Below is a list of videos recommended by NJ ARCH for general use. Included is a brief
description of the video’s content and potential uses. These videos are available to be
borrowed through the NJ ARCH Library, free of charge.  Simply click on the video icon to
go to the online video request form. Videos can be borrowed for up to 7 days.

(Special Note: Videos valued at $50.00 or more will require submission of a credit card number. 
Charges will only be made to the account in the event a video is not returned by the due date.)

 

 

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Tender Healing

 

 

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Professional Resource Kit

A special needs and adoption guide

 

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Parent 2 Parent Video

A mentoring video

 

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In the Sun

A complete guide to adoption

 

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Made in China

A documentary about children born in China

 

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Crossing Chasm

A documentary about a Korean adoptee that returns to her birth country for answers regarding her adoption

 

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Redefining Success

Raising children prenatally exposed to alcohol

 

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To My Birthmother

A fascinating story of a reunion fraught with humor and humanity

 

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Core Issues in Adoption

 

 

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Birthmothers Portraits

A revealing look at the conflict, determination and deep devotion of birthparents.

 

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The Right to Know

 

 

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Bitter Sweet

This Video is a poignant look at one of the most difficult, and loving decisions a woman can ever make. Making the decision to turn an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy into the miracle of a family, through adoption.

 

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Love Without Boundaries

Widely acclaimed by the adoption community and aired by numerous public television stations, this documentary film has become an instant hit and regarded as a must have video for all Chinese adoptive families.

 

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The seven Core Issues in Adoption

Adoption is a lifelong, inter-generational process, which unites birth parents, adoptee and adoptive parents forever. It Triggers seven lifelong issues for all triad members.

 

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Age Appropriate Play- The First 12 Months / Volume 1

In this video, parents and caregivers will learn what social, language and motor milestones babies reach during the first year of life and how to play in a way that supports these achievements.

Divided into two sections: Birth to 6 months and 6-12months

 

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Age Appropriate Play-

12 to 24 Months / Volume 2

In this video, parent and caregivers will learn what social language and motor milestones toddlers reach during the second year of life and how to play in such a way that supports these achievements.


 

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Age Appropriate Play-

2 and 3 years old/ Volume 3

In this video, parent and caregivers will learn what social language and motor milestones toddlers reach during the second and third year of life and how to play in such a way that supports these achievements.

 

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My Home, My Castle

VA Video of Kevin, a child who has grown up in the system is portrayed in this look at adolescents in foster care.

 

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The Pain Beneath the Rage

VA Video that focuses on issues of adolescent in the foster care system, examining one teenage girl's adjustment to her first experience with positive parenting.

 

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Annie: One of the Lucky Ones

Annie takes a powerful look at the issues involved in caring for a sexually abused child. It is a depiction of the foster system at its best. This drama effectively examines issues crucial to successful foster parenting.