teenagers

Told in multiple voices, sixteen-year-old Savannah Taylor is abducted after her kung fu class and must figure out how to escape and rescue fellow prisoner Jenny Dowd.

Charlie, a freshman in high school, explores the dilemmas of growing up through a collection of letters he sends to an unknown receiver.

Vaping hurts your lungs and depresses your immune system-that combo may put you at higher risk for complications from viral infections of all kinds, including Covid19. Listen to the experts explain the problem.

Explain that abused painkillers such as Oxycodone, Vicodin and methadone are responsible for more deaths than cocaine and heroin combined; that the fatalities have surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental deaths in the United States. Viewers learn the dynamics of painkiller addiction and abuse through the personal stories of teens who have been hooked on legal pain killers. These teens describe the downward spiral of addiction that can eventually lead to death by overdose. Former users, physicians and drug education experts communicate the hard facts to viewers including how difficult it is for users to cope with withdrawal symptoms such as depression, anxiety, shakiness and lack of energy.

Video and print curriculum address the new craze of vaping drugs such as nicotine, alcohol, liquid marijuana and others. Through interviews with teen users and medical professionals, the program underlines the serious health risks of vaping, including drug overdose, instant high or drunk, alcohol poisoning, and impaired thinking and decision making. The narrator explains that vaping delivers an unknown dose of drugs or alcohol directly to the brain. Vaping nicotine is cited as a cause of hundreds of teens ending up in ER rooms.

Explains why the teen years are a critical time for brain development, and why drug use of any kind can derail the brain's full potential when it comes to critical skills like thinking, remembering, learning and decision making.

"Many teens think that pot is harmless because some states have legalized marijuana for medical and/or recreational purposes. This fact-based program emphasizes that legality is not the same thing as safety and details the risks of marijuana on mental and physical health. Clinicians talk about how the vast majority of their patients have been addicted to marijuana, and recovering addicts themselves vividly describe their struggles with addiction. Their stories illustrate how marijuana has affected their school and family lives, their ability to drive a car, and their mental health. A scientist describes her research showing that marijuana use by teens causes decline in mental functioning and IQ. The program stresses that even in states that have legalized marijuana it is still illegal for anyone under 21, and it is still illegal at the federal level."--Cover.

Using clever animation along with entertaining comments from real students, and expert commentary from a pediatrician, this straight-forward program teaches the basics of good hygiene. Throughout the video, students are reassured that body odor, bad breath, tooth decay, oily hair, skin break outs and acne can all be managed by developing good habits of personal care. A racial and ethnically blanced group of teens speak diretly to students and contribute personal advice and hygiene tips.

A story of resilience and loss, love and family, Mark Oshiro's Anger is a Gift testifies to the vulnerability and strength of a community living within a system of oppression Six years ago, Moss Jefferies' father was murdered by an Oakland police officer. Along with losing a parent, the media's vilification of his father and lack of accountability has left Moss with near crippling panic attacks. Now, in his sophomore year of high school, Moss and his fellow classmates find themselves increasingly treated like criminals their own school. New rules. Random locker searches. Constant intimidation and Oakland Police Department stationed in their halls. Despite their youth, the students decide to organize and push back against the administration. When tensions hit a fever pitch and tragedy strikes, Moss must face a difficult choice: give in to fear and hate or realize that anger can actually be a gift.

"Struggling with panic attacks and grief over his father's death, high school junior Moss, in the face of a racist school administration, decides to organize a protest that escalates into violence"--OCLC.