Early Childhood Intervention and Rehabilitation Services Collections

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Two collections that were part of the Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) Brown-Heatly Library were relocated to the Texas Department of State Health Services Audiovisual Library in October 2004. At that time, an inter-agency contract for library services was established.

The Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) collection includes videos, books, assessment instruments, audio resources, and journals concerning children who have disabilities or developmental delays. Some of the topics include: child development, intervention strategies, autism, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, infant mental health, etc. For more information about the ECI Library collection, see http://www.dars.state.tx.us/ecis/resources/library.shtml.

The Rehabilitation Services collection includes videos, books, and journals on all aspects of rehabilitation and disabilities. Examples of topics include: disability awareness and rights, assistive technology, ADD and ADHD, brain injury, deafness, blindness, ergonomics, returning to work, sign language, etc. See also the National Clearinghouse of Rehabilitation Training Materials located at Utah State University.

These materials are available on a free loan basis to residents of the state of Texas for up to 10 business days. Mailing time is automatically added to the two-week loan period.

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New Additions - 2008

• ECI Collection
• Rehabilitation Services Collection
• New Additions during 2005-2007

ECI COLLECTION

An Activity-Based Approach to Developing Young Children's Social Emotional Competence. Jane Squires, 2007. Book. (540 S774a 2006 ECI)
This book walks readers through the five-step intervention process called Activity-Based Intervention: Social Emotional. It explains how to screen the child for behaviors of concern and evaluating the family environment. It performs a more detailed assessment of child and caregiver competence. It works with parents on goal development and embeds intervention activities into everyday routines. It shows how to conduct an evaluation of the program.

Ages and Stages Questionnaires on a Home Visit - DD0188 (New in DVD)
DVD color 20 min. 1995 Professional
The Ages & Stages Questionnaire (ASQ) system is designed to be implemented in many settings and can easily be tailored to fit the needs of many families. This program demonstrates completion of the questionnaire for two children. Their family is introduced and guided through questionnaire completion by a home visitor. Viewers discover how to explain the ASQ screening process, redefine items to reflect a family's values and culture, create opportunities for child learning and development, and promote positive parent-child interaction.

Art and Science of Home Visits (closed captioned)(open captioned) - DD0222
DVD color 15 min. 2004 Professional
This DVD shows early intervention specialists how to establish trusting, caring relationships between themselves and families of infants and toddlers with hearing loss. Best practices in this family-centered approach are demonstrated in actual home visits.

ASQ Scoring and Referral - DD0189
DVD color 16 min. 2004 Professional
Viewers see a brief description of the ASQ questionnaires and the screening process. Then, they watch a home visitor guiding a mother as she fills out a questionnaire for an infant and tries the ASQ tasks with her child. Through footage of specific tasks and close ups of sample questions and scores, ASQ users will learn how to convert parent responses into point values, compare the results to the cutoff scores, evaluate sections that are not scored, such as the family information page and use professional judgment to decide if a referral for further assessment is needed.

ASQ: SE in Practice - DD0190
DVD color 26 min. 2004 Professional
A companion to the Ages & Stages Questionnaires: Social-Emotional (ASQ:SE) screening system, this program gives an overview of emotional and social development and provides a thorough introduction to ASQ:SE. Viewers get an inside look at the screening system in practice as they watch a home visitor using ASQ:SE with the family of a 4-year-old boy. With this program, early interventionists, home visitors, pediatricians, teachers, and other professionals will be fully prepared to administer and score ASQ:SE.

Assessment of Parenting Competency in Mothers with Mental Illness. Teresa Ostler, 2008. Book. (320.4 O85a 2008 ECI)
This book gives mental health professionals sound assessment strategies to fairly evaluate the parenting competency of mothers with a wide range of mental illnesses. This book integrates multiple approaches so that professionals get the full picture of parenting competency.

Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Concise Encyclopedia. Carol Turkington and Ruth Anan, 2007. Book. (203.6 T939a 2007 ECI)
This encyclopedia on autism spectrum disorders provides a reference guide to different types of autism, treatments, social impact, possible causes and more. Appendixes are included with relevant organizations, sources for further reading, a glossary, and a bibliography. It also goes by the title, "The A to Z of Autism Spectrum Disorders."

Autism Spectrum Disorders and the SCERTS Model - DD0192 (New in DVD)
DVD color 106 min. 2004 Professional
This DVD provides an overview of the SCERTS model and demonstrates its application in classroom, community, and home environments for children in early intervention through the primary school grades. This model is designed for those interested in a comprehensive framework that builds meaning, logic and predictability into daily functional activities for children with ASD and their social partners.

Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z: Assessment, Diagnosis and More. Barbara T. Doyle and Emily Doyle Iland, 2004. Book. (203.6 D754a 2004 ECI)
This easy-to-understand book explains what autism is, how it is diagnosed, and theories behind the cause of autism. It presents real case studies to illustrate points being made. It presents an even-handed look at therapies and assessments. It discusses reactions to the diagnosis, how to support the family, and practical advice for sharing information with other people. Parents of children with autism will find answers to many of their questions about autism from this excellent book. This book is also available in Spanish (Los Trastornos del Espectro de Autismo).

Bipolar Kids: Helping Your Child Find Calm in the Storm. Rosalie Greenberg, 2007. Book. (227.4 G798b 2007 ECI)
This book walks readers through the range of scenarios that occur with bipolar kids, from daring manic phases to sudden periods of overwhelming sadness. The author addresses family relationships and guides parents in making meaningful choices about their child’s education and treatment options.

Can Do: Becoming a Can Do Kid Self-Help Skills - DV0198
DVD color 14 min. 1991 Adult, Professional
It is tempting for parents to do too much for their child who is blind. This DVD encourages parents to build independence in their child by teaching the child to do things for him- or herself, including feeding, dressing and personal care.

Can Do: Full of Hope - DD0206
DVD color 18 min. 2002 Adult, Professional
Viewers share in the experien ces of children and young adults with visual impairments. This program offers hope and encouragement to families and professionals who work with them. It is especially helpful to families of newly diagnosed infants and preschoolers with visual and multiple impairments.

Can Do: Going Places: Orientation and Mobility - DD0200
DVD color 14 min. 1991 Adult, Professional
Two very important skills for a child who is visually impaired to function independently are orientation and mobility, knowing where he or she wants to go and how to get there. This DVD teaches parents about these skills and what they can do from the time their child is very young to encourage independent and safe movement. Families and their children model a progression of skills from infancy through preschool age.

Can Do: Growing My Way Part 1 - DD0195
DVD color 12 min. 2005 Adult
This DVD follows five babies and their parents as their development is tracked at 3-month intervals, beginning at 3 months of age and ending at 18 months of age. It provides an intimate look at them as they progress through their first year and a half of life. The children include a typically developing baby, two babies with low vision conditions, and two babies who were born very prematurely and are seriously visually impaired. The series highlights what adaptations children and parents make to deal with visual impairment at different ages and developmental stages.

Can Do: Hands on Experience: Tactual Learning and Skills - DD0203
DVD color 11 min. 1996 Adult, Professional
Children who are blind or visually impaired need to be able to use their other senses to gain information about the world. The sense of touch is one of the major senses that can make up for their loss of sight. However, babies, toddlers and preschoolers who are visually impaired need encouragement and opportunities to build their tactual skills. This DVD discusses the importance of tactual learning, the progression of tactual skills from infancy through preschool needed for preparing children for Braille reading, and how parents and teachers can help.

Can Do: Learning about the World: Concept Development - DD0197
DVD color 16 min. 1991 Adult, Professional
Lack of vision can cause children who are visually impaired to miss much of what is going on around them, inhibiting their understanding of the world. This DVD helps parents appreciate the importance of early concept development and what they can do to help their child.

Can Do: Making Friends: Social Skills and Play - DD0199
DVD color 11 min. 1991 Adult, Professional
Blindness can significantly impact a child's understanding of how to behave with others. This DVD explores several areas of potential social difficulty and shows parents how to help their child build the social skills that are keys to successful living in a sighted world.

Can Do: Moving Through the World: Gross Motor Skills and Play - DD0202
DVD color 10 min. 1996 Adult, Professional
Visual impairment can significantly impact the development of the gross motor skills needed for young children to move beyond their environment and learn about the world. Parents and teachers can play a major role in fostering the development of gross motor skills. This DVD discusses key gross motor skills and demonstrates simple and fun play activities that parents and teachers can use to encourage a progression of skills from infancy through preschool age.

Can Do: Power at Your Fingertips: An Introduction to Learning Braille - DD0205
DVD color 22 min. 1996 Adult, Professional
This DVD features instruction in the Braille alphabet and numbers, introduction to the use of contractions in Braille, and training in the use of the slate and stylus and Braille writer. It is a tutorial for parents and teachers to get started in using Braille with their children who are blind and to pursue self-instruction at their own pace.

