Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books 
Safety Training Streaming Videos
Stress Awareness Month

New Streaming Videos:

Collaboration and Teamwork in Healthcare
Streaming. 2020. Professional.
Breaking Bad News, Part 1A (2 min.) Features a scenario that highlight an example in which the health care providers are not appropriately prepared for the family meeting. It addresses that poor delivery of care information to the patient, client, and family can create grief and conflict.

The Family Meeting Preparation, Part 1B (2 min.) Features a scenario that highlights how a pre-brief effectively assists the health care team in communicating with patient, client, and family. It addresses how the team can deliver information/concerns and collectively prepare a cohesive plan.

The Family Meeting, Part 1C (5 min.) Features a scenario that highlights a good family meeting with effective communication amongst the team and
in-depth information. The family is fully engaged and can ask questions to clarify, and the prognosis is fully explained to the family.

Team Huddle, Part 2 (4 min.) Features a scenario that highlights the importance of process and communication in the form of efficient 3 to 4-minute team huddles. Team huddles help staff to check in with one another on patient and operational issues such as staff absences/turnovers, clinic announcements/emergencies or other patient care flow and safety issues.

Team Safety Debrief, Part 3 (5 min.) Features a scenario that highlights an example in which different team members bring perceptions on a long-term care resident fall. The team safety debrief meeting is led by the manager. This clip highlights elements such as role clarity, communication, team functioning, and collaborative leadership.

HIPAA for Medical Assistants: An Overview
Streaming. 13 min. 2021. Professional.
This program defines HIPAA and provide an overview of its guidelines and requirements. It explains the role of the HIPAA Advisory Team, as well as the role of the individual healthcare worker in ensuring compliance with HIPAA reforms. It discusses healthcare access, portability, and reliability; and explains the five rules of administrative simplification.

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.

Essential FASD Supports: Understanding and Supporting People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
Nathan Sheets. 2023. (WQ 211 S541 2023 ECI)
This book offers a reinterpretation of "challenging behaviors" and other common struggles that people with FASDs experience while living in a world that does not understand them. It helps parents and professionals think about practical supports for everyday life and long-term progress. Additionally, readers will learn what we should avoid if we want to effectively support people with FASDs. This book provides a proactive framework to support people with FASDs so they can use their strengths to make progress and thrive. It will benefit parents, caregivers, foster providers, therapists, teachers, and anyone else who supports someone with an FASD.

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

When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions.
Rachel Peachman. 2022. (WL 704 P355 2022 ECI)
Childhood pain is a widespread problem, yet it often goes untreated. The result can be long-term ill health. Drawing on the latest research, two voices on pediatric pain show parents, teachers, and medical practitioners how to help when they are needed most, attuning adults to practical strategies that make real difference in kids' lives.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Lockout/Tagout for Authorized Workers
Streaming. 13 min. 2023. Adult. (English/Spanish)
The only employees who may perform lockout/tagout operations are authorized employees, and they are the focus of this program. During interviews and instruction, viewers will see how important it is for authorized employees to perform a lockout/tagout correctly and safely. Topics include: The definition of lockout/tagout, the three types of workers listed in OSHA's standard and their differences, the responsibilities of the authorized employee, how to perform a lockout and drain all energy, how to verify a lockout, and what to do when returning equipment to service. Lockout/Tagout

Traffic Control: The Basics
Streaming. 9 min. 2023. Adult.
Controlling traffic safely is a serious job. Flagging operations must be done properly to keep motorists and the flagging crew safe. This program details ways to plan traffic control in advance, the different types of work zones and their guidelines, setting up flagger stations, and the situations that may require the use of single and double flaggers.

