BOOKS

Developmental Disabilities

DD-1.1B Gross Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 1997, Patricia Winders
This book provides parents and professionals with essential information about motor development and the effect of physical and medical conditions associated with Down Syndrome.

DD-1.2B Medical & Surgical Care for Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents, 1995, D.C. Van Dyke, Phillip Mattheis, Susan Schoon Eberly & Janet Williams
This book is designed to provide a resource for parents of both infants and school age children with Down Syndrome.

DD-1.3B Early Communication Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 2003, Libby Kumin
This book focuses on speech and language development from birth through the development of 3-word phrases. Specific information is rpovided on articulaion and phonology, speech and intelligibility, hearing loss, apraxia, pragmatics, reading and literacy, assessment and treatment, and augmentative and alternative communication.

DD-1.4B Fine Motor Skills in Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 2006, Maryanne Bruni
This book explains the best practices and procedures for helping children master the finger and hand skills needed for home and school. There is also information on sensory processing, recent research, and toys and computer use for children with Down syndrome.

DD-1.5B Teaching Reading to Children with Down Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Teachers, Patricia Logan Oelwein

DD-1.6B The Source for Syndromes, 1999, Gail Richard and Debra Reichart Hoge
This book provides information on specific syndromes, pertinent speech-language characteristics associated with syndromes, suggested intervention strategies to address a child's specific challenges.

DD-1.7B Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home (Third Edition), 1997, Nancie Finnie
Written primarily for parents, this book provides parents and professionals information on helping the child with cerebral palsy towards achieving maximum potential for independence in movement and functional activities.

DD-1.8B Pre-Feeding Skills: A Comprehensive Resource for Feeding Development, 1987, Suzanne Evans Morris & Marsha Dunn Klein
This book offers a multi-sensory, multi-modal approach to the development of pre-speech and feeding skills in young children with developmental delays and disabilities.

DD-1.9B Visual Toilet Training, 1999, Patti Boheme, Mary Crissman & Diane Hasselberg
This manual is for parents and teachers that want to learn a process for toilet training children with or without developmental delays or disabilities. The manual offers tips for success, a step-by-step process, baseline and toileting charting procedure, toileting pictures and toileting clip.

DD-2.0B The Educator's Guide to Feeding Children with Disabilities, 1999, Diane Koontz Lowman & Suzanne McKeever Murphy
Teachers, related services staff, health care providers and parents will find useful information for designing and implementing effective feeding plans for children with disabilities. This book is comprehensive and team-focused in its delivery of information on how to meet each child's unique communications, sensory, and motor needs related to eating.

DD-2.1B The Source for Syndromes 2, 2000, Gail Richard, Debra Reichert Hoge

DD-2.2B Angelman Syndrome A to Z …The Second Edition, 2000, Julie Hyman, Alice Evans

DD-2.3B For Parents & Professionals: Down Syndrome, 2000, Catherine Chamberlain, Robin M. Strode

DD-2.4B A Parents Guide to Down Syndrome: Towards a Brighter Future, 2001, Siegfried Pueschel

DD-2.5B Helping Children with Dyspraxia, 2001, Maureen Boon

DD-2.6B Educational and Therapeutic Intervention in Rett Syndrome, 1995,
This book provides information on the characteristics of children with Rett Syndrome as well as some detailed intervention plans and teaching strategies.

DD-2.7B The Rett Syndrome Handbook, 1999, Kathy Hunter
This comprehensive handbook and guide introduces parents and professionals to the world of Rett Syndrome. Using personal vignettes and the latest in research findings, this book covers everything from diagnosis and understanding, to treatment, education and therapy, to behaviors and seizures, to skills for daily living and planning for the future. There is a thorough resource section.

DD-2.8B Small Steps Forward - Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs), 1999, Sarah Newman
This book provides parents and professionals with information and ideas to stimulate and encourage their child's development. The games and activities use typical materials, are fun to play and cover the developmental domains of cognitive, language, physical development, sensory, and social and emotional development.

