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The Alaska Native
Home Base Video Project is a special project funded by the Department
of Education to the Central Council Tlingit and Haida Head Start. These
videos are created for parents and caregivers of young children and designed
for use in facilitated group settings and for in-home use with an early
childhood specialist. In addition, all programs will be able to be viewed
and enjoyed around Alaska on various broadcast channels. A curriculum
of activities is also available for viewers to extend the ideas and issues
brought up in each tape.
These unique videos
are designed to:
- Provide very important
information about how parents can help support healthy development of
their children and provide a healthy lifestyle for themselves and their
children.
- Support Tlingit
and Haida parents by looking at the richness of their heritage, the
parenting traditions they have inherited, and the connection Native
parents have with elders and other parents.
- Not just "tell"
but also "show" appropriate behavior and parenting strategies.
- Support parents
to accept the pains of the past and learn from the hardship of their
ancestors in order to create a healthy future while provoking parents
to further explore the issues addressed.
- Support parents
to find alternative to child abuse and neglect through connections with
traditional values and current research.
Parent's Journal:
 This
beautifully edited series covers issues of concern to parents of prenatal,
infant and toddler age children. Through the intimate relationships and
life stories of capable mother and fathers, these videos capture many
of the important topics of parenthood for today's Alaskan Native parents
while connecting all to the traditional values of the Tlingit and Haida
Indians of Southeast, Alaska.
Topics in this series
include: A Friendship with Head Start, Baby's Growth & Development,
Breastfeeding is Best, Childbirth & Newborn Care, Childcare for Babies
& Toddlers, Creativity, Every Child is Special, It all Begins with
the Brain, It takes Two/Father Involvement, Language/Literacy/Culture,
Pregnancy & Childbirth, Preventing & Prevailing/F.A.S., Seeds
of Respect, Teenage Parenting, Toddler Care, Toddler Development.
Family Feathers:
 These
thought provoking videos explore a variety of issues for parents of preschool
aged children. By combining the historical perspective from elders with
current research about how preschool aged children grow and develop best,
this powerful series acknowledges the strengths Tlingit and Haida parents
bring to the parenting role while providing new information about the
toughest job in the world.
Topics in this series
include: Creative Development, Culture & Heritage, Family, Fostering
Leadership, Guidance & Discipline, Home & Community Safety, Juggling
It All, Literacy, Math/Science/Language Development, Multigenerational
Grief, Nutrition, Physical & Dental Health, Preschool & Early
Child Education, Social Development, Special Needs, Stressful Times, The
Natural Classroom, Using Well What is at Hand.
For more information
about these videos or the Head Start Program, please contact Central Council
Tlingit & Haida Head Start, 320 W. Willoughby Avenue, Suite; 300 Juneau,
AK 99801, Telephone (907) 586-1432 or 1-(800)-344-1432, Facsimile (907)
463-7316
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