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Alcohol & Addictions Resource Center VIDEO LIBRARY Alcohol & Addictions Resource Center 818 E. Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46617 (574) 234-6024 (574) 234-6025 FAX Email: [email protected] Website: www.aarcinfo.org Videos/DVDs may be borrowed for a maximum of two weeks. The borrower will be responsible for all videos/dvds checked out under the borrower’s name with the understanding that materials lost or damaged will be replaced by the borrower within fourteen (14) days from the due date. Identification with a current home address and home and work telephone numbers will be required for loan. Please be kind to our videos and DVDs. We have limited resources and would like to our library to grow and many people to benefit from it. 1 1 ABC NEWS Prime Time Live 30 minutes Interview with author- "Drinking: A Love Story" See newspaper article, book in AARC library. 186 ACTING ON YOUR VALUES #2 in the Power of Choice series 30 minutes 2 ADAM'S LAST DAY 16 minutes All Ages, especially for teens, young adults A Day One report about the death of Adam Clingenpeel, killed in an automobile accident over Thanksgiving weekend. The driver of the car was Adam's close friend, Neil Glancy. Neil was drunk. Also available in DVD. 256 ADDICTED 60 minutes Documentary on addictions in America hosted by Linda Ellerbee. First in the FACES OF ADDICTION series. 65 ADDICTION (DVD) HBO 90 minutes The critically acclaimed documentary plus over 5 hours of additional material, including 13 comprehensive segments and interviews, plus a 12 page program guide. 3 ADOLESCENT TREATMENT APPROACHES (2) NIDA 25 minutes What kinds of problems do adolescents bring with them when they enter treatment and what techniques will best treat them? The videotape stresses the importance of understanding the specific needs that accompany adolescent development as the key to success in treatment. this understanding begins with accurate assessment and continues with aftercare monitoring. The videotape examines the family's role in treating alcohol and other drug problems among adolescents. Family therapy and other treatment programs are also presented. 273 ADULTS: HOW TO TALK TO KIDS ABOUT DRUGS CADCA 4 AL-ANON Hope and Help for Families & Friends of Alcoholics Ideal for orienting staff, volunteers, clients and their families on what Al-Anon is and how it can help families and friends of alcoholics. Al-Anon was featured in the American Medical Review Series, which is fed to all PBS stations in the US and Canada and made available internationally. Video provides a clear, concise explanation of the family disease of alcoholism and how Al- Anon/Alateen can help. It includes sharings from members as well as a medical professional. 11 ALCOHOL – A WOMAN’S HEALTH ISSUE (2 copies) NIAAA 12:25 minutes This video describes the health consequences of heavy drinking in women. Closed captioned. 2 175 ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND THE BRAIN FMS Productions 28 minutes This video is a creative combination of live action and animation and features Dr. Purch’s humor, information and motivation. Taped before a live audience, the tape examines, in detail, the roots of addiction and thoroughly explores and explains the myriad consequences of being “under the influence”. 268 ALCOHOL: True Stories 20 minutes Four young people tell how alcohol impacted their lives. By watching and talking about the video with their peers, it is hoped that young people will make safer choices. Hosted by Matt Damon. Includes Educator’s Discussion Guide, classroom poster and Family Viewing Guide. 169 ALCOHOL & WOMEN National Health Video, Inc. 15 minutes Adult Despite wide spread drinking, women with alcohol-related problems are much less likely to seek help. This may be because alcohol abuse is less socially accepted in women. 5 ALONE IN THE DARK United Learning 27 minutes Grades 9-12 This film dramatizes the potentially lethal consequences of drinking and driving with a focus on issues of peer pressure and decision making. 6 AMERICA IN JEOPARDY: THE YOUNG EMPLOYEE AND DRUGS IN THE WORKPLACE NCADI Publications 20 minutes This fast moving video contains interviews of recovering drug users warning viewers that taking drugs is a very big mistake. The host explains how drugs affect the body and the mind and encourages viewers to get help for themselves if they have an alcohol or drug problem. 64 (THE) ANONYMOUS PEOPLE DVD – 88 minutes NOT AVAILABLE FOR OUTSIDE LOAN A feature documentary about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. 147 AND DOWN WILL COME BABY NCADI 17 minutes 7 ASSESSMENT (2) NIDA 22 minutes What is the assessment process and why is it so important to understand? This videotape gives an overview of the assessment process and makes clinicians more comfortable conducting assessments and selecting diagnostic tools during their client’s treatment. 138 3 ASTHMA IN CHILDREN Time/Life Medical 30 minutes 8 BABES-IN-WAITING (5 copies) Family Care Communications, Inc. 27 minutes Jr./Sr. High This video combines animated unborn babies with real-life mothers in order to motivate adolescents and their families to avoid harmful effects of using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs during pregnancy. 