Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Video
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Video
National Human Trafficking Prevention Month

New Streaming Video

Conquering Cancer
Streaming. 68 min. 2021. Professional.
This program looks at the quest to eliminate cervical cancer. It describes the implications as “rivalling the end of polio in terms of shear impact on humankind." Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Cervical cancer alone kills over 300,000 women each year. But these deaths are preventable. Cervical cancer – the fourth most common in women – is on the brink of being the first to be eliminated. The implications of this for conquering cancer more broadly are profound. 

Digital Minimalism: Strategies for Mindful Tech
Streaming. 34 min. 2020. Adult.
Is your phone the first thing you reach for in the morning? Do your eyes hurt from staring at screens all day long? Technology and screens connect us, but they can get in the way of interpersonal relationships and our relationship to ourselves. In this taped webinar from the MAPP (Masters in Applied Positive Psychology) Alumni Association, positive psychology practitioner Stephanie Shear teaches tips and tricks to help analyze your habits and relationship to technology.

Episode 2: Identifying Signs and Symptoms of Stress (A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 15 min. 2023. Professional.
This program looks at specific signs and symptoms of stress and discusses the impact of long-term stress on a nurse's well-being. It explains how stress can manifest in physical, emotional, and behavioral ways. Practicing nurses discuss burnout and compassion fatigue and present tips for self-care that will help minimize stress and its impact.

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Fine Motor Foundations: Tools and Techniques for Tiny Hands
Book or eBook. Keriann Wilmot, 2024. (LB 1139 W744 2024 ECI)
This guide equips you with the tools to empower children’s fine motor development. It provides age-specific milestones, ready-to-use activities, differentiation strategies, classroom adaptations, and collaboration tips.

The Moving Child Film III: Developmental Movement in the First Years
DVD. 60 min. 2019. (DD0838)
Occupational Therapist Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen, along with other leading movement development experts, discusses and demonstrates the physical, emotional and cognitive importance of the developmental movement babies engage in their first year.

Newborn to Crawler: Baby Instructions
Streaming or DVD. 61 min. 2011. (DD0732)
This video helps parents and caregivers create the best possible environment in which to maximize a baby’s learning potential. Topics include gross motor development, reading a baby’s cues, tummy time, language development, crawling, communication, fine motor development, bonding, visual development, attachment, the auditory system, behavioral states, sensory processing, brain development, infant massage, reflex development, calming an infant, establishing routines, feeding, encouraging play, and dressing.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network NOW / Streamery:

Back Safety in Transportation and Warehouse Environments
Streaming. 15 min. 2022. Professional.
This program discusses situations that can lead to back injuries and what employees can do to avoid them, both at work and at home. Areas covered are information on the structure of the back, the sources of back pain and injuries, the importance of good posture, how to lift objects without injuring your back, and developing healthy habits to keep your back pain-free.

Bloodborne Pathogens for Custodial
Streaming. 12 min. 2010. Professional. 
Maintenance and custodial workers regularly encounter situations where they could be exposed to a bloodborne pathogen. This video demonstrates how custodians and maintenance workers can safely clean up spills of blood or other potentially infectious materials without risking exposure. Topics covered include what bloodborne pathogens are, diseases that could be transmitted, potential exposure routes, and how to protect yourself from exposure.

National Human Trafficking Prevention Month:

Be the One in the Fight Against Human Trafficking
DVD. 52 min. 2018. Professional. (DV1324)
This documentary walks its audience through actual cases of human trafficking prosecuted in Texas, identifies the tools of traffickers, and how they are typically utilized to obtain and maintain victims. It identifies critical red flags and specifies the correct reporting protocol. It challenges Texans to change their culture to one that provides security, safety, and integration to survivors.

Human Trafficking: Identification and Response Within Healthcare
Streaming. 134 min. 2017. Professional.
This video teaches how to identify risk factors and associated healthcare issues in cases of human trafficking. It discusses comprehensive assessment and documentation, as well as the legalities involved, and presents actual patient case studies that highlight ways that nurses can intervene for these victims.

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required.

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line.

