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"What does it mean to be embarrassed? Learn what embarrassment feels like and what may trigger this emotion. Children will explore different ways to deal with their feelings and turn bad feelings into good ones. A mindfulness activity will give kids the chance to practice managing their emotion"-- Provided by publisher.
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Many people don't feel sufficiently competent at dealing with the challenges they face at work or in life in general. Don't be caught in a self-fulfilling prophecy. This program shows viewers five practical steps they can take to help improve self-esteem, including working on anxiety, learning something new, how not to be a cynic, avoiding blind spots, and practicing self acceptance.
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Allie is a star on the track team at Memorial Middle School, but when she passes out at a local track meet, she is diagnosed with diabetes, and afraid of what the other kids will think she tries to keep it a secret--a plan that backfires when her furtive and erratic behavior leads to rumors that she is on drugs, or worse.
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Ollie is an owl who wears glasses; Bea is a bunny with very big feet, and both are very self-conscious about what they see as flaws--but when they meet they help each other turn what seem at first to be problems into superpowers, and so become good friends. In graphic novel format.
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Allie's world is turned upside down when she's diagnosed with diabetes. Her over-protective parents are driving her crazy, and she's desperate to keep her condition a secret from her friends. But her secretive ways are awfully suspicious and soon the rumors are flying. Is Allie's reputation ruined for good? With a glossary, discussion questions, and writing prompts, this Junior High Drama story builds reading skills in interpretation and analysis....
8) Braced
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When twelve-year-old Rachel learns that her scoliosis has worsened and she will need to wear a back brace to keep her spine straight, she is devastated; afraid that she will not be able to play soccer, and terrified that she will not be able to hide her condition from her friends and classmates--but her mother is determined to spare her the spinal fusion surgery that she herself had as a teenager.
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This attention-getting video delivers basic information about rational emotive behavior therapy, or REBT. The first part of the video introduces REBT through discussion, diagrams, and dramatic vignettes. In the second part, viewers will see how REBT principles are applied to the issue of maintaining positive self-esteem. Viewers will then learn how REBT can help them separate how they feel about events from how they feel about themselves.
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Ten volunteers undress inside a peep-show booth. Behind a bank of two-way mirrors, anonymous eyes look on. The question is: who's more uncomfortable, the watchers or the watched? In this thought-provoking program, Horizon explores the evolutionary origins of the fact that human beings have smooth, almost hairless skin. There are lots of theories about why we lost our fur. Charles Darwin guessed our ancestors simply found smooth skin more attractive,...
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An alarming number of teens today - both girls and boys - feel dissatisfied with their body to the point of engaging in unhealthy eating behaviors that can be life-threatening. From trying fad diets to binge eating to suffering from bulimia or anorexia nervosa, disordered eating behaviors affect not only physical health, but emotional and mental health as well. It also negatively affects family, friends, and supporters of these teens. This video teaches...
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In a highly competitive society, what harm could possibly come from providing self-esteem classes at school? In this program, ABC News anchors Diane Sawyer and Sam Donaldson and correspondent John Stossel find out as they probe the downside of the self-esteem movement. In an absence of statistics confirming any salutary effects from such classes, research indicates that intensive praise can undercut students' desire to accept greater scholastic challenges....
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Sex parties, drugs, eating disorders, suicide...It seems everywhere you turn there's another report of teenage girls gone bad. This program follows one mother's investigation into the lives of young women and the mixed messages that girls receive about conforming to specific behavioral or beauty ideals. "Media feeds girls a constant diet of provocative images and then calls them sluts or skanks when they achieve that look," says Dr. Lyn Mikel Brown,...
14) Roberta & Henry
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"The giraffe too self-conscious about his neck. Just when he has exhausted his neck-hiding options and is about to throw in the towel, a turtle helps him understand that his neck has a purpose, and it looks excellent in a bow tie." -- Abridgment of a summary from goodreads.com
"Giraffe Roberta ist unglücklich. Ihr Hals macht sie fertig. Er ist zu lang, zu biegsam, zu scheckig ... Sie wünscht sich einen ganz normalen Hals und versucht alles, um...
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It's the first day of school for Zoe, a young girl with hearing loss who dreams of playing on her school's soccer team. But, self-conscious of her hearing aids, Zoe is too nervous to try out. With the help of and perspectives from new friends, what begins as a bumpy, anxiety-filled start for Zoe, soon transitions into an eye-opening experience about what it means to be different--and what it means to be extraordinary. I Am Extraordinary teaches kids...