Can Do: Seeing Things in a New Way: What Happens When You Have a Blind Baby - DD0196
DVD color 16 min. 1991 Adult
Parents can be devastated when they learn that their child is blind. This program is designed to help parents with their sense of loss and develop a positive outlook for their child's capabilities and potentials.

Can Do: Successfully Adapting the Preschool Environment - DD0204
DVD color 12 min. 1996 Adult, Professional
Children who are visually impaired can be successful in the typical preschool classroom. This DVD demonstrates a variety of adaptations that easily and effectively can be introduced to accommodate the special needs of students who are visually impaired.

Can Do: Through Their Eyes: An Introduction to Low Vision - DD0201
DVD color 15 min. 1996 Adult, Professional
It can be difficult to understand low vision conditions and to determine how they affect a young child's visual functioning. However, with some special adaptations in the home and preschool environment, children with low vision will be able to use their sight to their best advantage. This video discusses several common causes of low vision, how they affect visual function, and adaptations that can be simply incorporated into home and classroom to meet these special needs.

Children and Babies with Mood Swings: New Insights for Parents and Professionals. Stanley I. Greenspan, Ira Glovinsky and Cindy Glovinsky, 2007. Book. (227.4 G815c 2007 ECI)
This book shows how mood swings develop in children. It describes the complex interplay between children's physical tendencies, emotional experiences, and the developmental steps towards either mood swings or stable, optimistic moods. It uses two case studies to illustrate the theories presented.

Choices in Deafness: A Parents' Guide to Communication Options, 3rd ed. Sue Schwartz, 2007. Book. (219.23 C545 2007 ECI)
This book provides parents of children who are deaf with comprehensive information about assessment, diagnosis, medical and audiological treatments, cochlear implants, education and technology devices, and more. Five major communication options are presented: auditory-verbal; ASL-English bilingual; cued speech, auditory-oral; and total communication. The CD-ROM gives hearing listeners an idea of what speech sounds like to children who have different types of hearing loss.

Child Maltreatment 2006. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, 2008. Book. (130.5 C536 2008 ECI)
This report summarizes case-level data from the states to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System. It presents national statistics on child abuse and neglect.

Children with Hearing Loss: A Family Guide. David Luterman, 2006. Book. (219.2 C536 2006 ECI)
This book contains a series of essays on hearing loss in children. It discusses the emotional impact of hearing loss. Hearing aids and cochlear implants are described. The effects of hearing loss on family relationships are mentioned. Essays on learning and what parents should know about the educational system are also included.

Communication Options for Deaf Children: A Family Decision - DD0186
DVD color 18 min. 2002 Adult
Experts and parents who have made choices about communication options discuss four alternatives: auditory/verbal, American Sign Language, auditory/oral lip reading and aggressive hearing amplification, total communication combining methods to help a child develop natural language skills. This program helps parents, service providers, and students understand that there is no "one right way" of communicating with deaf children that will meet the needs of all families. The emphasis is on researching the various communication options, choosing what is best for a family, and starting the communication process early.

The Complete Resource Book for Infants: Over 700 Experiences for Children from Birth to 18 Months. Pam Schiller, 2005. Book. (525.2 S334c 2005 ECI)
This book features hundreds of activities that are perfect for infants from birth through 18 months. They maximize learning and development in the areas of language, physical, social-emotional, and cognitive growth. The activities can be used individually or grouped together to focus on a specific skill.

Concepts and Combinations - DD0220
DVD color 25 min. 2006 Kindergarten-Adult
Missy Keast, a mother who is deaf, teaches concepts and combinations of basic words. Parents will learn how to ask their children to perform complex tasks and behaviors at an early age. Words learned in this DVD include small, big, short, tall, left, right, go and stop. Words combinations taught are blue water, good morning, good night, green grass, look down, look up, black bear, red dog, yellow flower, white bear and numbers one through four.

The Developing Brain: Birth to Age Eight. Marilee Sprenger, 2008. Book. (530 S768d 2008 ECI)
This book helps early childhood teachers, administrators and parents translate discoveries on early brain development into strategies that nurture cognitive growth. The author covers the basic structure, vocabulary and current research on the brain from an early childhood educator's point of view. The book contains many illustrations and descriptions. Reproducible developmental checklists and brain-based activities for the classroom or child care setting are also included.

The Down Syndrome Nutrition Handbook: A Guide to Promoting Healthy Lifestyles, 2nd ed. Joan E.G. Medlen, 2006. (226.11 M491 2006 ECI)
This book presents information on nutrition and healthy living for children with Down syndrome. It encourages parents to start teaching healthy habits early in their child’s life but also stresses that it is never too late to begin healthy habits.

Early Interactions (closed captioned) - DD0150
DVD color 45 min. 2007 Professional
Viewers will watch footage of two young children with disabilities as parents and professionals conduct observations during typical home activities. In the first segment, Ryan, an infant with visual impairment and cerebral palsy, carries out a range of developmental activities with the expert guidance of his mother and a physical therapist. In the second segment, Michael, a toddler with visual impairment and hearing loss, engages in play by himself and with his parents and sibling.

The Early Intervention Dictionary: A Multidisciplinary Guide to Terminology. Jeanine G. Coleman, 2006. Book. (325 C692 2006 ECI)
This reference defines thousands of medical, therapeutic, and educational terms commonly used in the early intervention field. It has been updated to reflect the changes, new research, educational approaches, and new treatments available in early intervention.

Eating Behaviors of the Young Child: Prenatal and Postnatal Influences on Healthy Eating. Leann L Birch and William H. Dietz, 2008. Book. (247.4 E14 2008 ECI)
This book shares the perspectives of many nutrition experts on the factors that may contribute to unhealthy feeding and eating behaviors, especially those that lead to obesity. Four sections are included: nutrition influences on growth and development; cultural and parenting influences; delivery systems (such as helping parents with eating difficulties and whether to breast or bottlefeed an infant); and a summary.

ECI 20th Anniversary 1981-2001: Watch Us Grow - DD0215
DVD color 11 min. 2001 Adult
This DVD showcases the advances children have made in the last 20 years through the assistance of Early Childhood Intervention by providing photos of these children as they grow up.

ECI Teleconference: Assistant Commissioner’s Update - DD0213
DVD color 127 min. 2008 Professional
Assistant commissioner Kim Wedel provides an update to ECI program staff on January 22, 2008. This DVD only plays on Windows Media Player and Real Player software.

ECI Teleconference: Eligibility Guidance for Infants and Toddlers with Hearing Loss - DD0214
DVD color 180 min. 2008 Professional
Alicia Favila, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, ESC 10; Brent Pitt, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services, Division of IDEA Coordination, Texas Education Agency and Christ Watkins, Lead Program Consultant, Early Childhood Intervention State Office explain eligibility guidelines for infants and toddlers with hearing loss. This teleconference was held on February 6, 2008. This DVD only plays with Windows Media Player or Real Player software.

ECI Teleconference: Ethics for ECI Service Providers - DD0210
DVD color 180 min. 2008 Professional
Jan Finch presented this conference on May 15, 2008. She gives an overview of ethical principles, includes an exercise to clarify values and summarizes the GIFT approach to ethical problem solving. The acronym GIFT stands for Get the facts; Identify values and ethical principles; Find options; and Test and choose options. Participants examine hypothetical scenarios and break into discussion pairs. NOTE: This DVD-Rom only plays on Windows Media Player and Real Player software.

ECI Teleconference: Ethics for ECI Service Providers 2004 - DVD-DD0211, VT0629-VHS
DVD/video color 180 min. 2004 Professional
Presented August 24, 2004 by Jan Finch. Ms. Finch explains the GIFT approach to ethical problem solving. The library does not have a hand out to accompany this specific teleconference. The handouts for the 2008 ethics videoconference presented by Ms. Finch accompany the DVD.

ECI Teleconference: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome - DD0217
DVD color 113 min. 2008 Professional
This teleconference from March 6, 2008 was presented by Toosje Thyssen VanBeveren. Dr. VanBeveren explores the effects of prenatal alcohol exposure on prenatal development. This DVD will only play with Windows Media Player and Real Player software.

ECI Teleconference: Increasing Family Involvement and Follow Through in Early Childhood Intervention - DD0216
DVD color 274 min. 2008 Professional
Ellen Stubbe-Kester explains how to increase family involvement and follow through. She explains why family participation in critical and presents the SMILE solution. SMILE stands for Sign, Model, Imitate, Label, Expand. This teleconference was broadcast on June 26, 2008. This DVD can only be played used Windows Media Player or Real Player software.

ECI Teleconference: Medicaid Updates - DD0218
DVD color 329 min. 2008 Professional
This teleconference was broadcast on July 30, 2008. Amy Jennings of HHSC provides a review of the payment error rate measurement program. This program can only be played using Windows Media Player and Real Media Player software.

Educating Peter - DD0187 (New in DVD)
DVD color 30 min. 1991 Adult
This program, winner of an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, is the story of a child with Down syndrome and his third grade classmates as they test the limits of the federal law requiring children with disabilities to be included in classes with typically developing children.