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Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Videos
National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

New Streaming Videos:

Augmented and Predicting My MS
Streaming. 115 min. 2022. Adult.
This program is composed of two segments. In Augmented, we learn about an ingenious new technology that allows prosthetic legs to move and feel like the real thing. A filmmaker with a rare type of multiple sclerosis explores the mysterious causes of the disease in Predicting My MS.

Episode 7: Summary (A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 10 min. 2019. Professional.
This program focuses on the typical stressors that nurses face and shares helpful strategies for managing stress effectively. It shows when nurses look after their own well-being, they're better equipped to provide the best care possible for their patients.

What You Can Do: Nursing Negligence
Streaming. 21 min. 2023. Professional.
This video outlines four essential elements required to establish a claim of negligence. It highlights the importance of thorough and accurate assessment and documentation and explains the appropriate procedures for delegating responsibilities to a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Find the Joyful Leader Within: Banishing Burnout in Early Childhood Education. 
Book. Teresa A. Byington, 2023. (LB 1775.6 B993 2023 ECI)
This book offers ideas for bringing joy to your work with intentionality. Discover ways to rise now by implementing strategies to help you become a more joyful leader. Find ways to shine on the individuals that you lead and inspire them to be more joyful. Filled with real-life examples of early childhood educators leading with joy, each chapter concludes with discussion questions, a reflection activity, and an action plan.

Parenting BASICS: Play & Milestones: 1 Year Olds (English, Spanish)
DVD. 12 min. 2016. (DD0869; DD0870)
This film explores the physical, language, social, and thinking milestones for one-year-olds. They develop skills such as walking, climbing through movement, games, song, pretend and parallel play.

Sensory Motor Activities For Early Development: A Practical Resource
Book. Chia Swee Hong, 2020. (LB 1139 H772 2020 ECI)
Sensory motor activities are crucial for children to learn from their environment. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this text presents tried-and-tested sensory motor activities for children, covering basic movements, interoception, sensory and body awareness and early visual perceptual skills.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

I Chose to Look The Other Way: Three Stories of Workplace Safety
Streaming. 13 min. 2014.
In this new version of the popular safety poem "I Chose to Look the Other Way," viewers will witness examples of three common scenarios of workers not speaking up about safety. The storylines feature a failure to follow lockout/tagout, an employee neglecting to wear PPE and a worker choosing not to wear fall protection as the primary causes of incidents that result in fatalities; however, your employees will learn that the root cause of each was a reluctance to speak up. They will be convinced that speaking up about unsafe acts is critical in the prevention of workplace injuries.

Janitorial Safety
Streaming. 12 min. 2015.
Janitorial workers have many, many responsibilities. It would probably be easier to talk about what they don't do than what you do daily. But, regardless of how many different tasks they perform or how busy they are, safety should be the top priority. It's simply this. That's what this program is all about, examining common hazards janitorial staff face daily and the steps they can take to minimize risk. Topics include PPE, back injury prevention, and bloodborne pathogens.

OSHA Top Ten Violations
Streaming. 27 min. 2015. Adult. (English/Spanish)
This video serves as a guide to help you understand the ten most common OSHA violations and what your company and employees can do to help minimize the risk of an OSHA citation. Topics include fall protection, hazard communications, scaffolding, respiratory protection, powered industrial trucks, lockout/tagout, ladders, electrical wiring methods, electrical general requirements, and machine guarding.

National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

Drunk Driving Kills
DVD. 31 min. 2016. Adult (DV1335)
This film features several people arrested for DUI and the impact it has made on their lives. They speak about how much their DUI cost, the Mothers Against Drunk Driving classes they were required to attend and the joys of sobriety.

Roller Coaster of Addiction
DVD. 52 min. 2016. Adult (DV1336)
This film features 10 diverse recovering alcoholics & addicts. Four of them have had DUIs, some with multiple DUIs for alcohol, Vicodin, meth and marijuana.

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required.

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line.