DD-2.9B A Parent Guide to Verbal Dyspraxia, 2000, Judy Michels Jelm
This book provides information to parents about verbal dyspraxia. It covers understanding dyspraxia, therapy and treatment strategies, and comments from other parents. This book would be helpful for parents and therapists that have a child with verbal dyspraxia (also know as apraxia, childhood apraxia, developmental apraxia, developmental verbal dyspraxia.

DD-3.0B Nonverbal Learning Disabilities at Home: A Parents Guide, 2001, Pamela Tanguay
This book is written for parents and professionals that want a better understanding of Nonverbal Learning Disabilities. It provides a description of the impact NLD throughout a child's life, at school and home, and in social situations. Each chapter provides strategies for making accommodations for the child with NLD.

DD-3.1B Stuttering and Your Child: Questions and Answers, 2002
This book contains answers to the most frequently asked questions about stuttering. The answers provide enough information to enable parents to work with their child in ways that help contribute significantly to the healthy and normal development of fluency.

DD-3.2B If Your Child Stutters: A Guide for Parents, 2001
This book is written for parents that are concerned about the speech of their young child. The goals of the book are to help the parent distinguish between normal disfluency and stuttering, and to enable the parent to begin working with their child.

DD-3.6B Teaching the Infant with Down Syndrome- A Guide for Parents and Professionals (2nd ed.), 1987, Marci J. Hanson
This book is designed to provide parents and professionals with basic information on Down syndrome. It highlights activities and suggestions for teaching babies with Down syndrome.

DD-3.7B Total Augmentative Communication in the Early Childhood Classroom, 1993, Linda Burkhart
This book is written for teachers, parents, and therapists involved with young children with expressive or receptive language delays or disabilities. Although the emphasis of this book is on communication, there is also a section dealing with powered mobility.

DD-3.8B Teaching Motor Skills to Children with Cerebral Palsy and Similar Movement Disorders, 2006, Sieglinde Martin
This book is a resource for parents and professionals that offers dozens of ideas, exercises and strategies for incorporating motor skill development throughout daily routines.

DD-4.0B Bridging the Gap-Raising a Child with Nonverbal Learning Disorder, 2002, Rondalyn Varney Whitney
This book provides parents and profesisonals with practical, and powerful strategies for supporting children with Nonverbal Learning Disorder. The author is a pediatric OT and the parent of a child with a Nonverbal Learning Disorder. The book covers characteristics and diagnosis, daily life, school, friendship and social issues.

DD-4.1B The silence within - A teacher/parent guide to helping selectively mute and shy children, 1999, GailGoetze Kervatt
This book follows the author through a case study in which she meets and chronicles the development of a young boy who was diagnosed with selective mutism.l.

DD-4.2B A Parent's Guide to Developmental Delays: Recognizing & Coping wit Missed Milestones in Speech, Movement, Learning and Other Areas, 2006, Laurie LeComer
The author uses stories and family experiences to discuss what to do when a family wonders if their child is having difficulty or challenges. Topics covered include spotting red flags of delayed development, identifying specific challenges, diagnosis, working with teachers, tracking your child's progress.

DD-4.3B Babies with Down Syndrome: A New Parents Guide (3rd Ed.), 2008, Susan Skallerup
This book covers medical care, daily care, family life, development, early intervention, learning and much more for parents
and professionals.

DD-4.4B The Source for Development of Executive Functions, 2005, Gail Richard, Jill Fahy

DD-4.5B Helping Children with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities to Flourish - A Guide for Parents and Professionals, 2007,
Marilyn Martin
This book presents a comprehensive profile of children with Non-Verbal Learning Disorders. Practical advice for parents and
teachers and step-by-step intervention strategies are provided.

Early Childhood

EC-1.0B Accreditation Criteria and Procedures of the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs, 1991, NAEYC
The criteria listed in this book represents the current consensus of the early childhood profession regarding the definition of a high quality program for young children. The Criteria are applied in a three-step accreditation process: self-study, on-site validation, and Commission decision.

