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A Chance To Belong: A Story Of School Integration 20 min An outline of the success of one school's progress from segregated schooling to the integration of students with developmental disabilities. With interviews from members of the Woodstock, New Brunswick School Board, teachers, and the families of three children who were successfully integrated. Cdn/NB A Day In The Life Of Matthew Duckett 8 min This is the story of Matthew Duckett, a 12-year-old boy who has Down Syndrome. With the help of the St. Cyril School in Calgary, Matthew enjoys a healthy, "normal" life in a fully integrated junior high school. Cdn/AB A JourneyTo Change For Seniors With Mental Disabilities 13 min A Journey for Change looks at the options available to seniors with mental disabilities. It overviews the choices and funding available, the types of inclusionary activities available, and what the future may hold for these people.Cdn A New Way Of Thinking 23 min Minnesota's government is changing the way its citizens think about people with developmental disabilities. This report shows us how segregation is being replaced by integration in daycares, schools, the job market, living facilities, and the community. A Portrait Of Sandra 13 min Sandra Jensen is a 34 year old woman who lives in her own home, is a community leader, sits on a number of committees, and advocates for people with developmental disabilities. Sandra is also labeled as a person with a disability - she has Down Syndrome. In this video, Sandra speaks openly about her hopes and dreams, and her past successes. A Question Of Learning 30 min This is the story of the Galati's, a Canadian family, and their struggles to have their two daughters with developmental disabilities attend school with the rest of the children in the community. This is also the story of the reaction of those who work in a typical Canadian school, with the resistance of some and the acceptance of others. Cdn/ON ABC's of Inclusive Education The 14 min This video illustrates the importance of integrating children with developmental disabilities as early as possible, and shows the example of an American daycare that has had success with inclusion. OPEN CAPTIONS Access To Information (Disability Network) 30 min This episode of D-NET covers the sometimes-frustrating access to information for persons with disabilities. Segments include: rights for tenants with disabilities, including the Ontario Human Rights decision in favor of a woman who was discriminated against by her landlord because of her disability; Blissphone for use by people with severe disabilities that prevents verbal communication; access to television information for people who are visually impaired or blind; descriptive video services; and written publications directed to people with disabilities, including the magazine Abilities. Cdn Accessing The Media 13 min Your group has a story that needs to be told, but how do you get it covered by the media? This video program will teach you! This short video, part of the series Community Organization: The "How To" Videos, will train your group how to focus your message, pitch your story or event, follow up on your press release, and deal with journalists on site to maximize the coverage you receive. Accessing Your Rights 2 min Fil Fraser, Chief Commissioner of the Alberta Human Rights Commission, explains what the "Accessing Your Rights" booklet is, and what it intends to support and encourage for people with disabilities. Cdn/AB Alberta's Families 18 min Individuals from Alberta's diverse families share their thoughts on what family means, divorce, single parenting, quality time, challenges, abuse, support, hopes and dreams. Cdn/AB An Introduction To Augmentative & Adaptive Communications 12 min This video provides encouragement for people who cannot communicate verbally due to a disability. It shows how facilitated communication can give them a voice to be heard, and how today's technology can assist with communication. And Then Came John: The Story Of John Mcgough 36 min And Then Came John chronicles the triumphant life story of John McGough - from his birth with Down Syndrome thirty years ago - through societal rejection and prejudice in urban America - to his rebirth as an artist, musician and much loved personality in the warm and accepting cocoon of a small community on the Northern California coast. Andreas: Outcomes Of Inclusion 15 min This is the story of Andreas Yuan, a young man with a developmental disability, and the benefits of his attendance and inclusion at Mount Mansfield Union High School in Jericho, Vermont. His story is told through interviews with his mother, aide, school principal, teachers, classmates, and employer. As I Am: Portraits Of Persons With A Developmental Handicap 20 min "As I Am" is a video that may surprise you. It is about people with developmental handicaps - what we used to call mental retardation. The video gives people with this disability a chance to speak for themselves, instead of being spoken about. They talk about their lives and the problems they face, as well as their hopes and aspirations. This video also contains basic information on developmental handicaps and simple guidelines for relating to people with this disability. Cdn Attitude & Management 31 min This video emphasizes the responsibility of the medical community to change society's attitudes towards people with developmental disabilities by first changing its own behavior and treatment of these unique members of society. From the time the child is born with a developmental disability, through childhood therapy and inclusion, and into adult supported living and job training, the medical community must be there to prepare, support, and encourage these children and their families. 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Becky Belongs 55 min Becky Till is a young girl who has Cerebral Palsy. This is the story of how her parents adopted her after she had spent 10 years in an institution, and who are now fighting to have Becky integrated into her local public school in the York Region of Ontario. A series of news clips detailing their struggle are included, as well as highlights from the Till's appearances on The Dini Petty Show and Shirley, two Canadian talk shows. Cdn/ON Being Joanne 32 min A day in the life of Joanne Visser, a woman with a developmental disability. Interviews with her family and care givers allow us a heart warming peek into Joanne's unique personality and the normalcy of her emotions, likes and dislikes, and communicational ability, even though she does not speak. Cdn/AB Being Together 10 min An inside view of a pilot project in two Toronto schools that include children with developmental disabilities in a totally integrated learning environment. This vision for this project is that the friendship, caring and love shown by the children in these Kindergarten and Grade 1 classes will continue and grow throughout their lives, thereby changing society's negative view of people with developmental disabilities one person at a time. Cdn/ON Best Intentions The (The Fifth Estate) / Gentle Teaching (Man Alive) 50 min Should people with developmental disabilities be allowed to have and raise their own children? Can they provide all of the attention and care a child needs? Should a parent of a person with a developmental disability have the right to decide if their child should be sterilized? These are all questions that attempt to be answered in The Fifth Estate's program The Best Intentions. It also takes a look into parenting classes for those people with developmental disabilities who have children; and whether or not these classes work. (23 min) Cdn/ON Man Alive's Program Gentle Teaching Explores A Controversial Method Of Correcting Self Injurious Behavior (SIB) By Using Methods Of Love, Affection, And Reward, Rather Than Traditional Methods Used In Institutions, Such As Time Out, Medication, Bed Restraint, And Shock. But Does Gentle Teaching Work? This Program Deals With Two Families Who Have Differing Opinions On The Topic. (27 Min) Cdn/ON Biological Aspects 31 min This video explores the medical causes of developmental disability, with particular emphasis on genetic causes, and some possible treatments. (Part of a series of videos, including: Attitude & Management; Biological Aspects; Diagnosis & Assessment; Medical Ethics; and Prevention) Cdn Boy In A Cage 58 min Performed by the Prairie Opera, this is an operetta about Jason, a teenaged boy with a developmental disability, and his inner struggle to be accepted by his peers. Bounced from one school to another, Jason finally finds a loving and encouraging female friend at his new high school. He also finds that his new principal is very negative and resistant to "retarded" kids being taught in his school. Jason's mother is caught in the middle attempting to help him be accepted, but also becoming extremely insecure when Jason finds someone else with whom he can share his love. Cdn/AB Breaking Through 58 min This is the story of Tom and Norman, two teenaged boys with developmental disabilities who spent most of their lives institutionalized at the Woodlands institution in Vancouver, BC. With a change of expectations for their children's quality of life, Tom's and Norman's parents have helped to include their boys in society by providing them with their own home in a supported living environment, and frequent outings into the community. This video shows how parent's groups can have a profound influence in moving towards a greater quality of life for their children with developmental disabilities; and the potential those children have in leading more independent and fulfilling lives apart from the institutions. Cdn/BC Bridging The Talent Gap 23 min This video explores the significant possibility of employing all people with physical or mental disabilities by making slight changes to workplace accommodations and workplace attitudes. With the assistance of the Job Accommodation Network, local vocational rehabilitation programs in the United States can find jobs for people with disabilities. Includes some suggestions for employers on what to look for when hiring people with disabilities. OPEN CAPTIONS Broken Cord The 1 hr, 58 min This made for television movie stars Jimmy Smits as an American Indian anthropology professor who adopts a four year old boy, Adam, who he later discovers has Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). Beginning with the adoption in 1972, the movie chronicles the struggles and difficulties of raising Adam without knowledge of what is causing his seizures, spinal curvature, learning delay, and behavioral problems. Based on a true story. (Reg Peters Resource Centre also carries the book.) Business As Usual: Self Directed Employment By Disabled People 37 min From business subsidiaries, to cooperatives, to small businesses with commitment, creating employment opportunities for people with disabilities is just Business As Usual. Experience the personal and financial successes of innovative programs in Jamaica, the Philippines, Kenya and Canada. Cdn Business Sponsored Supported Employment 8 min With the help of TransCen, a Maryland based agency that pairs people with developmental disabilities with jobs in the community, the Marriott Corporation, one of the United States' larger hotel chains, has had success with hiring "non-traditional" employees. | ||
