Based on the work of Dr Emmi Pikler, this video shows infants who are allowed to move freely on their own and is about their rich variations of movement and position and the role these movements and positions play in their everyday life. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

Stanley Greenspan writes about mind building experiences that promote the development of child's minds, personalities, and thinking processes.

The video seeks to show that infants begin life with a set of survival-oriented emotions and acquire social emotions as they pass through childhood. Format: DVD

Theories of Childhood involves the contributions of 5 great child development experts: John Dewey, Erik Erikson, Maria Montessori, Jean Piaget, and Lev Vygotsky in relation to early childhood care.

This video is a biography of John Dewey, which displays his life and his contributions to the field of education and the community. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video combines biographical information about Erikson with his theoretical proposals to give students an understanding of the relationship between the life experience of a theorist and the work that is produced. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

B.F. Skinner's theories of operant conditioning and learning are some of the most popular works in psychology. This video introduces his personality and ground-breaking research. Available in DVD and VHS.

This video presents an overview of Piaget’s developmental theory, its scope and content. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Using structured interviews with children from four to nine years old, Dr David Elkind illustrates the development of transitive thinking and reversibility as children move from the pre-operational to concrete operational stage of cognitive development. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Tthe video deals with setting up a physical and organizational environment, making curriculum decisions, and assessing child growth. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video reviews some of the basic work of Piaget, Kohlberg, Skinner, and Milgram and investigates current research into the domain theory of Elliott Turiel and his associates. Focuses on the interaction of judgments and actions. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This book deals with the phenomenon of early human development by exploring the very beginnings of emotional competence in young children.

This video, and accompanying book by Stanley Greenspan, M.D., enables the viewer to help a baby begin to develop healthy relationships with others by recognizing the infant's first feelings and responding to the baby's cues. Includes First Feelings: Milestones in the Emotional Development of your Baby and Child, 247 pages. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In walking, the state of being both mobile and upright significantly changes the way the toddler perceives the world. As this tape shows, the increasing ability to manipulate objects occurs simultaneously with increasing mobility. Available on DVD.

In this classic interview, Dr Jean Piaget and Dr Barbel Inhelder discuss the stages of intellectual development identified by Piaget as well as traditional views of psychology. Available on DVD.

This series of 4 videos was produced by the Pickler Institute in Budapest, Hungary. It includes "Babies and Young Children with Each Other" (#31322), "The Baby's Attention During Play" (#31323), "Attention to Each Other: Infant and Adult During Bath" (#31324) and "Freedom to Move On One's Own (#31325). Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This video addresses the major landmarks in locomotion and fine motor skills that are realized in the child's first year. Accomplishment of these physical abilities falls within the general principles of direction and sequence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video examines the life and work of Mary Ainsworth. It also presents an introduction to attachment theory and to the methodology of observational research.

Attachment theory had its roots in Bowlby's wide ranging intellectual interests, his openness to the work of others and his own personal history, all of which is discussed in this video by him, his colleagues and his adult children. DVD and VHS

This book offers a comprehensive understanding of child development from a physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral point of view. Available languages: English and Spanish

The Developing Mind reveals the latest research about memory, feelings, neuropathology and intelligence. This book delivers an in-depth look at how the human mind and personality is developed.

This comprehensive, 925 page, Handbook provides a landmark review and synthesis of the current state of knowledge about attachment and loss in children and adults.This publication also provides an definitive overview of the work of John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth.

In this video interview, Erik Erikson discusses the past and future of psychology and aspects of his theories. Available on DVD

This video interview, with Dr. Erik Erikson, focuses on his theories of child and human development. Available on DVD

This book shows how clinicians can improve their research with children by incorporating drawing into therapy sessions and recognizing the messages in the art.

This book explores nine domains of child emotional and social development from birth to 6 years and includes major theories and findings from research.

This tape covers this fascinating history and describes how research today has advanced with the selection of different types of child study and advanced methods devised out of technology. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this series of four videos Drs Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas present their original research on the temperament of children. Includes detailed presentations of three clusters of temperament traits associated with the development of behavioral problems. Available in DVD format.

This video reviews different theories of child development from various theorists such as Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson and Skinner. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video is about early infant attachment and how bonding with the parent affects the development of the child. Also reviews the research of many scientists. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This DVD presents Dr T. Berry Brazelton and twelve young parents with their children, from before birth to age three years. Together they define and illustrate "touchpoints." Includes 3- Volumes with indexed chapters, 132 min.

TABS is specifically designed to identify critical temperament and self-regulation problems that can indicate a child’s risk for developmental delay as early as possible. Includes: Set includes Screener, Assessment Tool, and Manual

In this book Joy Osofky addresses the impact of severe stress on infants, toddlers, and preschoolers, the disruptions caused by trauma, and guidelines for healing.

This video explores the development of the social contacts of babies and young children from the ages of four months to two and a half years. Observed in the "naturalistic" setting (as opposed to an artificial or experimental setting) of the Loczy home residence in Budapest, children go through three overlapping periods of development. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This video shows two caregivers each bathing a baby. Watch the communication that occurs between the two sets of partners and identify the behaviors that increase the infant's self-awareness and support the relationship to the adult. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This edition presents information about infant mental health theory from a clinical and educational viewpoint. Topics include developmental psychopathology, frequently encountered disorders of infancy, approaches to clinical assessment and intervention, and social policy applications. 600 pages

In this video Dan Goleman and educators from the New Haven, CT Public Schools and the Nueva School in California show how to incorporate emotional intelligence into their classrooms. They deal with such problems as student discipline, violence, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, and school dropouts, all of which are symptoms of deficits in emotional intelligence. Includes: VHS

This video identifies the contributions of Dr. Anni Bergman to the separation-individuation theory developed by Margaret Mahler and to psychoanalytic therapy of children with serious attachment disorders. VHS or DVD. CEUs available.

This presentation reviews the research into the natural history of autism prior to treatment, and offers illustrative vignettes from filmed cases.

This video reviews the underlying requirements for all formal education and describes and illustrates, in early childhood classrooms, specific literacy understandings and skills that are widely cited, but not always adequately described. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This book gives parents and professionals a deep understanding of what young children and adolescents are attempting to communicate through their artwork such as drawings and paintings.

The younger the child, the more difficult it is to spot signs of communication disorders. This presentation discusses observing posture, parental behavior, and the infant-mother interaction.

Lev Vygotsky's theories and contributions with respect to child development and cognitive development are revealed in this video. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This presentation, by Sandra Maestro and Filippo Muratori, provides a brief history of the research and methodology for treating autism in infancy based on the retrospective analysis of home movies.

With David Elkind, this video includes structured interviews in a public middle school that illustrate the intellectual challenges of this period of life when young minds are constructing personal identities and new mental capacities. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This unique event included experts from around the world who came together to present the latest research on recognition of autism in the first year of life and strategies for early intervention.

This book provides an explanation of how people first began using symbols and how symbols evolved and were passed down through multiple centuries.

In this book authors Brazelton and Greenspan apply the touchpoints theory to each of the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional leaps that occur from age three to six. They also offer valuable guidance to parents.