Embracing Play - DD0193 (New in DVD)
DVD color 47 min. 2002 Adult
This program is intended for parents of a child newly diagnosed with autism. It presents ways they can interact with their child through using household objects and toys in various play situations. It demonstrates strategies for creating the structure necessary to foster the child's play skills. Because play comes naturally to most children, it is a good way to immediately keep the child engaged.

Engagement of Every Child in the Preschool Classroom. R.A. McWilliam and Amy M. Casey, 2008. Book. (557 M177e 2008 ECI)
This book offers an evidence-based approach to promoting engagement in preschoolers with or without special needs. Concrete strategies will help reduce wasted time and misbehavior, especially during transitions between activities. They will also help the educator encourage developmental progress, assess child functioning, write functional classroom goals and more.

Everyday Signs - DD0219
DVD color 42 min. 2006 Kindergarten - Adult
This DVD introduces signing for babies. Missy Keast, a mother who is deaf, gives guidance to parents on how to begin the process of teaching young children sign language. Viewers will learn words for creatures, family members, mealtime, needs and objects. There is also a simple guessing game.

Evidence-Based Practice in the Early Childhood Field. Virginia Buysse and Patricia W. Wesley, 2006. Book. (325 E93 2006 ECI)
This book gives the history of evidence-based practice in medicine as well as its important application to early childhood education. It also discusses promising practices, strategies and future directions for implementing evidence-based practice. It talks about how to close the gap between research and practice in the field of early childhood education.

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children. Ross W. Greene, 2005. Book. (515 G811e 2005 ECI)
Severe noncompliance, temper outbursts, verbal or physical aggression can leave parents feeling very frustrated and overwhelmed. This book helps parents gain confidence and knowledge to handle these situations. It helps parents understand the factors that contribute to a child's explosions. It helps reduce hostility and antagonism between the child and adults. It helps parents focus less on reward and punishment and more on communication and collaborative problem-solving. It helps the child develop skills to be more flexible and better handle the frustrations in life.

Families of Young Children with Special Needs: Family Crisis - DD0171 (New in DVD)
DVD color 27 min. 1995 Adult, Professional
This program follows two families as each learns that their child has special needs. It illustrates supportive techniques for revealing a diagnosis and discusses possible parental reactions. Three overlapping and concurrent crises; diagnostic crisis, values crisis, and reality crisis are explored in depth. It also discusses the roles of other parents of special needs children as well as professionals in helping families through their crises.

First IEP Parent Perspectives (closed captioned) - DD0194
DVD color 30 min. 2005 Adult, Professional
This resource answers common questions and concerns about IEPs and gives viewers a picture of the process. Viewers will learn from mothers who discuss their children’s special needs, their IEP preparation, and how they got the results they wanted. A mother meets with an early interventionist to talk about what to expect and how to prepare. A simulation of a successful IEP meeting is shown for a boy with multiple disabilities along with video footage of the child in his new preschool.

For the Child: Information on Mental Health and Advocacy for Resource Parents (closed captioned) - DD0208
DVD color 30 min. 2007 Adult
This program is hosted by Morgan Freeman. It provides information to help foster parents and kinship care providers address the mental health needs of children in their care. Viewers will understand the most common children’s mental health problems and learn about navigating the mental health delivery system. They will learn how important it is to develop alliances with birth parents, school systems, mental health providers and case workers. Foster children, birth parents, foster parents and caseworkers all have rights and responsibilities. Parents can be more effective advocates for the children in their care if they know who to call, what to say, and where to go to obtain the right services.

Fragile X Syndrome - DD0191
DVD color 25 min. 2004 Adult
Viewers learn about the physical and behavioral characteristics, diagnostic tests, neurological and neurobehavioral symptoms of this disability. This syndrome affects males and females differently. A visual learning style, peer teaching and occupational therapy can be effective in teaching a child with Fragile X syndrome.

From Early Intervention to Preschool Programs and School-Age Services: A Parent's Guide to Transitioning Young Children with Special Needs. Padmaja Sarathy, 2006. Book. (556.8 S243f 2006 ECI)
This family-focused guide provides a road map of the events a parent can expect in the transition process from early childhood education to preschool and beyond. It is designed to empower families to ask the right questions and seek the most relevant information from the professionals to help parents make effective transition-related decisions for young children with special needs.

Good Grief - DD0174 (New in DVD)
DVD color 40 min. 1990 Adult, Professional
This DVD focuses on the grieving process associated with parenting a child with disabilities. Ken Moses, a psychologist and the father of a child with a disability, explores how the process helps parents make changes necessary to live with their child and how real life is quite different from what was anticipated.

Health, Safety, and Nutrition for the Young Child. Lynn R. Marotz, 2009. Book. (320.11 M355h 2009 ECI)
This textbook discusses the importance and interrelationship of health, safety and nutrition for children to grow up safe and healthy. It then discusses each dimension (health, preventing accidents, and food and nutrition) in more detail. The CD-ROM contains the forms found in the book in both Microsoft Word and Adobe PDF formats.

Help Him Make You Smile: The Development of Intersubjectivity in the Atypical Child. Rita S. Eagle, 2007. Book. (226.5 E11h 2007 ECI)
This book is the diary of the mother of a child with developmental disabilities who is also a psychologist. She interweaves the story of her son with psychological theories about child development. She describes her journey from the baby's birth through age four and concludes with a chapter about her son as an adult.

Helping Children Cope with Frightening Events - DD0185
DVD color 25 min. 2002 Adult, Professional
This program describes the reaction of children exposed to traumatic or frightening events. Educators will learn about changes in children's behavior and how to create a supportive environment for them. Activities are suggested that reinforce a sense of security and promote healing.

Helping Your Anxious Child: A Step-By-Step Guide for Parents. Ronald M. Rapee, 2000. Book. (540 R216h 2000 ECI)
This book helps parents to understand their child's worries, fear or anxiety. It clearly describes and demonstrates how to help children build the necessary courage and self-confidence needed to face their fears.

Home Team (closed captioned) (open captioned) - DD0221
DVD color 15 min. 2003 Professional
This DVD presents strategies and techniques that can help establish trusting, caring relationships between interventionists and families using the highly successful family-centered approach. Best practices are demonstrated in actual home visits. Parents and professionals share their expertise on how to create true collaboration as a team.

It's a New IDEA!: The Manual for Parents and Students about Special Education Services in Texas. Advocacy, Inc., 2007. Book. (556 A244 2007 ECI)
This manual is designed to help parents become familiar with the requirements of the IDEA so that they may act as an equal partner in planning their child's education. Parents will learn, by using this manual and by working with school staff, how to plan an educational program that will lead to an ordinary life for the child and family. This is also available in Spanish: “Esta Es Una Nueva IDEA: Manual Para Padres Y Estudiantes Acerca De Los Servicios De Educación Especial En Texas.”

El Jardín Silencioso: Criando a su Hijo Sordo. Paul W. Ogden, 2002. Book. (219.23 Og2 2002 ECI)
Este libro provee a los padres de niños sordos y con limitaciones auditivas una información crucial sobre las crecientes posibilidades que tiene sus hijos hoy en día. El autor, sordo desde el nacimiento, ofrece a los padres unas bases firmes en la toma de las decisiones necesarias para iniciar a sus hijos en el camino hacia la realización de todo su potencial. (This book is also available in English, "The Silent Garden.")

Just Take a Bite: Easy, Effective Answers to Food Aversions and Eating Challenges. Lori Ernsperger and Tania Stegen-Hanson, 2004. Book. (247.4 E71j 2004 ECI)
This book offers a comprehensive plan to address food aversions and selectivities by children with special needs, especially with autism or Asperger syndrome. It provides insight as to the causes of eating challenges and specific techniques for increasing food selections and assisting children in eating a balanced diet.

Keeping the Promise: History of ECI - DD0212 (New in DVD)
DVD color 23 min. 1995 Adult
Mary Elder, the Executive Director of the Texas Interagency Council on Early Childhood Intervention, shares the history of the ECI program.

Language Partners: Building a Strong Foundation (closed captioned)(open captioned)- DD0223
DVD color 20 min. 2006 Professional
Creating a language-rich environment gives babies who are deaf and hard-of-hearing the tools they need to think, communicate, and learn. This DVD shows several families using a variety of communication approaches.

Learning Games: 12-24 Months: The Abecedarian Curriculum. Joseph Sparling and Isabelle Lewis, 2006. Book. (655.2 S736a 2006 ECI)
This curriculum provides instructions for fun activities to support and guide cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. It can be used in preschools, group day care, family day care homes, parent groups, and home visitation.

Learning Games: 24-36 Months: The Abecedarian Curriculum. Joseph Sparling and Isabelle Lewis, 2006. Book. (655.2 S736b 2005 ECI)
This curriculum provides instructions for fun activities to support and guide cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. It can be used in preschools, group day care, family day care homes, parent groups, and home visitation.