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Calvin Home At Last /When Calvin Comes Home 49 min Calvin Home At Last is the story of a young man with a developmental disability who had been institutionalized at the Michener Centre in Red Deer since 1970. This is the story of how Calvin finally came home to live in his own community in Lethbridge with his family near him. (25 min) When Calvin Comes Home Is The Previous Story From Three Years Earlier. This Is As Much A Story About Calvin's Mother, Who Was Attempting To Have Calvin Moved Out Of The Institution And Back Home To Lethbridge. In Attempting To Rehabilitate Calvin, He Was Brought Back To Lethbridge For Short Periods Where He Stayed In A Real Home, And Got The Therapy He Needed To Restore What He Had Lost In The Institution. (24 Min) Cdn/AB Canadian Association For Community Living (CACL)The 6 min A brief look at the Canadian Association for Community Living (CACL) and what it offers to people with developmental disabilities. Cdn Causes & Characteristics Of Mental Retardation 29 min This informational video explores the causes and characteristics of mental retardation, what is it, how it is detected, and possible ways of preventing it. It also explores deinstitutionalization, community living and employment from the perspective of the person with mental retardation. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Child Who Couldn't Play The (Nature Of Things) 46 min What exactly IS autism, and how is it caused? Is there any cure for it? This episode of The Nature of Things takes an in-depth look into autism: when it seems to be developed; common behavioral symptoms; and behavior patterns that may be changed if caught early enough. It looks into the success of Princeton Child Development Institute's (PCDI) applied behavior analysis and treatment, which uses systemic teaching to modify negative autistic behavior through a system of rewards and positive reinforcement. Also interviewed is a woman who is a very high functioning, fully employed autistic. Cdn Cindy's Story (Primetime Live) See PEOPLE FIRST (Newsmakers) / SEAN'S STORY: A LESSON IN LIFE (Turning Point) / CINDY'S STORY (Primetime Live) Citizen Advocacy Begins With You 7 min What is citizen advocacy? Who can get involved? How much time does it require? Who benefits from it? How can I learn more about citizen advocacy? The Citizen Advocacy Society of Lethbridge answers these questions in this short informational video. Cdn/AB Closing Institutions (Brassard/People First) 1 hr, 58 min From the Canadian Association for Community Living's conference in Victoria, BC. Presentations involving deinstitutionalization and closing down all Canadian institutions. Various speakers. Cdn/BC Collaborative Consultation &Collaboration In The Schools 1 hr, 23 min This presentation by Lorna Idol of the Institute for Learning & Development was given at the University of Calgary Fall Colloquium 1992, titled "Schools in Transition: Rethinking Regular & Special Education". Ms. Idol offers insight into developing a collaborative education program, and gives a number of examples from American schools - both from what has worked, and what hasn't. Opportunity is given to evaluate how collaborative one's own school is at present, and to think of specific practices one's school could easonably adopt to make it more collaborative. (Tape #4 of Schools in Transition series) Community Services & Normalization 37 min This conclusion to the series takes a critical look at institutionalization and alternatives to institutions, as well as the services required by persons with developmental disabilities. An in depth look is taken into normalization - what it means, and how to achieve it; and Colonel Eric Cormack talks about founding the Robin Hood School. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Community Supports Program 8 min This video briefly describes the Alberta Government's proposed Community Supports Program, initiated by the Premier's Council for Persons with Disabilities. This program is intended to provide central locations where people with disabilities can go to learn about and receive all the services they require because of their disabilities. Cdn/AB Conversion: Making Community A Reality 18 min Conversion: Is the movement of facility-based segregated programs to community based integrated supports. This American Video Produced By The Indiana Employment Initiative Promotes Self-Determination, Choice, Community Inclusion And A More Responsive Service System. Corporate Train The Trainer 7 min This is an introduction to the Progressive Alternatives Society of Calgary's Corporate Train the Trainer program, which encourages employers to hire people with disabilities. It highlights PASC's supported employment program, asks questions employers might have, and interviews employers who have utilized Train the Trainer. Cdn/AB Creativity In Management 37 min A presentation by John Cleese, to an international audience linked by satellite, regarding the best ways to learn creativity. Cleese expands on his statement that creativity is not a talent, nor an ability, but rather a way of operating that is unrelated to a person's IQ. | ||
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Dare To Dream 11 min Produced by the Canadian Special Olympics, this video shows how people with developmental disabilities can benefit physically, mentally and socially by being actively involved in a competitive sports program like the Special Olympics. Cdn David's Discovery 26 min This video, produced in association with People First, is directed specifically to people with developmental disabilities and shows how a person with a developmental disability has the opportunity and right to live on their own, get a job, make their own decisions, and assist in making progress for other people with disabilities. Cdn/AB Deinstitutionalization / Advocacy (Disability Network) 10 min This portion of a D-NET episode highlights deinstitutionalization, and advocacy of persons with developmental disabilities. Cdn Delvee Ranch (CBC News) 14 min A special report by the CBC Alberta News on the proposed shutdown of the Delvee Ranch in Southern Alberta, due to the severe abuse of autistic youth at the ranch. Despite investigation by the Alberta Government in 1990 and 1992, and recommendations for the facility's closure, Delvee was still operating at the time of this report. Prior employees are interviewed. Cdn/AB Developmental Disabilities (Getting Together) 30 min This episode of Getting Together focuses on people with developmental disabilities and the associations that support them. Interviewed are: Barry Greenspan of the Alberta Association for Community Living; Harold Barnes, Board Member with the Canadian Association for Community Living; and Herb Franklin, President of People First of Alberta. Cdn/AB Diagnosis & Assessment 33 min This video takes us through the exhaustive evaluation process that a family must go through to discover whether or not their child has a developmental disability. We follow the Baxter family through this intense process - the physical, neurological, hearing and speech exams, the EEG and CAT scan, and the psychological and functional/occupational assessments - to get a diagnosis for their daughter, Shauna. We also sit in on the parent conference when the doctors and specialists reveal their diagnosis and prognosis for Shauna's future. (Part of a series of videos, including: Attitude & Management; Biological Aspects; Diagnosis & Assessment; Medical Ethics; and Prevention) Cdn Disability Myth The: Part One: Segregation 48 min Hosted by John Hurt, the actor who played "The Elephant Man", this video gives factual information about people with disabilities, in order to dispel the myths regarding them. People with disabilities (some of whom are former institutional patients), care givers, former institutional workers, and others share their thoughts on the effects of segregation, institutionalization and sheltered workshops as opposed to integration, independent or supported living, and community employment. Cdn Disability Network: Promotional Video 11 min This promotional video introduces D-NET, the Disability Network, which is a television magazine program run by and for people with disabilities. Shown are clips from a number of stories covered by D-NET. Cdn Discover Interdependence 48 min This film is about 100 multicultural high school age teens discovering the power that they have in themselves, their ability to reach out and be accepted by their peers, their commitment to reshape their personal and community realities. This is a film about the impact of youth, with and without disabilities, learning and working together to promote mutual respect, beginning the search for inspiring careers, coming to understand the need to promote social justice for themselves and others. It is a film about the growth of awareness that everyone is unique and valuable; a resurgence of the beauty and fineness in every young person when they are convinced they are needed and treasured in this life. Doreen Befus: "If I Can Do It, You Can Do It" 25 min Doreen Befus has a developmental disability, and spent 13 years of her life in the Michener Centre, an institution for the "mentally handicapped". But her past hasn't stopped her from doing what she has always dreamed of becoming a writer. Doreen takes us for a tour of the Michener Centre, telling stories and memories of her time there; and she shares her experience with government regarding the rights of people with disabilities. Doreen is an advocate, a writer, a public speaker and, most importantly, a person. Cdn/AB Doreen Befus: In My Apartment 4 min This news clip highlights the advocacy work of Doreen Befus, a woman who has a developmental disability, and who was institutionalized for 13 years. She now advocates for the rights of Albertans with mental illness or developmental disability. Cdn/AB Dream Catchers: Institute On Disability 17 min This informational video shows how circles of support can be very beneficial to people with developmental disabilities. Within the circle, each person offers support, encouragement, opportunities, personal connections, ideas and suggestions for the person with a developmental disability. Dreams Realized 20 min This video gives an in-depth look into the programs and supports the Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL) provides to people with developmental disabilities and their families, from childhood through adulthood. 