Early Childhood Intervention and Rehabilitation Services Collections

The Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) Collection includes videos, books, assessment instruments, audio resources, and journals concerning children ages 0-3 years who have disabilities or developmental delays. Some of the topics include child development, intervention strategies, autism, Down syndrome, learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, and infant mental health. For more information about ECI, go to Early Childhood Intervention.

ECI Library Matters is a monthly newsletter highlighting library materials for ECI programs to use based on selected ECI topics. Click on a monthly topic below to open that month's newsletter.

• June 2023 - Parents and Their Children Affected by Opioids, Alcohol, and Other Drug
   
• May 2023 - Medical Diagnosis and Special Populations
   
• April 2023 - Autism Resource
   
• March 2023 - Social Emotional Development and Behavioral Issue
   
• February 2023 - Cultural Competence and Bilingual Language Development
   
• January 2023 - Play and Motor Development
   
• December 2022 - Parenting and Working with Families
   
• November 2022 - Child Care, Inclusion, and Transition
   
• October 2022 - Down Syndrome Resources
   
• September 2022 - Child and Brain Development
   
• August 2022 - Management, Supervision, and Leadership Resources
   
• July 2022 - Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Speech and Language Development

The ECI Library in a Box Program is a series of 12 boxes shipped from the Audiovisual Library to a participating ECI program.

Any Texas ECI program can  participate in the ECI Library in a Box program. To register, please email Sharon Stone at sharon.stone@hhs.texas.gov.

To learn more about ECI Library in a Box and other ECI Library Services, please view the recorded webinar here.

Here are selected books and DVDs in the Early Childhood Intervention Collection.

Connecting Through Talk: Nurturing Children's Development with Language. David K Dickinson, 2019. Book. (LB 1139.5 L35 D553 2019 ECI)

Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards Guidelines for Early Care and Education Programs, 4th ed. 2019. Book. (LB 1139.23 C277 2019)

Does Time Heal All? Exploring Mental Health in the First 3 Years. Miri Keren, 2018. Book. (WS 350 K39 2018 ECI)

Early Childhood Intervention: Working with Families of Young Children with Special Needs. 2018. Book. (LC 4019.3 E12 2018 ECI)

Early Childhood Staff Orientation Guide. Sharon Bergen, 2016. Book. (LB 1139.2 B495 2016)

Early Childhood Staff Orientation Guide: Facilitator's Edition. Sharon Bergen, 2016. Book. (LB 1139.2 B495 2016)

Early Intervention for Social-Emotional Development. 39 min. 2017. DVD. (DD0827)

The Early Intervention Guidebook for Families and Professionals: Partnering for Success. Bonnie Keilty, 2016. Book. (LC 4019.3 K27 2016 ECI).

Early Social-Emotional Development: Your Guide to Promoting Children's Positive Behavior. Nicole Edwards, 2018. Book. (WS 350 E26 2018 ECI)

Effective Early Intervention: The Developmental Systems Approach. Michael J. Guralnick, 2019. Book. (LC 4019.3 G978e 2019 ECI).

Infant Toddler Learning Environment. 43 min. 2017. DVD. (DD0825)

Life with Baby: Parenting from Birth to 12 Months. 24 min. 2019. DVD. (DD0824)

Maltreatment and Toxic Stress. 2018. Book. (WA 320 M261 ECI 2018)

Maternal Mental Health: A Guide for Health and Social Workers. Sally Field, 2018. Book. (WM 55 F453 2018)

Nurturing Personal, Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A Practical Guide to Understanding Brain Development and Young Children's Behaviour. Debbie Garvery, 2018. Book. (WS 105.5 E5 G244 2018 ECI)

Off to a Good Start: A Behaviorally Based Model for Teaching Children with Down syndrome. Book 1, Foundations for Learning. Emily A. Jones, 2019. Book. (WS 107 J76 2019 ECI)

Practical Solutions to Practically Every Problem: The Survival Guide for Early Childhood Professionals, 3rd ed. Steffan Saifer, 2017. Book. (LB 1140.2 ST817 2017)

Social and Emotional Development in Early Intervention: A Skills Guide for Working with Children. Mona Delahooke, 2017. Book. (WS 350 D333 2017 ECI) 

Rehabilitation Services Collection includes videos and books on all aspects of rehabilitation and disabilities.

Examples of topics include disability awareness and rights, assistive technology, ADD and ADHD, brain injury, deafness, blindness, ergonomics, returning to work, sign language, and more.

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

• Additional borrowing information is located here.
• Find Rehabilitation Services collection items in the Online Library Catalog.