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Combating Social Isolation and Loneliness
-For Grades 7 & Up
-DVD + Printable Teaching Guide
-Released in 2020When real-life connections are lost to virtual connections, social isolation and loneliness can happen. This program looks at the reasons why so many young people feel that “no one really knows them well.” Experts weigh in on…
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LET’S TALK ABOUT: POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
-For Grades 7 & Up
-DVD + Printable Teaching Guide
-Free online video streaming included!This program helps viewers to recognize the warning signs and symptoms of PTSD, understand the available treatment options and how to support the treatment and healing process. Students will learn that experiencing any life-threatening event can cause PTSD and that it can develop over time in firefighters, soldiers, and other first responders.
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LifeSteps: Bouncing Back
From: LIFESTEPS – Video Series
-For grades 7-12
-Featuring Michael Pritchard
-Includes Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!Resiliency is perhaps the most important skill teenagers need to bounce back from the common disappointments of adolescence. In this program, they learn essential resiliency skills: developing realistic expectations, identifying obstacles, persisting and maintaining a sense of self-worth and optimism. More complex issues such as depression and suicidal thoughts are also discussed.
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Maple Ave: AFTER I’M GONE – A story About Suicide Awareness
From: Maple Ave – Teen Drama Video Series
-For Grades 7-12
-Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!A look at teen suicide from the perspective of a girl who appears to have taken her life due to abuse from parents and peers.
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Maple Ave: JENNY’S REASONS – A Story About Teen Depression
From: Maple Ave – Teen Drama Video Series
-For Grades 7-12
-Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!Bridging the gap between education and entertainment, Jenny’s Reasons provides a haunting look at teen depression and the often unwitting family dynamics that surround it.
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Maple Ave: P.S. I MISS YOU – The Aftermath of Suicide
From: Maple Ave – Teen Drama Video Series
-For Grades 7-12
-Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!This award-winning episode focuses on series regular, Tanya and the toll her family situation has taken on her in the year and a half following her older brother’s suicide.
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Maple Ave: THE HURTING – Self-Injury (Cutting) for Relief
From: Maple Ave – Teen Drama Video Series
-For Grades 7-12
-Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!In this award-winning episode, series character, Ashley resorts to “cutting” to cope with an abusive father, who is regularly victimized her family as far back as she can remember.
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Reaching Out A Suicide Prevention Workshop
-For Grades 7 & Up
-DVD + Printable Teaching Guide
-Released in 2019Many teens who attempt suicide will tell a friend beforehand. This video and Teacher’s Resource Book are adapted from a classroom workshop led by Dr. Sonia Luckey, DNP. who teaches vital mental health skills to teens. Viewers will learn the warning signs of…
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Recognizing & Escaping Teen Dating Violence
-For Grades 7 & Up
-DVD + Printable Teaching Guide
-Free online video streaming included!This compelling story of teen dating violence is hosted by a passionately committed veteran team leader of a district attorney’s Family Crimes Division. Actual cases are included to strengthen the message.
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Stopping the Pain: Teenage Self-Injury
-For Grades 7 & Up
-DVD + Printable Teaching GuideThe number of adolescents who participate in acts of self-injury is growing exponentially. The forms and severity of self-injury can vary, although the most commonly-seen behaviors are cutting, burning, and head-banging. At the core of the behavior is the overwhelming need for relief from extreme tension or anxiety . . .
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TEENS 101: DEPRESSION AND SELF-HARM – BRITTANY’S STORY
From: TEENS 101 – Video Series
-For grades 8-12
–Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!
-Released in 2017At the age of 14, following a quarrel with a friend of hers from school, Brittany turned to her mother for comfort. Instead, her mother lashed out at her calling her selfish. From that day on, Brittany began to internalize her feelings. Her insecurities grew and she turned to drugs and alcohol. At a party with friends from school, her excessive drinking led to sexual abuse. This made things worse. She began to engage in self-harm practice, cutting her arms regularly. The depressed she got, the worse the self-inflicted harm became until she was hospitalized for it.
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TEENS 101: DON’T DISS MY ABILITIES – MICHELLE’S STORY
From: TEENS 101 – Video Series
-For grades 8-12
–Video with Printable Teacher’s Guide
-Free online video streaming included!
-Released in 2017As a child and teenager, Michelle endured a series of events that was nothing short of soul-crushing. She faced sexual abuse as a child and kept it a secret over the years. At the age of sixteen, she acquired a brain disease that rendered her blind. Her so-called friends bullied her at school. She fell into a deep depression and turned to drugs, alcohol, and self-harm to number her pain, but nothing seemed to help. She felt her only option was suicide. Thankfully a miraculous turn of events saved her life and now this remarkable young woman faces all of her adversity with such positive energy that it’s become infectious and humbling to all that know and love her.
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