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NUMBER
FOCUS
TITLE
YEAR
VHS 371.1
AI
Working it Out at Madison High II:  Metting of Minds
Tom disagrees with the fact that his teacher gives the class a pop quiz because of misbehavior.  Tom says that he will not pay the price because the teacher is not in control of the class.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1993
VHS 616.8
AI
Working it Out at Madison High II:  The Girl Most Likely To…"
Sheri is feeling the pressure of an overloaded schedule and maintaining the "A"average she needs to get a scholarship for veterinary school.
Grade(s):  9-12     25 mins.
1993
VHS 306.73
AI
Working it Out at Madison High:  Not Just Anybody
The objective of this video is to help students realize that friendship and mutual respect are the cornerstone of healthy sexual relationships.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1992
DVD 547
AL
The Teen Files:  The Truth About Drinking
In this program, teens who are current drinkers see firsthand what the future may hold what the future may hold for them if they continue to drink.  
Grade(s):  6-12     46 mins.
1998
DVD 547
AL
Smashed:  Toxic Tales of Teens and Alcohol
HBO family documentary presents the devastating consequences of underage drinking.
(Graphic language)
Grade(s):  6-12     75 mins.
2004
VHS 659.1
AL
Sex, Lies and Profits
A critical look at the advertising practices of the alcohol industry.
Grade(s):  6-12     22 mins.
1994
VHS 547
AL
The Truth About Teen Alcohol Use 101:  A Social Norms Approach
The video shows high school students that - regardless of what they assumed was going on - most of their peers do not drink.
Grade(s):  10-12    24 mins.
2002
VHS 547
AL
One Too Many
A moving and tragic story about four  high school students, whose friendship is threatened by irresponsible drinking.  Tells the destructive legacy of alcohol abuse on young people.
Grade(s):  9-12     31 mins.
2000
VHS 547
AL
Brandon Tells His Story
After spending two months in a coma and two years in rehab, Brandon tells what it is like to fight everyday to get his life back to where it was before a car accident.
Grade(s):  9-12     28 mins.
1999
VHS 362.292
AL
Working it Out at Madison High II:  Boy Wonder
Tom is a good student, top athlete and has  a lot of responsibility at home taking care of his little brother, Teddy.  His mother works a lot and is an alcoholic.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1992
VHS 547
AL
Binge Drinking Blowout
Through interviews, this video presents a compelling overview of the hazards of binge drinking.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1988
DVD 547
AL
Too Much:  The Extreme Dangers of Binge Drinking
This DVD deals with the truth about alcohol poisoning, drunk driving and health risks of excessive drinking.
Grade(s):  9-12     26 mins.
2006
DVD 547
AL
Teen Truth:  An Inside Look at Drug and Alcohol Abuse
The goal of this DVD is to increase teens' awareness of the risks they may be taking and the consequences associated with drug and alcohol use.
Grade(s):  9-12     21 mins.
2007
DVD 641.2
AL
A Stone's Throw:  Adult Alcohol Use and Its Impact on Youth Attitudes and Behavior
This DVD explains how adult attitudes and behavior with alcohol can affect youth attitudes and behavior with alcohol.
Grade(s): 9-12     5 mins.
1994
VCOO 2312
AL
Different Like Me
This video is about a student in school who is dealing with a drinking parent at home, how it affects his grades and the responsibility he feels at home to take care of the situation and how frustrated he gets.
Grade(s):  9-12     32 mins.
1989
VHS 362.29
AL
Drinking and Driving
Comedian/teen counselor Michael Pritchard visits with teenagers across the country to talk about how to stay out of drinking/driving predicaments and still be cool.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1988
VCOO 3113
AL
Drunk Driving:  The Party's Over
This video gives students an opportunity to consider the consequences of drunk driving driving from a different and unique perspective.  They become a juror in a trial in which
the injured party is suing the teenage driver who went on a "beer run."
Grade(s):  9-12     1988
1988
VHS 547
AL
Straight Talk              
Roland Abner's straight talk has incredible impact, since his knowledge of drugs is first  hand.  He was a heroid addict by the age of eleven, and an alcoholic by fifteen.
Grade(s):  9-12     
1988
VHS 547
AL
Straight Talk About Drunk Driving Part I:  The Friends
One minute, four friends were joyriding in a jeep.  The next minute, two of the four friends were joyriding in a jeep.  The next minute, two of the four were dead-victims of drunk driving accident.
Grade(s):  9-12     
1987
VHS 547
AL
Straight Talk About Drunk Driving Part II:  The Survivor
Becky, a young woman whose fiance died in a headone drunk driving accident, visits high schools and talks to teenagers about drunk driving.
