Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books
Safety Training Streaming Videos
NHTSA Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Safety Awareness 

New Streaming Videos:

Acute Agitation Management for Nursing Critical Skills for Managing a Patient in Crisis — A Lecture
Streaming. 336 min. 2016. Professional.
This video seminar addresses responses to medical emergencies, including neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiac crises. Viewers learn to identify and effectively manage these urgent health situations.     

Episode 1: Understanding Stress (A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 11 min. 2023. Professional.
Part of the series A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management, this program examines stress in nursing, focusing on the fight-or-flight response. It discusses stress types, such as acute, chronic, physical, emotional, environmental, external, and cognitive stressors. It highlights common clinical stress sources and features interviews with practicing nurses. 

Nursing Professionalism: Attitude And Appearance
Streaming. 12 min. 2023. Professional.
This program highlights the importance of a positive attitude in promoting a constructive healthcare environment and improving patient satisfaction. It offers strategies for working with negative colleagues and explores how professional appearance impacts patient perceptions of competence. 

ECI Books:

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.

Children and Youth with Complex Cerebral Palsy: Care and Management Laurie Glader. 2019. (WS 342 C536 2019 ECI)
This book explores management of the many medical comorbidities these children encounter, including orthopedic concerns, mobility and equipment needs, cognition and sensory impairment, difficult behaviors, seizures, respiratory complications and nutritional challenges, among many others. 

Children with Vision Impairment Assessment, Development, and Management
Naomi Dale. 2022. (WW 276 C536 2022 ECI)
This book provides guidance for practitioners who are involved in the care and management of children with long-term vision impairment and disability. It is divided into four sections following the ICF-CY model: (1) eye disorders, vision and brain, (2) child development and learning from birth to older childhood, (3) habilitation, orientation, reading and assistive technologies and (4) social relationships and participation in everyday contexts. 

Coaching In Home Visiting:  Supporting Better Outcomes for Professionals and Families
Christa D. Haring. 2025. (LC 4019.3 H281 2025 ECI)
This book answers the call for more and better training in early childhood home visiting programs. The authors developed this guide for two critical purposes: to give supervisors actionable strategies as they coach home visitors, and to give home visitors principles and practices for coaching families of children from birth to 5 years.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Bloodborne Pathogens: The Unexpected Hazard (Concise)
Streaming. 8 min. 2015. (English/Spanish)
The purpose of this program is to provide viewers with the knowledge needed to take the appropriate actions when encountering bloodborne pathogens unexpectedly. Topics include modes of transmission, Exposure Control Plan, occupational exposure, universal precautions, barrier devices, and handling, disposal, and disinfection of potentially infectious materials.

Construction Safety Orientation: The Basics
Streaming. 28 min. 2020.
This program focuses on how construction workers can do what they need to do to remain safe and make sure those working around them are safe as well. Topics include personal protective equipment, ladder safety, use of machinery and equipment, material handling, good housekeeping, fire prevention, fall protection, and preventing heat illnesses.      

Dump Truck Safety for Operators and Pedestrians
Streaming. 13 min. 2023. (English/Spanish)
This program gives an overview of common hazards presented by dump trucks and general safety tips to prevent dump truck-related incidents and injuries. Topics include how deadly run-over and back-over incidents can be, how to avoid contact with overhead electrical lines, how to avoid tip-over incidents, and the importance of a pre-use inspection combined with general safe driving practices.         

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over Safety Awareness:

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

Peer Pressure and Choosing to Drink - Think About It
DVD and Streaming. 19 min. 2011. Junior High - Senior High. (DV1119)
David and Julie are excited but nervous about their invitation to a party hosted by "the cool kids". David describes an elevated heart rate and feelings of being a social outcast, laughed at because he and Julie don't drink. David allows a subtle form of peer pressure to take control with tragic results. The potential consequences of choosing to drive while intoxicated are played out.

Top Ten Reasons Not to Drink Alcohol
DVD. 16 min. 2016. Junior High - Senior High. (DV0963)
Young viewers learn how drinking alcohol can lead to impaired decision making, vision impairment, memory loss, long term brain damage, addiction, and driving while under the influence and in some cases death. They also learn of the legal and safety issues involved.

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
Safety Training Streaming Videos
Children’s Safety Awareness

New Streaming Videos:

Assisting With Ambulation Using a Gait Belt: Nursing Skills
Streaming. 7 min. 2011. Professional.
This video illustrates the use of a gait belt to assist patients in ambulation.
Caregivers learn methods to ensure the safety of patients and themselves during the walking process.

Baby Care (Understanding Postpartum Health and Baby Care)
Streaming. 27 min. 2023. Professional.
Newborn baby care topics covered in this video include safe sleep, comfort techniques, diapering, circumcision, cord care, bathing, car seat safety, wellness visits, and doctor visits.