EC-1.2B The Case for Mixed-Age Grouping in Early Education, 1991, Lillian Katz, Demetra Evangelou & Jeanette Allison Hartman
(2 Copies) This book offers suggestions for making mixed-age settings work well and answers many questions you may have.

EC-1.4B Guide to Accreditation by the National Academy of Early Childhood Programs: Self-Study, Validation, and Accreditation, 1991, NAEYC
Accreditation assists families in making decisions about their children’s care and education; offers agencies, employers, and other program supporters, a system for identifying high quality programs; and provides program directors and teachers with guidelines for professional practice.

EC-1.5B Reaching Potentials: Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children, 1992, Sue Bredekamp & Teresa Rosegrant

EC-1.6B Resource Guide for Educators of Children Affected by Alcohol and Other Drugs, 1993, Prevention Center
Includes a sampling of organizations, programs, and materials that focus on serving the needs of children who have been prenatally or environmentally exposed to alcohol and other drugs.

EC-1.7B The Special Education Sourcebook: A Teacher's Guide to Programs, Materials and Information Sources, 1994, Michael S. Rosenberg & Irene Edmond-Rosenberg
This book is a comprehensive resource guide for teachers who must meet the needs of students with a wide variety of learning abilities.

EC-1.8B A Very Practical Guide to Discipline with Young Children, 1982, Grace Mitchell
What is the right way to handle discipline with young children? With humor and insight, Dr. Grace Mitchell uses actual situations to demonstrate her gentle and tested methods.

EC-1.9B What, Why, and How of High-Quality Early Childhood Education: A Guide for On-Site Supervision, D. C. Koralek, L.J. Colker & D.T. Dodge
Here is the perfect book to help you pinpoint problems and weaknesses in programs for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and mixed-age children in family day care.

EC-2.1B Blueprint for Action: Achieving Center-Based Change Through Staff Development, 1991, Paula Jorde Bloom, Marilyn Sheerer & Joan Britz
Details a comprehensive method for analyzing the different components of your program to increase its effectiveness.

EC-2.5B Teaching in the Key of Life, 1993, Mimi Brodsky Chenfeld

EC-2.6B Developmental Screening in Early Childhood: A Guide, 1989, Samuel J. Meisels

EC-2.7B Exemplary Practices in Early Childhood Education in Illinois, 1992, Susan P. Maude
(2 Copies)

EC-2.8B Early Childhood Suggested Learner Outcomes, 1990, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Developmental, Four Year Olds, Kindergarten, First Grade

EC-2.9B Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs (Rev.ed.), 1997, Sue Bredekamp & Carol Copple (Eds.)
(2 copies) This book spells out the principles undergirding developmentally appropriate practice and guidelines for making decisions in the early childhood classroom based on 10 years of discussion, research and experience

EC-3.0B New Opportunities for Collaboration: A Policy and Implementation Resource and Training Manual for the Head Start Regulations for Children with Disabilities, 1994
This book was developed to assist state and local communities in the adoption of policies for providing collaboration between Head Start and IDEA-Part B programs.

EC-3.1B Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Revised Edition, 1998, Thelma Harms, Richard Clifford & Debby Cryer
(2 Copies) This revised edition of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale is useful for teachers serving children 2-5 years of age, including Kindergarten.

EC-3.2B The Transition to Kindergarten, 1999, Robert Pianta & Martha Cox, Eds.
This book explores the research on early education, reexamines educational beliefs and practices on the following topics: readiness assessment, entrance ages, retention, classroom structure, cultural diversity, children with disabilities, children in poverty, personnel preparation, family-school-community partnerships.

EC-3.3B DEC Recommended Practices: A Comprehensive Guide for Practical Application in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education, 2005, Susan Sandall, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Barbara J. Smith, Mary E. McLean
This book is an important guind in the development and implementation of effecitve Early Intervention & Early childhood Special Education programs. It synthesizes research with daily practical information necessary to create quality programs. It offers resources, program checklists, "how-to" strategies, and examples of quality programs.

