Mutch Women's Center for Health Enrichment

Videos

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Videos can be checked out at the Mutch Women’s Health Library located at the Mutch Women’s Center for Health Enrichment at Sanford’s Women’s Health Plaza located at 57th and Western, Sioux Falls  SD. You can call us at  605-328-7155 to reserve the video of your choice.

Videos

Available for check out at the Mutch Women's Health Library.



Videos

Available for check out at the Mutch Women's Health Library.

TITLE PRODUCER DESCRIPTION
Building and Behavior Michael H. Popkin Discover how the power of encouragement helps children learn positive behavior at an early stage.  Understand the importance of taking care of yourself as well as your child.
Common Children Injuries Cambridge Educational This entertaining yet informative video addresses common symptoms and possible home and professional remedies to expect.  How do you decide if a doctor should be consulted?  School age children who have experienced the conditions describe each illness.  Illnesses covered include ear infections, common colds, mumps, tonsillitis, asthma and more.  (45 minutes)
Communicating with Preschool Children Meridian Education Corportation Preschool children are inquisitive, uninhibited, endearing and usually quite talkative.  They are thrilled with their new command of spoken language and eager to ask questions, learn songs and poems and repeat everything they hear.  (20 minutes)
Daddy & Me   This video is told through the eyes of children and adults across the country who share about their relationships with their dad both good and bad. It sheds light on the issue of father absence and its effects on individuals and society.
Discipline and Beyond Michael H. Popkin Learn the non-violent discipline skills that really work, and how you can set rules that your toddler can understand and follow.
Home on Your Own Lifecycle Productions, Inc. This video helps parents and children decide when it's safe to be home alone.  Dramatic vignettes depict common problems which kids face when they're on their own after school.  Parents and children discuss their own experiences and solutions to problems, including - Is your child ready for self-care?  How to set limits and establish rules.  How to ensure the safety of the child.  How to prevent alcohol and drug abuse.  How to communicate honestly.  How to juggle work and family responsibilities.  (18 minutes)
Kids Calm: Helping Children Manage Stress Meridian Education Corporation Today's kids are bombarded with intense stimuli, high expectations, family discord, and peer pressures.  It's a little bit like living inside a kaleidoscope where the landscape is constantly changing.  Children are stressed and most often they don't know it.  What's more, parents aren't noticing their children's anxiety.  Kids and parents need help recognizing and managing stress.  "KIDS.CALM:HELPING CHILDREN MANAGE STRESS" explores the reasons for youth and adult stress and offer tools and strategies for developing a healthy and balanced lifestyle. (20 minutes)
Latch-Key Families Films for the Humanities & Sciences Some ten million American youngsters of school age are now "latch-key" children.  This program offers guidance to working parents with children who are on their own after school.  Educational and law enforcement specialists explain how parents can provide for the safety and emotional needs of their children, and how rules for conduct can best be set and chores assigned, so that the experience can help teach children maturity and independence.  (23 minutes, color)
Life in the Fast Food Lane Cambridge Educational The lunch hour calls most Americans to the drive-thru lane.  Knowing what to eat can be tricky because most menus in fast food restaurants are high in fat, calories and sodium.  This video provides tips for making wise fast food choices.  An excellent program for those who want to eat healthy but continue to find themselves trapped in the fast food lane.  (36 minutes)
Monsters in the Closet: Childhood Fears & Anxieties Meridian Education Corporation This video provides some background information on types of fears children experience, the ages at which many specific fears surface, and some common sense answers for parents and other providers to help children cope.  The childhood fears discussed in this video relate to normal, healthy cognitive development.  Phobias, irrational or abnormal anxiety, or other debilitating fears are not considered under the broad category of childhood fears and anxieties and not addressed in MONSTERS IN THE CLOSET.  Management of these kinds of behaviors is better left to professionals.  (16 minutes)
