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Reality therapy and discipline at home

United States, 1977

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Episode number 2 of Series “Help for parents”.
Designed to provide ideas for developing parenting skills to help young people evaluate their behaviour and to plan more acceptable alternatives. Dr William Glasser interviews Tom McGuiness presenting the basic practices used in the Parent Involvement Program at the Institute of Reality Therapy, Educator Training Centre in Los Angeles. Demonstrates how each step is applied in the parent-child relationship.

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Credits

production company

Institute of Reality Therapy, Educator Training Centre

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1977

Appears in

Help for parents

Group of items

Help for parents

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507492

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Behavior modification

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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