Learning Games: 48-60 Months: The Abecedarian Curriculum. Joseph Sparling and Isabelle Lewis, 2006. Book. (655.2 S736c 2005 ECI)
This curriculum provides instructions for fun activities to support and guide cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. It can be used in preschools, group day care, family day care homes, parent groups, and home visitation.

Making Connections: Support for Families of Newborns and Infants with Hearing Loss. Valerie Sitnick Schuyler, 2006. Book. (219.2 S397m 2006 ECI)
This book focuses on how parents and professionals can promote acquisition of age-appropriate listening and communication skills in infants with hearing loss in their first twelve months of life. It describes three types of connections that enable newborns and infants to reach their full potential. These connections are parent and infant relationship; early identification plus early intervention equals improved outcomes; and families plus early intervention. The CD-ROM contains copies of the worksheets that are included in the book.

Mental Health in Early Intervention: Achieving Unity in Principles and Practice. Gilbert M. Foley and Jane D. Hochman, 2006. Book. (266.5 M549 2006 ECI)
This book urges the integration of infant mental health and early intervention. Readers will learn to identify and apply specific mental health principles and practices to early intervention work. The three sections include: historical foundations and models for integrated practice; implementing integrated practice; and leadership, training and policies for integrated practice.

Mister Rogers' Plan & Play Book: Hundreds of Preschool Activities for Parents and Child Care Providers. Fred Rogers, 2002. Book. (655.2 R725m 2002 ECI)
This book provides activities to go along with the themes presented in the television show, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The activities can also be used without watching the show. Song lyrics, an activities index, a topic index, and a theme index are all included.

Negotiating the Special Education Maze: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, 4th ed. Winifred Anderson, 2008. Book. (556.9 A552 2008 ECI)
This book explains the entire special education system, from infants receiving early intervention to young adults making the transition out of high school and into the workplace. It discusses eligibility for services; understanding and succeeding with the Individualized Education Program; and solving disagreements between families and schools. Transition from high school covers employment, independent living, self-advocacy and continuing education issues.

The Neurobehavioral and Social-Emotional Development of Infants and Children. Edward Tronick, 2007. Book. (540 T853n 2007 ECI)
This book represents Tronick's major ideas and studies regarding infant-adult interactions, developmental processes, and mutual regulation. It is organized into five parts: neurobehavior, culture, infant social-emotional interaction, perturbations (natural and experimental), and dyadic expansion of consciousness and meaning making. The central goal of the book is to present Tronick's Mutual Regulation Model. The CD-ROM contains the neonatal assessment of the substance exposed infant and Tronick's still-face in infants and toddlers.

Occupational Therapy for Children, 5th ed. Jane Case-Smith, 2005. Book. (258 C337o 2005 ECI)
This textbook provides a comprehensive knowledge base of occupational therapy in pediatrics. Two sections discuss evaluation and intervention. The book concludes with a section on areas of pediatric occupational therapy services such as in early intervention, in hospitals or during the transition from school to adult life.

The Out-Of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder. Carol Stock Kranowitz, 2005. Book. (219 K862 2005 ECI)
Oversensitivity to touch, taste, smell, sound; problems with motor coordination; unusually high or low activity level -- these may be symptoms of sensory integration dysfunction. SI dysfunction is a common, but frequently misdiagnosed, problem in which messages from the senses are not correctly processed by the central nervous system. This guide, aimed at parents and other laypeople, offers easily understood information on the disorder and a treatment approach for children who need help.

The Out-Of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder, Rev ed. Carol Stock Kranowitz, 2006. (219 K862 2006 ECI)
This book presents more than one hundred playful activities specially aimed at children with sensory issues. Whether the child faces challenges with touch, balance, movement, body position, vision, hearing, smell, taste, motor planning or other sensory problems, this book brings fun and play to these children.

Para El Niño: Informacióon Sobre Salud Mental y Abogacía para Padres de Crianza (Spanish) (closed captioned) - DD0209
DVD color 30 min. 2007 Adult
This program is hosted by María Antonieta Collins and is the Spanish version of For the Child (DD0208). It provides information to help foster parents and kinship care providers address the mental health needs of children in their care. Viewers will understand the most common children’s mental health problems and learn about navigating the mental health delivery system. They will learn how important it is to develop alliances with birth parents, school systems, mental health providers and case workers. Foster children, birth parents, foster parents and caseworkers all have rights and responsibilities. Parents can be more effective advocates for the children in their care if they know who to call, what to say, and where to go to obtain the right services.

Pediatric Resource Guide to Infant and Childhood Hearing Loss, 2nd ed. Center for Early Intervention on Deafness, 2006. Book. (219.23 P371 2006 ECI)
This guide helps unravel some of the complex issues associated with infant and childhood hearing loss for pediatric providers and encourages early screening for hearing loss. It includes information about laws on newborn hearing screening; descriptions of amplification, diagnostic tools and surgical devices; research findings; and much more.

Practical Approaches to Early Childhood Professional Development: Evidence, Strategies, and Resources. Pamela J. Winton, Jeanette A. McCollum, and Camille Catlett, 2008. Book. (560 P898 2008 ECI)
This book provides an organized and accessible format for building quality and qualifications into professional development programs for early childhood educators. It discusses how to create effective professional development opportunities. It reflects cultural and linguistic diversity and discusses how to work with parents. It shows how to create inclusive settings and learning environments. It helps administrators develop policies that will ensure quality early childhood education.

Practical Ideas that Really Work for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2nd ed. Kathleen McConnell and Gail Ryser, 2007. Book. (203.6 M129 2007 ECI)
This book is intended for use with students in grades preschool through 12. It is designed for educators who work with students who have autism or other developmental disorders that interfere with their ability to learn and to function in social situations. The ideas in the manual were written to assist teachers in improving students' social interactions and communication skills and decrease their repetitive patterns of behavior. Evaluation forms are available to be used with this book.

Raising and Educating a Deaf Child, 2nd ed. Marc Marschark, 2007. Book. (219.23 M354 2007 ECI)
This book presents an overview of what a parent or a teacher of a child needs to know about growing up deaf. The author covers such topics as what it means to be deaf and the uniqueness of deaf culture to the medical causes of early hearing loss; from technological aids for the deaf such as cochlear implants to the many ways that the environment of home and school can influence a child's chances for success in both academic and social circles.

Sibshops: Workshops for Siblings of Children with Special Needs, Rev. ed. Donald J. Meyer and Patricia F. Vadasy, 2008. Book. (271.6 M575 2008 ECI)
This manual details how to set up and hold a "Sibshop" where brothers and sisters of children with special needs are provided an opportunity to meet other siblings in a relaxed, recreational setting to share their feelings and to learn about themselves and others in similar situations.

The Silent Garden: Raising Your Deaf Child. Paul W. Ogden, 1996. Book. (219.23 Og2 1996 ECI)
Written by an author and educator who is deaf since birth, this book helps parents address critical concerns such as how to communicate with their child, what type of school their child can attend, what kinds of professional help are beneficial to the family, and what technological alternatives are available. It also includes case studies and interviews with parents of deaf children. (The book is available in Spanish, "El Jardin Silencioso.")

Social Competence in Children. Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, 2007. (270.1 S473s 2007 ECI)
Social competence is essential to the mental and physical well-being of all humans but many children have difficulty making and keeping friends. This book provides a developmental view of social functioning in children at different stages, with an emphasis on clinical conditions that may disrupt this development. Assessment, parenting issues, interventions, and treatment guidelines are included.

Social Competence of Young Children: Risk, Disability and Intervention. William H. Brown, Samuel L. Odom, Scott R. McConnell, 2008. Book. (540 S678 2008 ECI)
This book helps readers gain a deep and thorough foundation for understanding social competence. It examines key influences on social development: family, culture, classroom and friendships. It pinpoints strategies for social interaction interventions specific to different populations. Readers will understand the effects of autism, behavioral disorders, communication and language disorders and severe disabilities on peer interactions and relationships.

Socioemotional Development in the Toddler Years: Transitions and Transformations. Celia A. Brownell and Claire B. Kopp, 2007. Book. (540 B884s 2007 ECI)
This book examines the key social and emotional transitions that characterize the second and third years of life (toddlers). It illuminates the pathways by which children develop socioemotional competence, how specific abilities emerge, and the nature and significance of individual differences.

The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child’s Life. John W. Nadworny, 2007. Book. (268.5 N138 2007 ECI)
This book helps parents or other caregivers plan for every stage of life for persons with special needs. It discusses the special financial and legal needs of these family members. Topics such as guardianship, estate planning, identifying government benefits and much more are discussed.

Speech and Language Development and Intervention in Down Syndrome and Fragile X Syndrome. Joanne Erwick Roberts, Robin S. Chapman and Steven F. Warren, 2008. Book. (219.4 R645s 2008 ECI)
This book clarifies the distinct speech and language issues associated with Down syndrome and fragile X syndrome. It helps readers conduct individualized assessment and intervention. It helps readers understand the behaviors, characteristics, and genetics associated with both syndromes. It will also help professionals apply the techniques where appropriate with individuals with other disabilities such as autism.

