Child Development

12/1/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on helping young children learn to control their behavior and their bodies.  Defines self-control and demonstrates how to teach it to children.  Suggests discipline methods for active children.  VHS VIDEO, PRINT MATERIALS.  Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.

5/27/04 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.   Suggests what to do with an angry child, ways to prevent anger and activities to calm angry children and adults.  Discusses anger at different ages of child development. VHS VIDEO, PRINT MATERIALS.  Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES.

4/14/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on helping children learn thinking skills.  Suggests ways to guide children to explore options and solve problems. VHS VIDEO, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. 

Four part series of programs on children’s temperament aimed at health care providers.  The first tape provides an introduction to nine key temperament traits – sensitivity, intensity, activity level, approach/withdrawal, adaptability, persistence, mood, rhythmicity and distractibility. The remaining three videos describe and demonstrate some challenging temperament combinations and provide strategies for guiding parents whose children have those particular traits. FOUR VHS VIDEOS (20–22 minutes each).

Part of Time Warner Cable of NE Wisconsin’s “Bridging Hmong American” series aimed at helping the Hmong adjust to life in the U.S.  Explains how to handle leaving children home alone.  Recommends steps to take in case of an emergency, outlines safety precautions for all family members to consider and encourages families to talk them through before leaving family members home alone. VHS VIDEO (Hmong Language).  Part of Series - BRIDGING HMONG AMERICAN.

4/26/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Teaches how to help children expand their play: when to step in, when to step out, what questions to ask, how to get them to think AND how great play reduces discipline problems. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.

10/6/05 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the current thinking about very active children.  Discusses whether they are hyperactive or is this normal behavior?  Provides strategies for helping active children fit into your program. VHS VIDEO, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. 

A short-term, video-based curriculum aimed at young, non-custodial fathers in need of knowledge and skills associated with competent parenting.  Covers a broad range of topics including nutrition, child behavior, stress and hygiene. THREE VHS VIDEOS, CASSETTE TAPE, CURRICULUM & TRAINING GUIDE.

12/13/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Explains what young children understand about math at each age, why hands-on learning is the best way for children to learn math and demonstrates simple math activities to do with infants, toddlers & preschoolers. DVD, PRINT  MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. 

Four part series of programs on children’s temperament for parents.  The first tape provides an introduction to nine key temperament traits – sensitivity, intensity, activity level, approach/withdrawal, adaptability, persistence, mood, rhythmicity and distractibility. The remaining three videos describe and demonstrate some challenging temperament combinations and provide strategies for working with parents whose children have those particular traits. FOUR VHS VIDEOS (15-17 minutes each).

Audio recording of presentation by Ann Adalist-Estrin which explores the developmental influences on children of prisoners and responds to the needs of infants, toddlers and preschoolers with an incarcerated parent.  Print materials include a temperament rating scale to help better understand a child’s reactionary behaviors and moods.  Also includes a list of family coping styles, guide for the developmental structure and parent’s roles with children, and information on working with children coping with separation issues. AUDIO CD-ROM, DISK WITH PRINTABLE PROGRAM MATERIALS.

10/11/07 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the importance of helping children recognize other’s feelings.  Demonstrates methods for teaching children how to solve problems with others in non-violent ways. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. 

3/13/08 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents. Focuses on making science activities fun for children and adults while they learn the basics.  Teaches the process of science inquiry for young children and how children’s daily science explorations can be encouraged. DVD,  PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.

10/21/04 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Examines some of the differences between how adults and children view and feel about things.  Explores a number of issues in working with young children that are often described as problematic.  These include superhero play, sharing, tantrums, biting, sitting quietly, making transitions, picky eaters and others.  Presents each issue from the child’s perspective and the adult’s, then gives solutions. VHS VIDEO, LEADER GUIDE. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series. 

5/14/09 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on the importance of curiosity as a crucial component of children’s learning   Bruce Perry has described curiosity as the beginning of a “cycle of learning” which leads to exploration, discovery, and eventually mastery of learning as the cycle repeats itself with new curiosities and discoveries. This program discusses how to spark kids’ curiosity by adding interesting, everyday materials to activity areas and how to ask open ended questions to help children keep thinking and exploring. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS. Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES.

Educational program consisting of six 50-minute lessons, designed to improve the teamwork skills of 2nd through 4th graders.  Focuses on helping children develop skills of planning, cooperating and appreciating differences.  Encourages children to work and play together in more caring and cooperative ways in today’s more diverse society.  VHS VIDEO, PRINT MATERIALS.

5/9/02 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Focuses on what to expect from two year olds and how they can make it in a group setting.  Suggests ways providers can help toddlers resolve problems with sharing, biting and separation.  Also discusses discipline how-to’s for twos, as well as eating and toilet times. VHS VIDEO, PROGRAM GUIDE (10 pages).  Part of BETTER KID CARE SERIES.

Video of a presentation given by Angela Wiley, Asst. Prof. Applied Family Studies at the University of Illinois on March 26, 2008.  Wiley asserts that in most families, mealtimes are the only time they have face-to-face contact.  She addresses concerns about changes in the American family mealtime in terms of social, nutritional and child development aspects. DVD.

12/12/02 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and families.  Focuses on issues involving kindergarten readiness.  Topics include – Learn what children really need (and don’t need) before starting school, Simple things you can do to prepare children for school, Helping parents understand what children need and Starting infants and toddlers on the right track. VHS VIDEO,   LEADER GUIDE. Part of BETTER KID CARE Series.

10/16/08 Penn State videoconference intended for child care providers and parents.  Focuses on what children of different ages know and understand about time.  Why do children and adults struggle when it’s time to clean up?  Discusses ways to build on children’s understanding of “yesterday,” “today,” and “tomorrow”. DVD, PRINT MATERIALS.