Understanding and Preventing Sexual Harassment: 15-Minute Training for Employees
Streaming. 15 min. 2023. Adult. (English/Spanish)
This 15-minute program, when combined with its quiz and a discussion of your organization’s anti-harassment policy, can be part of a comprehensive training program to prevent sexual harassment. This program features a variety of scenarios where workers exhibit unwelcome behavior to show viewers what types of behavior constitute sexual harassment and how they should respond to such conduct. Topics include why sexual harassment is illegal and legal precedents related to sexual harassment, what constitutes a hostile workplace, the meaning of quid pro quo, frequently asked questions regarding sexual harassment, how to respond when witnessing or experiencing harassing behavior, and the potential disciplinary actions for policy violations. 

Stress Awareness Month:

Keep Your Anxiety and Stress in Check
Streaming. 7 min.  2019. Adult.
The "fight-​or-​flight" response is your body's built-in response to stress. When faced with a challenging or threatening situation, your body produces adrenaline, which increases your heart and breathing rate and improves your response time. Many things, called stressors, can trigger this response. A stressor can be a physical danger, a high-pressure activity, or even performing in public. In most cases, your body relaxes, and the adrenalin fades once the situation is resolved. When your "fight-​or-​flight" response continues, though, or is triggered by a concern or preoccupation with something that might happen, it becomes anxiety, a state of worry that has negative effects on your health. How you choose to manage stress cope with anxiety can have long-term effects on your well-being, so it's important to understand the difference and how to deal with them.

Manage Overload and Relieve Stress: Skills for Me
DVD and Streaming. 10 min. 2022. Adult. (DV1499)
Featured psychologists deliver practical techniques and advice for dealing with interpersonal situations. "Manage Overload and Relieve Stress" assists people struggling with issues of stress, anxiety and overload that affect them at work and at home. Viewers will learn to manage stress and overload.

A Nurse's Guide to Stress Management, Episode 5: Workplace Strategies for Stress Management
Streaming. 8 min. 2023. Adult – Professional.
While nurses can't control many aspects of their work, they can control how they respond to stressors in the workplace. This program discusses teamwork, communication, time management, assertiveness, and resilience by featuring interviews with professional nurses. They discuss how they can help with managing stress in the healthcare workplace.

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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New Streaming Videos
ECI Books
Safety Training Streaming Videos
Brain Injury Awareness Month

New Streaming Videos

Nursing Professionalism: The Code of Ethics
Streaming. 13 min. 2023. Professional.
This program examines aspects of the code of ethics in the nursing profession. It discusses the document that is at the foundation of the nursing profession - the code of ethics. It considers an obligation to patients, confidentiality, autonomy, collaboration, continuing education, and ethical dilemmas. It looks at the core values that guide nurses.               

Promoting Independence for Persons with Dementia
Streaming. 19 min. 2018. Professional.
After viewing the program, nursing assistants will be able to assist with activities of daily living (ADLs) while promoting resident independence and dignity. They will be able to recognize care strategies for dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, and eating for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia. 

Social Emotional Learning: My Well-Being - Are You Depressed? What You Can Do
Streaming. 19 min. 2022. Junior High – Senior High.
This video explains how to understand the difference between being sad and being depressed. What exactly is depression? What causes it? What should you do if you experience symptoms of depression? How do you support loved ones or friends who are experiencing depression?                  

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.

Essentials of Practice-Based Coaching: Supporting Effective Practices in Early Childhood. Patricia Snyder. 2022. (LB 1775.6 S675 2022 ECI)
This research‐to‐practice resource gives readers an overview of the Practice‐Based Coaching framework and a complete guide to implementing its three key components: shared goals and action planning, focused observation, and reflection and feedback.

Finding Your Way with Your Baby: The Emotional Life of Parents and Babies, 2nd ed. Dilys Daws. 2022. (WS 105.5 E5 D272 2015 ECI)
This book explores the emotional experience of the baby in the first year and that of the mother, father, and other significant adults. The authors engage with the difficult emotional experiences that are often glossed over in parenting books - such as bonding, ambivalence about the baby, depression, and the emotional turmoil of being a new parent. Acknowledgement and understanding of this darker side of family life offer a sense of relief that can allow parents to harness the power of knowing, owning, and sharing feelings to transform situations and break negative cycles and old ways of relating. With real-life examples, it is a helpful resource for parents, as well as professionals interested in ideas from psychoanalytic clinical practice including health visitors, midwives, social workers, general practitioners, pediatricians and childcare workers.