Substance Exposure and Promoting Attachment - CA0006
audio CD color 79 min. 2007 Professional
Mary Susan Rudisill, clinical psychologist, presents information about prenatal substance exposure and the early absence of consistent, loving caregivers. The first part of the session explores the interrelationship of biological and environmental risk factors as they affect attachment and development in substance-exposed children. Part two presents a comprehensive view of this multi-deficit model and innovative intervention options.

Teaching Motor Skills to Children with Cerebral Palsy and Similar Movement Disorders: A Guide for Parents and Professionals. Sieglinde Martin, 2006. Book. (203.21 M383t 2006 ECI)
This book is a resource that parents, therapists and other caregivers can consult to help young children with gross motor delays learn and practice motor skills. The book offers dozens of easy-to-follow exercises with photos to assist with head control, protective reactions, proper positioning, independent sitting, transitional movements, stretching, muscle strength, balance training and gait training.

Teenagers and Their Babies: A Perinatal Home Visitor's Guide. Ida Cardone, Linda Gilkerson and Nick Wechsler, 2007. Book. (320.64 C268t 2007 ECI)
This book provides home visitors with concrete examples of how to skillfully help expectant and new teenage parents build a deep attachment with their baby. It has hands-on advice, activities and strategies that work with teenagers and their relationships. The book is based on Community-Based Family Administered Neonatal Activities methods and strategies.

Ten Things Every Child Needs - DD0153
DVD color 60 min. 1997 Adult
Ten simple things influence the brain development of children: interaction, loving touch, stable relationships, safe healthy environments, self esteem, quality child care, play, communication, music and reading. This program offers a simple checklist that parents, teachers, family child care providers and babysitters can follow to give children the best start in life.

This Child is Not Alone - DD0184 (New in DVD)
DVD color 30 min. 1995 Adult
This DVD explores the thoughts and feelings of family members after the birth of a child with special needs: the shock of finding out and the question of "why me?"; the effects on marital relationships; how single- parent families manage; the reactions of friends and extended family and the reactions of the child's siblings. The program presents families in various life situations. This program is appropriate for pre-service and in-service training of healthcare professionals and early interventionists and for parents and family members.

Together We Succeed: Building a Better System for Transitioning Preschoolers with Disabilities. Padmaja Sarathy, 2005. Book. (556.8 S243 2005 ECI)
This practical guide presents a collaborative planning process with a multi-pronged approach to address the challenges of multiple transitions that occur in the preschool years. It provides creative ideas and strategies for developing and implementing a best-practice system to achieve smooth transitions from one service delivery model to another for preschool children with special needs and their families. This edition has been updated to reflect the changes in the 2004 IDEA law.

Touchpoints - D00154
DVD color 123 min. 1991 Adult
According to host Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, touchpoints are times in a child's development that precede a rapid burst in learning for both the parent and the child, critical to future development. Brazelton covers the touchpoints of pregnancy to the toddler years. He explains delivery, newborn assessment, attachment, cognitive and motor development, feeding and sleep. He touches on behavioral challenges such as negativism, tantrums, teasing, sibling rivalry. Discipline and toilet learning are also explored.

Los Trastornos del Espectro de Autismo: de la A a la Z. Barbara T. Doyle and Emily Doyle Iland, 2004. Book. (203.6 D754a 2005 ECI Spanish)
Aqui se halla la información esencial de cómo entender y dirigirse a los trastornos del espectro de autismo, incluso con ejemplos verdaderos de los autores. Contiene muchas ideas prácticas y útiles. Este libro contiene información completa y fácil de entender para padres de habla hispana, no solamente sobre el autismo y las leyes que amparan a sus hijos, sino el cómo usar esta información para avanzar la causa de sus hijos.

Trauma through a Child's Eyes: Awakening the Ordinary Miracle of Healing. Peter A. Levine and Maggie Kline, 2006. Book. (326.1 L665t 2006 ECI)
Trauma can result from catastrophic events such as abuse or violence but also from natural disasters and other incidents like auto accidents, medical procedures or divorce. This book explains how trauma is imprinted on the body, brain and spirit, resulting in illnesses and addictions later. This book includes case studies and hands-on activities to give insight into children's innate ability to rebound with the appropriate support. It provides their caregivers with tools to overcome and prevent trauma.

Two Homes. Claire Masurel and Kady MacDonald Denton, 2001. Book. (805.1 M424t 2001 ECI)
A young boy named Alex enjoys the homes of both of his parents who live apart but love Alex very much.

Understanding Newborn Behavior and Early Relationships: The Newborn Behavioral Observations (NBO) System Handbook. J. Kevin Nugent, 2007. Book. (271.5 N967u 2007 ECI)
This book helps clinicians help new mothers and fathers get to know their baby, increase their confidence and competence as parents and support their child's growth and development. Chapters are included on cultural competence, premature and at-risk infants, family-centered care and more.

Who's Watching the Babies?: Improving the Quality of Family, Friend, and Neighbor Care. Douglas R. Powell, 2008. Book. (320.11 P882w 2008 ECI)
The most common source of nonparental care of infants and toddlers is care provided by family, friends, and neighbors in informal arrangements. This book reviews successful initiatives and programs that address barriers trainers face when focusing on the needs of these caregivers. It puts research into practice by offering concrete strategies to improve the quality of such care.

Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby's Brain. Sue Gerhardt, 2004. Book. (540 G368w 2004 ECI)
This book explains why love is essential to brain development in the early years of life and how early interactions between babies and their parents have lasting and serious consequences. Earliest relationships shape the baby's nervous system. Development of the brain determines future emotional well being and early pathways can affect the way people respond to stress. This book is an easy to read interpretation of findings in neuroscience, psychology, psychoanalysis and biochemistry.

Your Guide to Nurturing Parent-Child Relationships: Positive Parenting Activities for Home Visitors. Nadia Hall, Chava Kulkarni and Shauna Seneca, 2008. Book. (555.5 H178y 2008 ECI)
This practical guide gives home visitors flexible and culturally sensitive tools to help parents strengthen their relationships with their children. There are more than forty exercises in empathy and caring, coping and resilience, problem solving and social competence.

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ADA Disability Law - DD0172
DVD color 37 min. 2001 Adult
This DVD gives practical, step-by-step guidelines for complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Employees with disabilities generally have lower absenteeism and accident rates than other employees and tend to be rated 'good' to 'excellent' in performance reviews. This program explains the definition of disability, legal obligations and procedures, who is covered, medical issues and exams, job descriptions and job functions, proper documentation, hiring and supervision.

Adaptive Technology Exploration Center (closed captioned) - CR0040
CD-ROM 2003 Adult, Professional
This CD-ROM introduces users to an adaptive computer technology room. Twenty four categories of devices and software are displayed. Representative devices and software within each category can be viewed and manipulated in 3-dimensional models. Users can learn about the features of devices and software for adaptive computer input and output, find out where to obtain them, view them in typical applications, and try them out by interacting with simulations of devices and software. System requirements Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP computers, CD-ROM drive, display capable of 800 x 600 resolution, sound card and speakers, Adboe Acrobat reader 5, Apple Quick Time Player 5 or 6.

ADD-Friendly Ways to Organize Your Life. Judith Kolberg, 2002. Book. (228.2 K81 2002 RHB)
This book addresses the specific challenges that adults with attention deficit disorder (ADD) face. The authors offer humorous but compassionate stories about living with ADD and offer ADD-friendly organizing solutions.

All About Attention Deficit Disorder (closed captioned) - DD0183
DVD color 180 min. 2005 Adult
This DVD provides information on the basic symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder and describes the effects on school, work, home and social life. Dr. Thomas W. Phelan lists causes and illustrates the typical developmental course. He explains how to diagnose ADD, how to avoid the critical error in ADD diagnosis, how to treat ADD through counseling, school interventions, behavior management and medication.

The Art of Integrative Counseling. Gerald Corey, 2001. Book. (264.1 C797a 2001 RHB)
The author demonstrates how concepts and techniques from a variety of theoretical models can be incorporated into different phases of the counseling process. He uses one case study and shows how to integrate different theoretical models as he progresses from initial to termination stages.

Brain Injury Survivor's Guide: Welcome to Our World. Beth Jameson and Larry Jameson, 2008. Book. (203.2 J31b 2008 RHB)
This book is written for people who have had brain injuries and is written by a person who suffered a severe brain injury and her husband. The book introduces a system called B.R.A.I.N., which is an innovative strategy for memory improvement. Lists and planning pages are also included.

Can I Make It on My Own - DD0162
DVD color 30 min. 2003 Senior High-Adult
In this dramatization, viewers follow Eric as he handles the challenges of leaving home and living on his own. He must find a place to live, handle his finances, make that first trip to the grocery store, pay his bills, try to control his credit card and much more.

Case Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy, 5th ed. Gerald Corey, 2001. Book. (264.1 C797c 2001 RHB)
This book applies a case example (Ruth) to each of ten major theoretical approaches. It includes the author's discussions of his work with Ruth and the demonstrations of 18 guest contributors as they apply their primary theory to counseling Ruth.

