Technical Assistance Library Help
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services is providing the Technical
Assistance Library as a free online resource containing useful information for the
General Public, Day Care Providers, and Residential Care Providers.
Please do not use the browser's back button to modify search criteria.
Table of Contents
Screen Reader Considerations
If you are using a screen reader, the following suggestions will improve your experience
on the Technical Assistance Library search page.
- Select the Disable Table Grouping checkbox to format the search results in a simple
table format. The results table will then contain simple column headers. If Disable
Table Grouping is not selected, the search results are formatted as a complex table.
- Use the available search options to reduce the number of documents listed in the
results table. Search options for program area, operation type, and language can
be found in the Refine Search section. Search results are found in the Technical
Assistance Documents section.
- Be aware that you may find the same document listed multiple times if the search
criteria are too broad.
- A list of currently active search filters can be found at the top of the Technical
Assistance Documents section, above the results table. You can delete an individual
filter by selecting the [x] link that immediately follows the filter name. You can
remove all search filters at once using the Reset button or the [Clear All Filters]
link.
- Screen reader verbosity options should be set to announce both the button value
and title, if possible. The button title provides an additional description of the
button function.
Filtering the Display of Technical Assistance Documents
You can filter the list of Technical Assistance documents that are displayed in
the list by using the side navigation. For example, if you want to find all Technical
Assistance documents that are available for day care operations, select 'Day Care'.
You can further filter the list by selecting a specific operation type such as 'Licensed
Child Care Center'. If you choose a specific operation type, then the Standard Categories
that have Technical Assistance documents associated with them will be displayed
on the side navigation.
Clearing Filters
Please do not use the browser's back button to clear search criteria as this will
cause you to navigate off the page. Instead, you can clear filters that you previously
set in either of the following ways:
-
Clear individual filters by selecting the
[x] associated with the filter you want to clear. For example if you
have filtering criteria as follows:
Filtering Criteria: Day Care [x] > Licensed
Child-Care Center [x] > Abuse/Neglect Definitions
- TAC 745 [x] (4 Results)
[Clear All Filters]
You can display Technical Assistance documents associated with additional Standard
Categories by clicking on the [x]
after Abuse/Neglect Definitions - TAC 745.
- To clear all filters, select [Clear
All Filters] displayed next to the active filters or click the Reset button.
Using Search
In addition to using the side navigation, you can search for documents by entering
search criteria in the 'Search' textbox and selecting 'Apply'. To find Technical
Assistance documents that have 'fire' in the title or short description, enter 'fire'
in the textbox and hit Enter. To clear filters and redisplay all Technical Assistance
documents, select [Clear All Filters].
Viewing Technical Assistance Documents
You can view a specific Technical Assistance document by clicking on the title of
the document.