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Early Intervention 2 hrs This presentation by Laura Bechard gives a detailed summary of how the Early Intervention program is progressing in Saskatchewan, with particulars n the uniqueness of Lloydminster's relationship with both Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the distribution of cases between the two provinces. Whereas Alberta's program is child focused, Saskatchewan's is family focused. Laura gives the presentation from a mother's point of view, as she has a daughter with a developmental disability, and is personally involved with the committee that runs the Early Intervention program. Cdn/AB Effective Methods: Using Computers With Children With Special Needs 14 min Using computers to teach children with special needs can be an excellent way to increase interest and promote higher scholastic development. This video explores the use of computers as a motivator for learning, and gives suggestions for computer activities to develop pre-academic, language, writing, and problem solving skills. Employers' Viewpoint: Hiring Employees With An Intellectual Disability 8 min, The primary purpose of this video is to build employers' understanding of the benefits of hiring people with intellectual disabilities. The video profiles and explores the practical measures employers take to accommodate people with developmental disabilities. We also hear persuasive arguments on the advantages of hiring someone with a disability, that aside from the humanitarian issue of job equity, this practice reflects positively on the bottom line. Cdn Employment (Disability Network) 30 min This episode of D-NET focuses on employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Topics covered are: employment equity, interview techniques, resume writing, job search strategies, and pointers for seeking out non-traditional careers for people with disabilities. Cdn Employment Networks 14 min When hiring people with disabilities, employers look for the same qualifications as when they hire people without disabilities: the ability to do the job. This video encourages employers to take a chance on someone who has a disability; it gives specific examples from a number of government and private sector businesses in the Edmonton area that have employees with disabilities. Cdn/AB Engagement The 52 min This is a film about seven actors with developmental disabilities who have a passion for theatre. With varying degrees and types of mental disabilities, each actor has a unique story, and a unique personality. This film highlights the troupe's attendance and performance at the Fifth European Festival for Mentally Disabled Artists in France, as representatives for the Province of Quebec. Cdn/PQ | ||
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Facilitating Successful Meetings 47 min Using a variety of workplaces meeting types, this video shows managers and supervisors ineffective ways of facilitating meetings, as well as effective ways using the Frontline Leadership basic principles and key actions. Facilitating Successful Meetings: Skills Practice 9 min Using role play, this video gives an example of how to work through the Frontline Leadership key actions in presenting the need for more effective meetings. Facilitation Volume 1 1 hr This video is intended to assist the facilitator in helping to teach children and adults with learning and developmental disabilities. It teaches basic facilitation skills, guides you through a pre-assessment interview, gives suggestions for starting the learning process and overcoming barriers, and takes you through a seven-step facilitation process. Video clips taken from actual facilitation sessions are extremely helpful in assisting the facilitator to visualize the process. Fairview & District Association For The Handicapped The 9 min A brief look at the integrated summer programs offered to children with developmental disabilities by the Fairview Association for the Handicapped, and the benefits these programs have to the community. Cdn/AB Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects Of Mental Retardation 27 min This video explores both the special needs and the basic human needs of a person with a developmental disability, with regard to family support, friendships, and the development of social behaviors. It is intended for use by qualified professionals in a workshop type environment. Some of the topics discussed are: death of the parents; friendships with the opposite sex; employment and job skills; independence; citizen advocacy; and group homes. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Family Life (Getting Together) 30 min This episode of Getting Together focuses on services available to families who have children with physical and/or developmental disabilities. Interviewed are representatives from the AACL, the Association for the Mentally Handicapped (AMH), the Red Deer AMH, a program worker, a family support worker, and two parents of children with disabilities. Cdn/AB Family Preservation 56 min Joe Cardinal, a Native Canadian elder from the Saddle Lake Reserve, speaks out about problems within the Canadian Native community. He shares his own experiences with abuse in a boarding school, poor treatment by society because he was considered a "worthless Indian", and his discovery of identity while in the Army. Mr. Cardinal also speaks very openly about sexual and child abuse on the reserve, the lack of values and identity in Native youth, and the fact that the majority of the Canadian prison population is Natives. Cdn/AB FAS/FAE Teaching Strategies For The Classroom 23 min Teaching students with FAS/FAE is sometimes a struggle. What seems to be behavioral issues or poor academic achievement is actually a sign of a larger issue. Teachers are encouraged to partner with families in adapting curriculum, communication, skill building and transition planning. Federal Election 1988 The 15 min Aimed at people with developmental disabilities, this video highlights where each major Canadian political party stands on the issues prior to the 1988 Federal Election. Cdn Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (Shirley) 50 min This episode of Shirley focuses on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and consuming alcohol while pregnant. Shirley's guests include: two mothers who drank excessively during their pregnancies, and both gave birth to children with severe FAS; a pediatrician who advocates a no drinking policy during pregnancy and breast feeding; and an advocate for putting mandatory warning labels on all alcohol sold in Canada. Audience members share their feelings; opinions and experiences regarding consumption of alcohol during pregnancy, including whether the father's drinking habits affect the "quality" of his sperm. Cdn Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)/Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE): A Community Perspective 30 min Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), and especially Fetal Alcohol Effect (FAE), often goes undiagnosed for many years, and parents caring for children affected by FAS/FAE many times don't understand why their child is experiencing learning difficulties and behavioural problems far beyond the rest of their children. This video takes an in depth look at FAS/FAE: what it is, what to expect, needed supports, and the different effects it has on different people. It discusses how to care for the child with FAS/FAE, from infancy to adulthood, with shared experience from parents who are raising kids with FAS/FAE. Cdn/AB Friends Of... Clubs: A Community Partnership 15 min Friends of... clubs are a great way to build relationships and increase the social activity of a person with a disability. Family friends, neighbors, co-workers, and other acquaintances can all get involved by taking a part in increasing the disabled person's social activities. These clubs assist in increasing independence, making new friends, giving the parents of the disabled person some free time for their own social life, and getting the community involved with these special people. Frontline Leadership Basic Learning Process 9 min In this introduction to the Frontline Leadership skills training program, Dr. John H. Zenger shares his strategies for learning effective leadership skills: 1) Identify the key actions involved. 2) Demonstrate a good example. 3) Supervise practice of these key actions. 4) Give positivefeedback when these key actions are performed effectively. Frontline Leadership CS10: Introduction 12 min With today's pressures in the workplace, traditional supervision may not be enough to provide effective leadership. This video gives managers and supervisors an introduction to Frontline Leadership and the core skills used in the program, with examples from interviewed managers and supervisors. Frontline Leadership CS10a: Your Role & The Basic Principles 20 min This unit of Frontline Leadership focuses on learning the basic principles of problem solving: 1) Focus on the situation, issue, or behavior, not the person. 