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| Here is an outline that was sent to me by this company. I will be recieving the videos soon, and this critique will be more defined. THANK YOU STARBRIGHT Videos with Attitude (Vw/A) series enables teens and preteens to understand what its like to be ill, and frequently hospitalized, by listening to kids who have “been there, done that.” Vw/A is made for teens, about teens in a cool MTV-style that tackles problems and points to solutions. Both 15-minute videos serve up credible and entertaining tips from teens on coping with serious illness, doctors, nurses, hospitals, and on living life to the fullest--despite being sick. Clinicians in focus groups have recommended the series for patient relations training in medical school curriculum. Each tape comes with its own supplemental guide to help parents and professionals stimulate discussion among teens after screening the videos. The Videos with Attitude message is relevant and appropriate for both the newly diagnosed as well as illness survivors, ages 13 to 18. 1. "Plastic Eggs or Something!?: Cracking Hospital Life" shows teen survivors of illness in an open forum, discussing their strategies and solutions for living with serious illness. "Plastic Eggs" offers insights into hospital life--from making friends with staff, to getting by on endless cups of cafeteria Jell-O, to securing a little privacy in a world where patients may meet more than 50 people during the first 24 hours after check-in. While some of the complaints seem teen-typical, they are counterbalanced with coping strategies and empowering approaches the teens themselves have devised to diffuse tension and turn the experience around. The underlying message of "Plastic Eggs" is candidly articulated by a chronic asthma survivor: "You're a part of the process; this is your fight and your life." 2. "What Am I - Chopped Liver?: Communicating with your Doctor" helps teens deal with medical professionals in a proactive, age-appropriate manner so they can retain a sense of participation in their own treatment. Told primarily from the perspective of a 20-year old osteosarcoma survivor, with added insights from groups of hospitalized teens, "Chopped Liver" offers newly diagnosed teens and illness survivors candid tips on communicating with doctors and nurses in order to better manage their own healthcare. Teens tackle anger--at doctors who neglect to inform them about treatment side effects, who look past them only to speak to their parents--but do so in a constructive way that shows how to avoid these pitfalls. Comments from a physician also enlighten the perspective. In the words of one survivor, "When you start seeing your doctor as someone you can tell anything to, medical or non-medical, that's when you're going to be getting the quality of care you deserve." Here's a more teen-oriented description of the same programs: 1. Plastic Eggs or Something...Cracking Hospital Life This hospital stuff is pretty different and you didn't really know what to expect UNTIL NOW. With these videos you can get an INSIDE LOOK--checking in and sharing a room, hospital staff and procedures, the very public and the not so private side of life, getting treatments, dealing with equipment and eating the food. That's right, even those plastic eggs. What you'll find is you're not alone. Everyone is trying to make sense of hospital life. But just because it's a weird, new world doesn't mean you can't learn the language and get a handle on it all. Check out this video and you'll hear how some other teens figured out how to make sense of their hospital experiences. 2. What am I -- Chopped Liver?! Did you ever want to just shout that out--especially to your doctor? Well, you can if you know how... It's all about communication. The better your communicate, the better you can manage your own healthcare and make it the best it can be. You're a part of that process and you can be in control. Speak up...ask questions, share your concerns, get informed, be honest...have an open mind...and speak your mind. Check out this video and you'll hear how some other teens figures out how to communicate with hospital staff. STARBRIGHT: 310 442-1560, ext. 10 (number to call to recieve programs) http://www.Starbright.com |
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