Layla's Life, My Words: An Insight into The World of a Child with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). Shushma Jain. 2021. (WQ 211 J25 2021 ECI)
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is on the increase and can be 'hidden'. All educators need to be aware of the syndrome and how it affects children. We then need to understand how to work effectively with children with FASD to ensure that they flourish.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network Now/Streamery

Accident Investigation
Streaming. 13 min. 2015. Adult.
This training program provides employees with the information that they need to understand the goals of an accident investigation, the process itself, and how they can participate in the process to help make their workplace safer. Topics include investigations and root cause analysis, the role procedures play in preventing accidents, and the importance of training.

Health & Safety Factors in Welding Operations
Streaming. 15 min. 2015. Adult.
This training program focuses on the general safety and health hazards associated with welding and cutting, and how your employees can avoid injury when performing these operations. Topics covered include proper personal protective equipment and control measures that can reduce hazards. Available in English or Spanish.

Landscape Safety Orientation
Streaming. 16 min. 2020. Adult.
Landscaping equipment can be dangerous when not handled properly. Trimmers, mowers, and other sharp utensils are just a part of the job, and they can cause serious injury in the hands of an untrained worker. Program not only covers general safety when using common equipment, tool safety and proper body mechanics, it also addresses basic safety protocols for handling chemicals used in landscaping businesses. Available in English or Spanish.

Brain Injury Awareness Month

Change of Mind
DVD. 54 min. 2016. Adult. (DD0785)
After a diving accident and decompression sickness, Nash Wagstaffe experienced extreme mood swings and loss of concentration. Joblessness, homelessness, and crime followed. In prison, he learned his brain was deprived of oxygen in the accident and severely damaged. This program examines the societal impact of brain injury and the state of existing services for victims. It explores the hope offered by research into neural plasticity and attempts by visionary judges, prison staff, and parole officers to develop appropriate sentencing in the criminal justice system.

Concussions and Sports Injuries
Streaming. 5 min. 2020. Adult.
Concussions and injuries are a common occurrence for players of contact sports. This video explains that breaks, strains, and overuse injuries all commonly occur in student-athletes. It's important to understand the risks, how to prevent injuries, and most importantly how to recognize and treat them when they occur.

Making a Difference: Meeting the Special Needs of Individuals with Brain Injury
DVD. 97 min. 2008. Adult-Professional. (DV620)
This DVD is comprised of ten modules that illustrate the neuroanatomy of a brain injury and the everyday difficulties experienced by survivors of brain injury. It offers useful tips for effective communication and for directing individuals, families and loved ones to needed supports and services. It includes interviews with survivors and a special section on the needs of veterans with brain injury.

Pathophysiology:  Neurological System: Acute Brain Injuries
DVD. 28 min. 2016. Adult-Professional. (DV1214)
This program focuses on acute injuries to the brain. Beginning with a brief discussion of increased intracranial pressure and cerebral edema, both of which are common in brain pathologies, it describes traumatic brain injuries, concussions, skull fractures, and stroke.

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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American Heart Month

New Streaming Videos

Basic Venipuncture
Streaming. 43 min. 2018. Professional.
This program demonstrates the basic technique for drawing blood specimens by venipuncture according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) standards (GP41-A7). It offers detailed demonstrations that show performing venipunctures using tube holders, syringes, and winged blood collection sets. There is an emphasis on needlestick safety, proper patient identification, prevention of patient injury, and obtaining of specimens free from errors that can alter results.      

