Schedule enough time to discuss the video in full. Some educators have a library of videos they make available for parents to view privately. As it is difficult to predict the impact a video, especially of an event that is so personal as birth may have on the viewers, looking at it without the opportunity for immediate debriefing can be a problem. Parents may also misinterpret what they are seeing and be left with a mistaken impression of the events they have seen. If you are going to loan videos in this way, make sure you give parents a chance to debrief their reactions afterwards.
Videos can be a valuable teaching tool and provide welcome variety into a prenatal program.
Used wisely they can tell a story or show information difficult to explain in any other way in a class setting and they can enhance your presentation enormously. For questions or comments please contact the Webmaster . Last updated 30 January 2001. Copyright 1997-2001, Birth International. All rights reserved.