The College Board College Handbook, 2008. College Entrance Examination Board, 2007. Book. (580 C697 2007 RHB)
This college guide provides information on entrance requirements, class sizes, financial aid, housing, majors and more. Descriptions are given for 3,800 accredited schools, with forty indexes to find schools by type, size, sports offerings, religious affiliation and more. 1700 2-year colleges are also included.

Communication Skills on the Job - DVD-DD0164, VHS-VT0628
DVD and VHS color 22 min. 2006 Senor High-Adult
One of the most important skills teens must learn in order to be successful at work is communication. Using illustrative vignettes demonstrating good communication, this program covers such topics as introductions and titles, phone etiquette, asking questions, active listening, using “I” messages and communicating a positive attitude. Although teens are featured in this program, workers who are not teenagers will also find it helpful.

Communication Technology Lab Version 2.0 - CR0039
CD-Rom 2004 Adult, Professional
Users learn, view, and hear 13 categories of technology for communication. Users will explore four areas including expressive communication, communication skill building and vocal play, communication software, assistive listening and voice amplification. System requirements Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP, Macintosh OS X, CD-Rom Drive, display capable of 800 x 600 resolution, sound card and speakers, Adobe Acrobat Reader 6, Apple Quick Time Player 6.

Consumer Action Handbook 2008. GSA Federal Citizen Information Center, 2008. Book. (102.2 C758 2008 RHB)
This book from the federal government provides essential consumer information to help Americans make good decisions in today's marketplace. By offering practical advice about employment, housing, investing and many other issues, this handbook helps buyers gain a better understanding of their consumer rights and responsibilities.

Cook & Hussey's Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice. Albert M. Cook, Susan M. Hussey and Jan Miller Polgar, 2008. Book. (150 C771 2008 RHB)
This book presents the current advancements and innovations in assistive technology which help to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities. For each technology application, the authors discuss assessment and training of the consumer, devices that are available, strategies for their use and evaluation of outcomes. Case studies are included.

Count Us in: Growing Up with Down Syndrome. Jason Kingsley, 2007. Book. (800.1 K55 2007 RHB)
This book presents conversations between two boys with Down syndrome discussing their life experiences growing up with Down syndrome. It shares their innermost thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams, and their lifelong friendship. An afterword has been added that recounts their successes and challenges as adults.

Cover Letter Magic: Trade Secrets of Professional Resume Writers. Wendy S. Enelow, 2007. Book. (459.3 E56c 2007 RHB)
Cover letters are an employer's first impression of a job seeker. This book will help you use simple techniques to make your cover letter stand out. It presents the ten types of cover letters and helps you determine which will work best for the job you are trying to get.

Day in the Life of Richard Devylder (closed captioned) - DD0143
DVD color 12 min. 2005 Adult
The filmmakers follow Richard Devylder, California Department of Rehabilitation Deputy Director, through a typical day. Devylder was born without any arms or legs. He is able to live independently by using assistive technology.

Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder. Edward M. Hallowell, 2006. Book. (228.2 H193d 2006 RHB)
This book provides a discussion of every aspect of attention deficit disorder, including diagnostic procedures, links between ADD and other conditions, ways people can thrive with ADD, strategies for dealing with procrastination, clutter and chronic forgetfulness. The book is especially useful for adults with ADD.

Diabetes: Prevention Control and Management - DD0152
DVD color 30 min. 2007 Adult
Hosts Poonam Batra, Registered Dietician and Certified Diabetes Educator and Susan Airey, Registered Nurse demonstrate techniques for preventing and managing Type 2 Diabetes through the use of diet, exercise and medication. Ms. Airey portrays a person with developmental disabilities in the program while Ms. Batra counsels her on proper diet and exercise.

Disabilities and the Importance of Teens' Independence - DD0151
DVD color 13 min. 2003 Junior High-Adult
Teens living with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, juvenile arthritis, and Down syndrome talk about their lives and discuss their struggles to achieve independence.

Disability in Local and Global Worlds. Benedicte Ingstad and Susan Reynolds Whyte, 2007. Book. (322.1 D611 2007 RHB)
This book discusses international changes in disability awareness, technology and policy from the viewpoint of disabled people and their families. Research on Brazil, Uganda, Botswana, Somalia, Britain, Israel, China, Egypt, India and Japan is presented. The book addresses the definition of disability, the new eugenics, human rights in local contexts, domestic and state citizenship of disabled people and issues of identity and belonging.

Disability Workbook for Social Security Applicants: Managing Your Application for Social Security Disability Insurance Benefits, 6th ed. Smith, Douglas M. Smith, 2007. Book. (317.5 S645 2007 RHB)
This workbook shows you how to prepare and prove your case at the initial and reconsideration levels for Social Security disability insurance. It is also useful for disabled adults claiming Social Security Income.

Do It: Technology 1: Working Together (closed captioned) - DD0144
DVD color 49 min. Senior High-Adult
This DVD contains the following chapters: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology (2000); Computers and People with Mobility Impairments (2001); Computers and People with Sensory Impairments (2001); Computers and People with Learning Disabilities (2000); In Our Own Words (2002).

Do It: Technology 2 ( closed captioned) - DD0145
DVD color 57 min. Senior High-Adult
This DVD contains the following chapters: Equal Access: Universal Design of Computer Labs (2006) World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design (2002); Real Connections: Making Distance Learning Accessible to Everyone (2002); Access to Technology in the Workplace (2004); Camp: Beyond Summer (1998).

DRS Orientation (open captioned) - DD0207
DVD color 14 min. 2008 Adult, Professional
This DVD educates Texans with disabilities and those that support them, about the Division for Rehabilitation Services (DRS) vocational rehabilitation services. The division's main purpose is to assist people with disabilities to participate in their communities by achieving employment of choice, living as independently as possible and accessing high quality services. It introduces the Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) application process, services and expected outcomes. It serves as time saver for staff by allowing basic information to the consumer in a consistent manner. Viewing the video before meeting with the counselor ensures that the applicant clearly understands the vocational nature of services offered.

Dyslexia: An Unwrapped Gift - DD0165
DVD color 22 min. 2001 Senior High-Adult
This program was filmed in England. One in 25 people are dyslexic, but the teenagers involved in making this program would say that 24 out of 25 people miss out on dyslexia. This program approaches dyslexia from a new angle, exploring how the so-called disability might prove an advantage in an increasingly image-based world. Educational experts discuss the aptitudes of people with dyslexia, while video diaries show how dyslexia has affected the lives of young people and how they have harnessed its cognitive differences.

Effective Training at Work Version 3.2 (closed captioned) - CR0041
CD-ROM 2002 Professional
This program covers the basics needed for trainers and job coaches of people with disabilities in a work setting. It includes principles and examples of ways to teach job duties to enhance a person’s success on the job. Mini-lectures, training demonstrations and advice from veteran job coaches, employers and supported workers are featured. It was designed to train nurses in home healthcare how to correctly document care and treatment. System requirements Windows 95 or higher, Pentium II, 24-bit color, 4x CD Player, Sound Card. CD-ROM.

Employing Abilities: Disability Awareness for Employers - DD0173
DVD color 8 min. 2004 Adult
This program features two dramatized scenarios that help dispel misconceptions about employees and job candidates with disabilities. During the course of each story, misconceptions about increased costs when hiring people with disabilities, insurance liabilities, absenteeism, lack of skills, and work place accommodations are dispelled. The stories come together and end on a positive note when the job candidate (who uses a wheelchair) gets invited back to a second interview.

Encyclopedia of Job-Winning Resumes. Myra Fournier and Jeffrey Spin, 2006. Book. (459.3 F778e 2006 RHB)
This book provides more than 400 fully composed, fully formatted and fully annotated resumes and cover letters. There is a wide variety of formats included.

Essential Interviewing: A Programmed Approach to Effective Communication. David Richard Evans, 2008. Book. (264 E78 2008 RHB)
Core communication skills are essential to any interview, whether it takes place in counseling, nursing, social work, personnel work, or information gathering. The book covers four stages for effective interviewing, including exploration, clarification, action and effective communication.

The Facts of Life -- and More: Sexuality and Intimacy for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Leslie Walker-Hirsch, 2007. Book. (274 F142 2007 RHB)
This book provides comprehensive information to help educate people with disabilities about sexuality and to help them make the best possible choices across the lifespan.

The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, 2nd ed. Dennis C. Tanner, 2008. Book. (206.2 T166 2008 RHB)
This book is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, as well as professionals who work with stroke survivors. It leads readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke. It includes some stories of actual survivors and their families.

Ferguson Career Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, 3rd ed. 2006. Book. (459.51 F352 2006 RHB)
This two-volume directory of information for people with disabilities provides coverage of assistive technology, resources for caregivers, educational and vocational assistance, and more. Essays on communication issues, financial aid, and accessibility in libraries are also included.