The Challenge of Healthcare Literacy
Streaming. 27 min. 2017. Professional.
This program looks at the prevalence of low healthcare literacy, identifies its causes, and examines patient behaviors that help to identify those with low healthcare literacy. It examines the components of an informed consent, offering techniques for assisting patients to make informed healthcare choices, and provides healthcare personnel clear techniques to utilize with these patients.

Nutrition in Critical Care Patients
Streaming. 55 min. 2018. Professional.
Designed for critical care nurses, nurse practitioners, dietitians, and allied health professionals, this video looks at nutrition assessment, parenteral nutrition support in the critically ill patient and enteral nutrition support, and features a detailed case study of the nutrition plan and care of a critically injured patient.

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.

The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and Parenting Easily Frustrated, Chronically Inflexible Children
Ross W. Greene. 2021. (WS 105.5 C3 G811e 2021 ECI)
What’s an explosive child? A child who responds to routine problems with extreme frustration - crying, screaming, swearing, kicking, hitting, biting, spitting, destroying property, and worse. A child whose frequent, severe outbursts leave his or her parents feeling frustrated, scared, worried, and desperate for help. Dr. Ross Greene, a distinguished clinician and pioneer in the treatment of kids with social, emotional, and behavioral challenges, has worked with thousands of explosive children,
and he has good news: these kids aren’t attention-seeking, manipulative, or unmotivated, and their parents aren’t passive, permissive pushovers. Rather, explosive kids are lacking some crucial skills in the domains of flexibility/adaptability, frustration tolerance, and problem solving, and they require a different approach to parenting. Dr. Greene provides a new conceptual framework for understanding their difficulties, based on research in the neurosciences. He explains why traditional parenting and treatment often don’t work with these children, and he describes what to do instead. Instead of relying on rewarding and punishing, Dr. Greene’s Collaborative Problem Solving model promotes working with explosive children to solve the problems that precipitate explosive episodes, and teaching these kids the skills they lack.

Helping Your Family Thrive: A Practical Guide to Parenting with Positive Behavior Support 
Meme Hieneman. 2022. (WS 105.5 C3 H633h 2022 ECI)
This guide teaches parents to use positive behavior support (PBS) to structure their homes and promote desired behavior. It guides readers through a 5-step approach to manage family life so that all family members thrive: 1) assessing strengths, challenges, and needs, 2) creating a family vision and expectations, 3) arranging the home environment, 4) teaching behavioral expectations, and 5) monitoring outcomes and problem-​solving.

The Special Needs Planning Guide: How to Prepare for Every Stage of Your Child's Life
Cynthia Haddad. 2022. (WS 107 N138s 2022 ECI)
This book provides families with a guide to planning for the lifetime needs of a child with disabilities. It presents the Five Factors readers need to consider-family and support, emotional, financial, legal, and government benefits-and how to plan for these factors at every stage of a child's life. The second edition includes updates based on current law, fully revised chapters with a wealth of practical recommendations, and a ten-step, manageable planning process. Online resources include fillable timelines, worksheets, and other planning documents to help families create a secure, full, and happy life for and with their child.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Lockout/Tagout for Authorized Workers
Streaming. 13 min. 2023. Adult. (English/Spanish)
The only employees who may perform lockout/tagout operations are authorized employees and they are the focus of this program. During interviews and instruction, viewers will see how important it is for authorized employees to perform a lockout/tagout correctly and safely. Topics include: the definition of lockout/tagout, the three types of workers listed in OSHA's standard and their differences, the responsibilities of the authorized employee, how to perform a lockout and drain all energy, how to verify a lockout, and what to do when returning equipment to service.

To the Point: About Construction Safety
Streaming. 11 min. 2023. Adult. (English /Spanish)
Working on a construction site can be very dangerous and poses serious hazards that kill and injure many construction workers each year. Maintaining hazard awareness while on the jobsite can prevent these types of incidents and save lives. This program describes a variety of basic construction dangers and the safe work practices that can be used to avoid an injury. Topics include practicing hazard awareness on the jobsite, the importance of PPE, the different types of fall hazards, safe use of ladders and scaffolds, electrical hazards and the dangers of heavy mobile equipment.