2) Maintain the self-confidence and self-esteem of others. 3) Maintain constructive relationships with your employees, peers and managers. 4) Take initiative to make things better. 5) Lead by example. The video contains a number of different examples, as well as exercises to reinforce the learned principles. Frontline Leadership CS15: Introduction To Skills Practice 14 min This unit of Frontline Leadership focuses on learning how to use key actions to resolve problems at work. It gives and example of how the workshop's skills practice session might go, so participants have a better idea how to give feedback on others' use of the skills. Frontline Leadership CS20: Giving Constructive Feedback 17 min This unit of Frontline Leadership focuses on providing helpful feedback to employees while maintaining the basic principles of Frontline Leadership. The steps taught are 1) State the constructive purpose of your feedback. 2) Describe specifically what you have observed. 3) Describe your eactions. 4) Give the other person an opportunity to respond. 5) Other specific suggestions. 6) Summarize and express your support. Exercises are also included to reinforce the steps. Frontline Leadership CS30: Getting Good Information From Others 17 min This unit of Frontline Leadership focuses on communicating to get useful information from others. The steps include: 1) Focus the discussion on the information needed. 2) Use open-ended questions to expand the discussion. 3) Use closed-ended questions to prompt for specifics. 4) Encourage dialogue through eye contact and expression. 5) State your understanding of what you are hearing. 6) Summarize and close the discussion. The video contains a number of different examples, as well as exercises to reinforce the learned principles. Frontline Leadership Cue Exercises Introduction 4 min Achieve's Frontline Leadership is a training program for supervisors and managers that utilizes a workbook and acted out video clips to teach effective leadership skills in the workplace. This video gives an introduction to the video exercises for the training facilitator. | ||
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Gentle Teaching 39 min Gentle teaching is a method of teaching behavioural change in persons with developmental or learning disabilities and behavioural problems. It focuses on the teacher's position of submission and bonding, rather than authority and coercion. Its method is to ignore the negative behavior, redirect it, and reward the child for positive behavior with love and affection that is meaningful to both the child/student and the adult/teacher. Giving Voice 1 hr Highlights from the 1994 International Year of the Family Conference on the United Nations Convention on Rights of the Child, held at the University of Victoria. Personal interviews with a few of the youth who were involved in organizing and facilitating the youth portion of the conference give a unique perspective on how today's youth desire to be involved in decision making, and how we need to help each other heal from the mistakes of the past. GREAT EXPECTATIONS: The Fulfillment Of Mutual Employment Needs 19 min This multimedia video encourages employees to hire people with disabilities. It gives a number of examples of successful employment mergers in various types of jobs and job sectors, examples of people with different types of disabilities (mental, developmental, and physical), and various forms of rehabilitation and job training programs. Also included is a public service announcement for use by your association. Cdn/ON Growing Up Series Family Video 1 hr, 15 min The Growing Up Series Family Video is designed for parents to view with\ their pre-adolescent children, nine to twelve years of age. It will help children acquire the information, positive attitudes and self-esteem that they will need to withstand the pressures of puberty and adolescence. Along with the accompanying Parents' Guide, it serves as an introduction to sexuality education. The creative use of animation, live action and original music, as well as the presence of a charming and irrepressible group of grade four and five students filmed on location at their school, make this video as entertaining as it is informative. The filmmakers combine a genuine understanding of the concerns felt by this age group, with a commitment to tackle difficult issues.Growing up is not easy, but this video can contribute significantly toward smoothing the way. Please Ask For The Accompanying Parents' Guide | ||
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40 min John Cleese hosts this video on the benefits of humor in the workplace, in one's personal life, and as a means of improving one's physical and mental health. Using video clips from the Video Arts training series, he shows how the correct use of humor facilitates learning, helps to change one's behavior, promotes an increase in creativity, and helps one to feel less threatened by the prospect of change. If you get nothing else out of this video, you will get a good laugh. Hello, My Friends 17 min This video highlights the special attention that needs to be given to the educational programs for special needs children. The answer lies in asking "HOW can we?" rather than "WHY must we?" In some of British Columbia's primary schools, teaching staff take special care to fit the program to the individual child, while integrating them into the regular classroom. The personal stories of three children with special needs, in three different schools, are highlighted. Cdn/BC Home Gastrostomy Care For Infants & Small Children 27 min If you ever wanted to know anything about a gastrostomy, this is the video for you! Designed to assist parents and care givers of children with g-tubes, this video gives helpful information about: the reasons for needing a gastrostomy; what a gastrostomy is; different types of gastrostomies, and the tubes used for feeding; how to feed a child with a g-tube; giving medication; cleaning and changing the tube; warning signs; safety precautions; and helpful hints from one parent to another. Home Tracheostomy Care For Infants And Small Children 41 min Everything you ever wanted to know about a tracheostomy is included in this informative video: what a tracheostomy is; how it works; how to clean and change a trach tube; how the child eats; what kind of clothing is okay; skin care; illness; going out; playtime; water; warning signs; safety tips; and helpful hints from one parent to another. How To Build A Highly Profitable Monthly Donor Program With Harvey Mckinnon 56 min Here's what you'll learn from this professionally produced video presentation:
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IBM - Phone Communicator 10 min IBM's PhoneCommunicator is a new technology that allows people who are deaf or hearing impaired to contact hearing people or deaf people by telephone with the assistance of a computer. The system may be used to communicate with TDDs, touch tone phones, or other computers that have the system. Deaf people share how this system has increased their independence and communication. OPEN CAPTIONS IBM - Screen Reader 28 min IBM's Screen Reader is a new technology that allows people who are blind or seeing impaired to hear what is printed out on their computer screen. The accompanying keypad and software are easy to learn and use, are compatible with most software, and allow the blind person to be more independent and competitive in the workforce. Following a description of the Screen Reader and some testimonials by blind people who have this system, there is a demonstration of how the Screen Reader works. IBM - Speech Viewer 10 min IBM's Speech Viewer is an exciting technology that uses a microphone, loudspeaker and computer to provide interactive speech development and therapy. Using challenging and fun games, charts and graphing, it allows the speech therapist to better develop the student's pitch, loudness, voicing, phonation, inflection, and speech wave forms by providing feedback from the computer screen and speaker. IBM: Four Stories 18 min IBM, one of the largest and most successful North American companies, introduces us to four of their employees with disabilities, including one man who has a developmental disability. This video gives a brief look at the steps IBM has taken to make the work environment for its disabled employees both accessible and comfortable. OPEN CAPTIONS Cdn/ON IBM: Going To Work 22 min Working with the Metro Toronto Association for Community Living (MTACL), IBM employs a significant number of people with developmental disabilities. This video shows a bit about how IBM has successfully integrated these people into their working environment. Both employees and employers are interviewed. Cdn/ON IBM: Going To Work Employee Version 14 min Working with the Metro Toronto Association for Community Living (MTACL), IBM employs a significant number of people with developmental disabilities. This video shows a bit about how IBM has successfully integrated these people into their working environment. Both employees and employers are interviewed. Cdn/ON Implementing Technology With Students With Augmentative Communication Needs 1 hr, 10 min With the rapid increase in technology these days, people who have disabilities that do not allow them to communicate verbally are now given the opportunity to have a voice. With the use of computers, speech boards, and devices like the Light Talker and Touch Talker, communication becomes much easier for the student, and easier for the respondent to understand. With the introduction of these technologies, most students are given the opportunity to learn in an integrated environment, in a regular school setting. This video gives examples of a number of students, of varying ages and with different methods of non-verbal communication, who have benefited considerably from this technology. Feelings, thoughts and opinions are shared by various people who communicate with these students, and strategies for success are offered. Importance Of Mistakes 34 min In this presentation by John Cleese, he discusses the importance of having a positive