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Free Membership - Access to more than just media

Families and school personnel (including those in training) who have at least one student with a disability can sign up for free membership.

Accessible Media

Standards-aligned videos with high-quality captions and audio description.

Teaching Tools

Create lessons and assign videos to managed Student Accounts.

Training Videos

Educator and sign language training videos for school personnel and families.
Learning Center

Find resources for providing equal access in the classroom, making media accessible, and maximizing your use of DCMP's free services.
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Accessibility Information

DCMP's Learning Center provides hundreds of articles on topics such as remote learning, transition, blindness, ASL, topic playlists, and topics for parents.

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Accessibility Guidelines

DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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Help Center

Learn how to apply for membership, find and view accessible media, and use DCMP’s teaching tools.
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Continuing Education and Professional Development

DCMP offers several online courses, including many that offer RID and ACVREP credit. Courses for students are also available.
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QuickClasses

Asynchronous, online classes for professionals working with students who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, low vision, or deaf-blind.

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Workshops

For interpreters, audio describers, parents, and educators working with students who are hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
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Modules

Modules are self-paced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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Students

These self-paced, online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note-taking, and learning about audio description.

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Make your educational content accessible and broadly available.

DCMP can add captions, audio description, and sign language interpretation to your educational videos and E/I programming.
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Accessibility

Captions are essential for viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing, and audio description makes visual content accessible for the blind and visually impaired.

Distribution

DCMP can ensure that your content is always accessible and always available to children with disabilities through our secure streaming platforms.

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About the Described and Captioned Media Program

The DCMP provides services designed to support and improve the academic achievement of students with disabilities. We partner with top educational and television content creators and distributors to make media accessible and available to these students.
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Services

Captioning, audio description, and ASL services

Professional training for school personnel

Distribution of fully accessible streaming media

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Woman is signing in front of 2-page view of storybook with an abstract painting of an apple core next to a red apple.

Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a big tree, a deer, a fawn, and a gray squirrel. Story text appears on screen.

Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of several kids in costume for Halloween trick or treating. Story text appears on screen.

Woman uses sign language in front of a drawing of a white bunny with yellow ears inside a black circle.

Woman uses sign language in front of a drawing of a baby wearing red pajamas crawling toward a small white cat. They are in a white circle, with black and white polka dots around that.

Woman uses sign language in front of a drawing of baby with green glasses. The baby is in a white circle, with speckled black and white around that.

Woman signs in front of a color illustration of a white and black speckled bird flying over bare trees. Story text appears on screen.

Storybook cover with drawings of 4 furry monsters of different colors, each with different expressions on their faces. Storybook title reads, "The Color Monster. A Story about Emotions."

Woman signs in front of a 2-page view of a storybook illustration of a green chameleon on a green leaf and a yellow chameleon on a yellow leaf. Story text appears on screen.

Woman smiles and holds up her right hand with her left hand in a fist, thumb pointing towards her. Background photo of firefighter and Dalmatian standing by fire engine.

Woman stands in front of a color illustration of a green tree on a small red island. A dark gray cloud partially covers the sun. Story text on image reads, "Turns dark and gray."

Woman is signing in front of 2-page view of a storybook showing images of a weak versus strong dinosaur. Story text appears on screen.

Smiling woman with an image overlay of a cartoon dinosaur and 2 ducks holding sleds by a snowy hill.

Woman is signing. Behind her is a 2-page view of a storybook with an illustration of a pink pig with a curly tail. Text on image reads, "Pig."

Woman smiles and gestures with pointer fingers up. Illustration of a leaning tower and pig in a yellow hat climbing a ladder in background. Text reads, "Maybe I could climb a tall ladder to rescue someone stuck in a very high place."

Woman scrunches nose and gestures with her hands in front of a backdrop of fall leaves.

Woman is signing in front of a 2-page view of a storybook showing Santa Claus coming out of a fireplace and smiling at a mouse coming out of a gingerbread house. Story text appears on screen.

Woman is signing in front of 2-page view of storybook illustration of a large, purple, cartoon elephant reading a book with a small, tan teddy bear. Story text on image reads, "It's storytime! Let's snuggle up with Elephant and little Puppy."

Woman is signing in front of an image of bare trees at twilight. Next to her is a cartoon of a little boy in a superhero costume. Text on image reads, "Superhero."

Storybook cover with an abstract illustration of 2 mice playing with dreidels next to a lit menorah. Text on cover reads, "Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah. By Susan L Roth."