To The Point About: PITs and Pedestrian Safety
Streaming. 13 min. 2022. Adult. (English /Spanish)
Powered industrial trucks (PIT) are heavy and powerful. Any contact between a PIT and a pedestrian can result in serious injury or death. This program is designed to highlight the dangers that are present when PITs and pedestrians work in shared spaces. It also describes the safe work practices necessary, such as situational awareness and visibility, to minimize those dangers and avoid injuries. 

American Heart Month

Atrial Fibrillation: Second Opinion
DVD or Streaming. 27 min. 2017. Adult. (DV1434)
A panel of medical experts discuss current medical innovations that provides treatment for a person dealing with Atrial Fibrillation. This program features Joel Dittman, a father of two. Joel experienced his heart racing and extreme tiredness when he was diagnosed at age 30.  He shares his story and the option he chose to manage his active lifestyle.

Coronary Artery Disease: Disease and Ease
DVD or Streaming. 24 min. 2012. Adult. (DV0921)
Viewers learn about coronary artery disease's causes, development, dangers, and treatment through case studies and expert interviews. 3D graphics show how plaque builds up in arteries, how this eventually obstructs blood flow, and how angioplasty, or the insertion of a tiny balloon and stents, can relieve the construction. Patients who are coping with coronary artery disease share the challenges they face in their everyday lives.

Managing Your High Blood Pressure
DVD. 15 min. 2015. Adult. (DV0914)
This video helps people understand high blood pressure, or hypertension, and gives an overview of the treatment plan. It explains that while there may be no symptoms, high blood pressure can still be doing damage to the body that may lead to a heart attack, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, or eye disease. It encourages patients to keep a record of blood pressure readings and meet with a healthcare provider regularly to maintain the goals of a treatment plan. The plan may include taking medication, checking blood pressure regularly, limiting salt, increasing physical activity, healthy eating, reaching and maintaining a healthy weight, relieving stress, limiting alcohol, and most importantly, quitting smoking. The program gives an overview of types of medication, the importance of taking them as directed, and common side effects.

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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Winter Safety Awareness        

New Streaming Videos:

Depression and Social Media
Streaming. 5 min. 2020. Senior High – Adult.
This program examines the link that researchers have established between depression and social media use in young people. It's believed this it has contributed to a rise in major depressive disorders among those ages 12-17. Social media can also have positive aspects if teen think about how, with who, and how much they use it.        

My Well-Being: Conflict Resolution (Social-Emotional Learning)
Streaming. 19 min. 2023. Junior High – Senior High.
This video teaches conflict resolution and the best approach to de-escalate tensions. It answers the following questions: What are "I" statements? Why are they important? How does compromise resolve conflicts? How do I resolve a misunderstanding?             

Nursing Professionalism: Responsibility and Discipline
Streaming. 9 min. 2023. Professional.
This program examines aspects of responsibility and discipline in the nursing profession. It discusses the responsibility of nurses to meet appropriate standards of patient care, collaborate with other healthcare professionals, maintain integrity, and advocate for a patient's best interests. Nurses have to be patient advocates, being aware of so many aspects of the patient's care and well-being.

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.

Essential FASD Supports: Understanding and Supporting People with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Nathan Sheets. 2023. (WQ 211 S541 2023 ECI)
This book offers a reinterpretation of "challenging behaviors" and other common struggles that people with FASDs experience while living in a world that does not understand them. It helps parents and professionals think about practical supports for everyday life and long-term progress. Readers learn what they should avoid if they want to effectively support people with FASDs. It provides a proactive framework to support people with FASDs so they can use their strengths to make progress and thrive.

Language Development and Social Interaction in Blind Children. Miguel Pérez Pereira. 2020. (WW 276 P438 2020)
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 discusses the caregiver-child interaction, research on early intervention and practical strategies for blind children that can assist parents and practitioners.

