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The AV Library News is a monthly newsletter highlighting audiovisual and early childhood intervention resources at the TX DSHS Audiovisual Library.
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.
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.
Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library
New Streaming Videos
ECI Books and Video
Safety Training Streaming Videos
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Donation from Business Support and Planning
New Streaming Videos
Episode 4: Self-Care and Stress Management (A Nurse’s Guide to Stress Management)
Streaming. 11 min. 2023. Professional.
This program emphasizes self-care's crucial role in nurses' well-being and quality patient care. It guides prioritizing activities, rest, and nutrition, reminding nurses to focus on their own self-care alongside caring for others.
Managing Pain After Birth (Understanding Postpartum Health and Baby Care)
Streaming. 4 min. 2023. Adult.
This brief video provides an overview of available resources to support pain management for expectant and new parents both within the hospital setting and
at home.
Migraine: An Overview
Streaming. 20 min. 2024. Adult.
This program uses animation to illustrate the different phases of migraines, discussing the types and symptoms of migraine headache and their causes, complications, and dietary and non-dietary triggers. It considers diagnosis, treatment, and preventive medications and measures.
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.
Down Syndrome Parenting 101: Must-Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier
Book. Natalie Hale, 2023. (WS 107.1 H163d 2023 ECI)
This book offers advice on everything from celebrating a child's unique personality and seeing him for who he is to insisting he finish his chores and ensuring he has the space to be his own person as an adult. The author leads readers through every stage of growing up, highlighting the experiences and people they will encounter along the way.
Parenting BASICS: Play & Milestones: 2 Year Olds (Español)
DVD. 11 min. 2016. (DD0871)
This film highlights play and milestones topics for two-year-olds including: kicking, throwing, running, puzzles, creativity and sentences. This is the Spanish language version of this film.
When Down Syndrome and Autism Intersect: A Guide To DS-ASD for Parents and Professionals, 2nd ed.
Book. 2024. (WS 107 W556 2024 ECI)
A guide to supporting individuals with the complex dual diagnosis of both Down syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorder. Written by a team of parents and experts in the field, it covers every aspect of caring for children and adults with DS-ASD and offers sound information and resources steeped in research and clinical findings.
Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:
Environmental 101 for Employees
Streaming. 11 min. 2024. (English/Spanish)
This program discusses environmental protection methods used by companies and employee responsibilities when it comes to protecting the environment. Topics include the EPA and other governmental protection agencies, stormwater pollution prevention plans, identifying a hazardous material, hazardous waste programs, procedures to take during an accidental spill release, and universal waste.
Health and Wellness 101 for Employees
Streaming. 9 min. 2024. (English/Spanish)
In this program, learn about ways employers aim to protect employee health on the job and discuss those things to do to promote a healthy lifestyle.
Warehouse Safety: The Basics
Streaming. 11 min. 2019. Adult. (English/Spanish)
This training program explains to employees about warehouse hazards and how to avoid them. Topics include how pallet jacks work and their potential hazards, how to use a pallet jack safely, what to do when moving a load, the special precautions to take on loading docks, inclines, and lift gates.
Breast Cancer Awareness Month:
Courageous Warriors: Beauty from the Ashes
Streaming. 93 min. 2021.
This documentary explores the obstacles that women face while battling breast cancer. It is a telling journey of extraordinary women, young and old. How they took their life-altering circumstances and recovery from breast cancer beyond a medical diagnosis by creating new paths to wholeness.
Ending Disease
Streaming. 140 min. 2020. Adult.
This documentary follows patients and their doctors in the first generation of FDA-approved clinical trials for stem cell, anti-cancer T cell (CAR-T cell), and antibody therapies. Granted unprecedented access to groundbreaking trials taking place at top research facilities in the United States, the film features ten clinical trials that used regenerative medicine to treat brain cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, HIV, spinal cord injury, eye disease, and SCID.
Donation from Business Support and Planning
The Library and Information Science program received a donation of 41 books on workforce development. Please contact the library to borrow these and any other library materials.
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.