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This program discusses the effects and consequences of alcohol
use. It outlines the effects that alcohol consumption has on
the body and describes some of the health risks of short and
long term use. The program also summarizes the reasons why teens
chose to drink and the organizations to help with substance
abuse. After completing the program, students will have a better
understanding of alcohol, its effect on the body, what alcohol
dependency is and why a teen may chose to use alcohol.
Subjects Covered Include:
· The effects of alcohol.
· The risks involved with alcohol.
· Alcohol
use & peer pressure.
· The long term health risks
involved with alcohol.
· The parts of the body responsible
for breaking down alcohol.
· Alcohol abuse &
dependency.
· The warning signs of alcohol dependency.
· Organizations to help with alcohol abuse & dependency. |
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This
program discusses the effects and repercussions of drug use
physically and mentally and educates teens on the dangers of
drug use and addiction. After completing the program, students
will have a better understanding of drugs, the effect on the
body, the long and short-term health risks and the addictive
qualities of drugs.
Subjects Covered Include:
· The dangers of drug use.
· Peer pressure & drug use.
· Stimulant drugs and depressant drugs.
· Addiction.
· Physical and mental addiction.
· Prescription drugs.
· The side effects of dangerous drugs.
· Where to turn for help for drug addiction. |
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This program discusses
the effects and repercussions of smoking on the body. It talks
about the reasons teens smoke and why they should not smoke.
After completing the program, students will have a better understanding
of the reasons teens may choose to smoke, what addiction is
and why smoking can lead to major health risks.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Why teens smoke cigarettes.
· The health risks.
· Smoking & peer pressure.
· Dealing with peer pressure.
· The chemicals
found in cigarettes.
· Addiction.
· Tobacco
products.
· Resources to help stop smoking. |
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This program discusses
peer pressure and its effect on teens. It is designed to help
teens feel comfortable discussing issues and the positive and
negative effects of peer pressure. After completing the program,
students will have a better understanding of peer pressure and
its effects.
Subjects Covered Include:
· The positive effects
of peer pressure.
· The negative effects of peer
pressure.
· How to avoid negative peer pressure.
· Where do most peer pressure situations occur.
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Where to turn for help. |
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This program covers
the complex issues surrounding teen's rights at school and discusses
how their rights on campus are different to that in public.
It describes how and why a school is legally allowed to place
restrictions on speech, clothes and behavior, while enforcing
the student's basic civil rights. It also explains a student's
rights to privacy and why a school can search a student's locker,
backpack or car on campus with only reasonable suspicion.
Teens are shown the importance of obeying school rules and why
knowing their rights on campus can reduce fear and replace paranoia
with understanding. It describes the Tinker Test and how a student's
freedom can be limited along with the role and responsibility
of school resource officers on campus.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Students rights on campus.
· Weapons on campus.
· The police on campus.
· The Tinker Test.
· Freedom of expression.
· Teachers protection under the law.
· School restrictions on freedom of expression.
· Where to turn if students suspect their rights are
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This program discusses
the effects and repercussions of weapons and violence on campus.
Learn the methods to control anger and where to get help when
the pressures of being a teen become overwhelming. This series
details the punishments most schools have in effect to curb
fighting on campus. It includes interviews with school officials
on the dangers and punishments involved with bringing a weapon
on to campus.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Weapons on campus.
· A safe learning environment at school.
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Does fighting at school carry penalties?
· Anger
and violence.
· How to avoid a fight.
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Where to turn for help if threatened.
· Punishment
for weapons on campus.
· Punishment for fighting
on campus.
· Anger management & peer-counseling.
· Where to turn for help with an anger issue.
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The programs available to help teens. |
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This program discusses
the relationship of Teens and the Law. It informs teens of the
role of School Resource Officers on campus and how the police
can be of help. Using interviews with officers and teens, students
will gain a broad understanding of laws, why they exist and
how they are enforced. Learn the common laws teens violate,
ways to interact with police, what to do and what not to do
and the role of juvenile courts and the justice system.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Students rights on and
off campus.
· The School Resource Officer.
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How to avoid trouble with the law.
· Local and Federal
Laws.
· Common punishments for breaking the law.
· Juvenile Hall.
· The role of the Police.
· Probation. |
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This program gives an
important overview of racism today in high schools and why racism
can be insidious and destructive in a teen's life.