When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions. Rachel Rabkin Peachman. 2022. (WL 704 P355 2022 ECI)
Childhood pain is a widespread problem, yet it often goes untreated. The result can be long-term ill health. Drawing on the latest research, two voices on pediatric pain show parents, teachers, and medical practitioners how to help when they are needed most, attuning adults to practical strategies that make real difference in kids' lives.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network Now/Streamery:

Landscape Safety Orientation (English & Spanish)
Streaming. 16 min. 2020. Adult.
Landscaping equipment can be dangerous when not handled properly. Trimmers, mowers, and other sharp utensils are just a part of the job, and they can cause serious injury in the hands of an untrained worker. Program not only covers general safety when using common equipment, tool safety and proper body mechanics, it also addresses basic safety protocols for handling chemicals used in landscaping businesses. 

Dog Bite Prevention
Streaming. 9 min. 2019. Adult.
The video will show workers how to avoid getting bitten by dogs to the begin with, how to avoid potentially hostile animals, and what to do in case of a dog bite. It is an ideal training tool for postal workers, meter readers, and others who encounter pets on a regular basis.

Safety Leadership - An Essential Safety Element - Concise
Streaming. 7 min. 2017. Adult.
Safety leadership is the influence of a person’s words or actions on the safety decisions made by others. This concise training program shows how good safety leadership helps everyone make better safety decisions, while also illustrating how poor safety leadership can quickly undermine the entire safety process. The consistent presence of positive safety leadership helps all workers make wise safety decisions. Effective safety leadership must also include discipline and consistent rules enforcement from managers and supervisors.

Winter Safety Awareness: Cold Stress - Working Safely in Cold Weather
Streaming. 8 min. 2014. Adult.
This safety video trains employees to understand and recognize why it's important to be aware of the effects of cold stress. Cold and wet weather can have negative effects on the body in temperatures as high as 59 degrees Fahrenheit. Topics covered include hypothermia and frostbite symptoms, hypothermia prevention, and treatment for frostbite.

Winter Driving - When the Rules Change (English & Spanish
Streaming. 10 min. 2019. Adult.
This video will help you understand some of the hazards associated with winter driving. Topics include safe speeds, hydroplaning, braking and
pre-trip inspection.

Winter Safety (2019 Update)
Streaming. 15 min. 2019. Adult.
Winter brings special hazards. It's important to know what you should do to avoid these hazards. Topics include how to keep warm, driving safely, hazardous holiday decorations, and celebrating responsibly.

Winter Walking: Safe Walking in Hazardous Conditions (English & Spanish)
Streaming. 8 min. 2014. Adult.
Walking seems easy enough, right? In certain conditions like snow, rain and ice, extra precaution must be taken. This video will teach the tips, tricks, and equipment to walk safely in the winter. Topics include proper footwear, black ice, slush, and stairs.

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.

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National Impaired Driving Prevention Month

New Streaming Videos:

Be Smart with Body Art: Tattoos and Piercings
Streaming. 7 min. 2019. Senior High – Adult.
When choosing to get body art or a piercing is a big choice and there are many factors to consider. Tattoos are often permanent, and piercings can have unwanted health effects. This program examines how someone considering these options understand the process and weighs the pros and cons of your choice.

Courageous Warriors: Beauty from the Ashes
Streaming. 93 min. 2021. Adult.
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.       

Infection Control in Healthcare: Safe Work Practices
Streaming. 14 min. 2021. Professional.
Safe practices have been developed by OSHA, the CDC and NIOSH to help prevent and control the spread of infectious diseases. This updated program presents the importance of infection control in healthcare and how to follow safe work practices. It demonstrates how to properly perform hand hygiene methods and properly used personal protective equipment.

ECI Books and Videos:

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.