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Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Videos
National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month

New Streaming Videos:

Animal Therapy
Streaming. 23 min. 2016. Professional.
Casper is up and ready for work at 6:15 a.m. He eats some breakfast and puts on his uniform and badge. Then he gets in the car and heads off to the hospital, where he joins countless doctors and nurses tending to sick children. But Casper is not your ordinary employee; he happens to have four legs and a fluffy tail. Dr. Sanjay Gupta explores the world of animal-assisted therapy. From lowering stress and anxiety to reducing the risk of heart disease, dogs like Casper and a host of other animals have been scientifically proven to improve our health. Plus, see how tapping into a dog's sense of smell may actually help us detect cancer.

Episode 6: Developing Resilience(A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 10 min. 2023. Professional.
This program emphasizes the significance of maintaining a strong support network, fostering a positive outlook, and establishing achievable goals in developing resilience. Resilience refers to the capacity to recover from challenging or adverse situations. Practicing nurses will share examples of how they have cultivated resilience and effective coping strategies to manage workplace stressors.

Your 4th Trimester(Understanding Postpartum Health and Baby Care)
Streaming. 2 min. 2023. Adult.
This short video provides an overview of the "4th trimester," featuring insights from new parents regarding their transition from pregnancy to parenthood. 

ECI Books and Video:

The DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources. Here are some of the newest selections in this collection.

Cultivating Professional Friendships in Early Childhood Education
Book. Diana Kashin, 2024. (LB 1775.6 K19 2024 ECI)
Using a parallel process that makes connections to children's friendships, the author draws on research and a lifetime of professional friendships to invite readers to muse with her on what it means to be a friend, how to make friends and keep friends, and what happens when friendships end.

Parenting BASICS: Emotional Health & Positive Discipline: 2 Year Olds (Español)
DVD. 10 min. 2016. (DD0866)
This film discusses emotional health and discipline topics for two-year-olds including common behavior challenges, tantrums, and staying calm. This is the Spanish language version of this film.

The Visionary Director: A Handbook for Dreaming, Organizing, and Improvising in Your Center, 3rd ed.
Book. Margie Carter, 2021. (LB 1775.6 C323 2021 ECI)
Use this book to create a larger vision in your child care program and perform your job as a center director with motivation and creativity. Find a concrete framework for approaching and organizing your work, as well as principles, strategies, and self-directed activities to support your vision for building a strong learning community for your staff and the young children in their care.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network Now/Streamery:

Back safety for office environments
Streaming. 15 min. 2018. Professional.
This video explains the back and how it works, different types of back injuries, better posture for a healthier back, how to lift things safely and take care of your back 24/7.

To the point about: The proper use of fire extinguishers
Streaming. 11 min. 2025. Professional. (English/Spanish)
In this video, learn the point of using a fire extinguisher properly to put out a fire, how it can prevent injuries and save lives. That is the point of training your employees in the proper use of fire extinguishers. So, pay close attention as we get to the point about the proper use of fire extinguishers.

Slips, trips, and falls
Streaming. 17 min. 2018. Professional. (English/Spanish)
This program discusses the mechanics of trips and slips, types of walking surfaces, the importance of housekeeping and maintenance, how footwear can help to prevent falls, how to fall properly, and first aid for falls.

National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month:

Determined: Fighting Alzheimer's
Streaming. 54 min. 2022. Adult.
Three women at risk of developing Alzheimer’s join a groundbreaking study to try to prevent the disease. The major study tracks the health and memory of thousands of people over many years, as researchers hunt for lifestyle changes and medicines that could improve all our chances and ultimately protect the brain and body from one of the world’s deadliest diseases.

The Nursing Assistant: Dementia Care, Part 2
Streaming. 21 min. 2014. Professional.
Examining decline in mobility, unwanted weight loss and dehydration, and decline in bowel and bladder control, this program defines dementia and describes typical patterns of decline. It explains how dementia can affect food and fluid intake and its consequences and looks at how dementia contributes to loss of bowel and bladder control.

To borrow any books or videos listed above, please email avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov. 

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. One registration per streaming service is required.

Visit the library catalog at www.texashealthlibrary.com for a complete list of titles available from the library.

If you would like to subscribe, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line.

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