Students learn about racial tension and how it can lead to problems
in every aspect of high school life. Suggestions and techniques
for diffusing racial tension are presented in a practical and
useful style. Students learn how to open up their mind to the
differences between races on campus, along with the common occurrence
of racial cliques and why they can lead to racism.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Racial cliques.
·
Racism on campus.
· How to diffuse racial tension
on campus.
· The advantages to avoiding racism in
life.
· How to open up to other languages.
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The importance of honesty.
· Why some teens become
racist. |
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This program discusses
bullies and harassment on campus and some of the motivations
behind a bully's behavior. Using interviews with teens that
bully and teens that have been bullied, this program provides
a broad understanding of why bullies do what they do, the best
way to handle them and who can be of help in a harassing situation.
The program discusses the damage to self-esteem when a student
becomes the constant victim of bullying and the ways to avoid
conflict and violence on campus.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Does bullying exist?
· Student harassment.
· How to deal with a bully.
· The law & it's involvement with bullying.
· School rules to protect from harassment.
· How to stand up for yourself.
· Where to turn for help with a harassing situation. |
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Dating is a major part
of high school social life. It should be a positive and enriching
experience that will prepare teens for real life. However too
often dating has a darker side. This program covers the dangers
and potential negative aspects of dating. Students learn about
the harm caused from gossip along with some of the pressure
student's face on and off a date. The program emphasizes the
importance of standing up for yourself in high school. It shows
why "no" means "no!" and how to make your
desires clear. The program also covers the danger and risks
of drugs and alcohol on a date -- and why these substances can
ruin a teen's life. Finally, the program discusses the issue
of teen intimacy and sex and how viewers can make the right
choices for their own morality. This program is an essential
survival guide to today's teens.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Why gossip is a problem.
· Refusal skills and dating.
· Respect and
relationships.
· The risks of sexual intimacy.
· The dangers of drugs and alcohol.
· Date-rape
drugs.
· How to make dating a positive, safe experience.
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Teens live in a complex
world, balancing social and school life. This program helps
teens cope with the experiences and complex lessons of early
dating and opens up the definition of teen dating to match the
reality teen's face today. It gives practical advice for getting
through the first date and encourages teens to be open-minded
on who they choose to date. With emphasizes on personal values
and how a student can use these to make wise choices, this program
identifies some of the common lessons of teen dating and how
to make smart, healthy and positive choices.
Subjects Covered Include:
· How to define a "date."
· Choosing who to date.
· What to do before
the first date.
· Dating outside of one's social
clique.
· Emotions and dating.
· The first
date.
· Sexual intimacy.
· Dating options.
· Safety and dating.
· Dating and life lessons.
The program has a recommended companion title: The Dark Side
of Dating. |
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Depression can be a devastating
condition for teens. It can interfere with school, social life,
family life and virtually every aspect of a teen's life. Unfortunately,
teen depression is common and can often be dangerous and debilitating.
In this program, teens learn about the real risks of teen depression,
how to identify depression and why depression interferes with
a teen's life. Students learn about self-medication and the
dangers of trying to solve chemical imbalances themselves along
with the warning signs of depression and why it's important
to seek help. This program also covers the tragedy of teen suicide
and what to do if you or a friend needs help. This is real advice
for a dangerous and wide-spread condition among today's teens.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Defining depression.
· The warning signs of depression.
· Identifying
the roots of depression.
· Depression and home life.
· Self-medication.
· Self-destructive choices.
· Getting help.
· Teen suicide. |
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Anger is often the
most powerful emotion for teens -- but it can reveal a deep
assortment of underlying emotions. At school campuses everywhere,
anger is a growing problem for students. This program covers
teen anger and why anger can be the tip of an emotional iceberg.
Students discover methods for recognizing anger in all its forms
and how to cope with it. Teens learn what leads up to anger
and how to diffuse angry or violent situations. They'll also
learn about anger and home life, why covering up anger is dangerous,
how to maintain positive attitudes and how to deal with this
negative emotion in a positive way.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Identifying anger.
· Why anger can be destructive.
· Common sources of anger in teens.
· How to let out anger.
· Anger and home life.
· Anger on campus.
· Violence and anger.
