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

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

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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, the Captioning Key and Description Key, used worldwide.
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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 deaf or blind. Full membership is required for most.
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Modules

Modules are selfpaced, 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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Accessibility

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

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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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Accidents - Prevention

Within Health and Safety

Family in foreground smiles beneath insets of building with fire escape and of a finger pushing smoke detector. Caption. Test their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

People on a pier on a sunny day. Caption: is don't drink on the beach, stay smart.

Bill Nye the Science Guy behind a diorama of a city street with 1 car overturned. Caption. The bike loses every time.

Black teenagers in white shirts, green bowties and cumberbands carrying a casket. Caption. Tommer as narrator. And when you're silent, you see what happens.

Middle-aged man smiles while looking out in front of him. Caption. Joel as narrator. Our class is at Clatsop Community College.

Middle-aged man wearing a black collared shirt and badge speaks into a microphone. Title card below reads, "Stephen McHale, Captain." Behind him, a partial view of a county seal. Caption. We're gonna put your breathing apparatus and helmut on.

Closeup on a young girl with braces speaking to camera against a white background with a pleasant expression and eyebrows slightly raised. Caption. Earthquakes usually last 1 minute.

A boy and girl stand in front of a white background facing camera and smiling.The boy is holding a pizza box touching his stomach like he's thinking about delicious food. Caption. Like on pizza night. Mmm-hmm.

A boy and girl stand in front of a white background facing camera and smiling.The boy is holding a pizza box touching his stomach like he's thinking about delicious food. Caption. Like on pizza night. Mmm-hmm.

Closeup on a young girl speaking to camera against a white background, eyebrows slightly raised in an alert expression. Caption. Other things are bad or dangerous too.

Closeup on a young girl with braces speaking to camera against a white background. Next to her, an illustrated thermometer with a high temperature. Caption. Extreme heat.

Two people sit on a couch. One is putting on a gas mask. Caption: Gas masks are made to fit small, medium, and large faces.

Fallen, helmeted cyclist on the ground with arm above head. Text on image, "Check response". Caption. To determine whether the casualty is conscious.

Young man looking in a refrigerator. The word, Bacillus cereus, on image. Caption. Bacteria can also grown and product the toxin.

Black and white frame shows a group of elementary school-aged boys and girls lined up and reaching arms forward to touch the back of the next child. Caption. Sound of children screaming.

Closeup of hands operating a machine. Caption. With thick gloves that soak of excess motion.

Refrigerator with a few photos and list of emergency contact numbers. Caption. But many of us just never get around to writing one up.

Crowded hallway of walking teenage boys and girls. Caption. If kids talk about suicide or violence or things like that.

Man holds up a puppet, both dressed in red and yellow firefighter clothing. Caption. And what should they do before leaving their bedroom?

Digital illustration. Edge of a yellow door with window next to a gray railing with stairs.

Diagram of the human ear. Outer ear, middle ear, and inner ear. In the middle ear there are three small bones that bridge the gap between the outer and inner ear. Caption: The eardrum sets up vibrations on the three little bones

Cartoon of Otto the Auto on a road. Otta is a red convertible car with white tires where the headlights look like eyes and the grill is a smiling mouth. Caption. I hope you'll be careful at times like that.

Otto the Auto drives from the left along a street with a 2-story house and some trees in the background. Caption. He tells me about school bus safety.

Otto the Auto drives from the right along a road lined by tall office buildings. Caption. Let's learn the right way to wear safety belts.

Cartoon of two boys smirking and shaking hands. One holds a piggy bank. Caption. Pepín ha ahorrado junto con su amigo, Billy, para comprar.

Closeup of woman speaking to camera with a superimposed blue grid in the background. Caption. Becoming higher in athletic injury.

Work shoe with sparks landing on ground in front. Caption. This program is concerned with keeping your feet safe.

Residential street with cars parked alongside the curb. Caption lyrics. Look out for someone you know you can cross with.

Closeup of a person from the waist down. Individual lifts a mattress beneath which cords are tucked into a pouch on the top of a box spring.

2 teenage boys look towards camera as they stand in front of what appears to be a lifeguard boat. They are wearing life jackets and have orange whistles in their mouths.

Teenage girl sits at a newsroom desk as she looks and speaks to camera. A digital backdrop behind her has T, V news monitors with text on screen that reads, "Hooplaha. Life with a Smile." Text below her reads, "Coming up. Special Friendships."

Low shot of a baby crawling towards a green bucket. Spanish caption. Los bebés pueden fácilmente.

Closeup of a tractor hauling load of metal. Spanish caption. La mayoría de los operadores de equipo.

Three puppets talking by the water. Spanish captions.

Closeup of a teenage boy seated and looking towards camera. A table filled with trophies against a wall is behind him. Caption. Basically anybody can get a gun now.

A child wearing a harness next to a woman. Caption: here at the Kennedy Space Center.

Slide shows green text on a dark background that reads, "Stress."

Shawn the Train, a red locomotive, smiles on a track surrounded by green hills. Caption. Let's learn the traffic signs.

Person's hand holding a pen over a clipboard with an Emergency Preparation Checklist. Next to this, a table with batteries, a flashlight, and face mask.

Man operating a woodworking machine. Caption. Make sure it comes to a complete stop.

Office floor with caution, slippery sign. Mop in bucket in background. Caption. Call someone who can correct the situation.

Person grinding sheet metal part. Caption. Drilling, grinding and cutting.