The Development of Emotional Competence in Young Children
Susanne A. Denham. 2023. (WS 105.5 E5 D393 2023 ECI)
This book covers how young children develop the ability to understand, express, and manage their emotions, as well as the impact of these capacities on relationships, school readiness, and overall well-being. The book explains specific ways that parents, teachers, and education systems can foster or hinder emotional competence, and reviews relevant assessments and interventions.

Parenting BASICS - Self-Care for Moms: 2 Year Olds
DVD. 9 min. 2016. Adult. (DD0849)
This film provides tips on self-care for moms of two-year-olds. Tips include setting and reaching goals, being self-sufficient, and learning to advocate.         

Pause and Reflect: Your Guide to a Deeper Understanding of Early Intervention Practice
Dana C. Childress. 2021. Book. (LB 1775.6 C536 2021 ECI)
This early intervention workbook is designed to help you reflect on what you do, why you do it, and how you can continue to grow your skills to ensure the best outcomes for the families you serve.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from AP Safety Training:

Evacuation Procedures
Streaming. 23 min. 2023. Adult.
This program demonstrates how to prepare for and complete a safe evacuation from a variety of locations. It also discusses fires, explosions, HAZMAT emergencies, and what to do during an active shooter incident.   

Lockout/Tagout for Affected Workers
Streaming. 13 min. 2023. Adult. (English/Spanish)
Employees who may be impacted or affected by the de-energization of equipment or processes are affected workers, and they are the focus of this program. Although affected workers do not perform lockout procedures, they are required to know how to interact with the authorized employees who actually perform the lockout. Topics include definition of lockout/tagout, the three types of workers listed in OSHA's standard and their differences, the responsibilities of an affected worker, the written Energy Control Plan, the importance of communication between workers, and the proper use of locks and tags.

Safety 101 for Supervisors
Streaming. 14 min. 2024. Professionals.
This video discusses the importance of workplace safety, along with the roles and responsibilities that supervisors have. Topics include OSHA’s role in safety, how to identify and control hazards, various safety programs, personal protective equipment, training, and how to handle situations when employees report concerns and injuries.

December is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month:

Choices
DVD. 32 min. 2012. Senior High – Adult. (DV1052)
In this film, Robert Kent tells the heart wrenching story of how his son Brandon and two friends were killed by a drunk driver on Christmas morning. His story illustrates the direct and indirect victims of drunk drivers and the ripple effects their choices send through families. Robert Kent is compelling and painfully honest in his quest to convince others to make the choice not to drive before they begin to drink.

Peer Pressure and Choosing to Drink: Think About It
DVD and Streaming. 19 min. 2011. Senior High – Adult. (DV1119)
David and Julie are excited but nervous about their invitation to a party hosted by "the cool kids." Sharing his thought process with viewers, 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. In this dramatization, 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. 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.

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Highlighting AV and ECI Resources at the AV Library

New Streaming Videos
ECI Books
Safety Training Streaming Videos
American Diabetes Month
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month                                                                      

New Streaming Videos

The Truth About Fasting (Catalyst)
Streaming. 58 min. 2021. Adult.
This program examines what is known about the health benefits of fasting.
It explores how does fasting affect people in the real world? Fasting is defined as going a set amount of time with little or no food. Recently, intermittent fasting is growing in popularity, and health trends have reinvigorated fasting for our contemporary lifestyles.                            

Your Practice: Cultural Awareness in Health Care
Streaming. 18 min. 2020. Professional.
This video describes how language differences can impact healthcare it emphasizes the role of common sense in culturally aware practice. It explains why it is a bad idea to use a patient's friends or family as translators and delineates appropriate sources of cultural information.    

#Happy: The Dictatorship of Happiness on Social Media
Streaming. 53 min. 2021. Adult.
This program examines the real dangers of the appearance of happiness promoted on social networks and hear from some of its young victims. Shows how social media can turn lives upside down and lead to self-obsessive behavior and depression.

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.