EC-3.4B Clinical Practice Guidelines: Overview and Recommendations, 2000, Stanley Greenspan, et. al.
This excerpt of the "Clinical Practice Guidelines" presents an introduction to the purpose and content of the Guidelines. The information focuses on understanding the functional developmental approach to identifying and treating children with delays in social, emotional, communicative, and sensory areas of development.

EC-3.5B Teaching Our Youngest - A Guide for Preschool Teachers and Child-Care and Family Providers, 2002, Early Childhood-Head Start Task Force US Dept of Education Us Dept of Health & Human Services
This booklet is written for anyone that cares for or teaches a young child in preschool, child care or family care settings. Effective strategies for teaching young children are described throughout the book.

EC-3.6B DEC Recommended Practices Program Assessment: Improving Practices for Young Children With Special Needs and Their Families, 2001, Mary Louise Hemmeter, Gail E. Joseph, Barbara J. Smith, Susan Sandall

EC-3.7B Together We Succeed: Building a Better System for Transitioning Preschoolers with Disabilities, 2003, Padmaja Sarathy
This book outlines a collaborative planning process for overcoming the challenges of transition with a child-family- focused approach. The book covers legal requirements and strategies around three different transition periods: out of early intervention services, between early childhood services, and out of early childhood to school-age services.

EC-3.8B Coaching Families and Colleagues in Early Childhood, 2004, Barbara E. Hanft, Dathan D. Rush, M'Lisa L. Shelden
This guidebook gives professionals in early intervention and early childhood practical strategies for supporting other professionals and families through coaching. Effective coaching is taught through 5 steps: initiation, observation, action, reflection, and evaluation.

EC-3.9B Young Exceptional Children Monograph Series #5 - Family-Based Practices, 2004, Eva Horn, Michaeline Ostrosky & Hazel Jones, Eds.
This Monograph is a collection of articles that address the values, beliefs and practices inherent in family-based practices. Specific strategies are highlighted that will assist practitioners in collaborating and working with families in a positive and productive manner.

EC-4.0B Young Exceptional Children Monograph Series #6 - Interdisciplinary Teams, 2005, Eva Horn & Hazel Jones, Eds.
(2 copies)This Monograph Series is a collection of articles devoted to the recommended practice of working as a team for children and families in early intervention or early childhood special education services.

EC-4.1B Resource Guide - Selected Early Childhood/Early Intervention Training Materials (12th edition), 2004, Camille Catlett, Pamela Winton & Sarah Hamel
This book is a compilation of materials that are available for preservice, inservice, and professional development training. The materials can also be used as resources for understanding and implementing recommended practices in the fields of early intervention and early childhood special education. The Resource Guide is also available online at: www.fpg.unc.edu/~scpp/~resourceguide/

EC-4.2B Children Language and Literacy: Diverse Learners in Diverse Times, 2009, Celia Genishi & Anne Haas Dyson
The two authors use stories and examples from children and exemplary early childhood teachers to promote an exciting look at how children learn language and literacy in preschool settings.

EC-4.3B Leading Early Childhood Learning Communities: What principals should know and be able to do, 2005,National
Association of Elementary School Principals
This book identifies six standards for principals of early childhood programs. Each standard is defined and described. A
program assessment for each standard is provided along with additional resources and websites.

Early Intervention

EI-1.1B AEPS Curriculum for Birth to Three Years: Vol. 2, Second Edition, 2002, Diane Bricker & Misti Waddell
This developmentally sequenced curriculum is used after the AEPS Test is completed and scored. The curriculum allows professionals to match the child's IFSP/IEP goals and objectives with activity-based interventions. The curriculum includes guidelines on designing and implementing intervention, specific activity-based instructional sequences for each developmental area, teaching considerations and suggestions, recommendations for environmental arrangements and strategies for incorporating the activities into the child's daily routines. The curriculum can be used in homes, preschools, public schools, or child care settings.

EI-1.3B Before Your Child Talks: A Curriculum for Building Social Habits That Prepare Children for Language, 1997, James D. MacDonald & Paula Rabidoux
This curriculum manual provides information and activities designed to help infants and young children learn the social habits and skills that precede speech and language.