Grade(s):  9-12     
1987
VHS 547
AL
Straight Talk About Drunk Driving Part III: The Killer
This vignette shows how deeply a fatal drunk driving accident affects the teenager who caused it.  This storys shows what "sentenced for life" means from the victim's point of view.
Grade(s):  9-12     16 mins.
1987
VHS 362.29
AL
Straight Talk:  Getting Straight
Former users of AOD talk about how life is different for them "clean."  Discussion of treatment and halfway houses, prevention/intervention programs, foster homes and 12 Step programs are included.
Grade(s):  9-12     50 mins.
1993
640
AL
Life Skills Training:  Promoting Health and Personal Development Year 1
This program has been designed for use with middle/junior high school students.  Includes teacher manual, additional booster sessions, and student work guides.  Consist of 14 units to be taught in sequence.  
Grade(s):  6-9
2000
640
AL
Life Skills Training:  Promoting Health and Personal Development Year 2
This program has been designed for use with middle/junior high school students. 
Includes teacher manual, additional booster sessions, and student work guides. 
Consist of 10 units to be taught in sequence.  
Grade(s):  6-9
2000
640
AL
Life Skills Training:  Promoting Health and Personal Development Year 3
This program has been designed for use with middle/junior high school students.  Includes teacher manual, additional booster sessions, and student work guides. 
Consist of  9 units to be taught in sequence.  
Grade(s):  6-9
2000
VHS 657.1
AL/TO
Ad Libbing It
Focuses on alcohol and tobacco advertising methods that lure young people.
Grade(s):  6-8     18 mins.
1991
DVD 155.4
BV
Scars
A powerful and uplifting story about a bully who had to become a victim in order to understand the pain of bullied children. 
Grade(s):  6-8    40 mins.
2002
DVD 155.4
BV
First and Last Day at Middle School
A day when a little bit of bullying in the school restroom went terribly wrong.
Grade(s):  K-5     22 mins.
1997
VHS 155.4
BV
Joey
A 13 year old is bullied almost everyday at school.  This story is a profound statement about the bullying problem and the consequences this behavior has on all involved.
Grade(s):  5-12     27 mins.
2000
VHS 155.4
BV
Sticks and Stones:  The Truth About Bullying
Victimes speak of being bulliled and tormented in school - discussion about facts of bullying and bullying preventioni programs.
Grade(s):  6-12   27 mins.
2004
VHS 155.4
BV
The In Crowd and Social Cruelty
ABC News Special on social cruelty and bullying in schools among all ages.  Former student bullies and victims share their stories.
Grade(s):  K-12     40 mins.
2002
VHS 155.4
BV
Carl:  The Ultimate Price of Bullying and Teasing
Inspired by a true story, Carl teens of a young man's experience with being teased.
(Strong language.)
Grade(s):  9-12     35 mins.
1999
VHS 371.5
BV
No Name-Calling:  Creating Safe Environments
This program contains activities aimed at ending name-calling and verbal bullying in schools.  The program includes a video, teacher's guide, fact sheets, study activity sheets and ideas for discussion and role-play.
Grade(s): 5-8   28 mins.
2004
VHS 371.5
BV
Sticks and Stones:  Let's Talk About Teasing
This program teaches children the elements and consequences of teasing and bullying. It also presents students with a broad diversity of situations and the opportunity to
make good decisions in different teasing and bullying scenarios.
Grade(s):  3-6   23 mins.
1995
VHS  155.4
BV
Stop Bullying Now!  Take A Stand.  Lend A Hand.
This DVD includes 12 webisodes created to depict a wide variety of characters at a school who are involved in common forms of bullying.
Grade(s):  5-8   
2006
VHS 155.4
BV
Student Workshop:  Gossiping, Taunting, Bullying:  It's All Harassment
With the encouragement of a school counselor, young teens poignantly share their own experiences coping with bullying, taunting, and teasing. 
Grade(s):       24 mins.
2001
VHS 155.4
BV
Bullies are a Pain in the Brain
Jack finds himself getting picked on, pushed around, and threatened by a bully!  He tries self-defense, insults, diguises and even skipping school, but nothing works!  It's up to Trevor and Skye to help Jack discover the secret of becoming bully-proof.
Grade(s):  K-12     30 mins.
2004
VHS 155.4
BV
Hurting on the Inside:  Girls and Bullying
This video discusses why and how girls bully and how bullying can be dealt with successfully and brought under control. 
