In this lecture, including interviews with parents who have children with disabilities, Michael Trout focuses on the resources and survival skills used by families. Available in VHS format only.

This comprehensive encyclopedia on autism spectrum disorders and pervasive developmental disorders includes more than 500 terms, alphabetically listed and clearly defined.

This book will help parents understand the power of infant massage and, with the easy-to-follow step-by-step guide, learn how to incorporate effective massage techniques into their daily childcare routine. 192 pages.

Video Guide and companion training manual identify the many tasks and responsibilities of early intervention service coordination includeing both the knowledge and personal skills fundamental to building partnerships between families and professionals. Includes: VHS, VHS Guide, and Companion Training Manual

The Exceptional Child II explores how families feel and change in response to having children with exceptional needs. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The Exceptional Child I defines the educationally exceptional child by using scenes of children and interviews to help viewers develop an understanding of the wide range of exceptionalities. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

ECO II is a video demonstration of adult communication styles that help children communicate. Available in DVD.

This video teaches the significance of home visiting for infants and toddlers with special needs and their families, the common structure of a home visit, and the multiple factors that influence in-home early intervention services. 16 minutes.

This presentation includes all families in the Listen to Family Series with their family consultants. The consultants demonstrate strategies to engage families in conversations about their strengths as well as their problems. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This tape includes unedited excerpts from conversations with 5 diverse families that demonstrate communication strategies helpful in joining with a family and building a collaborative partnership. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The focus of this two-volume video set is on the Colton family's hopes and vision for their one-year-old daughter, Carissa, who has Down Syndrome. The interviews with family consultant Jana Staton, are one-year apart. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Stanley Greenspan and Serena Wieder, authors of this book, provide a step-by-step approach to developmental challenges faced by young children and their families based on the unique profile of each child.

The focus is on parenting roles, stress on the parents and on their relationship from caring for a medically fragile child, the needs of the older sibling, interactions with medical and EI providers, conflicts over diagnosis and treatment, and financial and future concerns. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Based on current research this set provides an intervention program for parents of preschool children who are language delayed.

This video demonstrates how early intervention at a preschool for young children with challenging needs can help parents learn positive strategies to break the cycle of oppositional behavior. Available on VHS and DVD.

This video resource was developed to help parents of premature babies, and neonatal medical staff, understand infant behavior and development in the intensive-care nursery. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this video a group of inner city foster parents of infants who were prenatally exposed to drugs, describe the experiences they have had using infant massage with their foster children. Available in VHS and DVD.

This program brings ideas, answers, and possibilities for teen parents who are trying to negotiate the managed-care maze for their children with special needs. English version availale in DVD and VHS. Spanish version available in VHS format only.

The video describes the phases of morning and grief that parents of a child with disabilities may experience. Available in VHS format only.

The AEPS™ Curriculum for Three to Six Years allows the curricula professional to match a child's established IESP/IEP goals and objectives with age-appropriate, activity-based interventions that correspond to the six areas scored on the AEPS™ test.

The focus is on the boy's medical condition, the attitudes of medical staff towards the family, financial difficulties, communication, and tensions over the shared responsibilities and altered priorities of the grandparents. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

In this session the focus is on the parents' difficulties in making decisions for their child with speech delays when the diagnosis is uncertain or ambiguous, differences over which language to speak in the home, and financial concerns. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The focus is on the development of a couple bond, family-of-origin relationships and acceptance, medical and EI services, and hopes for the future. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

The focus is on family strengths, differences in child-rearing philosophy across generations, impact of drugs on family life and continuity, importance of extended family, friends, social services, and spiritual values. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This is the story of two families coping with their preschool sons who carry the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental delay. Available in VHS format only.

This book examines inclusive child care settings and explores strategies for caring for infants and toddlers both with and without disabilities. A range of topics are reviewed such as handling daily care activities, communicating with parents, and anticipating the actions and emotions of toddlers.

The focus is on family strength and vulnerabilities, multiple caregiving demands brought on by the mother's worsening sickle cell anemia, the three-year-olds special needs and EI services, custody issues with niece, the strengths and support of the African-American family, the community and church, and the mother's hopes for the future for herself and her children. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This book explores strategies to develop and support opportunities that help children initiate and maintain successful peer interaction.

TABS is specifically designed to identify critical temperament and self-regulation problems that can indicate a child’s risk for developmental delay as early as possible. Includes: Set includes Screener, Assessment Tool, and Manual

This video follows several culturally diverse families as they negotiate their health care systems. The families learn to advocate for themselves and together with their doctors they solve problems and develop strategies for dealing with complex health care systems.

This video-and-guide set delivers a framework for service coordination for families who have young children or infants with disabilities or special needs. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Actual footage from an inclusive classroom connects the viewer to the excitement and wonder of a group of children as they investigate the community fire truck over time. Includes: VHS

Learn how to create enriched, interactive language-learning environments during play and daily activities.

This video is about the how child development is impacted by sensory issues, and it also discusses how certain sensory-rich settings can affect the growth of regular kids and children with disabilities.

This Resource Manual is for early-intervention service providers who work with young children with special needs, their families, and child-care providers. Includes: Resource Manual in Two Volumes

This video illustrates the experiences of young children with medical problems who are physically weak or disabled in a transitional care facility. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

Supports and services for infants and toddlers with special needs are best provided in the context of a family’s everyday routines, activities, and places (also known as “natural environments”). Includes: VHS and 55-page Facilitator’s Guide.

This book gives a wide variety of effective inclusive practices that cater to the needs of children with disabilities that range from autism to visual impairments.

This set of booklets and accompanying video were produced to assist families in understanding the services provided in early intervention/early education programs. The video discusses the need to provide parents with appropriate written material on services and describes how the booklets can be used to support families. Languages: English and Spanish

The purpose of this handbook is to provide information about creating collaborative IEPs in a format that is easily understood by all who might be involved in the IEP process. Includes: 1 handbook

This 16-tape CLOSED CAPTIONED series is designed to meet the need for training early interventionists to work effectively with families. Available in DVD and VHS formats.

This training package was developed to promote integration and culturally responsive ways to serve American-Indian children and their families. Available in VHS format only.

This video describes the special education services that prechoolers with special needs are entitled to by law. Includes: VHS

The ASQ is a screening and tracking program for infants and young children, from 4 months to 5 years of age, who are at risk for developmental delays. This parent-completed child-monitoring system is an effective, economical way to identify infants and young children who require further developmental evaluation. Available in English and Spanish.

Parents are children’s first and most influential teachers. This book provides strategies for teaching the life skills children from age three through young adulthood need to live as independently as possible.

This video examines the therapist's role as consultant to families with children who have eating problems. Includes: VHS

Examines the struggles engaged in by parents and siblings to integrate a handicapped or sick newborn into the family. Available in VHS format only.

The purpose of this video is to promote an understanding of gifted children by identifying their characteristics, addressing their educational needs, and recommending ways to enhance their development. Includes: VHS or DVD

Along with extensive coverage of genetics, heredity, pre- and postnatal development, specific disabilities, family roles, and intervention, The fifth edition of this book features new chapters on substance abuse, HIV and AIDS, Down syndrome, fragile X syndrome, behavior management, transitions to adulthood, and health care in the 21st century.

The tests for both age levels are divided into six developmental areas, each subdivided into a progression of skills. Professionals complete assessments while children and their caregivers engage in everyday activities.