Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse
Early Childhood and Parenting Collaborative
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Children’s Research Center, Room 20, 51 Gerty Drive, Champaign, 333-1386
eiclearinghouse.org
This free lending library consists of books, journals, and DVDs related to early childhood, parenting, and young children with special needs. You can use our electronic catalog to search the library collection.
Between your child’s birth and 3rd birthday, you have the opportunity to take important steps toward your child’s healthy development. Illinois Early Intervention encourages you to learn more about the range of services it provides in homes and other learning environments statewide to infants and toddlers experiencing or at risk for developmental delays. Illinois Early Intervention may help you to improve your child’s developmental and educational growth, make your child more independent, and give your child the best possible start in life.
The Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse has a large lending library devoted to young children. Enjoy resources in all areas of parenting, from working with children with special needs to everyday parenting concerns like toilet training, language and literacy development and child care issues.
In addition, you can participate by posting to their blog or by sending your success stories. You can obtain helpful information from the Illinois Early Intervention Clearinghouse’s library and newsletter.
To access the library:
You don’t need to be a member of a library, but you must live in Illinois.
If you do have a library: the Illinois Early Childhood Intervention Clearinghouse encourages you to use your local public library to request materials. Using the Illinois Interlibrary Loan System helps lower the IECIC’s mailing costs so that they can continue to provide you with the best possible service.
- Look online at the IECIC’s website for the resources you’d like.
- Once you have found what you are looking for in the catalog, go to your local public library and say, “I would like to request this item through OCLC Interlibrary Loan.” Librarians at your library will be happy to help you.
- The items will be sent to your library, where you’ll pick them up.
- Please return materials to the same public library.