Grade(s):  9-12    25 mins.
2002
CDR  155.4
BV
Bullying Primer
The Safe Schools Professional Development CD Series includes 3-5 scenarios that represent "real life" circumstances that challenge the learner to respond appropriately. Each course also includes an assessment instrument.
Grade(s):  Adults     Self-paced
2007
CDR  155.4
BV
Bullying Recognition and Response
The Safe Schools Professional Developmen CD Series includes 3-5 scenarios that represent "real life" circumstances that challenge the learner to respond appropriately.
Grade(s):  Adults    Self-paced
2007
BK 155.4
BV
Conquering Bullies
Program uses stories, role playing and songs to teach important bullying preventionskills.  The activities give students time to think, share, plan and practice before havingto confront a bully.
Grade(s):  ?     256 pages
2005
BK 155.4
BV
How Not To Be a Bully Target
This program helps targets of bullying behavior to appreciate and tap into their own inner-strengths.  The self-confidence building techniques empower children to realize that they deserve to be treated with dignity.
Grade(s):  3-6   183 pages
2007
BK 155.4
BV
Mean Girls - 101 Creative Strategies
Resources to work with girls who are relationally aggressive and those who have been victimized by this type of bullying.
Grade(s):  6-12   128 pages
2007
BK 155.4
BV
No Putdowns - 3-5
This program was developed to create a healthy "non-toxic" learning environment through interdisciplinary, character-building activities.  Student will be able to recognize
the effects of putdowns on themselves and others.
Grade(s):  3-5     295 pages
2006
BK 155.4
BV
No Putdowns K-2
This program was developed to create a healthy, "non-toxic" learning environment through interdisciplinary, character-building activities.  Stuents will be able to recognize the effects of putdowns on themselves and others.
Grade(s):  K-2    276 pages

2006
DVD 362.82
BV
The Ten Signs of Relationship Abuse
This DVD helps students identify the warning signs of relationship abuse and instructs young viewers on how to free themselves of unhealthy, potentially dangerous dating relationships.
Grade(s):        28 mins.
2008
371.7
BV
Get Real About Violence:  Changing the Norms 
This curriculum acts as a base from which students can begin to strengthen their existing, nonviolent attitudes and behaviors, and change any violent ones as well as impact the attitudes and behaviors of those around them.
Grade(s) 6-9 



1994
371.7
BV
Second Step:  A Violence Prevention Curriculum
A curriculum kit designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence.  Teaches skills in empathy, impulse control,
and anger management.
Grade(s):  1 
2002
371.7
BV
Second Step:  A Violence Prevention Curriculum
A curriculum kit designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence.  Teaches skills in empathy, impulse control, and anger management.
Grade(s):  2
2002
371.7
BV
Second Step:  A Violence PreventionCurriculum
A curriculum kit designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence.  Teaches skills in empathy, impulse control,
and anger management.
Grade(s):  3
2002
371.7
BV
Second Step:  A Violence Prevention Curriculum
A curriculum kit designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence.  Teaches skills in empathy, impulse control,
and anger management.
Grade(s):  4
2002
371.7
BV
Second Step:  A Violence Prevention Curriculum
A curriculum kit designed to reduce impulsive and aggressive behavior in children and increase their level of social competence.  Teaches skills in empathy, impulse control,
and anger management.
Grade(s):  5 
2002
371.1
BV
SECOND STEP:  Violence Prevention
Program integrates social and emotional learning with academics. Students learn and practice vital social skills, such as empathy, emotion management, problem solving, and
cooperation.
Grade(s):  6-8

2002
302.3
BV
Steps to Respect:  Bullying Prevention Program    
Children learn and practice bullying prevention skills, including how to recognize,
refuse, and report bullying, and how to make friends.
Grade(s):  3 or 4 (Level I)
2006
302.3
BV
Steps to Respect:  Bullying Prevention Program    
Children learn and practice bullying prevention skills, including how to recognize, refuse, and report bullying, and how to make friends.
Grade(s):  4 or 5 (Level II)
2006
302.3
BV
Steps to Respect:  Bullying Prevention Program    
Children learn and practice bullying prevention skills, including how to recognize, refuse, and report bullying, and how to make friends.
Grade(s):  5 or 6 (Level I)
2006
VHS 302.3
BV
Gangs…You Decide
This video is designed to help you think through what gang life is really all about.  Viewers will learn that it is possible to avoid getting in a gang.
Grade(s):  9-12  Professionals   42 mins.  Graphic information.  Preview recommended.