EI-1.5B Bridging Early Services for Children with Special Needs and Their Families, 1994, Sharon Rosenkoetter, Ann Hains & Susan Fowler
Case studies illustrate early childhood transitions for service providers to help them support children and families during transition.

EI-1.6B The Carolina Curriculum for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs (3rd Edition), 2004, Nancy Johnson-Martin, Susan Attermeier & Bonnie J. Hacker
This curriculum was developed for use with infants and toddlers from birth - 36 months of age with mild to severe disabilities. It links assessment with intervention and encourages professionals and parents to work together. The 24 teaching sequences cover 5 developmental domains: personal-social, cognition, communication, fine motor, and gross motor.

EI-1.8B Contexts of Early Intervention: Systems and Settings, 1997, S. Kenneth Thurman, Janet Cornwell & Sheryl Ridener Gottwald
This book presents an overview of early intervention and the relationship between early intervention settings and the environmental systems that surround them.

EI-2.0B The Early Intervention Dictionary, 1993, Jeanine G. Coleman

EI-2.1B The Effectiveness of Early Intervention, 1997, Michael Guralnick
This book provides a review of research in early intervention and points the direction for future research.

EI-2.2B Handbook for the Care of Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and Chronic Conditions, 1994, Marilyn Krajicek
This easy-to-use resource was written for child care workers who need access to information quickly to help them respond to a specific situation or need of a child.

EI-2.3B Handbook of Early Childhood Intervention, 1990, Samuel J. Meisels & Jack P. Shonkoff
The intent of the Handbook is to integrate the theory, research, and practical experiences that lie at the foundation of current practice.

EI-2.4B Handbook of Infant Mental Health, 1993, Charles H. Zeanah, Jr.
This well organized text offers a broad interdisciplinary analysis of the development, clinical and social aspects of infant mental health for the first time.

EI-2.5B Implementing Early Intervention, 1993, Donna M. Bryant & Mimi A. Graham
This book examines early intervention from a theoretical view and then puts the theories into action. Comprehensive and practical.

EI-2.7B Linking Assessment and Early Intervention: An Authentic Curriculum-Based Approach, 1997, Stephen J. Bagnato, John T. Neisworth & Susan M. Munson
This book provides a critical review of 50 curriculums in early intervention by investigating six areas: authenticity, collaboration, convergence, equity, sensitivity, and congruence.

EI-2.8B Meeting Early Intervention Challenges: Issues from Birth to Three, 1994, Lawrence Johnson, et. al.

EI-2.9B New Visions for the Developmental Assessment of Infants and Young Children, 1996, Samuel J. Meisels & Emily Fenichel
This book reflects adults', families', and professionals' desire to understand children's earliest development, and to nurture children's growth to the fullest.

EI-3.0B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Ecological Planner, 1993 , Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
(3 Copies) This section of "Growing Birth to Three" provides directions for using the curriculum with conversation, observation and planning forms, and a developmental observation guide.

EI-3.1B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Interactions and Daily Routines (A-K), 1993, Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
(2 Copies) This section of "Growing Birth to Three" has suggestions for interactive and daily routine activities to help support child and family goals.

EI-3.2B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Interactive Grow Pack, 1993, Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
(2 Copies) This section of "Growing Birth to Three" provides suggestions for facilitating interactions between child and parent or caregiver.

EI-3.3B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Piecing It All Together, 1993, Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
This section of "Growing Birth to Three" describes the research and literature foundation for the curriculum.

EI-3.4B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Nurturing Journals, 1993, Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
This section of "Growing Birth to Three" contains two journals for use by parents.

EI-3.5B Portage Project - Growing Birth to Three: Master Forms,1993, Mary Anne Doan-Sampon, Karen Wollenburg & Ann Campbell
This section of "Growing Birth to Three" has reproducible forms to assist in gathering information and documenting child/family change.

