Early Intervention Pathfinder
Library Resources
Below is a small selection of items available for loan from the Library
An activity-based approach to early intervention / Diane Bricker. 2nd ed. 1998
371.90472 BRIC 1998
Autism and blindness: Research and reflections / Ed. Linda Pring. 2005
618.928982 PRIN
Autism spectrum disorders and visual impairment: Meeting students' learning needs / Marilyn H. Gense and D. Jay Gense. 2005
618.928982 GENS
Building early intervention teams: Working together for children and families / Margaret H. Briggs. 1997
362.1968 BRIG
Child development and teaching young children / Eds. Ayshe Talay-Ongan and Emily A. Ap. 2005
305.231 TALA
DEC recommended practices in early intervention/early childhood special education / Eds. Susan Sandall, Mary E. McLean, and Barbara J. Smith. 2000
Q371.90472 SAND
A Collection of early intervention articles: Family-centered service delivery … / Let's Play Project, University at Buffalo. 2000
Q362.820973 COLL
Early childhood inclusion: Focus on change / Ed. Michael J. Guralnick. 2001
372.210973 GURA
Early intervention services for infants, toddlers and their families / Patricia M. Blasco. 2000
362.4048083 BLAS
Educating children with multiple disabilities: A collaborative approach / Ed. Fred P. Orelove et al. 4th ed. 2004
371.9 OREL 2004
Educating students who have visual impairments with other disabilities / Eds. Sharon Z. Sacks and Rosanne K. Silberman. 1998
371.911 SACK-1
Effective early intervention for deaf children 0-5 and their families / The Royal National Institute for Deaf People. 2001
Q362.8209941 ROYA
Effective practices in early intervention: Infant vignettes / [Deborah Chen, project director]. 1997
Q362.4 CHEN-1
Available online: www.dblink.org/lib/topics/cheninfants.htm
Effective practices in early intervention: Infants whose multiple disabilities include both vision and hearing loss / Deborah Chen. 1997
Q362.4 CHEN
The Effectiveness of early intervention / Ed. Michael J. Guralnick. 1997
362.19892 GURA
Essential elements in early intervention: Visual impairment and multiple disabilities / Ed. Deborah Chen. 1999
362.418 CHEN
Handbook of early childhood intervention / Eds. Jack P. Shonkoff and Samuel J. Meisels. 2nd ed. 2000
362.820973 SHON
I'm posting the pebbles: Active learning through play for children who are blind or vision impaired / Liz Haughton and Sandi MacKevicius. 2001
371.9110994 HAUG
Interdisciplinary clinical assessment of young children with developmental disabilities / Ed. Michael J. Guralnick. 2000
618.928588 GURA
The Intervener in early intervention and educational settings for children and youth with deafblindess / Linda Alsop, Robbie Blaha and Eric Kloos. 2000
371.911 ALSO
Lessons with a child who is blind: Development and early intervention in the first years of life / Michael Bramberg. 1998
Q362.418 BRAM
Little steps in learning: Play in the home for children who are blind or vision impaired, 0-3 years / Liz Haughton and Sandie MacKevicius. 2004
Q371.9110994 HAUG-1
Learning through touch: Supporting children with visual impairment and additional difficulties / Mike McLinden and Steve McCall. 2002
371.911 MCLI
Making links: A collaborative approach to planning and practice in early childhood services / Anne Stonehouse and Janet Gonzales-Mena. 2004
372.21 STON
Partners [videorecording]: Recommended practices in family-centred early childhood intervention: Training package / Australian Early Intervention Association (NSW Chapter). 1998
KIT 362.8209944 PART
Practical solutions for practically every problem: The early childhood teacher's manual / Steffen Saifer: adapted by Susan Clark. 2005
Q372.210994 SAIF
Promoting learning through active interaction: A guide to early communication with young children who have multiple disabilities / M. Diane Klein, Deborah Chen and Michele Hane. 2000
Q362.4048083 KLEI
Reflections: Reggio Emilia principles within Australian contexts / Jan Millikan. 2003
372.21 MILL
SKI-Hi curriculum: Family-centered programming for infants and young children with hearing loss / Ed. Sue Watkins. 2004
Q371.9123 SKIH Vol.1 & Vol.2
Starting points: Instructional practices for young children whose multipel disabilities include visual impairment / Deborah Chen and Jamie Dote-Kwan. 1995
Q371.911 CHEN
Starting school: How to help children be prepared / Sue Berne. 2003
372.241 BERN
Tactile strategies for children who have visual impairments and multiple disabilites: Promoting communication and learning skills / Deborah Chen and June E. Downing. 2006
Q371.911 CHEN
The Transition process: Early intervention to preschool: Training manual / SKI-HI Institute. 2001
Q362.820973 TRAN
ViSioN program: Vision skills in the natural enviornment: An intervention guide for use with children birth to three with blindness or vision impairment / Barbara Petersen. 2006
362.4043 PETE
Working together on early intervention teams / Barbara Glover. 1999
362.82 GLOV
Journals
The following selection of journals may include articles on early intervention. The journals are either held in print form and articles can be photocopied by visiting the library, or requesting by them via email; or in many instances they are available online as fulltext articles via the library's online catalogue NEWCAT.
