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Item Nr: DVD 2774 Title: Living with a Challenge
Grade Lvl: JS Author:
Length: 22 Prod/Pub: Landmark Media
Copyright: 2013 Series:
Book Type: Biographee:
Copies: 0 Loan Period: 10 days
 
  Shows the struggles people with a disability face on a daily basis. Nick George, a young man with Asperger's syndrome, shares his experiences. Tony Bartoli lives with cerebral palsy. Bullied as a youth, he found strength in the people who stood up for him and faced the bullies. Now as an adult, Tony tours internationally giving motivational speeches and showing how he found optimism while battling an ever worsening condition. Featured experts examine the warning signs for the parents that suspect their child might be bullied. Abuse does not always come from classmates or other students. Stuart discovered that his son Akian, an elementary school student with autism, was bullied by a teacher and aide. Conny Dahn, a special needs teacher, describes her experience turning around the culture of bullying in her daughter's school. From the series Bullied: You're Not Alone. IL 7-12.

  Subjects:
  1353 - BULLIES/BULLYING
  360 - COUNSELING
  579 - DISABILITIES
  102 - DVD
  1424 - HARASSMENT
  1024 - SPECIAL EDUCATION