EI-3.6B Working Together with Children and Families: Case Studies in Early Intervention, 1993, P.J. McWilliam & Donald Bailey, Jr.
This book presents 21 case studies that reflect the complexity of issues in early intervention.

EI-3.7B Practical Strategies for Family-Centered Intervention, 1996, P.J. McWilliam, Pamela J. Winton & Elizabeth R. Crais
This book provides discussion on the philosophy, rationale and principles of a family-centered approach in early intervention.

EI-3.8B Rethinking Pull-out Services in Early Intervention, 1996, R.A. McWilliam
This book provides advice, information and hands-on suggestions for early intervention services as they change from pull-out therapy to integrated services.

EI-3.9B Into Our Lives: A Guidebook to the IFSP Process for Families, 1989, Mimi Hunt, et.al.
This book provides parents information on the IFSP and how to prepare for full participation in developing and IFSP.

EI-4.1B Parent Needs Assessment, Department of Special Education and University Affiliated Program University of Hawaii at Manoa Preschool Preparation and Transition (PPT) Project

EI-4.2B Screening and Assessment: Guidelines for Identifying Young Disabled and Developmentally Vulnerable Children and Their Families, 1989, Samuel J. Meisels and Sally Provence

EI-4.4B Activities for Parent-Child Interaction, High Scope Research Foundation
This resource booklet is for staff that are implementing the High/Scope Parent-to-Parent model in their community. It provides age-appropriate activities for children 0-3 years.

EI-4.6B Working with Substance-Exposed Children: Strategies for Professionals, 1994, Cordelia Puttkammer (ed.)

EI-4.7B Diagnostic Classification: 0-3 - Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infancy and Early Childhood, 1994, Serena Wieder (Ed.)
This book and the companion "DC:0-3 Casebook", presents categorizations of infant mental health and developmental disorders. The categories are clearly described and illustrated through case studies.

EI-4.8B Diagnostic Classification: 0-3 Casebook - A Guide to the Use of "Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health and Developmental Disorders of Infant and Early Childhood" in Assessment and Treatment Planning, 1997, Alicia Lieberman, Serena Wieder & Emily Fenichel (Eds.)
This book is the companion to the "DC: 0-3" book. Using case studies of assessment, diagnosis and treatment, examples of the various diagnostic classifications are clearly illustrated.

EI-4.9B Communication Intervention Birth to Three, 1996, Louis Rosetti
This book is designed to meet the needs of early intervention professionals in focusing on an array of issues related to enhancing overall communication skills for children birth through three years of age. The topics addressed include: risk factors, attachment and interaction, assessment, intervention suggestions, and the efficacy of

EI-5.0B Early Intervention for Special Populations of Infants and Toddlers, 1997, Louis Rosetti and Jack Kile (Eds.)
This book is a compilation of the best articles from Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal. It covers a wide array of topics and issues dealing with identification, assessment, or management of children with hearing impairments, physical limitations, effects from exposure to drugs, and low birth weight or the effects of premature birth.

EI-5.1B Early Intervention Regulation - Annotation and Analysis - Revised and Expanded, 1997, Wesley Brown
This expanded version covers the former Part H and current Part C - IDEA regulations.

EI-5.2B Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP) at Home - Activity Sheets for Parents, 1998, Stephanie Parks (Ed.)
This resource is a comprehensive collection of developmental activity sheets for professionals to share with parents who have children in the birth-3 age range. Each handout emphasizes a developmental skill, issue or behavior; and ideas, guidelines and activities for supporting development.

EI-5.3B HELP at Home (Spanish Version) - Activity Sheets for Parents, 1995, Stephanie Parks, et al.
This resource provides translations of 140 of the most appropriate pages from the English version of HELP at Home.

EI-5.4B Understanding My Signals - Help for Parents of Premature Infants, 1996, Brenda Hussey-Gardner
This set contains a booklet and user's guide. The Booklet provides information for parents on typical behavioral responses of premature infants. The User's Guide provides information for professionals that work with premature infants and their families. Both Booklet and User's Guide are available in English and Spanish.

