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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, 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 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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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.

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Child Development

Within Home and Family

Against a blue background, we see text that reads, “Active Learning. How Children Can Learn. The Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning.”

Group of children seated cross-legged on the floor, looking in the same direction. Caption. And continue to make literacy important to us.

Closeup of a child drawing with marker on a sheet of paper. Caption. Giving outlets for expressing their feelings.

Child smiles and looks out in a classroom setting. Caption. Narrator. Rapid physical growth marks this stage of development.

Title text reads, “How Children Can Learn Creating and Thinking Critically. The Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning," against a green and pink background.

Woman is signing in front of a red screen with the word, brave, written in white next to her.

Woman signs in front of a storybook illustration of scruffy dog licking a boy while other animals look on. Story text appears on screen.

Woman leans over to help a child adjust a magnifying glass. Another woman and child stand by. Spanish caption. Una de las cosas más importantes.

Illustration of a red safari vehicle with 2 people in it approaching a gray tree. A yellow and black toucan and a colorful parrot sit on a branch of the tree looking at the approaching vehicle.

Boy with blond hair looks down and wipes his cheek with a red cloth. A red and yellow cartoon T, V frames the video. Music note icon indicates music is playing.

Girl smiles and holds up a purple crayon. A red and yellow cartoon T, V frames the video. Caption. So she can use different crayons.

Girl smiles and holds up 1 hand in front of her face. A red and yellow cartoon T, V frames the video. Caption. She's bigger than Meedo, who's only 2.

Green creature with blue hair smiles and holds their hands at chest. A red and yellow cartoon T, V frames the video. Caption. Me do! We do!

Still image from: Living St. Louis: Black Kids Yoga Class--Empowering Mental Well-Being

Still image from: Living St. Louis: Early Childhood Education

Still image from: Living St. Louis: Play Therapy for Children's Mental Well-Being

Woman uses sign language in front of a cartoon of a little boy with a big yellow hat looking at sleeping sheep. In the top left corner is an illustration of the sign for sheep, with word "sheep" underneath. Other text appears on screen.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a color illustration of an adult and a baby in a red car. In the top left corner is an illustration of the sign for car. Story text appears on the page.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a color illustration of a giraffe looking down at a young boy in a green shirt. In the top left corner is an illustration of the sign for giraffe.

Cover of a storybook called, "Baby Sunshine's Safety Signs." There's a color illustration of a baby with curly black hair in a diaper and yellow shirt petting a brown and white spotted dog at a park.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with a color illustration of a baby in a red shirt sticking its tongue out above the word "frog." On the right is a baby in water reaching toward a frog. Story text appears on screen.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with an illustration of a baby in a yellow shirt above the word, "Stars." Another illustration of a baby using a telescope is next to the words, "Sunshine sees stars."

Woman in a black shirt uses sign language in front of a large color illustration of 2 red socks over a blue square on a white background.

Woman uses sign language in front of a 2-page view of a storybook with an illustration of a baby drinking out of a cup, as well as another baby demonstrating the sign for drink above the word, "drink."

Woman in a black shirt uses sign language in front of a large color illustration of a blue, yellow, and red slide on tan sand, all of which is on a blue square on a white background.

Woman in a black shirt uses sign language in front of a large color illustration of a tan and brown dog over a red square, all on a white background.

Patchwork wall hanging, each square unique and handmade. Caption. A wish flower that's half bloomed.

Slide shows yellow and orange text on a sky-blue background that reads, "Playing and Exploring. How Children Learn." Text on orange stripe below reads, "The Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning."

Girl faces away from camera and leans toward a group of stuffed animals resting on a dark surface across from her.

Toddler leaning against a blue background under bright lights while an adult stands by. Caption: to learn more about healthy child development,

Woman looks down at a colorful picture book, holding a smiling child in her lap. Spanish caption. Cómo hubiera sabido la manera de abrir un libro?

Woman stands behind a young girl and pushes her on a swing. Both are smiling. The swing is part of a teeter-totter and slide set that is in a tree lined, grassy area. Spanish caption. Así es que ella sabe de disciplina. Bastante.

Rear view of a teenage boy standing next to and speaking to an older man who is cooking on a kitchen stove. Spanish caption. Papá, el entrenador de béisbol me hizo sentir muy mal hoy.

2 boys play side by side on the floor. Wooden blocks and pieces are scattered between them. 1 boy is looking through a bin filled with more wooden pieces. Spanish caption. Se dará cuenta usted.

Kids sitting on the floor in a classroom setting. Caption: They feel secure because they know what to expect next.

2 men stand at a threshold and look back into a home towards a woman dressed as a maid. Caption. Dominga. Hazlo pasar a la biblioteca, Maria.

Closeup of a newborn baby looking up with wide eyes as a hand supports its neck. Text reads, "Characteristics of Effective Learning. Created by Siren Films with Birth to Five Matters."

Black and white frame shows a man wearing a dark coat, scarf and brimmed hat standing between 2 bellhops.

Closeup on a table with empty beer bottles and landline phones on the table in a home setting. Family gathered and talking as a group in the faded background. Caption. Or sibling, parental abuse, and neglect, divorce.

Woman in floral dress grabs the arm of a man in blue button up shirt and khaki slacks as he walks around a sofa away from her toward a closed white door. Caption. And very often have cut off whole parts of themselves.

Woman follows and watches a young child as they ride a toy tricycle through an apartment parking lot. Caption. It feels better than to feel afraid.

Woman with curly blonde hair wearing a brown and tan blouse bends down to look at a male student's work on his desk. Caption. Can disrupt a teacher's lesson plan.

Young child lying back against pillows and under blankets in bed. Caption. The upset and pain caused by these effects make it natural.

Closeup of a baby with short brown hair wearing a white shirt with lace sleeves and opening its mouth, revealing 2 lower teeth. Caption. If not, the child will be unable.

Closeup side view of a toddler with curly blonde hair and a blue and white tank top looking up. An adult's leg with black shorts is slightly visible to the right. Caption. We didn't know what it was.

Hallway looking into 2 open doors at the end. 1 blonde woman holds a young child, another carries a white box, and 2 children sit leaning against a wall. Caption. Effective treatment of traumatized children.

Boy lays back on a pillow hugging a stuffed animal. Caption. They don't feel the need to please teachers.