· Expressing emotions in a positive way. |
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Eating Disorders
are a growing concern amongst teens. Appearance is important
in today’s world however too often teens put appearance
above all else with devastating results. Eating disorders in
a teen’s life is a complex subject with physical, psychological
and emotional roots. Viewers will learn the difference between
anorexia and bulimia and why becoming obsessed with weight can
reveal serious underlying issues. Students will learn some causes
of eating disorders and the underlying desire for control. They’ll
see that both sexes can be affected and that getting help is
the answer. Eating disorders are complex, self-destructive and
dangerous. In this program teens discuss the problems and solutions
of this important topic.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Why appearance is important.
· The difference between anorexia and bulimia.
· Why eating disorders are dangerous.
· What to do if you suspect an eating disorder.
· Why diet pills and fads are dangerous.
· Good nutrition for teens.
· Where to turn for help with eating disorders. |
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Many teens are under stress:
school, dating, home life, social stress, it can be overwhelming!
Too much stress can get in the way of enjoying life, being productive
and making good choices. It’s well known that stress can
lead to health problems and psychological harm. This important
episode of Real Life Teens is designed to help teens through
the big issue of stress. The program covers common areas of
stress in a teen's life: academic stress, social stress and
stress from home life. Real teens give real solutions to this
important subject.
Subjects Covered Include:
· Sources of stress.
· What a teen can do to reduce academic stress.
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Why procrastination can cause stress.
· Pressure
to “fit in”.
· Why it’s important
to accept yourself.
· How to reduce dating stress.
· What to do if there is a serious problem at home.
· Solutions to stress. |
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This program discusses
the effects of the media on teens. It is designed to help teens
feel comfortable discussing these issues as well as the positive
and negative effects of the media. The series looks at the many
problems faced by teenagers dealing with the media and it’s
impact and influences. It reviews the pros and cons of all media,
from television to magazines to music.
Subjects covered include:
· Music.
· Television.
· Movies.
· Positive & Negative effects of the media.
· Self – Esteem.
· Getting advice and help. |
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Many times it can
be hard for teens to develop a positive code of ethics in school.
This program discusses the importance of ethics in school. It
is designed to help teens feel comfortable discussing these
issues as well as probing positive and negative school ethics.
The series looks at many problems faced by teenagers dealing
with ethics and it’s impact and influences.
Subjects covered include:
· Positive ethics & their benefit to teens.
· Negative effects from bad ethics.
· Developing good ethics.
· Gossip and rumors.
· Negative effects of gossip and rumor.
· Ethics and your future. |
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Getting a college education
is extremely important. Today, many teens are even dropping
out of high school. This program is designed to help teens get
more involved in their own college preparation and discuss the
issues around it. The program looks at the problems faced by
teenagers dealing with college preparation and shows the importance
of preparing for college.
Subjects covered include:
· Ways to prepare for college.
· The importance of graduating from High School.
· SAT’s and their importance.
· The
importance of choosing the right college.
· Developing
good study habits.
· Where to ask for help with college
preparation.
· Future Careers. |
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Driving is a privilege
and should not be taken advantage of. There are many consequences
to actions while driving behind the wheel. This program discusses
Teen Driving and it’s effects on teens. It is designed
to help teens feel comfortable discussing these issues and the
positive and negative aspects of driving.
Subjects covered include:
· Getting a driver’s
license.
· Drinking and driving.
· How
can driving be beneficial.
· Being a defensive driver.
· Driving distractions.
· Cell Phones.
· How can driving be detrimental?
· How to
be a responsible driver. |
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Many teens today are a
product of broken homes. This program discusses broken homes
and their effects on teens. It is designed to help teens feel
comfortable discussing the issues and the effects of broken
homes. The series goes over many problems faced by teenagers
and parents dealing with broken homes and their impact and influences.
Subjects Covered Include:
· The meaning of divorce.
· Coping with divorce.
· The effects of a
broken home.
· Reactions to divorce.
·
Parents views.
· Step Parents.
· Where
to turn for help. |
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With crowded classrooms
and outside influences, many teens have problems staying focused.
This program discusses how to help stay focused. It is designed
to help teens feel comfortable discussing these issues and the
positive effects of staying focused.
Subjects covered include:
· The positive effects
of staying focused.
· The negative effects of not
staying focused.
· Ways to stay focused.
·
Bad habits.
· Good habits.
· Setting goals.
· Scheduling.
· Various distractions.
· Ways to make it easier to focus. |
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