Resource Library

 Parenting

Families; Marriage; Divorce

Life Skills; Financial; Community

Aging; Health

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PARENTING

Child Care

111 Why Should We Care About Child Care?

Infants & Toddlers

121 Journey Into Life: The Triumph of Creation

122 My How You Have Gown: Development in Early Childhood

123 Come Play With Me: Play Activities & Infant Stimulation

124 Baby Watching

I Am Your Child Series

131.11 Quality Child Care: Making the Right Choice for You & Your Child

132.11 The First Years Last Forever

133 Safe From the Start

134 Ready to Learn

135 Discipline: Teaching Limits With Love

136 Your Healthy Baby

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Children With Disabilities

141 Meeting the Challenge: Parenting Children with Disabilities

Parenting

151 Common Sense Parenting: Parent & Trainer's Kit

152 Right from Birth: A Parenting Series

153 Principles of Parenting

153.11 Parenting By Piece

153.21 Parenting Skills Workshop Series

154 Parenting Works

155 A Delicate Balance

155.1 Today's Working Parent: Penn State Extension

156.1A Successful Parenting, Part 1: Self-Esteem is the Key

156.1B Successful Parenting, Part 2: Communication is Crucial

156.1C Successful Parenting, Part 3: Discipline Makes the Difference

156.1D Successful Parenting, Part 7: The Single Parent

157 SOS: Help for Parents

158.11 STEP: Systematic Training for Effective Parenting Teenagers

158.21 STEP: Early Childhood; Videos & Leaders Guide

158.31 STEP: The Parents Handbook

158.41 STEP: Parenting Young Children

158.51 STEP: Leader's Guide

158.61 Choices: Charting a Positive Future for Teen Parenting, Vol 1

158.62 Choices: Charting a Positive Future for Teen Parenting, Vol 2

158.63 Choices: Charting a Positive Future for Teen Parenting, Vol 3

158.611 Choices: Growing with Baby

158.621 Choices: Speak Out on Stress

158.631 Choices: Shaping Up: Aerobics for Pregnant Teens

158.641 Choices: Look Who's Eating

158.7 Kindergarten Prep

159 Positive Indian Parenting: Honoring Our Children by Honoring Our Traditions

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Discipline; Setting Limits

161 Setting Limits Without War

162 Spanking: What to do Instead

163 Yelling: Threatening & Putting Down: What to do Instead

Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG)

171.11 GRG Educational Program

171.20 Grandparents Raising Grandchildrren: Legal and Policy Issues

172 GRG

173 GRG: Satellite

174.10 Aging Horizons: Grandparenting

174.20 Aging Horizons: Grandparenting Children With Disabilities

Adolescent

181 Family Focus: Parenting the Adolescent

182 Healthy Teen Development: Families, Communities, Decision-Making & Sexuality

Families; Marriage; Divorce

EDUFAIM

211.11 EDUFAIM: A Successful Program for Helping Montana Families Become Self-Supporting; Video 41

Stepfamilies

221 Stepping Together: Creating Strong Stepfamilies

222 Strengthening Your Step Family: Facilitators Handbook, 3 Audio Tapes

Sexuality

231 Facts & Feelings: Families Talk About Sexuality

Family

241 Family Caregiving Workshop: A Practical Workshop in Basic Caregiving Skills

242.1 Families Talk About: Encouraging Positive Activities, Video 5

242.2 Families Talk About: Single Parenting, Video 6

243 Balancing Work & Family

243.2 Juggling Work and Family with Hedrick Smith: Action Kit

244 Making Families Stronger

245 Caregiving for Caregiver Families

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Marriage

251.11 Fighting for Your Marriage

252 PREP: Prevention & Relationship Enhancement Program

Divorce

261.11 Children in the Middle & Parenting Wisely

262 Co-Parenting Through Divorce

263 Listen to the Children: Divorce Education for Parents

264 Dads for Life: Eight Short Films About Divorced Dads

265 Children in the Middle

CYFAR

271 CYFAR: Programs that Work

271.2 CYFAR: Strong Families, Competent Kids & Caring Communities

272 Communities Connecting for Children, Youth & Families

273.1 Communities Communicating with Children, Tape 1

273.1 Communities Communicating with Children, Tape 2

274 Building Communities of Support for Families

275 Beyond the Latchkey: Expanding Community Options for School-Age Care

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Strengthening Families Series