attitude towards making mistakes - both in the workplace and in life. He stresses that allowing mistakes to be quickly corrected results in a more open and free flow of communication; whereas denying a small mistake results in secrecy, with one lie being told to cover up another, which was told to cover up the small mistake that could have easily been corrected, if acknowledged. Using historical examples and humor, Cleese makes some very good points about how many successes come with a history of mistakes. Inclusion Of Older Adults Within Everyday Community Life 14 min The efforts of two previously institutionalized older adults with developmental disabilities to become part of everyday American life are shown. Donna, a 65 year old woman, is seen and interviewed working at a full time job in a competitive employment setting that fulfills her lifelong ambition for a "real" job. Robert, who has a preference for partial retirement is seen attending a senior nutrition site where he has built up a circle of senior friends. Inclusion: Kids Like Me 14 min Produced by the Exceptional Programs Department of San Diego City Schools, this video is a general overview of the benefits of inclusive education for children with differing abilities. School administrators, teachers, parents and students both with and without disabilities, comment on how inclusion works in their schools. Inclusion is described as a way to teach the value of diversity within the community and one of the pathways to building friendships for children with disabilities. Inclusive Education Part I: The Parents' Perspective 47 min This video gives parents of children with developmental disabilities the opportunity to voice their opinions about inclusive education, and share their experiences with it. The parents of four different children are interviewed, with each one giving their own unique perspective on the school system, friendships, academics and socialization of inclusive environments. Parents alsoshare their visions for total inclusion of their children, and what they believe makes inclusion work. Cdn/AB Inclusive Education Part Ii: The Students' Perspective 28 min This video explores the attitudes and perceptions of four students with disabilities and their peers. Each student gives their own perspective on why inclusive education is beneficial to themselves and to the students with a disability. Students from elementary school, junior high, and high school are interviewed, as well as two young adults with developmental disabilities who have completed their academic education and are now living in a supported environment. Cdn/AB Inclusive Physical Education: Stories Of Success 7 min This video from the Canadian Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance illustrates the basics for starting an inclusive physical education program for people with physical and mental disabilities. Included are goals for successful programs, and a number of questions that teachers may have regarding the program. OPEN CAPTIONS Cdn Individualized Funding Public Forum 2 hrs This public forum sponsored by the Alberta and Lethbridge Associations for Community Living begins with Paul McLaughlin, a lawyer who is sensitive to the particular legal rights of people with disabilities, discussing the Alberta Government's regulations for individualized funding for the disabled, and the issues surrounding it. Panelists (parents, etc.) share their concerns and experience with government funding, followed by audience discussion of the topic. Cdn/AB Integrated Education (Getting Together) 30 min This episode of Getting Together focuses on integrated education for children with developmental disabilities. Interviews with the Executive Director and the Vice President of AACL, a parent, and a student in an integrated school give a broad perspective of how many types of people can benefit by living and learning with people with developmental disabilities in an integrated environment. Cdn/AB Integration 17 min A grade 12 student at Harry Ainlay High School talks about his school's experience with integration of students with developmental disabilities; followed by a speech by the Honorable Jim Dinning regarding integration. Cdn/AB Intercity Accessible Coach 10 min This video talks about a one year pilot project being conducted by Greyhound Lines of Canada and Alberta Transportation, in which a wheelchair accessible Greyhound bus will run daily routes between Edmonton, Red Deer and Calgary. The video provides information about the wheelchair accessible washroom on the bus, the wheelchair lift and other handicapped services, extra safety features on the bus, and Greyhound's available services to passengers with physical disabilities. Cdn/AB Is There Life After High School For Students With Moderate & Severe Disabilities? Part 1: Great Expectations 1 hr, 30 min This inservice teleworkshop by the Beach Center on Families and Disabilities explores opportunities for students with disabilities to have full, productive and meaningful lives after high school. In Part 1 the discussion centers on the expectations parents have for their children with disabilities, as well as the expectations the children have for themselves. This video begins with a debate on allowable expectations, and is followed by testimony from parents, support by people in various positions of American authority, and viewer call-ins. A range of topics and questions arise that may be helpful in deciding what steps you may need to take for your child. Part 1 of 3 Is There Life After High School For Students With Moderate & Severe Disabilities? Part 2: Best Practices 1 hr, 30 min In Part 2 of this inservice teleworkshop, the discussion centers on what the best practices are for schools when integrating students with developmental disabilities and preparing them for successful community living after graduation from high school. The video begins with a debate on school and community integration, and is followed by suggestions from advocates, opinions and testimony from the parents who shared in Part 1, questions and comments from viewer call-ins, and success strategies from teachers, school district leaders, and an adult transition agency. Part 2 of 3 Is There Life After High School For Students With Moderate & Severe Disabilities? Part 3: Supported Employment 1 hr, 30 min In Part 3 of this inservice teleworkshop, the discussion centers on supported employment for people with moderate to severe disabilities. The video begins with a debate on the benefits and risks of supported employment, and is followed by suggestions and experience from parents and professionals, questions and comments from viewer call-ins, and success strategies from the experts. Part 3 of 3 It's Working 1 min, 15 sec A 30 second public service announcement about the Alberta Association for Community Living (AACL). Cdn/AB It's Your Choice: Planning For Life After High School 15 min This video is presented by and for people with developmental disabilities. It offers suggestions for making individual choices regarding where to live, where to work, how to get around, post secondary education options, and social activities following graduation from high school. | ||
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Jenny's Story 15 min Jenny is a young adult who attends a public school, has friends, and lives a pretty normal life. Jenny also has a developmental disability, and was kept in an institution for a number of years. This video tells the story of how Jenny has been integrated into society, and the new meaning her life now has because people accept her as a person, not a mental patient. Cdn/ON Job's Yours The 19 min This video is about finding the right employment opportunity for your son or daughter with a developmental disability. The right job should be one that fits the physical and intellectual abilities of the employee, and be something the employee is interested in. This video will help you come up with some ideas of your own to assist your child in finding a job that is tailored to their needs and interests. Just Friends | ||
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Keys Of Our Own 30 min This is a touching story about the progress that can be made when a person with a developmental disability is released from an institution and reintroduced to "normal" society. Robin and Sandra are two such people who spent a number of years in an institution, but are now living happy and fulfilling lives on the "outside", with their own home and their own family. Having met while they were both at the same institution, Robin and Sandra have been together for many years, and have a school age daughter who is a normally functioning, happy child. This video shows us how people with developmental disabilities can contribute to society like any person without a disability. Cdn/ON/AB/BC Kids Belong Together 14 min Produced in association with the People First Association of Lethbridge, this video gives a brief look at the success of one school's integration of students with developmental disabilities. From the perspective of the teachers and the school principal. (Edited version) Cdn/AB Kids Belong Together 24 min This video gives a brief look at how a number of schools have been successful with the integration of students with physical and developmental disabilities. Interviews with the principal, teachers, classmates, and parents show how a positive outcome is the result of a team effort to realize the hopes and dreams of these students. Cdn/AB Knowledge Bases For Integrating Special & Regular Education Programs The 1 hr, 7 min This presentation by Margaret Wang of Temple University was given at the University of Calgary Fall Colloquium 1992, titled "Schools in Transition: Rethinking Regular & Special Education". Ms. Wang presents the research data on the integration of special and regular education programs, including: the top five and bottom five variables that affect learning in special needs students; the different model programs being used, and how successful they have been; observed student behavior results from randomly selected model classrooms in the United States; and student achievement results. (Tape #5 of Schools in Transition series) | ||
