(NAPSA)—New resources to help children who struggle with differences in learning may be as close as your television or VCR. Developing Minds, a 22-videotape multimedia library, provides indepth information and strategies to help struggling children become more successful in school andlife. The Developing Minds multimedia library available from WGBH Boston Video addresses a wide range of challenges frequently experienced by children or adolescents. Based on the pioneering educational framework of renowned pediatrician Dr. Mel Levine and his colleagues at the All Kinds of Minds Institute, this library offers a valuable resource to parents, educators, clinicians, and students. In addition to practical, proven tools and strategies for academic and social success, the multi- media library provides a process for addressing a child’s learning challenges, including understanding the learning issue, developing accommodations and bypass strategies, intervening at the breakdown points, and protecting the child from humiliation. “Success is a vitamin that every kid must take in order to thrive during his or her school years,” says Dr. Levine. “We have to energize these children, keep their hopes up, and let them see the promising pathways that are in front of them.” On Wednesday, March 27, 2002 at 9:00 p.m. ET, PBS will air Mis- understood Minds, a groundbreak- ‘~ ~ — Success is a vitamin that helps kids thrive in school. ing documentary film from The Kirk Documentary Group and WGBH Boston that examines the impact of learning issues on individual children, their families, and society as a whole. Dr. Levinewill appear with other experts in the film. After March 27, Misunder- stood Minds also will be available through WGBH Boston Video. All Kinds of Minds provides programs, tools, and a common language for parents, educators, and clinicians to help children with learning differences achieve success in school and in life. The nonprofit Institute provides the Schools Attuned professional development program for educators and runs the Student Success Center in Chapel Hill, N.C., a place where parents can receive practical action plans to address their child’s individual learning struggles. For information on Developing Minds, go online to www.wgbh.org or www.allkindsofminds.org. To order the video library, call (800) 949-8670.