1994
VHS 364.106
BV
Gangs:  Signs and Symptoms
This video was produced to make parents, educators and other concerned adultsaware of the signs and symptoms of gang activity.
Grade(s):  Professionals/Parents    18 mins
1995
VCOO 3131
BV/DR
Acquaintance Rape, Drugs and You
The video emphasizes the need for better communication and respect between men and women, and brings out into the open some of the misunderstanding and
misconceptions that frequently lead to trouble.
Grade(s):          18 mins.
1997
302.3
BV/DR
SECOND STEP: Student Success  Through Prevention
The  research-based  program for middle school teaches that addresses the following:  substance abuse prevention, bullying prevention,   violence prevention, empathy and communication,   emotion management and coping,   problem solving, decision making, and goal setting
Grade(s):  6-8
2008
DVD 155.4
CB
Inbox
This DVD is a powerful tool that addresses the current trend of cyber bullying;
the use of electronics to harass and bully someone. 
Grade(s):  5-12    25 mins.
2005
CDR 371.5
CB
Online Safety Cyberbullying
The Safe Schools Professional Development CD series includes 3-5 scenarios that
represent "real life" circumstances that challenges the learner to respond appropriately
to online cyberbullying.
Grade(s):  Adults   Self-paced
2007
VHS 155.4
CE
The Power of One
An uplifting and moving film dealing with new kids and the lessons they bring to their new school and classmates.  Addresses the important issue of respect and fairness.
Grade(s): K-5     24 mins.
2005
DVD 302.2
CE
I Can Communicate
This series helps children understand what constitutes good communication, and learnwhy this skill is necessary in order to foster healthy relationships and to succeed in school.
Grade(s):  5-8     43 mins.
2008
121
CE
SPIN - Truth, Tubas and George Washington
Theme:  It's always better to tell the truth, even if it doesn't seem like a good idea at first.
Grade(s):  4-7    30 mins.
1994
170
CE
SNAP:  How to Act Like a Responsible Almost-Adult
Theme:  Accepting responsibility is the right thing to do, even when it means makinga sacrifice.
Grade(s):  4-7   30 mins.
1994
658.4
CE
SMASH:  How to Survive Junior High by Really Trying
Theme:  People can accomplish things through teamwork that they could never accomplish on their own.
Grade(s):  4-7  30 mins.
1994
155.2
CE
SHRUG:  The Self-Doubting Thomas
Theme:  Everybody can do something well; everyone has worth and value as a person.
Grade(s):  4-7    30 mins.
1994
179
CE
SLAM:  Full Court Perseverance
Theme:  Never give up.  As long as you keep trying and do your best, you have the chance to overcome almost any obstacle.
Grade(s):  4-7   30 mins.
1995
VHS  371.2
DO
Working it Out at Madison High II:  Class Act
Discouraged and frustrated, Greg seriously considers dropping out of school.  His friend
Josie, talks sense into him.  Greg signs a contract with the principal and is given another
chance.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1992
VHS 371.2
DO
Working it Out at Madison High II:  On the Curb
For Carol, hanging out on the streets with her friend Sonia and a pair of homeless dropouts is an escape from the emotional constraints of school and the stresses at home.
Grade(s):  9-12     25 mins.
1993
VHS 362.29
DR
The Teen Files:  The Truth About Drugs
A powerful program that graphically demonstrates the direct physical effects and dangers of drug use.
Grade(s):  6-12     30 mins.
1998
VHS 302.2
DR
Briding the Gap
The story of 3 families' communication success dealing with issues like drugs and domestic violence.
Grade(s):  6-12     23 mins.
2000
VHS 362.29
DR
Straight Talk About Anabolic Steroids
This video features interviews with players, team doctors, athletic trainers as they talk straight to young people about steroids.
Grade(s):  6-12     20 mins.
1997
VHS 362.29
DR
Straight Talk:  Hitting Rock Bottom
Former users tell true stories of their use and abuse of ATOD's.  The stories illustrate the short time from "experimentation" to "addiction" for many young people.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1993
VHS 362.29
DR
Straight Talk:  Starting Early
This video describes 19 youthful AOD former users and their experiences with alcohol and other drugs and their families' use and experiences.  This presentation provides a balanced look at the types of backgrounds which produce AOD users/abusers.
Grade(s):  9-12     30 mins.
1993
VHS 362.29
DR
Drugs
This video examines misconceptions about drug use among inner-city African-American and suburban white teens and discusses statistics that disprove the common belief that
the heart of the drug problem lies in the heart of America's cities.
Grade(s):  9-12   30 mins.