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Labeling Blues 5 min This music video by Gregory Hoskins & the Stickpeople shows how society tends to hide people with developmental disability in institutions, and the general attitude that labels them "losers". It also shows how much these labeled individuals are real people. Cdn Learning & Development Part 1: Birth Through Childhood 21 min This video discusses the special learning needs of children with developmental disabilities, regarding communication and developmental skills. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Learning & Development Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity 21 min Growing up is a challenge for every one of us, and people with mild to severe developmental disabilities face the same struggles when it comes to hormone changes and aging. This video, intended for use by professionals in a workshop type environment, gives information on issues such as: friendships, employment, job training, independent living skills, group homes, cooking and home management, physical fitness, communication, and finding one's place in society. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Learning Disability (Disability Network) 30 min This episode of D-NET provides information on learning disabilities, including a short segment on the different types and what causes them. It is intended to provide information to persons with and without a learning disability, especially teachers, who are responsible for teaching people with a wide range of learning styles. Students with a learning disability from Seneca College in Ontario are interviewed, and give a personal perspective on the effects and frustrations of living with a learning disability, including some of their past educational experiences. They give suggestions on coping with a learning disability, and encouragement for those who want to pursue post secondary education. These students also introduce us to some of the teachers who made learning easier for them, and how they did it. Cdn/ON Lethbridge Association For Community Living 5 min Barbara Nish talks about the Lethbridge Association for Community Living and its history, as well as some of the programs they have offered recently: 1) the siblings workshop, which is for brothers and sisters of children with developmental disabilities, and; 2) the Search for Home package, which helps people with disabilities find an appropriate home. Cdn/AB Little Mountain /If They Would Only Listen 44 min This video and user guide attempt to encourage solutions to the problems Canadian Aboriginal people have with regard to obtaining needed services for their children with disabilities. Little Mountain is the story of one mother's struggle to be made aware of and receive services for her child with a developmental disability, and the bureaucratic red tape these provisions get caught in. If They Would Only Listen is an interview with Donna Good Water, Little Mountain's mother, regarding the processes we as a nation must take to change the attitudes towards Natives with disabilities, and in particular the necessity of acceptance and resolution of the problem by Native chiefs and bands. Cdn/BC Living His Life Abundantly 28 min From the television show, Living His Life Abundantly, this show features the testimony of Alice Hoffman, a woman who was struck with Polio when she was 13 months old. Also shown is the outreach ministry for people with disabilities and their families that Alice is involved with. Located in Clearwater, Florida, Our Lady's House of Faith gives support and encouragement to families coping with the challenge of supporting a person with a disability. Living With Choices 11 min Produced in association with the Lower Mainland Community Based Services Society (LMCBSS) of British Columbia, this video allows us to hear the feelings and opinions of their clients with developmental disabilities regarding community living, self-advocacy, and the future. Cdn/BC Lynchburg Story The (Witness) 47 min The eugenics movement began in the United States many years before it was ever adopted by Nazi Germany and carried to the extreme of forced euthanasia. The Lynchburg Story chronicles the eugenics movement in the United States, in particular the state of West Virginia, where 8,300 "feeble minded", poor, or "low class" citizens where sterilized in the state's program to promote "race hygiene". The landmark legal case of Carrie Buck, a woman who was sterilized under this program following her rape and subsequent birth of a child, is also discussed in detail. | ||
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Magnus, Brad (Variety Club Telethon) 24 min The story of a man born with Down Syndrome who has beaten the odds. Brad Magnus, now an adult and high school graduate lives a full, "normal", integrated life. Includes a dance performance by Brad himself. Cdn/BC Making A Difference: A Celebration 18 min On April 17, 1985, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms announced equality for all people, regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, or disability. Following the decisions of Newfoundland, British Columbia and New Brunswick in the early 1980s to move from institutionalization to community living, this video encourages people with disabilities to take advantage of their new freedom, become independent and move back into their communities. Cdn Making Friends 1 hr, 13 min Making Friends is a series of three video segments that is intended to assist early childhood educators in providing a daycare or preschool environment conducive to maximum childhood development and interaction. The video footage is the result of a two-year demonstration at six Canadian daycares and preschools. The first video, Making Friends, introduces us to the social environments of the 3 to 5 year old, and looks at different forms of peer relation and play. (20 min) The second video, Shared Understanding, looks at programs and environments that help children make friends and understand society's rules and roles. (22 min) The last video, Programming for Friendship, introduces the Assessment of Peer Relations (APR), which assesses the individual child's needs and areas of social development that have not yet been learned. Margaret's Story (CBC News) 34 min A CBC News special report on the battle Margaret Eggert's parents were having with the Strathcona County School District regarding Margaret's right as a child with a developmental disability to be educated in a fully integrated setting. Interviews with parents and school board members weigh the positive and negative aspects of segregation, partial integration, and full integration. News clips follow the report on the outcome of Margaret's case. Cdn/AB Medical Ethics 28 min Sometimes doctors must make very difficult moral/medical decisions that are perhaps more difficult when applied to a person with a developmental disability. This video explores the dilemmas doctors face regarding medical treatment, surgery, sterilization, etc., and the importance of maintaining a healthy and informative relationship with the parents or caregivers. Pam Vickers and her family allow us a look into the choices they and their doctors have made for her, both medically and morally. (Part of a series of videos, including: Attitude & Management; Biological Aspects; Diagnosis & Assessment; Medical Ethics; and Prevention) Cdn Mensch Achte Den Menschen "Man Respect Man" 58 min Approximately 300,000 disabled people were sterilized, and a further 70,000 killed by the Nazi Third Reich euthanasia program. Under their warped view of Social Darwinism ("survival of the fittest"), physically and mentally disabled people were considered social undesirables. Today a similar concept is growing in Germany, and throughout the world. Should fetuses, embryos and babies with severe disabilities be "spared" from a life of difficulty and pain? If so, where is the line drawn in "relieving" older persons with disability from their "misery"? This two-part video explores the controversial issues of sterilization, abortion and euthanasia, with Australian moral philosopher Peter Singer arguing the Utilitarian side. OPEN CAPTIONS & SIGNED Merging Regular & Special Education: Developing Classrooms Into Inclusive Communities 1 hr, 29 min This presentation by Susan and William Stainback of the University of Northern Iowa was given at the University of Calgary Fall Colloquium 1992, titled "Schools in Transition: Rethinking Regular & Special Education". Ms. Stainback opens by giving her reasons for instituting inclusion within schools, and stresses the importance of necessary supports for teachers and students to provide the most benefit. A video is presented that looks at how some American schools have brought special and regular education teachers together to teach in inclusionary classes, and how all involved have reacted. The video goes beyond schooling and looks at community living, employment and independence for adults with disabilities. Mr. Stainback then presents success strategies taken from research on why some inclusion programs have worked, and others haven't. (Tape #1 of Schools in Transition series) Merging Special & Regular Education: Accountability In The Restructured System 1 hr, 46 min This presentation by Tom Skrtic of the University of Kansas was given at the University of Calgary Fall Colloquium 1992, titled "Schools in Transition: Rethinking Regular & Special Education". Mr. Skrtic offers a structural analysis of the school restructuring system, and discusses which structures need to be changed for more personalized education for all children in an integrated learning environment. (Tape #3 of Schools in Transition series) Mondragon Experience The 49 min This is a documentary on the history of the industrial cooperative, specifically relating to the Basque region of Spain, and Mondragon. It gives a history of the Basques, and a breakdown of how the industrial cooperative is run. | ||
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Not One Of The Crowd 30 min David Lincoln is the President of Ontario People First, and an advocate for people who are labeled mentally retarded. This video shows a bit about David's life, including his parents' views on what he was like as a child, and the Ontario People First Conference that David was involved in. Conference participants also share their views on jobs, poor wages, institutions, sexuality, sterilization, and their futures. Cdn/ON | ||
