This video presents a contemporary look at pregnancy and the birth process and explores how our advances in technology and knowledge affect and influence both. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The video explores the three stages of prenatal development offering insight and perspective into each stage. It also reviews the organs and structures that nourish and protect the fetus during its critical trimesters of development. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video addresses the developmental needs of the newborn and covers issues such as neonatal tests and assessments, bonding with parents, options for feeding, and causes and care of high risk infants. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The video represents the philosophy of Magda Gerber and shows Infants from three months to two years demonstrating the stages of gross motor development. Available in VHS and DVD.

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.

The infant uses both sensory and perceptive capabilities for early learning. These innate reflexes are utilized in discovering the world. The child continues learning by adapting new skills of looking, mouthing, handling, and manipulating objects. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this video we see that the essential base of trust develops in the early relationship of love and nurturing, holding and stroking, nourishment and care. This positive foundation affects relationships throughout life. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this tape the early interactions between parent and child are likened to a dance with carefully orchestrated interactions on both sides. Both partners learn from each other. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

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 in DVD and VHS formats.

In this tape we learn how critical the toddler years are because of the focus on gaining autonomy and independence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this tape the preschool child moves into a new stage of initiative. New activities are attacked with energy and eagerness. The child is curious and inquisitive, constantly trying to find out what he can accomplish. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this tape we learn how children, from infancy, develop their sense of self and how they incorporate into their sense of self their sexual identity. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This tape addresses the onset of puberty, when critical physical changes occur in adolescents. Hormonal changes stimulate growth in size and shape as well as the development of secondary sexual characteristics and feelings of mature sexuality. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

As we see in this tape, adolescents are receptive to their culture, to the models they see at home, in school, and in the mass media. Their observations and experiences influence their moral decision making and behavior. Decisions regarding sexual behavior are also influenced by their ability to think and reason, their values, and their educational experience. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This tape describes the search for identity, one of the major tasks of adolescence. In the course of this search the adolescent may be in several categories at one time, each corresponding to a different aspect of his life -- political, sexual, religious, and vocational. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video explores the various aspects of conception, the function of genes and chromosomes, and the process of cell division. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video presents us with a realistic look at today's teenage challenges of pregnancy, sexually-transmitted diseases, sexual abuse, sexual harassment, and alcohol/substance abuse. Insights from recognized authorities in the field of adolescent development and from teenagers themselves give the viewer meaningful and constructive suggestions to meet these challenges. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video covers the subjects of depression, suicide, delinquency, violence, runaways, and dropouts. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video documentary combines a portrait of infant specialist, Magda Gerber, with a presentation of her unique philosophy of raising autonomous infants. Available in VHS and 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 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.

Based on the research of Anna Tardos, this video explores the phenomenon that infants who have had a harmonious relationship with those around them seem more able to find pleasure in autonomous and independent activities. 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.

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.

This program observes the foundations for the developing person being secured bonding with the parent, development of language, development of social skills, and the formation of self-image. The tape underscores why the first years of parenting are so crucial to the development of a child's social skills and self-image. Includes: VHS. Languages Available: English and Spanish.

This video deals with the physical changes which take place in children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This video examines the characteristics of cognitive and language development of children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This video explores the social and emotional development of children between the ages of 6 and 12 years. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

This program looks at the interaction between new-born babies and their parents. Recent research into infant behavior shows that immediately after birth babies want to communicate with their parents and are able to do so with great subtlety. In interacting with infants, parents not only demonstrate their love and support of the child but also encourage further development. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

In this video Naomi Baron guides viewers along a child's journey from babbling to complex sentences. It shows how parents and caregivers can create a language-rich environment that stimulates competency. Includes: VHS

Moral Development I explains the concept of morality and defines terms such as moral code, moral judgment, and moral intelligence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Moral Development II describes the emergence of moral behavior from early infancy through adolescence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video takes a cast of three- and four-year-olds and examines their social/emotional, physical and cognitive development. Available in VHS format only. Available languages: English and Spanish

This series in six parts examines the development of young adults and the issues that confront them between the periods of adolescence and middle age. Available in VHS format only.

This video is an overview of the physical status of men and women during the "prime of life." Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video studies adult thinking and contrasts it with patterns in adolescence. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Although at their prime, young adults are at risk for developing certain self-destructive behavioral problems. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video confronts the issues and theories of selecting a mate and making the commitment of marriage. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video examines how young adults adjust and share the myths and misconceptions about parenting that are most common to our culture. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video examines the role that work plays, how the employment scene has changed over time, and the impact that change has on the experiences of young adults. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This series offers a comprehensive review of the information on middle adulthood. Available in VHS format only.

The video studies changes in the male and female reproductive system and includes a discussion of sexuality and menopause as it is experienced by both men and women. Available in DVD and VHS.

Studied more than any other relationships, marriage, researchers have concluded, is the one familial relationships that is most closely linked to personal happiness, health and companionship. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This video presents a fascinating cross-cultural perspective of how women from around the world have given birth to their babies throughout time. Includes: VHS

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

One additional tape log that accompanies the entire Normal Development Set.

The complete version covers ages 2 weeks to 10 years in detail. Choose from DVD and VHS formats.

Consisting of excerpts from the complete version, covering ages two weeks to ten years very briefly, with a short introduction. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Tape log that accompanies the Greatest Hits Video and DVD.