Global Marketplace: How Will You Compete (closed captioned) - DD0170
DVD color 21 min. 2006 Senior High-Adult
In this program, young workers learn the importance of the global marketplace. As workers, they will be required to compete for employment with people of different nationalities from all over the world. Experts and employers emphasize the importance of initiative, customer service and life long learning.

Goal Away Setting and Achieving - DD0135
DVD color 28 min. 2004 Senior High-Adult
People of all ages and walks of life have goals. If you don’t, it’s easy to lose track of what is important, and simply wander through life waiting for things to happen, then wondering why your life doesn’t seem to change. This video helps you determine what your dreams and goals are, and how to plan to make them a reality. It includes the barriers to achieving goals and ways to overcome them, and how to set realistic and measurable goals. Also included are real-life examples of short-term, long-term, and intermediate goals.

Great Careers in 2 Years or Less - DD0155
DVD color 30 min. 2005 Senior High-Adult
This DVD provides information on careers in fields that take less than two years of study. Fields profiled include: cosmetology/massage/nail Tech; office administrator/assistant; dental technology/hygiene/assistance; and entrepreneurship. It includes a brief explanation of certification programs, trade and vocational schools, and technical and associate degrees.

Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment, 6th ed. American Medical Association, 2008. Book. (215 A512 2008 RHB)
This book provides a standard framework and method of analysis through which physicians can evaluate, report on, and communicate information about the impairments of any human organ system. It uses up-to-date information on impairment and illness.

Head Injury Rehabilitation : A Community Team Perspective. Rosemary Gravell and Roger Johnson, 2002. Book. (203.2 H432 2002 RHB)
This book is for professional staff, students and therapists who work with people who have had head injuries. It is a practical guide to theory and techniques of community based rehabilitation. Chapters include information on physical issues, cognition, behavior problems, communication, vocational rehabilitation, psychosocial issues, legal issues and more.

Health Careers Today. Judith A. Gerdin, 2007. Book. (481.1 G366h 2007 RHB)
This book provides an overview of the basics of the health care environment and a specific overview of more than 45 of the most popular health careers. It has three units: core knowledge, anatomy and physiology, and career clusters. The anatomy and physiology section allows students to see the science in action within various career settings. The CD-ROM includes exercises, animations and skill videos to help students remember the content from each chapter.

Hidden Talent: How Leading Companies Hire, Retain, and Benefit from People with Disabilities. Mark L. Lengnick-Hall, 2007. Book. (454.2 H632 2007 RHB)
This book presents the business case for hiring persons with disabilities in U.S. industries. Case studies are given as well as lessons learned about hiring and retaining people with disabilities in the private labor force.

How to Get SSI and Social Security Disability: An Insider's Step by Step Guide. Mike Davis, 2000. Book. (317.5 D263h 2000 RHB)
This book gives disability applicants the crucial information they need to know and exactly what to do to make the best case the first time around when applying for Supplemental Security Income and Social Security Disability.

How to Work a Room: Ultimate Guide to Savvy Socializing in Person and Online - CA0013
3 Audio CDs 180 min. 2000 Adult
Susan RoAne explains how to overcome the social roadblocks to mingling in a room full of strangers. She also includes rules of etiquette, sometimes called netiquette, for email and the Internet. Tips are provided for making small talk with ease and grace. Her advice is applicable to events that are professional, social or electronic.

ICF-CY: International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health: Children and Youth Version. World Health Organization, 2007. Book. (238.2 I61 2007 RHB)
The aim of this book is to provide a unified and standard language and framework for the description of health and health-related status for children and adolescents. It applies classification codes to bodily functions and structures, activities and movement, and various environmental factors that restrict or facilitate functioning.

Improve Your Memory Now - CA0007
2 Audio CDs color 120 min. 2003 Adult
Gary Small has created an audio training course designed to boost memory power. He makes nutrition and lifestyle recommendations for a healthy brain. He advocates the look, snap and connect technique for remembering names, faces, and information. Listeners can practice a set of mental aerobics. A guided relaxation session reduces stress which is a primary cause of memory impairment.

Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations. Erik W. Carter, 2007. Book. (282 C323i 2007 RHB)
This guide gives congregations realistic how-to strategies to become places of welcome and belonging for people with a wide range of disabilities. This book helps break down attitudinal, architectural and programmatic barriers to inclusion. It also promotes going beyond congregational activities to respond to people's needs for social relationships, leisure activities, employment and transportation.

Job Coaching Strategies (closed captioned) - DD0134
DVD color 66 min. 2002 Professional
This DVD focuses on the successful supportive employment of Nick, a young man with multiple disabilities. Nick’s accomplishments, and the techniques used to facilitate them, are detailed by his Job Coach and parents. Assessment interviews and case studies offer exploration of many issues of supported employment.

The K&W Guide to Colleges for Students with Learning Disabilities or Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Marybeth Kravets and Imy F. Wax, 2007. Book. (557.3 K91 2007 RHB)
This book provides advice from specialists in the field of learning disabilities on choosing the right school. It discusses services available to students with learning disabilities, such as tutors, note-takers, oral exams, extended test time, etc. It gives detailed admission information and contacts for 356 schools.

Landing the Job: Resumes and Cover Letters - DD0159
DVD color 20 min. 2007 Senior High-Adult
Viewers will join host Trey as he teaches viewers how to write resumes and cover letters. Learn why these papers are so important to the job search process.

Living with Fibromyalgia: Journey of Hope and Understanding - DD0158
DVD color 71 min. 2006 Adult
This DVD provides a frank, hopeful and practical resource for fibromyalgia patients and their families. This program explains what a diagnosis of fibromyalgia means.

Make Your Contacts Count: Networking Know-How for Business and Career Success, 2nd ed. Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon, 2007. Book. (HF 5381 B113m 2007 RHB)
This book contains the tools, techniques, and strategies for maximizing both the size and quality of the reader’s professional network and ways to create and cultivate relationships. The reader will learn how to identify key moments when you meet someone, master the stages of networking, learn how to leverage corporate events and memberships, and dramatically improve follow-up skills.

Medical and Psychosocial Aspects of Chronic Illness and Disability. Donna R. Falvo, 2005. Book. (200 F197 2005 RHB)
This text is a reference for education programs, for service delivery agencies and for the nonmedical practitioner who is responsible for providing for the rehabilitation needs of persons with disabilities. This book presents the language and terminology necessary for the nonmedical practitioner to understand and translate medical and psychosocial aspects of chronic illness and disability into the functional domains of living. This text blends medical information with the implications for all aspects of the individual's life.

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Postconcussion Syndrome: The New Evidence Base for Diagnosis and Treatment. Michael McCrea, 2008. Book. (203.2 M132m 2008 RHB)
This book follows a natural progression from the epidemiology to outcome associated with mild traumatic brain injury. It begins with a brief review of the broader scope of severe traumatic brain injury and then zeroes in on research findings specific to the milder form and what is now known as post-concussion syndrome.

Mind Your Manners: Practical Etiquette for Every Day - DD0157
DVD color 24 min. 2004 Senior High-Adult
This DVD provides a guide for everyday etiquette at home, in school, on the job, and with friends. It covers how to handle a phone call and how to assist a customer. It also gives tips on maintaining a friendship and dining with new acquaintances.

Money Matters: Mastering Basic Money Management - DD0156
DVD color 27 min. 2002 Senior High-Adult
This program explains the difference between fixed, flexible, and periodic expenses. Viewers will learn how to set spending priorities and when to use software tools and online banking. Expenses are defined as necessary and unnecessary. Tips on how to create a budget and how to stretch a dollar are also included.

More Great Jobs Without a College Degree - DD0136
DVD color 29 min. 2002 Senior High-Adult
This DVD continues the series on job opportunities for persons without a college degree. It emphasizes health care jobs; retail sales, the food service industry; and security officer jobs. Each segment features real people telling about their jobs, their skills, training, and how to get ahead.

Multiple Sclerosis: Attacking the Nervous System - DD0166
DVD color 23 min. 2002 Adult
In this program, doctors and patients share their insights into multiple sclerosis. After summarizing the disease's pathology, the program spotlights treatments, demonstrates the importance of patient support groups, and considers the possibility that environmental factors can trigger multiple sclerosis in people with a genetic predisposition to it.

Never Give Up: My Stroke, My Recovery, and My Return to the NFL. Tedy Bruschi and Michael Holley, 2007. Book. (800 B912n 2007 RHB)
This book is the personal story of Tedy Bruschi, linebacker for the Patriots. It tells the story of his recovery from a stroke and how he was able to persevere and return to professional football.

The Next Step: Failure is Not an Option (English/Spanish) (closed captioned) - DD0130
DVD color 19 min. 2003 Senior High-Adult
This program will help students with disabilities decide which educational path is best. Students with disabilities share their personal stories of challenge and accomplishment. They talk about what to expect in preparing for education beyond high school.