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Observations On Integration In Edmonton Schools (1986-87) 31 min This video contains observations on some early integration experiments in the Edmonton Public School Board. Video footage taken in a number of classroom situations is critically analyzed for the success of peer,interaction, satisfaction or interest of the child with a disability, risk taking, and the level of relationship and responsibility of the teacher and the assistant. Cdn/AB On Campus 2 hrs Bruce Uditsky's presentation at MacQuarie University in Sydney, Australia regarding the On Campus program at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Theory and practice of inclusion in communities from both the families' and the system's point of view; and the importance of carrying this inclusion from preschool through post secondary education - for students with both mild and severe developmental disabilities. Outlines specific examples of a number of students with developmental disabilities, and their experiences with the University of Alberta On Campus program. Cdn/AB On The Eighth Day: Perfecting Mother Nature Part One: Making Babies 51 Min What happens when the most fundamental human act - the act of procreation - becomes a laboratory procedure? What does it mean when science and industry become partners in the production of human life? From a high tech marketplace in Paris, to the work being done at a fertility clinic in London, Ontario and a surrogacy centre in Los Angeles, making babies takes a critical look at reproductive technology and provides a chilling account of its development and use. Through interviews with doctors, drug salesmen, infertile women, surrogates, and feminist critics like gena corea, the film explores the origins and application of the technology and the dangers it may pose to women and to society as a whole. A compelling and insightful film, making babies raises important questions about who reproductive technology is being developed for and why. It suggests that by changing how we reproduce, we may be changing what it means to be human On The Eighth Day: Perfecting Mother Nature Part Two: Making Perfect Babies 51 min The power to control human evolution is now within our grasp, thanks to developments in reproductive and genetic technology. But who will wield that power? Will science and industry decide who should and should not be born? Will women have the right to say no to technology? The day a baby can be genetically "made to measure" is still far away, but it is rapidly moving from the realm of fantasy to that of probability. Filmed in clinics and research centers where genetic manipulation of human embryos has already begun, making perfect babies offers a critical examination of the new genetic technology and its potential applications. Through interviews with people like scientist and feminist, Ruth Hubbard, and disability activist, Marsha Saxton, the film raises important questions about why the technology is being developed and how it may affect the lives of women and society as a whole. It warns that we may be heading toward a future in which "quality control" is an acceptable part of human procreation. One Computer Classroom The 18 min This video is for educators interested in getting a lot more mileage from a single computer in the classroom. It is also a structure and outline for presenters who want to share one computer classroom ideas and techniques. Ideas are shared regarding use of the single computer for large groups, small groups, individuals, and as a presentation and organizational tool for teachers. Opportunities are given to pause and discuss ideas. (Accompanying guide book - missing) Only A Breath: Ventilator Assisted Children 30 min Children with respirators and their families give testimony of the struggles they have had with this disability, with regard to: relationships, lack of privacy, finances, government, health care providers, decision making, etc. Health care providers also share some information on bringing home a ventilator-assisted child. Cdn Other Side Of Therapy The: Disability, Normalcy & The Tyranny Of Rehabilitation 1 hr, 50 min Norman Kunc, a man who has been labeled with Cerebral Palsy, uses humor and personal experience to share both the negative side of having a disability - the years of therapy, prejudice and social oppression - as well as the positive side - if one can accept their disability, instead of trying to minimize it. He uses very real and touching examples of his devaluation in a society that idolizes normalcy and perfection; and he seeks to break down those barriers and remove the labels associated with having a disability. Mr. Kunc shares how endless therapy and rehabilitation sessions essentially "rape" the person with a disability; and he talks about how we can provide needed physical therapy by making it a fun and pleasurable choice, rather than a degrading, mandatory obligation. Cdn Our Family: Tom And Amanda Henke 19 min Our Family Takes A Quick Peek Into Toronto Blue Jays Player Tom Henke's Family, And His Daughter Amanda, Who Has Down Syndrome. (6 Min) Cdn/ON Out Of The Shadows 30 min Women with disabilities tend to be treated with even less respect than men with disabilities. This video shows how two women with disabilities have attempted to overcome this social isolation. Cynthia Masonchuk is the President of Calgary People First, and the Vice President of Alberta People First. She is married and is a volunteer in the food services industry. Teri Lyn Smeltser is also married, and has two children. Both women share their difficulties and successes with schooling, employment, relationships, and community involvement. Cdn/AB | ||
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Paul Young Story The 30 min Paul Young isn't sure what his disability is labeled as - mental retardation, Cerebral Palsy, or maybe something else. What he does know is that he hasn't allowed his disability to prevent him from getting what he desires out of life. He works for the CBC in a paid position as a radio technician, he is a commercial DJ, he is married, and he co-owns a house with his brother. Paul's co-workers and supervisors all agree that Paul is capable of doing anything he sets his mind to, and they share how Paul has enriched their lives. Cdn/NB People First (Newsmakers) / Sean's Story: A Lesson In Life (Turning Point) /Cindy's Story (Primetime Live) 1 hr, 31 min People First is about the People First Society of Alberta and its local chapters. Four representatives from different chapters share their views on community living and self-advocacy, give some personal history, and provide an overview of People First - its history and what it offers people with disabilities. (23 min) Cdn/AB Sean's story: a lesson in life is the story of an 8 year old boy with down syndrome whose mother has fought to have him included in his local public school in Baltimore along with the rest of the neighborhood kids. It is the struggle of opposing views - of Sean's mother, his teachers, the school board, and parents of Sean's classmates - to decide whether Sean belongs in inclusionary or special education. And it is the story of a young boy caught in the middle. (57 min) Cindy's story is about a 26-year-old woman with a moderate developmental disability, who lives in a group home. This is also a story about Cindy's family's battle with the law to have Cindy sterilized. It is the struggle to balance Cindy's safety in the world with the responsibility of the law to protect its citizens' rights. (11 min) Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure 23 min This video explores the social aspect of the developmentally disabled person's life, and the skills needed to carry out leisure and recreation activities: social, communication, memory, and physical movement. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Prevention 30 min There are many precautions women and parents can take that may prevent their child from becoming developmentally delayed. This video explores the many antenatal, perinatal and postnatal precautions and testing that can be done: immunization, blood testing, amniocentesis, ultrasound, occupational therapy, etc. (Part of a series of videos, including: Attitude & Management; Biological Aspects; Diagnosis & Assessment; Medical Ethics; and Prevention) Cdn Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation 30 min Every individual requires Professional services, but what special services, if any, are required by persons with developmental disabilities? This video looks at the role of and service provided by medical specialists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, and social workers. It also looks at communication, employment, social skills, in-home services, and legal rights of persons with developmental disabilities, and emphasizes the need for centralized support from family and friends. (Part of a series of videos, including: Causes & Characteristics of Mental Retardation; Community Services & Normalization; Familial, Social & Sexual Aspects of Mental Retardation; Learning & Development - Part 1: Birth Through Childhood; Learning & Development - Part 2: Adolescence Through Maturity; Physical Education, Recreation & Leisure; and Professional Support Services & Mental Retardation) Cdn/AB Promise Of Love, The 27 min A video chronicle of Nicole Yarmoloy's life, a woman with a developmental disability. Set to music, this story shows how abundant love and patience have helped Nicole overcome society's stereotype of people with developmental disabilities. Cdn/AB Puncturing Illusions 1 hr At an international conference on integration at the Jewish Community Center in Rochester, NY, Parker Palmer, a religious leader and writer, gives a keynote address on getting rid of the illusions we carry regarding "strangers". He talks about accepting each other's individuality and the richness of diversity, and seeking to build communities where accepting persons with disabilities is natural. Putting People First Conference 47 min The Putting People First Conference was held in Marlboro, MA to support families of children with developmental disabilities. This video shows the beginnings of the conference, and the keynote address by Bruce Uditsky, in which he discusses the importance of family support. Cdn | ||
