To encourage a varied learning experience, no more than four (4) hours of continuing education credit should be completed by (1) reading books or articles or (2) for scripted tv series or films that provide relevant insight or perspective. There is no limitation on other independent study options, such as documentary series or films, recorded webinars, or podcasts intended to be educational.
Recommended TV and Special Programs
The Beginning of Life
Using breakthroughs in technology and neuroscience, this series examines how environment affects infants – and how infants affect our future.
Time: Six episodes, each program 45 minutes
Where it can be found: Netflix
Broken Places
Broken Places explores why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims we profiled decades ago, we learned how their experiences shaped their lives as adults. Watch here.
Time: 1 hour
Where is can be found: PBS
Finding Home: A Foster Youth Story
The story of four teens in foster care preparing for life outside of the foster care system.
Time: 1 hour
Where it can be found: PBS
The Fosters
A fictional series about two women and their biological, foster and adopted children.
Time: 5 seasons, each program 1 hour
Where it can be found: Amazon Prime, iTunes, Netflix
PBS Frontline Specials:
Chasing Heroin
Discusses the public health crisis of the opioid epidemic and highlights individual case studiesSex Trafficking in America
Kind Hearted Women – Video 1, Video 2
Follows a single mother on Spirit Lake Reservation as she struggles to heal from sexual abuse, raise her children and further her education
Left Behind in America
Explores struggles in Dayton Ohio with 35% of the population living in poverty.
Sex Trafficking in America
Follows a police unit committed to rooting out sexual exploitation.
Right to Fail
Investigates the consequences of adults with severe mental illness lacking needed supports.
Time: Each program is 1 to 2 hours
Where it can be found: PBS Frontline
The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
A 6-part documentary following a true story of the torture and murder of an 8-year-old child. Series shows graphic images of abuse and discussed highly disturbing content.
Time: 6 hours
Where it can be found: Netflix
Unbelievable
Mini-series based on a true story of a teenager’s report of sexual assault and the system’s response and investigation of her disclosure.
Time: 6.5 hours
Where it can be found: Netflix