9 Traits of Highly Successful Work Teams - CA0009
4 audio CDs 174 min. 2006 Adult
Loren Ankarlo explains nine critical traits of highly successful teams. Ankarlo explains why purpose is the backbone of a true team, how to craft a meaningful mission statement, why teams succeed, how to unify diverse individuals into a unified team, and the 5 styles of conflict resolution. Teams will learn how to recognize dangerous symptoms of fragmentation and how to keep teams immune from burnout.

Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability: Getting & Keeping Your Benefits. David A. Morton, 2006. Book. (317.5 M889n 2006 RHB)
This book explains the government's disability program in simple language. It explains the difference between SSDI and SSI; what benefits are available to disabled children; how to match your condition to the government's list of disabilities; how to appeal a denial of benefits and much more. The CD-ROM provides medical listings that help the user determine whether the disability would qualify for disability benefits under the government's program.

Peterson’s Four-Year Colleges 2008. Book. (580 P485f 2008 RHB)
This guide contains information about the four-year undergraduate colleges in the United States and Canada. The CD-ROM contains “A parent’s guide to paying for college 2007-2008.”

Peterson’s Two-Year Colleges 2008. Book. (580 P485t 2008 RHB)
This guide to two-year colleges contains information on more than 1800 junior and community colleges in the United States. It helps you compare majors, student life and costs. You can search by location, major or school name.

Planning for Life: Role of Direct Support Professionals in Self-Directed Supports (closed captioned) - DD0168
DVD color 30 min. 2004 Professional
This program profiles individuals who were able to succeed because of the support they received from support professionals. William overcomes barriers to passing his drivers test and buying a car with the help of creative direct support staff. Matt demonstrates that person centered planning is for everyone, even those with significant disabilities. Denise earns a B.A. in English with the support of staff that she directs and a communication device which made it all possible. Clarence receives support that helps him get involved in the community despite speech difficulties. Sam becomes a professional advocate for those with disabilities.

Practical Strategies for Transitioning Students with Autism to Post-Secondary Life - CA0014
Audio CD 90 min 2007 Adult, Professional
Barbara T. Doyle leads a discussion of the needed services and skills that support transitions from school. She explains why identifying and eliminating dangerous and potentially dangerous behavior is a crucial element of the transition plan from the start. She identifies essential academic and personal skills that students need to succeed, and how to teach these skills. The importance of effective team communication is emphasized. Listeners are encouraged to use restricted and repetitive interests as assets in vocational planning and training. She offers strategies to connect students with adult service providers and potential employers. She gives effective ways to involve and support parents and families in teaching needed skills from an early age.

Rehabilitation Counseling: Basics and Beyond, 4th ed. RM Parker, EM Szymanski and JB Patterson, 2005. Book. (360 P228 2005 RHB)
The purpose of this book is to provide a basic foundation for students beginning their career in rehabilitation counseling and also to be used as a broad-based reference for current practitioners. The contents provide a conceptual overview of the profession, history, theory, research, and applied foundations of rehabilitation counseling.

Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer, 3rd ed. Susan Britton Whitcomb, 2007. Book. (459.3 W581r 2007 RHB)
This book explains the nuts and bolts of resume writing and illustrates the techniques with before and after resumes.

Resumes for Dummies, 5th ed. Joyce Lain Kennedy, 2007. Book. (459.3 K383 2007 RHB)
This book contains step-by-step guidelines for creating a resume that presents your skills, experiences, and personality. This book will help you find your most marketable self with easy worksheets; choose a format that plays up your best features; goof-proof your resume for picky computer scanners; use online strategies; use effective key words and avoid rookie rhetoric; and put a positive spin on tough issues like demotion and employment gaps.

Self Determination: Taking Charge (closed captioned) - DD0146
DVD color 59 min. Senior High-Adult
Five successful young people with disabilities share strategies for living self- determined lives. Chapter 1 contains the stories of Jessie, Randy and Todd (2001). Nate and a second woman named Jessie share their stories in chapter 2 (2006). Chapter 3 contains all five stories.

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People - CA0012
3 Audio CDs 202 min. 1997 Adult
This book on compact disc explains that true success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness. Covey discusses productivity, time management, positive thinking, acting with initiative and more.

Starting Fresh: Finding a Job with a Troubled Background - DD0160
DVD color 23 min. 2007 Senior High-Adult
Join Trey, a young man with a troubled past, as he tries to make a fresh start. Ready to find a job, Trey records his own video documentary of the job hunting process. This program focuses on job search techniques, such as filling out applications, networking with family and friends, and Job Corps Centers.

Stroke and the Family: A New Guide. Joel Stein, 2004. Book. (206.2 S819s 2004 RHB)
This book helps family members make sense of the confusing variety of diagnoses and treatment options after someone suffers a stroke. It explores challenges the recovering stroke patient and family will face during a long recuperation with an uncertain outcome. It covers all the basics from prevention to returning home from the hospital through rehabilitation.

Success at Work Transition to Employment (closed captioned) - DD0148
DVD color 56 min. 2003 Senior High-Adult
This program features six young people with specific learning disabilities and or ADHD in transition from high school into the workforce. They openly discuss the challenges they have faced and how they have attained success through self-advocacy and positive beliefs.

A Supported Employment Workbook: Individual Profiling and Job Matching. Steve Leach, 2002. Book. (466 L434s 2002 RHB)
This workbook is a practical tool for all job developers in the disability and employment field. It presents strategies based on real situations and includes examples and exercises. The book is based on the principle of developing a client-centered approach to job development and emphasizes self-determination.

Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities (closed captioned, audio described) - DD0167
DVD color 26 min. 1994 Adult, Professional
Learning proper etiquette can help an organization avoid losing talented employees and potential customers due to ignorance or awkwardness. This DVD uses light-hearted, humorous vignettes to help viewers communicate respectfully and sensitively with people who have a wide range of disabilities.

Through the Same Door: Inclusion Includes College - DD0163
DVD color 25 min. 2006 Adult
Viewers meet Micah Fialka-Feldman. In many ways, this 21-year old student enjoys a typical life: making friends, participating in college activities and volunteering in the community and in politics. This film documents the movement of fully inclusive education by exploring Micah’s desire for a life without boundaries. As a high school student, Micah wanted the college experience. Viewers will see his successful transition to college.

Transition to Work Inventory - KT0062
Kit 2004 Professional
The Transition-to-Work Inventory assesses levels of interest in a wide variety of non-work activities. Test takers review a list of 84 non-work activities and rate their like or dislike of each one. Their scores connect to 14 major career interest areas based on the Guide for Occupational Exploration.

Ultimate College Guide, 2008. U.S. News & World Report, 2007. Book. (580 U47 2007 RHB)
This book provides detailed information about colleges and universities including exclusive rankings from U.S. News & World Report on eleven factors. It also includes a complete index of majors.

Where are the Jobs: Finding Job Leads and Openings - DD0161
DVD color 20 min. 2004 Senior High-Adult
Cold calling, networking, informational interviewing, friends and relatives, the Internet are all sources of information about job vacancies. The most effective job search combines several different methods and ways to find these leads and openings.

Who Are You? - DD0137
DVD color 20 min. 2004 Senior High-Adult
Viewers will learn how to plan and evaluate their careers. They will assess the things they like to do and apply them to career choices.

Why Work? Why It Matters (closed captioned) - DD0169
DVD color 21 min. 2006 Senior High-Adult
In this program, viewers learn the importance of attitude and the first job. The first job lays the groundwork for a future career no matter what the field. When young employees are committed to performing their jobs well, job satisfaction and a sense of fulfillment will follow.

Winning the Mind Game: Triumphing Over Mental Illness - DD0149
DVD color 25 min. 2003 Senior High-Adult
Filmed in England, this program presents the stories of four young adults who triumphed over bipolar disorder, chronic anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorder, clinical depression, and an eating disorder. Looking back on their lengthy ordeals, each person explains to viewers what it was like to slide into mental illness and how, with the help of others, they reestablished control of their lives.

Word Master: Improve Your Word Power and Improve Your Life - CA0008
9 audio CDs 615 min. 2007 Adult
Denis Waitley helps listeners learn 500 new vocabulary words. The words are defined, pronounced, spelled and used in context. Synonyms are provided. Background music helps the listener in the learning process.

Wordplay: 550 Words You Need to Know 2nd ed. - CA0010
5 Audio CDs color 337 min. 2004 Adult
This vocabulary building program features seven humorous dramatizations. The dialogue in these dramatizations highlights new words. Words and idioms are defined and reviewed after each act.

You Don’t Need a Title To Be a Leader - CA0011
2 Audio CDs 150 min. 2006 Adult
Mark Sanborn, author of the Fred Factor, tells how each of us can be a leader and make a positive difference, whatever our title or position. His anecdotes and stories illustrate how to take control of your life.

You’re Hired: Skills You Need to Get the Job You Want - DD0138
DVD color 20 min. 2007 Senior High-Adult
This program covers skills all workers need, whether they’re in an office, retail store, or on a construction site. The importance of people skills like teamwork and working well with others, thinking skills for making decisions, along with personals like honesty and enthusiasm are discussed.

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