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Struggle for Control: Child and Youth Behaviour Disorders
200557 min 30 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Melanie Wood
Production: Sharon BartlettMaria LeRose
Script: Melanie WoodHelen Slinger
Produced by Bartlett LeRose Productions for Knowledge Network.
Struggle for Control: Child and Youth Behaviour Disorders is the fourth in a series of documentaries focusing on mental health issues facing BC's children and youth. Following the stories of four BC youth, this documentary sheds light on the causes, symptoms, community resources, and treatments of three of the most commonly-diagnosed behaviour disorders: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, and Conduct Disorder.
Through these moving personal stories, viewers see how behaviour disorders affect the life of a child at home, at school, and the whole family. Struggle for Control debunks the myth that children with behaviour disorders are bad kids whose behaviour is irreversible. Behaviour disorders are treatable, and the key is early detection and early intervention.
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Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Family LifeMental Illness and Disabilities
- Children and Youth > Health and Safety
- Families > Mental Health
- Family Studies/Home Economics > Child Development
- Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development
Credits
- producer
- Sharon Bartlett
- Maria LeRose
- director
- Melanie Wood
- writer
- Melanie Wood
- Helen Slinger
- narrator
- Maria LeRose
- researcher
- Shannon Lowry
- camera
- Max Lindenthaler
- John Dowell
- sound
- Steve Wonsiak
- Lez Morrison
- George Colmer
- Keith Henderson
- Jeff Henschel
- editor
- Tim Wanlin
- online editor
- Brice Dowd
- original music
- Lesley Sutherland
- Fresh Air Studios
- graphics
- Tim Johnson
- audio post
- Marc Benoit
- unit manager
- Jennifer Moore
- content expert
- Charlotte Waddell
- Margaret Weiss
- Don Duncan
- Marlene Moretti
- Lee Cohene
- Jayne Barker
- program manager
- Michele Paris
- director of programming
- Sarah MacDonald