Fetal alcohol syndrome is the result of permanent organic injury to the brain of the fetus, caused by maternal drinking during pregnancy.  That injury leads to learning disabilities, poor judgment, antisocial behavior, and worse, if a recent study is correct.  This program discusses FAS within the contest of that study that suggests that 20 to 25 percent of all prison inmates may suffer from the condition.  The program examines how early identification and treatment of children with FAS can help prevent extreme antisocial behavior in adulthood.

Educates both minors and adults about: 

1. The Legal Consequences of Underage Drinking
2. The Psychological Effects of Alcohol Consumption
3. The Physical Effects of Alcohol Consumption

Aimed at helping teens with life's major problems; interviews with students deal with the problem of making healthy life choices.

Presents a smoking and tobacco cessation and prevention program. 

Alcohol & drugs threaten the health, safety and future of America's teens. Interviews with teenagers exposed to drugs and alcohol and pointers are given on how to deal with these troubled youth.

Designed to help the viewer comprehend his or her drinking patterns and understand the risks.

Aims to education viewers about the dangers of inhallant abuse, the "silent epidemic" that kills hundreds of young people each year in the U.S. 

Looks at teenage use of marijuana and the damage it does to individuals, using frank talk and solid information to discourage use.  It is a thought-provoking documentary-style program with a simple message:  using marijuana is unhealthy, dangerous, illegal, psychologically addictive, and emotionally debilitating.  Above all, the program effectively dispels the myth that marijuana is a benign drug with little or no serious side effects.

Uses a variety of sciences and speakers to get across a vital message to teen viewers--namely, that tobacco kills.  Viewers will watch empathetic peer support groups at work, heart the words of "spokes-kids" who have already kicked the nicotine habit, as well as the concerned voices of teens currently struggling to become tobacco-free.

Demonstrates CPR techniques, using uninterrupted, real-time complete CPR sequence. Covers heart attack and airway obstructions. 

Program helps viewer understand his or her illness and how the diagnosis was made. Provides insights from a variety of health professionals on how one's daily life might change and explores options for treatment and management including helpful lifestyle tips. Also addresses questions that frequently arise.  Video Covers:  1.  Understanding the diagnosis.  2.  What happens next?  3.  Treatment and management.  4.  Issues & answers.

Interviews with several girls, their boyfriends, parents, counselors, teachers and other professionals examine the realities of one of the most critical issues facing young Americans today—teen pregnancy.  Openly discusses teenage sexual behavior and attitudes toward birth control; studies the parental obligations of the male; and stresses the need for open communication and realistic decision making. 

This documentary goes to the front lines on one of the hottest topics 
today—choosing sexual abstinence.  Getting to the heart of the matter, teens talk about recognizing and dealing with peer pressure, their own self-doubts,  the value of cherishing yourself and sticking by your own rules. 

Introduces your students to some common misconceptions about dieting and helps them identify the real culprits in their own indivdual lifestyles that may be causing them to gain weight or get out of shape.  The video is divided into two sections, approximately 15 minutes each.  The first, on nutrition, contains a mini-report on "fast food" restaurants in the modern teen's diet.  The second focuses on the importance of physical activity in a well-balanced program of weight management.

Examines the current crisis of America's oceans, including the sewqge, chemical spills and oil spills that plague the waters, and discusses nationwide group and individual efforts to save the oceans.

While serving with the Special Forces in Vietnam, Dave Roever was injured, suffering burns over 40% of his body. In this presentation, he shares his experience of the war, his injury and recovery.

 This tape reveals numerous examples of dangerous food handling including cross contamination of tools and surfaces, lack of hand washing, use of containers ill-suited to food storage, poor microwave safety, careless handling of poultry, and failure to keep foods in a safe temperature zone.  Viewers learn the basics of preparing and storing food safely.  They learn how to avoid salmonella contamination and understand the need to take precautions in handling food. 

 Find out how to read nutrition facts on the backs of packages and canned goods.  Examines the components of modern day food labels and explains how to read them and use them to determine if products meet one's dietary needs.

1. The Power of Choice (60 Min.) -- Counselor Michael Pritchard  shows young people how to be V.I.P.’s to use Vision, Initiative, and Perspective as tools for making good choices. 
2. Acting On Your Values (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard talks with students to discover how knowing what we value can guide us in making choices that are right for us.  It is a candid exploration of the values on which today’s teens base their lives, where those values come from, and what meaning they have, as teenagers grow toward adulthood. 
3. Self-Esteem (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard and students consider what self-esteem is, what it does for us, and how we can tap into it.  The underlying message of this show is that good self-esteem leads to good choices, and good choices lead to great self-esteem. 
4. Coping With Pressures (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard and high school students talk about the pressures they face, from academic competition to peer acceptance and parental expectations.
5. Drugs and Alcohol--Part 1 (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard encourages teenagers to come to grips with the question of what to do when "just say no" and "just say yes" just won’t do.  Students talk openly and honestly about the choices (good and bad) they have made with alcohol and drug use. 
6. Drugs and Alchohol--Part 2 (30 Min.) -- Drugs and Alcohol Part II – Michael Pritchard and students examine how chemical abuse damages relationships, what you can and cannot do about it, and how to respond when a chemically dependent person asks you for help.  It is a useful and enlightening look at what to do when someone you care about is hooked. 
7. Drinking and Driving (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard and teenagers talk about how to stay out of (or get out of) drinking/driving predicaments and still be cool. 
8. Sex (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard encourages teenagers to think more critically about their attitudes and approaches to sexual behavior.  Students consider the thorny issues they face in making decisions about sex, and grapple with the question of how to make choices tonight that you can live with tomorrow. 
9. Friendship and Dating (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard and high school students take a heart-warming look at how to create and maintain quality relationships. 
10. Depression and Suicide (30 Min.) -- This program presents a clear minded look at what to do if you or someone you care about is at risk.  Host Michael Pritchard and teens identify the signs frequently exhibited by people who are at risk for suicide and discuss the recommended procedures for intervening.  In addition, they  examine ways of coping with the depression and stress that often lead to suicide, and encourage people to ask for help when they feel themselves at risk. 
11. Communicating With Parents (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard visits high schools to explore the critical issue of teen-parent communi- cations.  Through probing dialogue and hypothetical situations, they examine some of the ways in which family communication gets blocked, and consider what kinds of choices they can make to improve the situation. 
12. Raising Your Parents (30 Min.) -- Michael Pritchard and high school students take on the age old question of how to make their relationship with their parents work better.  By defining what they want in their relationship with their parents, and examining how their own actions affect that relationship, these  teenagers uncover some of the keys to getting what they want in the teen/parent alliance. 

A three part series on people with disabilities. Examines the adaptive technologies that liberate the disabled.

Documents the problems faced by runaway kids living on the streets and discusses alternative options for helping them to start over.  

1. Starting Over:  the Long Road Back
2. Children of the Night

Body Works is the ultimate multimedia reference guide to human anatamoy and physiology.  Tour the human body through text, movies, 3D models and animation.  View every layer of the body.  Take a tour of the heart, lungs, digestive system and more--it's all there in full color at the touch of a button.  And now students can attend the multimedia classroom with 10 lessons from "Dr. Bodyworks."  All grades.