Australian Journal of Early Childhood - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1999 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Early Childhood Research and Practice - available as fulltext from 1999 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Exceptional Children - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1988 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Exceptional Parent - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1988 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Every Child - available in print in the Library
Focus on Exceptional Children - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1994 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Infant-Toddler intervention - available in print from 2001 in the Library
Infants and Young Children - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1998 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Journal of Early Intervention - available in print from 1992 in the Library
Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research -available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1997 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Journal of Vision Impairment and Blindness - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1993 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 2002 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
RE:view - available in print in the Library or or view fulltext articles from 1990 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Teaching Exceptional Children - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1997 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Topics in Early Childhood Special Education - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1990 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Volta Review - available in print in the Library or view fulltext articles from 1996 by searching under Journal Title in NEWCAT
Internet Resources
A small selection of quality web sites dealing with aspects of early intervention
Blindness Resource Center- a collection of links to web pages with information about blindness sponsored by the New York Institute for Special Education. Categories include access to the Internet, braille, deafblindness, eye diseases, vision resources, online information, organisations, research, university programs, technology vendors and web pages of the blind community
Center for Evidence-Based Practice - This is a US site that aims to bridge the research-to-practice gap in early intervention, early childhood education, parent and family support, and family-centered practices by conducting research; preparing practice-based research syntheses; and producing evidence-based products.
DB-LINK - The National Information Clearinghouse On Children Who are Deaf-Blind This site contains an extensive range of information about deafness, including the complete text of DB-LINK publications, bibliographies on specific topics (eg. communication, early intervention), the DB-LINK databases, and links to additional job opportunities.http://www.tr.wou.edu/DBLINK/
Early Childhood Intervention Australia (NSW Chapter) - an overview of early intervention and frequently asked questions
The Early Childhood Outcomes Center - is a US Center that seeks to promote the development and implementation of child and family outcome measures for infants, toddlers and preschoolers with disabilities.
Early Intervention Bibliography
Early Intervention Web Resources - an excellent website listing various other websites dealing with early intervention
Effective Practices in Early Intervention Planning Transitions to Preschool
Family Village School - Early Intervention Resources - excellent website providing further links to online resources covering projects, programs, best practices, organisations - a must visit site!
The Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) - Eric Digest E605 - documents and guides the early intervention process for children with disabilities and their families.
Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments: Suggestions for Early Interventionists - ERIC Digest 636, Nov. 2002
Innovations: Working with Infants who have Multiple Disabilities
Listen-Up Early Intervention Resources
Project Salute - this US website offers resources on tactile learning strategies for working with children who are deaf-blind, or blind with disabilities. Project Salute provides procedures for service providers to document tactile strategies being used with individual students; discusses how it assists families and service providers in sharing challenges and successes in using tactile strategies; and disseminates findings of their research and information on tactile strategies.
Texas School for the Blind and Visually Handicapped Early Childhood Curricula and Resources
Transitions from infant toddler services to preschool education
Zero to Three - national centre for infants, toddlers and families - links to information for parents and professionals
You can try doing your own search in Google
e.g. "early intervention" effectiveness or "early intervention" efficacy
Think of related terms and try using them in another search
e.g. inclusion preschool disabilities
The combinations of keywords can change the amount of information you find in your searches - just keep experimenting.
Online Journal Databases
Below are some useful online journal databases that deal with a range of early intervention topics. The databases can be accessed on-campus or off-campus. Some of the databases contain fulltext articles, while others only have the abstract and citation. To access the databases, you will need your Student ID and have setup a Library PIN.
Australian Education Index - mainly citations with abstracts, some fulltext items
AustHealth - mainly citations with abstracts
Education Proquest - many fulltext items and citations with abstracts
ERIC - mainly citations with abstracts, some fulltext items
Expanded Academic ASAP - many fulltext items and citations with abstracts
Megafile Premier - many fulltext items and citations with abstracts
Proquest 5000 - many fulltext items and citations with abstracts
PsychInfo - mainly citations with abstracts
LLBA - Linguistics Language and Behavior Abstracts - mainly citations with abstracts