Learning Center

Stop Bullying

Children who have a physical, sensory, or intellectual disability are at an increased risk of bullying due to stigma, negative traditional beliefs, and misunderstanding by other children. They face an increased risk of violence, teasing, and harassment.
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BizKid$ on DCMP

Use these BizKid$ Thematic Blocks to match themed episodes with your lesson plans. Lesson guides are included with each episode.
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ASL Training Resources for Parents and Educators

The DCMP has a huge collection of ASL training materials for qualifying parents, teachers, and educational interpreters. Interpreters can earn CEUs through the use of DCMP's Online Workshops.
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Celebrate Deaf Culture with Accessible Media

Last full week of September Purpose: To commemorate the first World Congress of the Deaf (1951) and to celebrate Deaf Culture
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Common Core: DCMP is Your Key Resource

In an effort to ensure our students are college and career ready, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices and The Council of Chief State School Officers, in collaboration with other stakeholders in the education community, created a framework known as the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). To date, all but five states and the U.S. Territory of Puerto Rico have adopted these standards.
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Women's History Month: Writing Women Back into History

Although women have been shaping human history since the dawn of civilization, the concept of Women's History Month has its roots firmly implanted in the date March 8, 1857, when women from New York City factories protested untenable working conditions. As recently as the 1970s, the influence of women in history was a virtually nonexistent topic in public school curricula or even an element within general public consciousness and discourse. To address this situation, the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (California) Commission on the Status of Women recognized "Women's History Week" during one week in March in 1978. In 1981 Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Rep. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) cosponsored a joint Congressional resolution proclaiming a national Women's History Week. In 1987 Congress expanded the celebration to a month, and March was declared Women's History Month.
From Kelly Gorski about educators, history
"YouTube Ready" Qualification Has Ended

The Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) advocates for media accessibility and provides quality standards for captioning. In 2010, DCMP partnered with YouTube to increase awareness and improve the quality of captioning on YouTube. "YouTube Ready" captioning vendors were evaluated by the DCMP, passed a review of their YouTube captioning capability, and were qualified as "YouTube Ready" captioners.
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Benefits of Audio Description in Education (BADIE) Contest

The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project (ACB-ADP) and the Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP) are co-sponsoring an exciting contest and chance to win prizes for blind and visually impaired young people, in four categories from ages 7 to 21: the Benefits of Audio Description in Education (BADIE) contest.
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Dual Enrollment Courses

Does your school offer dual enrollment classes? Dual enrollment allows students to take classes at a local college and potentially earn college credit while still in high school. There are many benefits beyond earning college credit. Students can get a taste of college coursework while still in a supportive home environment. They can take classes that might not be offered at their high school. And they can explore their interests without the stress of needing to declare a major.
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Everyone Needs a Role Model

In 2017 fans of America’s Got Talent were shocked when Mandy Harvey took the stage and delivered an amazing vocal rendition of her original songs accompanied by her ukulele. What made her performance shocking and amazing is the fact that Mandy is deaf. She was born with hearing loss and underwent several corrective surgeries as a child then lost her remaining hearing at the age of eighteen.
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Online Notetaker Training Module

Online Notetaker Training is a self-guided training that defines the role of the notetaker, delivers information about hearing loss, and provides notetaking strategies that enable student notetakers to provide accurate, comprehensive classroom notes for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. The training can be completed in multiple sessions or all at once. When students are confident they have learned the material, an online quiz evaluates their notetaking knowledge. A passing score will earn a "Verification of Training Completion," which the student can print.
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Access: Post-Production/Offline Captioning Module

[Eligible for RID CEUs] Access: Post-Production / Offline Captioning is an overview of what captions are and why they are essential to providing access for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The module reviews guidelines for captions, discusses laws pertaining to captioning, and compares various methods of creating captions. It also includes video examples and practice captioning simulations.
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Account Help

Here's how to manage and customize your DCMP account information, find handy shortcuts, and learn about valuable features that may be new to you.
From DCMP Help Center
DCMP's Keys to Access

DCMP Director Jason Stark discusses the need, mandate, and quality standards for accessible educational media.
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Answering the Call: Financial Education for Persons with Disabilities

In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the government, various organizations, and businesses teamed together to focus on the areas of entrepreneurship and financial literacy. A new curriculum resulted which primes students with tools for making sound personal financial decisions and lays the foundation for successful entrepreneurship. While various reports and research data have shown that financial literacy and entrepreneurial education will benefit all students, there is an increased need for persons with disabilities to participate in appropriately designed curriculum.
From Jade Cox about educators