1992
VHS 362.29
DR
Drug Free Kids:  The Power of Self Reliance In Saying No!
This video is about how saying no to drugs is not easy.  Fifty percent of all suicides is drug or alcohol related.  It also talks about pressures that lead to drug and alcohol abuse.  Interviews with drug free kids are shared.
Grade(s):   5-8    27 mins.
1992
VHS.362.29
DR
How to Raise A Drug-Free Child
Mary Tyler Moore talks directly to parents and other adults who want to know what they can do to combat drug use among American children.
Grade(s):  Adults     30 mins.
1990
DVD 362.29
DR
Huffing:  The Latest Facts about Inhalant Abuse
This DVD communicates the truth about inhalants through straight facts and hard-hitting, real life stories from abusers and their families and friends.
Grade(s):  9-12     20 mins.
2007
VCOO 3132
DR
Marijuana:  Setting Things Straight
This video examines the history of marijuana use, its psychological, emotional, and the legal consequences for those who use it.
Grade(s):  ?     17 mins.
1995
VCOO 3134
DR
Methamphetamine:  Under the Ice
This video uses state-of-the-art effects and graphics and a straight-forward, fact-filled narration to explain what methamphetamine is, how and where it is produced, the
history of meth, and what is does to the body.
Grade(s):  ?   16 mins.
1997
VCOO 2322
DR
Not Me!
This video illustrates how innocently people can become trapped into using drugs to gain friends and how easily they then can lose those things held most dear, including their life.
Grade(s):  Adults   40 mins.
1988
DVD 362.29
DR
Rushing, Crashing, Dying:  The Meth Epidemic
This DVD educates teens by outlining the risks of the drug and uses recovering addicts' own stories to illustrate the potential harm.
Grade(s):  9-12    25 mins.
2006
VCOO 2773
DR
Teen Issues:  Inhalant Abuse
This video explores the rising trend of inhalant abuse among teens.  Viewers meet the parents of a young man who lost his life to inhalants before his thirteenth birthday and hear their tragic story.
Grade(s):         15 mins.
1997
VHS 362.29
DR
The Boy Who Was Swallowed by the Drug Monster
Drugs are monsters that can swallow children.  This video gets this point across to everyone.  Vince (now an adult) speaks directly from jail and tells how his childhood was taken away from him.
Grade(s):  K-12   13 mins.
1994
VHS 646.7
DR
Working it Out at Madison II:  Last Pick
Paul Devries is hung up on how he looks.  Hoping that bodybuilding will pump up his frame, Paul joins a gym and is taken under the tutelage of a steroid hunk.
Grade(s):  9-12     24 mins.
1993
VHS 177
DR
Working it Out at Madison:  Best Friends
Laura has always considered Carol her best friend.  Now Laura find Carol evasive whenever she tries to spend time with her.  Her old friend is a lot more interested in a new circle of friends who seem to be involved in abusing alcohol and other drugs.
Grade(s):  9-12  25 mins.
1992
DVD 178
TO
Death in the West
Documentary that juxtaposes the healthy image of the Marlboro Man with the stark reality of real cowboys dying of smoke-related illnesses.
 Grade(s):  6-12    32 mins.     
1983
DVD 178
TO
Smokeless…Not Harmless
Looks back at the many tactics used to sell smokeless tobacco over the past century.
Grade(s): 9-12    5 mins.
2002
DVD 178
TO
I Can't Breathe:  A Smoker's Story
A single mother of two suffering from a 15-year addiction to cigarettes tells her story.
Grade(s):  6-12     19 mins.
2002
DVD 178
TO
Women and Smoking:  Seven Deadly Myths
This video explores the myths about smoking and empowers women to become or stay smoke-free.
Grade(s):  9-12     17 mins.
2002
DVD 178
TO
Secrets Through the Smoke
Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, the tobacco industry's highest-ranking former executive, acknowledges the devastating effects of smoking on health.
Grade(s):  6-12     55 mins.
2002
VHS 178
TO
Teen Smoking
This program talks to teens in their own language and gives them the hard facts about what smoking can do to their bodies and their lives.
Grade(s): 7-12     23 mins.
1999
VHS  178
TO
Smoking Stinks!
This animated video reinforces children's tobacco refusal skills and confronts media messages that glamorize smoking.  Through music and song, lively characters encounter
cigarettes and smoking and make decisions not to smoke.
Grade(s):  K-3     8 mins.
1994
302.3
Steps to Respect:  Bullying Prevention Program Support Kit
This kit contains the training manual
Grade(s):  Professional Staff
2006