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Quality Is... 1 hr, 28 min This workshop on quality assurance is intended to give service providers, care givers, and families the tools to assess individual quality assurance in caring for and about people with a developmental disability. In discovering each individual's abilities, desires and goals, the emphasis is .placed on giving the person with a disability freedom of choice, and allowing their voice to be heard above all others. Numerous speakers give valuable information that will open the minds of the caregivers, and give suggestions on how to provide growth opportunities in the most effective and efficient ways. Cdn/ON | ||
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Rainbow Report The: Our Vision For Health 30 min This is the report of the Premier's Commission on Future Health Care for Albertans, following its research of Alberta's present health care system, and presenting recommendations for the future. The video is to be used as a summary of the whole document, which can be acquired in written form. Cdn/AB Report Of Special Counsel Regarding Claims Arising Out Of Sexual Abuse At Jericho Hill School 29 min The Jericho Hill School is a provincially funded and operated school for the deaf in British Columbia. There were claims by a large number of students at the school that sexual abuse of both male and female students was a regular and normal occurrence at the school. This video explains the findings of the investigation into those claims; the recommendations made for compensation of the victims, and the response of the BC government. Cdn/BC SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION (ASL) Right To Decide The (W5) 15 min Who has the right to decide if a person with a developmental disability should be sterilized, or should give up one of their organs to save someone else's life? Is it the parents' or guardians' right? Or does the right to one's body lie only within oneself? This portion of a W5 episode discusses the controversial topic of substitute consent laws for people with varying degrees of "mental retardation", and whose interests they really consider. Cdn Road You Take Is Yours The 19 min Produced in association with the Ontario Association for Community Living (OACL), this video is intended to inform people with developmental disabilities of the power they have to make their own life decisions. It shows them how to picture a goal, make a plan, and get the help they need from families, friends and professionals to succeed in their goals. Cdn/ON Rupert's
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S'no Challenge '97 - Calgary 20 min Raw video footage from the 1997 Calgary S'no Challenge fund raising event for people with developmental disabilities and their families. Includes footage of races and award/prize presentations. Cdn/AB Safeguards 3 hrs This workshop is about providing safeguards for people with developmental disabilities. Issues that are discussed include: what "home" means, citizen advocacy, living with a person with a disability, community living, supported living, stereotyping, and redesigning residential services. Also, one woman who lives in a L'Arche community answers questions regarding how her community treats the person with a developmental disability. Cdn/BC Sandra Jensen Media Release Tape 29 min Sandra Jensen, a 34 year old woman with Down Syndrome, allows the public a peek into her life to see that she is a "normal" person with the same hopes, dreams, and human rights as everyone else. Sandra speaks openly about: her goals and dreams; her home; her meeting with U.S. Vice President Bush; her medical condition; and the denial by the medical community to give her the heart and lung transplant she needs, because she has Down Syndrome. Saying No: A Video On Sexual Abuse Prevention 20 min This video was made by and for people with developmental disabilities, to inform them of ways they can ensure they are not being sexually abused, or to stop it from happening again. It clearly states the role and responsibility of medical staff and care givers, and what constitutes abuse from a professional, a friend, an acquaintance, a stranger, or a family member. In understandable terms, the person with a developmental disability is taught what "private parts" are, what inappropriate touching is, and what to do if someone touches them, or attempts to have the person with a disability touch the other person's private parts. The video offers acted out situations and responses, and provides repetition and opportunities to stop the tape and discuss what has just been seen. Cdn/BC Saying Yes! 10 min People who are deaf or hearing impaired have the same kinds of abilities and skills as any hearing person; they are just as capable of performing most jobs a hearing person could. This video encourages employers to hire hearing impaired or deaf people. The employers in this video show how they have made small accommodations for the hearing disability of their employees - things like a TDD, an interpreter for special meetings, or a safety light - because the deaf individual was the right one for the job. OPEN CAPTIONS Cdn Schools In Transition: Rethinking Regular & Special Education Achieving Excellence & Equity For All Students 1hour 14 min Presentation that was given at the University of Calgary by Alan Gartner (New York, NY) talks about the background and attitudes throughout the history of special education and the legalities and issues that have been experienced in the past. Mr. Gartner discusses the inclusion question: Is inclusion the moral thing to do? Yes, but is it simply the right thing to do? He speaks of the role of the school in our society, which is to have all children prepared to fully function as citizens, workers and life-long learners. Secret Of Success (Disability Network) 53 min This episode of D-NET highlights job search strategies, as well as a number of success stories of people with disabilities. Sharing their secrets of success are: a television broadcaster disabled by polio; a deaf woman who is President of the Canadian Hearing Society; a blind mechanic; a quadriplegic high school math teacher; an artist disabled by polio; a man with a learning disability who is Chairman of the North York Board of Education; a blind artist/dance instructor; a woman with Cerebral Palsy who has a Ph.D. in Biostatistics; a wheelchair bound man who is Managing Editor of the Toronto Life magazine; a deaf provincial politician; two Members of Parliament with physical disabilities; a cosmetician with arthritis who has developed a cosmetic consulting service for disabled and home bound people; an NHL hockey player with a hearing impairment; and a disabled wheelchair designer who is the president of his own company. Cdn Self Advocate Means Power 22 min This video was made by and for people with developmental disabilities, in association with the Lower Mainland Community Based Services Society (LMCBSS). It allows everyone to share what they would like to say about self advocacy, choices, rights of the disabled, marriage, children, support groups, etc. Cdn/BC Selling Murder (The Fifth Estate) 47 min This Fifth Estate special report tells the horrifying story of Nazi Germany's Third Reich - how they ordered the sterilization of over 133,000 mental hospital patients, and how they murdered tens of thousands more - people with intellectual and psychological disabilities, and people who were considered moral and social outcasts. Many of the highly manipulative films shown here have been locked away in vaults since they were made in the 1930s. They give a sickening but horrifyingly realistic picture of what these institutionalized patients experienced before their "mercy killing"; and they give insight to the absence of morality of the governing body responsible for the deaths of so many innocent lives. Seniors' Independence Through Information 19 min At the time of taping this video, approximately 11% of the Canadian population was 65 years of age or older. With the advances in technology and medicine, people are just living longer these days. It is expected that, with the baby boomer generation approaching the age of 65 around the year 2011, the senior population in Canada is going to explode. With such a large percentage of Canadians needing services and information on services, a new guide and referral system has been developed to assist seniors in finding the information they need to live full and productive lives. Cdn Sexual Abuse Prevention: Five Safety Rules For Persons Who Are Mentally Handicapped 24 min In acting out situations and responses to inappropriate sexual behavior, the following five safety rules are taught: 1) Your body belongs to you; 2) Keep your clothes on in public; 3) Say "no"; 4) Get away; and 5) Tell someone. Sign Language Made Easy Volume 1 30 min This introduction to American sign language (ASL) gives easy instruction for the beginner. Instruction includes the alphabet, commonly used words and symbols, putting together short sentences, and helpful hints for learning. Sign Language Made Easy Volume 2 30 min This is a continuation of the lessons in Volume 1 of Sign Language Made Easy. Instruction includes many more commonly used words and symbols, putting together longer sentences, and helpful hints for learning. Silent Victims (CBC News) 13 min A special report by CBC Primetime News on the severe abuse of autistic youth at the Delvee Ranch in Southern Alberta. Despite investigation by the Alberta Government in 1990 and 1992, and recommendations for the facility's closure, Delvee was still operating at the time of this report. Prior employees are interviewed. Cdn/AB Software Solutions For Special Needs 8 min Laureate Learning Systems Inc. develops talking software for children and adults with special needs. This video shows the different types of software available, and the types of media used for communication. It also takes the viewer through the stages of vocabulary learning, and highlights software programs for further developing language, reading and writing skills. Speaking Out 11 min | ||