Nursing Professionalism: Attitude And Appearance
Streaming. 12 min. 2023. Professional.
This program highlights the importance of a positive attitude in promoting a constructive healthcare environment and improving patient satisfaction. It offers strategies for working with negative colleagues and explores how professional appearance impacts patient perceptions of competence.

ECI Books:

DSHS AV Library contracts with HHSC Early Childhood Intervention to provide library services and maintain a collection of ECI resources.

Here is a selection of titles new to the ECI library collection.

Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children
Miguel Pérez Pereira. 2020. (WW 276 P438 2020 ECI)
This volume provides an in-depth account of blind children's developing communicative abilities, with particular emphasis on social cognition and language acquisition from infancy to early school age. It provides insights into why the development of blind children may differ from that of sighted children and explores development of "theory of mind" and perspective taking in language learning. It also discusses the caregiver-child interaction, research on early intervention and practical strategies for blind children that can assist parents and practitioners.

Overcoming Teacher Burnout in Early Childhood Strategies for Change
Ellen M. Drolette. 2019. (LB 1775.6 D785 2019 ECI)
This book focuses on the many reasons why early childhood professionals can suffer from low staff morale and burnout. Content includes ways to motivate and inspire yourself and others to view their work in a way that is healthy, is intentional, and creates a high-quality early childhood environment.

The Wellbeing of Children Under Three, 2^nd ed.
Helen Bradford. 2021. (WS 103 B799 2021 ECI)
This book explores the role that adults play in holistically supporting children's individual personal, social and emotional needs. It focuses on the home-setting partnership with parents, work attitudes, adult-child interaction, and quality learning environments. Includes material on practitioner mental health and the Leuven scales as a measure of wellbeing.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network Now/Streamery:

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

What Is Risk?
Streaming. 7 min. 2022. Professional.
This video defines what risk is and teaches viewers to recognize risk in their personal lives and at work. Viewers are shown their personal responsibility as it relates to reducing risk.

Workplace Safety: Your Story Matters
Streaming. 6 min. 2022. Professional.
Witness examples of three common scenarios of workers not speaking up about safety. This program shows a failure to follow lockout/tagout, an employee neglecting to wear PPE, and a worker choosing not to wear fall protection. It highlights the root cause of each - a reluctance to speak up. Other safety concerns addressed in the program include supervisors, rushing, habits, shift work, and intimidation.

Children’s Safety Awareness:

Code Red Rover, Grown Up Come Over
DVD. 11 min. 2010. Elementary. (DV0598)
Rover, the animated home safety hound, and his friend, Freddie Flashlight, help a family learn to prevent home injuries. Children learn about pool safety, bicycle helmet safety, and fire safety.

Rainbow Valley Fire Department
DVD. 10 min. 2006. Elementary. (DV0719 – DV0727)
This animated video series introduces the work of the fire department and teaches children fire safety lessons. Each video is 10 minutes.

• Vol. 1: The Fire Station. (DV0719)
• Vol. 2: Fire Equipment. (DV0720)
• Vol. 3: Fire Trucks. (DV0721)
• Vol. 4: What Causes Fire? (DV0722)
• Vol. 5: Home Fire Safety Tools. (DV0723)
• Vol. 6: Home Fire Escape Plan. (DV0724)
• Vol. 7: Fire In Your House Pt. 1. (DV0725)
• Vol. 8: Fire In Your House. Pt. 2. (DV0726)
• Vol. 9: If Fire Gets on Your Clothes. (DV0727)

Parenting BASICS: Health and Safety: 2-Year-Olds
DVD or Streaming. 11 min. 2016. Adult. (DD0846)
This video shows parents how to start teaching their child the basics of self-care, how to be safe, and how to communicate feeling sick or injured.

Safety Starts at Home
DVD. 41 min. or 20 min. 2012. Adult. (Eng.- DD0558) (Span.- DD0559)
This DVD discusses fire safety, burn hazards, choking, suffocation and strangulation hazards, safe baby, fall prevention, drowning prevention, poison patrol, hazards in the air, and preparing for emergencies. It explains the dangers of lithium batteries. The full length version of this program is 41 minutes. A short 20 minute version is also included.

Stranger Danger Awareness: The Five Traps
DVD. 10 min. 2015. Elementary. (DV1182)
Through vignettes, this program demonstrates five traps that are commonly used by child abusers to lure children away from their surroundings and into harm’s way. Viewers see how strangers encountered on the street, in stores, on the way to school, or in cyberspace can be dangerous regardless of their appearance. The traps are the pet trap, the playmate trap, the car trap, the tech trap, and the authority trap.

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

Click on the streaming links to register to receive access information for each online video service. Each streaming service requires a one-time registration.