224 B.A.B.E.S. WORLD 86 BABIES CAN’T SAY NO: SUBSTANCE ABUSE DURING PREGNANCY Aims Multimedia 23 minutes Grades 9-12, adult 9 BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR-- BE A DESIGNATED DRIVER “Final Choices…The Brad Shipman Story.” 60 minutes This video depicts how easily alcohol can cause fatal accidents and it outlines the traumatic consequences that can follow. 281 (3 copies) BILL W. AND DR. BOB Hazelden DVD 1:58 plus 25 minute “talk back” session This original off-Broadway production tells the story of how Bill Wilson meets Ohio surgeon Dr. Bob Smith and their founding of Alcoholics Anonymous. It was filmed live in front of the audience at New World States in New York City. 197 BINGE-DRINKING BLOWOUT Discover Films Shows the extreme dangers of alcohol use. 171 BINGE DRINKING/MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER 20/20 12 minutes High school, adult Binge drinking deals with a college student meeting a friend and playing quarters, the next thing he remembers he is in the hospital and has killed 5 members of a family, remembering nothing. The Multiple personality episode is of a man who has written the book, “First Person Singular.” He is a man struggling with 8 personalities. 63 BOMBED! Human Relations Media Grades 7 - College 28 minutes A look at the dark side of alcohol use. The video follows a typical spring-break crowd in Florida and shows teens suffering the consequences of their excesses. The teacher's resource book of student worksheets and assignments will expand students' understanding of the effects of alcohol on their bodies and lives. 4 12 BORN UNDER THE INFLUENCE 30 second advertisements- 2 copies 13 THE BOTTOM LINE Employers and Employees – 2 copies Five vignettes related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism in the workforce. The first three scenes are of enabling employers, the fourth covers termination of the employee and the fifth handles the situation properly with referral to the employee assistance counselor. 228 BRETT BUTLER Alcohol addiction; self disclosure 14 BROKEN CHORD 120 minutes Based on the true story of Michael Doris adopting a Native American child with fetal alcohol syndrome. 276 BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America 15 CAREGIVERS GUIDE FOR DRUG EXPOSED INFANTS Partners in Video 48 minutes Health care professionals, parents A practical hands-on training video shows how to recognize signs of drug exposure in the newborn, how to calm and comfort these infants during drug withdraw, and how to respond to failure to thrive, extreme irritability and other abnormal behavior. Experts in neonatal care, public health and social services explore the many consequences of drug exposure. Foster mothers share practical knowledge they have gained through years of caring for drug exposed infants and toddlers in the home environment. 16 CASE 7201 Employers and employees A somewhat dated film portraying alcohol and drug abuse in the workplace. 149 THE CASE AGAINST LEGALIZATION OF DRUGS (2) Flying Frames Films & Video 234 CDL TRAINING VIDEO: Alcohol-Supervisors Substance Abuse-Supervisors Drug & Alcohol-CDL Drivers 225 A CHALLENGE TO CARE 35 minutes An excellent training video for nurses and social workers – asking the right questions in the right way. 136 CHANGING CHANNELS NCADI 23 minutes 5 20 CHASIN’ LIFE, A DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM FOR PREGNANT WOMEN The American Council for Drug Education 13 minute/2 copies Pregnant adolescents Chronicles a young mother's addiction to drugs while pregnant. Interviews with professionals and parents. Urban setting. 17 CHEMICALLY DEPENDENT WOMAN AND HER CHILD Pyramid Films 30 minutes/2 copies Pregnant women and the effects of their chemical dependency on their babies. From the Indiana State Board of Health 16 minutes 170 CHILDREN OF ALCOHOLICS National Health Video, Inc. 22 minutes Adult A moving story showing an alcoholic family and the effects of alcoholism. Very dramatic. 22 CIRCLE OF RECOVERY Public Affairs Television, Inc. ½”, VHS, 60 minutes Bill Moyers focuses on the story of an African-American recovering drug addict, whose drug abuse began at age 15 and peaked when he found himself in prison. Demonstrates the loss of control and fear of hopelessness common to chronic substance abusers. Conversations and group discussions explore the relationship between struggles and addiction, regardless of ethnicity. 157 CLASSROOM CONNECTIONS: MAKING A DIFFERENCE NCADI 24 minutes Middle school educators, adult Designed to assist middle school educators in building resilience skills in students concerning alcohol and other drugs. TEACHERS GUIDE INCLUDED 275 A,B,C COALITION BUILDING 101, 102, 103 National Institute of Drug Abuse 51 COCAINE AND THE BRAIN 11 minutes 23 COCAINE…BEYOND THE LOOKING GLASS A Dick Young Production for Hazelden ½” VHS, 28 minutes Stories from recovering addicts describe paranoia, repression of feelings and destruction of relationships from their addiction.
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