EI-5.5B Comprendiendo Mis Senales - Ayuda Para Padres de Ninos Prematuros, 1996, Brenda Hussey-Gardner,Spanish version of EI-5.4B.

EI-5.6B Inside Hawaii Early Learning Profile (HELP): Administration and Reference Manual, 1997, Stephanie Parks
This comprehensive manual contains the assessment guidelines and procedures needs to use HELP for developmental assessment, planning, therapy, and intervention, birth - 3.

EI-5.7B SI for Early Intervention: A Team Approach, 1998, Katherine Newton Inamura
This manual describes a sensory integration-based early intervention program. Individual chapters include information on: sensory integration; program design and activities; team and family involvement.

EI-5.8B The Home Visitor's Guidebook-Promoting Optimal Parent & Child Development (2nd Edition), 2003, Carol Klass
This collection of stories, research, and strategies will be of use to any professional that works with young children and their families. Topics covered include: developing communication and interpersonal skills, building trust, fostering respect, guiding interactions, and making the most of opportunities present during a home visit.

EI-5.9B IDA - Infant-Toddler Developmental Assessment, 1995, Sally Provence, Joanna Erikson, Susan Vater & Saro Palmeri
This packet consists of the following IDA materials: Record with Provence Birth-to-three Developmental Profile; Phases & Steps handout; Evaluation of Services; Parent Report (Spanish & English); Health Recording Guide; Sample IDA exercise; Request for Health Information; Family Recording Guide; and Team Task Matrix.

EI-6.0B The Creative Curriculum for Infants, Toddlers and Twos (2nd Edition), 2006, Diane Trister Dodge, Sherrie Rudick & Kai-lee Berke
This curriculum provides a comprehensive, easy-to-use framework for planning and implementing a developmentally appropriate program for infants and toddlers. The emphasis is on the importance of creating responsive relationships and engaging environments that support the development of young children.

EI-6.1B Honouring Diversity: A Cross Cultural Approach to Infant Development for Babies with Special Needs, 2002, Madeleine Greey
This handbook responds to the needs of early intervention providers working with families where customs, attitudes, beliefs, language, and behaviors are different from their own.

EI-6.2B Beautiful Beginnings: A Developmental Curriculum for Infants & Toddlers, 2006, Helen H Raikes & Jane McCall Whitmer
This curriculum for infants and young children, Birth - 3 years of age, offers a research-spported program to build on each child's natural strengths and interests, expand on emerging skills, and support parents in their concerns.

EI-6.3B Understanding Children: The Guidebook for Children 0-3, 2002, Richard Saul Wurman
This book offers a guide to parents and professionals on the growth and development of children up to 3 years of age.

EI-6.4B Tools for Transition in Early Childhood: A Step by Step Guide for Agencies, Teachers, & Families, 2006, Beth Rous & Rena Hallam
This is a how-to guide for professionals in early intervention and early childhood on the transition process.

EI-6.5B From Lullabies to Literature: Stories in the Lives of Infants and Toddlers, 2008, Jennifer Brickmayer, Anne Kennedy & Anne Stonehouse
This resource illustrates how stories of all kinds can be used with very young children to promote growth and development.

EI-6.6B Extending the Dance in Infant & Toddler Caregiving: Enhancing Attachment & Relationships, 2009, Helen H. Raikes &
I Carolyn Pope Edwards
This book offers a blue print for promoting attachment and nurturing relationships in infant and toddler care settings.
Topics highlighted include: partnering with parents in a diverse world, refining teaching practices, promoting social skills,
improving professional communication and more.

EI-6.7B Young Exceptional Children Monograph: Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers and Their Families: Practices and Outcomes (Monograph Series No.10), 2009, Carla Peterson, Lisa Fox & Patricia Blasco (Eds.)
This monograph covers many DEC Recommended Practices for parents and professionals involved in Early Intervention services. Topics highlighted include: establishing trusting relationships, using culturally sensitive approaches, working
collaboratively across disciplines, and delivering early intervention services in the natural environment.

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