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
Safety Training Streaming Videos
Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

New Streaming Videos:

Acute Agitation Management for Nursing
Streaming. 58 min. 2022 Professional.
Hostility, uncooperativeness, and impulsivity create acute agitation, one of the most stressful challenges for nurses. In this video, with 40 years of experience, Dee Henderson, RN, MSN, joins Anne Fulton to explore pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions for de-escalating crises and discuss the metabolic and psychiatric causes of agitation.

Guidelines for Care
Streaming. 27 min. 2019. Professional.
This video raises the awareness of the risks, potential consequences, and legal responsibilities associated with nursing negligence. It offers guidance to support nurses in safeguarding themselves, their patients, and the healthcare facility

Dieting and Eating Disorders
Streaming. 7 min. 2019. Adult.
Weight and fitness are concerns for many people. About 45 million Americans go on a diet ever year, and the number of obese people is rising around the world. At the same time, some people suffer from eating disorders, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating disorder. It's clear that many people have health issues related to diet. Whether they eat too much or too little, eat the wrong things, or don't get enough activity to use the calories they consume, teens face many of these issues every day. Fad diets can be dangerous. Food choices can be limited. And body dysmorphic disorder can distort one's perception of their weight, leading people at healthy weights to "see" themselves as fat. Understanding these disorders and how to maintain a healthy diet is the first step to improving our relationship with eating.

ECI Books:

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.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, and the Early Years Learning Environment: Research and Inclusive Practice
Hazel G. Whitters. 2020. (WS 105.5.A8 W624 2020 ECI)
This book explores three major topics: adverse childhood experiences, attachment, and environment. Each child has a unique reaction to adversity in the early years, and the book discusses the effect upon approach and avoidance motivation for learning, and the rationale of trauma-informed practice. The influence from a secure attachment figure is explored, and links between emotions and involvement are presented. It highlights the current indoor and outdoor use of natural green spaces as a response to attention-​fatigue and promotes comprehension of the issues in a context of attention restoration theory. Intervention for extended families is presented as an approach to supporting development and attainment in each generation, and to achieving a legacy beyond the professional network.

Attachment Theory: The Basics
Ruth O'Shaughnessy. 2023. (WM 460.5.O2 O82 2023 ECI)
This book introduces key concepts of attachment theory. The first part of the book gives readers a clear understanding of attachment theory during infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and in bereavement. The second part of the book illustrates how attachment theory can be used to inform clinical interventions with children in different contexts, adults, and within wider health, social and educational systems.        

Baby Sign Language Basics: Early Communication for Hearing Babies & Toddlers
Monta Z. Briant. 2018. (WS 105.5 C8 B849 2018 ECI)
This book provides more than 300 American Sign Language (ASL) signs, illustrated with clear, easy-​to-​understand photos and descriptions. Baby-specific signing techniques, songs, and games are also included to make learning fun and to quickly open two-way communication. Parents will meet real signing families and learn how to make sign language a part of their everyday interactions with their children.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Fighting Fatigue in the Workplace (English/Spanis​h)
Streaming. 14 min. 2019. Adult.
Fatigue can be a problem in all types of situations, whether you're operating a forklift, using a grinder, driving a truck, or doing any other job that requires you to be focused and alert. Feeling exhausted interferes with our ability to think and act effectively. Fortunately, fatigue can be prevented. This program discusses what causes fatigue, the hazards that it creates, and what you can do to avoid it.

Hurricanes, Tornadoes and Floods
Streaming. 17 min. 2021. Adult.
We have witnessed the devastating effects of natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods during the past several years. We cannot stop mother nature, but we can reduce damage to property and protect people's lives with proper preparation. This program will show the viewer how to prepare for an impending catastrophe. The viewer will learn the emergency procedures that apply before, during, and after the storm.

Office Fire Prevention and Response
Streaming. 15 min. 2023. Adult.
To help prevent fires, office workers must understand and follow good fire prevention practices, such as office housekeeping, which keeps combustible items from accumulating and removes them from proximity to heat sources. This video discusses ways to prevent fires in the office, how to respond to an emergency, participating in fire drills, and the use of fire extinguishers.

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month:

Alive Inside
DVD. 78 min. 2014. Adult-Professional. (DV0986)
This DVD explores music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those with dementia. People with dementia are shown responding with great joy to the music of their youth. The late Dr. Oliver Sacks and musician Bobby McFerrin explain how music awakens memories and spurs communication in those with Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders for Home Health
Streaming. 107 min. 2019. Professional.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia among people aged 65 and older. This important program was developed specifically for Home Health and will be presented in three parts. Join us as we discuss the stages of Alzheimer’s and the modifications that can be made in the home to help these patients.

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.

My Story of Alzheimer's Disease
Streaming. 20 min. 2020. Adult.
This short film focuses on five caregivers and a psychiatrist expressing their concern about caring for a loved one who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Many people still misunderstand this disease. The film focusing their journey through caregiving and grief, even after their loved one has passed.

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. Only 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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