A Parent's Guide to Early Intervention: A Comprehensive Model for Children with Special Needs
2021. Book. (LC 4019.3 L693 2021 ECI)
Do you have a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or related special needs for your child? Are you asking yourself…What can I do about it? Where should I seek help? Should I focus on just specific therapies? Can I outsource this intervention and not get involved? How can I get my child out of early intervention programs and back to mainstream schools? This book will help you navigate the questions above with simple step-by-step processes.

Teaming and Collaboration: Building and Sustaining Partnerships
2019. Book. (LC 4019.3 T253 2019 ECI)
This book offers professionals and families multiple ways to implement the teaming and collaboration practices across the settings in which children grow and learn.

Transition: Supporting Changes in Services and Settings
2020. Book. (LC 4019.3 T772 2020 ECI)
This book offers professionals and families multiple ways to implement the transition practices across the settings in which children grow and learn.

Safety Training Streaming Videos from Training Network Now/Streamery

Orientation to Safety for New Employees
Streaming. 35 min. 2021. Adult.
This video, available in English or Spanish, discusses the most common safety issues new hires may encounter while performing their jobs, and the safe work practices and job procedures that must be followed to prevent injuries and ensure that everyone arrives home safely at the end of each day. Topics include personal protective equipment (PPE), ladder safety, safe lifting, lockout/tagout, hazard communication, bloodborne pathogens, confined spaces, slips and falls, and confined spaces.

Safe Lifting
Streaming. 17 min. 2023. Adult.
This program discusses how lifting and carrying things can affect the back, and how employees can use safe lifting techniques to help them avoid back injuries. Topics covered include the mechanics of safe lifting, types of back injuries, and preparing to lift something in a way that protects your back.

To the Point About: Bloodborne Pathogens
Streaming. 12 min. 2014. Adult.
Workplaces are full of hazards, hazards that can kill us. One such hazard is bloodborne pathogens. This program trains your employees on the dangers of bloodborne pathogens and how to control exposure that will prevent diseases and save lives. Topics covered include diseases, exposure control plans, routes of entry, proper disposal, and actions after exposure.

American Diabetes Month

Blood Sugar Rising
Streaming. 24 min. 2020. Adult.
In the United States, over 100 million people are affected by diabetes and pre-diabetes. In this program, viewers will learn is it when the blood sugar level are high. The hormone that manages sugar levels in the body is insulin. Diabetes occurs when the insulin glucose cycle is disrupted.

Diabetes Meal Planning
DVD and Streaming. 69 min. 2018. Adult. (DV1485)
The incidence of diabetes is up and many of these cases are very challenging. This program with nutritionist Marlisa Brown offers practical strategies for planning meals for patients with diabetes, presenting recommendations for specific nutrient modifications, nutrition assessment, patient monitoring and evaluation methods, and problem-solving skills. It also considers different nutritional issues with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

Type 1 Diabetes: Second Opinion
DVD and Streaming. 27 min. 2017. Adult. (DV1433)
A panel of medical experts discuss how medical innovations have improved the lives of children and their families living with Type 1 Diabetes. This program features Liam McCammon’s story, a young active boy that was diagnosed at age 9. Liam and his mom discuss his diagnosis and how it changed their lives. They explain how new technology helps Liam to lead a normal life.    

Alzheimer’s Awareness Month

Forget Me Not
DVD and Streaming. 44 min. 2017. Adult. (DV1318)
This program was filmed in Australia. Three families tell their stories about adjusting to life with Alzheimer’s disease. Two of the patients have been diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease.

Promoting Independence for Persons with Dementia
DVD and Streaming. 19 min. 2018. Adult. (DV1301)
This video shows nursing assistants how to assist with activities of daily living (ADLs) while promoting resident independence and dignity. It shows them how to be able to recognize care strategies for dressing, grooming, toileting, bathing, and eating for people with Alzheimer's disease and dementia.

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 to the AV Library News, please send an email to avlibrary@dshs.texas.gov with Subscribe in the subject line.

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