281 What's it All About

281.11 Handling Peer Pressure: Sessions 5 & 6

282.11 Using Family Meetings: Session 3

282.21 Parents Helping with Peer Pressure: Session 6

283.11 Using Live & Limits: Session 1

283.21 Making House Rules: Session 2

283.31 Encouraging Good Behavior: Session 3

283.41 Using Consequences: Session 4

283.51 Building Bridges: Session 5

283.61 Protecting Against Substance Abuse: Session 6

284.11 Handling Stress: Session 1

284.21 Communicating When You Don't Agree

285.11 Strengthening Families Program: Facilitators Handbook

286 Booster Session: Facilitators Handbook

Life Skills; Financial; Community

Stress

311 Disaster Related Stress

312 Responding to Distressed Farmers & Farm Families

313.11 Living With Grief, Tape 1

313.12 Living With Grief, Tape 2

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Violence

321 Let's Talk About Living in a World With Violence

322 Talking to Kids About Terrorism and Violence

Anger Management

331.11 Anger Management for Parents: The Rethink Method

332.11 Learning to Manage Anger: The Rethink Workout for Teens

Financial

341 To Be a Have or Have Not

342 Child Care: Is it the Job for Me?

343 Home Day Care Provider Education Program

344 Financial Management for the Not-Yet-Wealthy

345.14 The Family Guide to Long-term Care, vol 4: Understanding Long-term Care Insurance

345.15 The Family Guide to Long-term Care, vol 5: Legal Issues

345.16 The Family Guide to Long-term Care, vol 6: Financial Planning

Life Skills

351.1A Developing Capable Young People: 12 Videos

351.1B Developing Capable Young People: 6 Audio Tapes

351.1C Developing Capable Young People: Leader's Guide Book

351.1D Developing Capable Young People: Participants Handbook

351.2 Life Skills for Taking Control of Your Future

351.30 The Self Project: Skills to Enhance Life Fully

352 Senior Series: Extension Programs for Older Adults

353.11 Dealing With Conflict

354.1 Tackling the Tough Skills: A Curriculum Building Skills for Work & Life

355 Character Counts: Youth

356 Human Networks & Electronic Collaboration

356.1 Collaboration: The Power of "We the People"

356.2 Collaboration CD-Rom Training Program & Manual

357 With a Little Help From My Friends: Formal & Informal Support Systems

358 The Developing Person Through the Life Span

358.1 Speaking of Development

359 Project: Taking Charge

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Community

361.11 Not in My School; Not in My Community

362.1 Choosing Community: Cassette D

362.2 Choosing Community: Cassette C

Aging; Health

Nutrition

411 Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies: The Montana Coalition

412 Time to Eat: Nutrition for Infants & Toddlers

Alzheimer's

421 Alzheimer's Disease: A Wilderness Explored

422 Alzheimer's Disease: Let's Talk About It

423 The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's

423.1 Forgetting: Alzheimer's in Montana & Alzheimer's Follow-Up

Aging

431 The Second Half of Life: A Look at Normal Aging

432 Memory: The Long & Short of It; Handbook

432.1 Memory: The Long & Short of It; Video

433 Double Jeopardy: Supporting Aging Family Members of Older Adults w/Developmental Disabilities

In The Home

441 Preventing Hantavirus Disease

442 Healthy Indoor Air: America's Home

443 Sesame Street Lead Away: Lead Poisoning Prevention Project

Cancer

451 Into the Light: Single Most Common Cancer Among Men

Drugs

460 METH: Dark Cloud Over the Big Sky
461 Meth in Montana: A Toolkit for Community Educators and Teachers

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