My Brother Bit Me! Louise Welsh Schrank Being a parent of one child is a challenge.  But when that child turns into a sibling, new problems and possibilities arise.  Every day life is filled with situations that cause conflict between siblings--sharing toys, getting along with siblings, settling arguments with siblings.  This video will show parents how they can help their kids learn to solve conflicts on their own instead of demanding ready-made solutions presented by adults.  (19 minutes)
Shaking, Hitting, Spanking - What To Do Instead Stephen J. Bavolek, Ph.D This video is an intriguing title for a parenting video.  The underlying assumption to the title is that there are alternatives to hitting.  This assumption, however, is not always fully appreciated, is often challenged, is doubted, ridiculed, and rejected by many parents and professionals.  The only people who know spanking doesn't work and who truly believe in alternatives are the children: the unfortunate recipients of momentary parental anger, frustration, and an overall temporary sense of incompetence.  (30 minutes)
Skills for Single Parents Sunburst Realistic, upbeat, and positive, this video concentrates on four major concerns of single parents: children's feelings of loss and anger, co-parenting issues, managing time and resources, and dating.  In addition, a group of single parents offers information, pragmatic advice, and encouragement through anecdotes about their own lives.  (37 minutes - Teaching guide included).
Stranger Danger Cambridge Research Group, LTD. Almost every parent is afraid of having a child kidnapped or turn up missing.  Many parents believe their child would not go with a stranger and hope that their belief will never be tested.  Though statistics make the chance of abductions by a stranger appear small, the parents of abducted children will tell you this number is larger than life.  Stranger safety should be taught to children just as they are taught about fire and water safety.  Like any other kind of learning, stranger safety rules need to be reinforced through conversation, role playing, and repetition. STRANGER DANGER is a thorough program that shows parents and care givers how to teach safety rules to childr; how to help children recognize who is or isn't a stranger; where to instruct children to find safety zones if they are scared or in danger; and how to prepare children to become streetwise to potentially dangerous situations.  The goal is to teach parents how not to scare children but to prepare them.  By knowing how to react to strangers, children could save their own lives in the event of an incident. This program is a must for anyone raising or caring for children. (30 minutes)
Today's Special - A Fresh Approach to Meals for Preschoolers Far West Laboratory Every day they are on the job, child care professionals can influence the lifelong health of children by helping them learn nutritious eating habits.  The first five years of each child's life provide a window of opportunity for caregivers.  Every snack, every meal, every day is important.  Children need grains, fruits, vegetables, dairy products and other sources of protein.  What children often get too much of are things like fats, salt, and sugar.  Consumption of too much of those foods as a child can lead to overindulgence as an adult and may increase the risk of cancer, obesity, heart disease, and other chronic conditions. (26 minutes)
Toilet Training Your Child T. Berry Brazelton, M.D. In this award-winning video, Dr. Brazelton guides parents through the toilet training process.  Dr. Brazelton answers such questions as: When is my child ready for toilet training?, What are the keys to toilet training?, Should I pressure my child to use the potty?  (20 minutes)
What You Need To Know About Your 1-to-4 Year-Old (video 1) Michael H. Popkin Understand the four ages and stages of development every child goes through, and how to enhance your child's learning at each stage.
When Mom + Dad Break Up Paramount Pictures Was it my fault?  Do Mom and Dad still love me?  Will I always feel bad?  Nearly 45% of today's children will go through divorce - and ask questions like these.  Finally, here are some answers:  WHEN MOM AND DAD BREAK UP, hosted by Alan Thicke (TV's Growing Pains) and developed with leading family experts.  Reassuring and entertaining, this special program uses music, dance, animation and kid-to-kid straight talk to help youngsters who feel bad, mad or sad feel a whole lot better. Recommended for ages 4-12.  (32 minutes)
When To Call The Doctor If Your Child Is Ill Cambridge Educational This informative video describes what to look for when deciding the seriousness of medical conditions for both infants and children of all ages, and teaches what information to gather prior to calling the doctor.  Viewers see life-like situations where parents must decide if they should use self-help methods or call the doctor immediately.  Common illnesses of infants and children are explored, warning signs described, and possible treatments explained.
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