NOTICE FOR MAD HATTER

 

RECENT AUDIO-VISUAL ACQUISITIONS

Using Literature with Children: VHS and booklets
V.1 Children's Literature and How it Grew: 30 mins.

This program presents a thumbnail sketch of children's
literature and traces its evolution through history.

The program attempts to define children's literature and
to show there is a relationship between the nature of
literature written for children and the prevailing
attitudes and concerns of the society of the time.

V.2 Storytelling: Continuing the Oral Tradition 30 mins.
This program is about storytelling; it looks at what
storytelling is, explains why storytelling is so important
and pervasive, and it demonstrates how to tell a story.

V.3 Using Literature with Children (Storydrama) 30 mins
This program about dramatizing a story examines ways to

help children appreciate and understand their reading through
dramatic exploration.

 

To Prepare a Child 16 mm and 23 mins.
guidelines

Uses the experiences of three children and their families
in order to stress the importance of preparing a child emotion-
ally for a hospitalization experience.

Wasting Away: Understanding Anorexia VHS and 40 mins.
Nervosa and Bulimia: teacher's
guide.

This presentation uses a selection of vignettes to characterize
typical anorexic and bulimic behaviour. These case studies
emphasize the psychological side of the disorders, pointing out
the combinations of adolescent stresses, personality types and
family/social situations that can precipitate problems.

Typical abnormal behaviours are explored in detail: anxiety,
distorted self-images, the need to please, guilt, etc., along

with physical symptoms and psychological effects. The program
concludes on a hopeful note, detailing the individual and family Oo
therapies that can lead to understanding, recovery and cure.

 

MM: jrh Mary Matthews
Antone ON Ppoee Audio Visual Librarian