemental Materials Available
This video focuses on transferring recent NIDA research on treatment effectiveness to the clinical setting. The ASI covers some critical areas in a client's life; family history, legal status, employment & support status, drug/alcohol use, etc.

Assessing Drug Abuse Within and Across Communities
Video 525
Adults    2 hours    1999    
This video introduces the Practical Theorist 3 on community epidemiology. Practical Theorist 3 focuses on Community Epidemiology Surveillance Networks (CESN). The primary objective of the CESN's are to identify drug abuse patterns in defined geographical areas, identify changes in drug abuse patterns over defined periods of time, and disseminate the information to community agencies and organizations.

Assessment
Video 244
Adults    22 minutes    1992    Supplemental material available
What is the assessment process, and why is it so important to understand? This video gives an overview of the assessment process and makes clinicians more comfortable conducting assessments and selecting diagnostic tools during their clients' treatment. Adult and adolescent tools examined include the Addiction Severity Index; the Problem Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers; the Adolescent Problem Severity Index; and the Personal Experience Inventory. The user's guide gives general information on assessment, as well as information on a host of specific tools.

A Tale of "O" - On Being Different
Video 706
Adults    18 minute version and 27 minute version    1993
This video discusses the two types of individuals in the workplace, the "X's" who are in abundance, and the "O's" who are scarce, and how the "O's" are always watched, scrutinized and in the spotlight.

Assessment and the Early Years
Video 13
Adults    21 minutes    1990    
Examines the role of diagnosis and assessment in caring for the F.A.S. or F.A.E. child.

Athletes & Drugs-Competing Against Substance Abuse
Video 692
Adults    120 minutes    2001
This program teaches about the health risks and research-based programs that are available to help prevent steroid abuse among middle school and high school students.