Filmakers - Child Development

Child Development

17 film(s) found

	ADHD: Out of Control Kids This remarkable film shows in a short space of time many examples of children from pre-school age to high school, and even adults, who suffer from ADHD. more »
	Angels Don't Have Headlights A psychiatrist produced this sensitive film on bereavement, showing four children aged three to eleven, who lost a family member through death. more »
	Born to Be Good? Psychologists are now using new techniques to decipher what babies think and conducting research to determine at what age morality develops. more »
	Breaking the Cycle This film looks at families struggling with pre-schoolers who have serious behavioral problems. It demonstrates how early intervention may help. more »
	First Person Shooter Violent interactive video games make up a 20 billion dollar industry. These games may have an addictive quality, especially to teenage boys, whose lives often become dominated by them. What effect does brutality in virtual reality have on the minds and psyches of the young? more »
	Lila: Eight to Thirteen The film follows one strong, open, lively girl as she navigates the passage from preadolescence to adolescence. We follow Lila from a tree-climbing eight-year-old who likes to compete with boys, through the complexities of a changing body and a new set of rules for behavior. more »
	Lost Boys: Growing Up Without a Father This sensitive film portrays the emotional difficulties men have who have grown up without a father. more »
	Music and Early Childhood This film makes a strong case for beginning music education at a very early age because of its precursor to language skills. We hear from Prof. Howard Gardner of Harvard University. more »
	Newborn: With Dr. Berry Brazelton With Drs. Berry Brazelton, Lewis Lipsett and Louis Sanders, this film documents the extraordinary capabilities of the newborn baby. more »
	Out of the Mouths Of Babes Peter and Jill de Villiers of Harvard University, researchers in language acquisition, provide a clear and informative description of the child’s linguistic development. more »
	Total Baby This is a wry look at the way parents, scientists, and the baby industry try to give young ones a competitive edge. more »
	Toys This film looks at the dramatic change in the kinds of toys available to children. Several noted psychologists, including Dr. Jerome Kagan, offer their views on the effect of toys on children’s behavior. more »
	Trouble With Reading Why do so many children have such a hard time learning to read? What is at stake for them? Who can help them? This revealing documentary makes the important connection between early trouble with reading and serious behavioral problems in the classroom. more »
	Veronica’s Story This innovative work is based on an actual letter by a teenager reaching out to understand a childhood of sexual abuse. more »
	When the Bough Breaks Using hidden cameras, this film captures the interaction of three children with serious behavioral problems, and their parents. It shows how a whole family can be in turmoil if there is no intervention. more »
	When the Bough Breaks—Children of Women in Prison A sensitive study of the effect on children when their mothers are incarcerated. more »
	You Must Have Been A Bilingual Baby From the "Nature of Things" series, this film investigates how babies become bilingual, how school children fare in language immersion classes, and how adults cope with learning foreign languages. more »