Understanding Special Needs Videos (Video #31-35)
31. Caring for Infants Exposed to Crack/Cocaine
and Other Drugs (1993)
Running Time: 20 minutes
This video was developed to show birth parents, foster parents,
adoptive parents, grandparents and other family members how to
care for infants exposed to crack and other drugs. It is also
recommended as a training tool for providers of services to these
infants and their families. The video illustrates the difficult
behaviors that these babies may demonstrate and identifies specific
techniques to deal with these behaviors. It also identifies specific
techniques that can be used to help a baby go to sleep, respond
during alert times, reach and kick, and eat well. It emphasizes
throughout the important role of the baby's primary caretaker.
Developed by: Georgetown University Child Development Center and the National Maternal and Child Health Resource Center, Washington, D.C.
32. Special Delivery: Understanding
Your Premature Infant (1982)
Running Time: 25 minutes
This video is effective in offering important information about
the intensive-care nursery within the personal context of a letter
from one parent to another. This slide videotape is designed
to assist parents and staff in: understanding infant behavior
in the intensive-care nursery; developing skills for helping
infants cope with their intensive-care nursery stay; and providing
protection for the infant in an overly-stimulating environment.
This tape is a resource for educating neonatal medical staff
and parents of premature babies about infant behavior and development
in the intensive-care nursery.
Developed by: Special Start staff in the Child Development Center at Children's Hospital in Oakland, California
33. NICU Staff Development: Premie Development:
An Overview (1990)
Running Time: 14 minutes
This video follows premature infant development through three
overlapping stages: early premie (less than 30 weeks gestational
age), developing premie (between 30 and 35 weeks gestational
age), and older premie (over 35 weeks gestational age). The premature
infant's behavioral states, physiological responses, motor responses,
and attentional reactions are described for each stage. Video
comes with a short manual.
Developed by: Georgetown University Child Development Center, Washington, DC
34. Your Baby Has Down Syndrome (1994)
Running Time: 27 minutes
Several parents of children who have Down syndrome share their
passage through grief to joy. Dr. William Cohen provides factual
advice about Down syndrome. The video shows children playing,
laughing, and doing the things all children do. The Mackenzie
Sara Noca family who produced the video have been careful in
selecting information that is accurate, current, and relevant
for families.
Developed by: The Mackenzie Sara Noca Charitable Trust in Pittsburgh, PA
35. New Parent Video (1994)
Running Time: 10 minutes
This video from the Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin is
for parents who have newly learned they have a child with Down
syndrome. Several parents reflect on their first feelings and
offer words of encouragement. General information about Down
syndrome is given. Beautiful photos and video clips show children
integrated into school, community and family activities.
Developed by: Down Syndrome Association of Wisconsin
