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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.

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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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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Still image from: Teaching Media Literacy in the Classroom: Using School Resources to Make Media Literacy Happen

Still image from: Teaching Media Literacy in the Classroom: Why Is Media Literacy Important?

Black and white closeup of a man wearing a French World War 2 uniform. He sits at a table holding a pen as he signs a document.

White card with black border and floral text reads, "You Can Save the World. In fact, you're the only one who can. Practical clothing, food, and lifestyle tips everyone can master. By Dr. Lori Myren-Manbeck and Eileen O'Brien."

2 brain scans show side and aerial views. Small region at the center is outlined in red. Title bar reads, "Brain Stem Glioma."

Fenced-in yard contains a small, paved area and a basketball hoop next to a building. Magenta-colored digital icon in the top right corner says, "Only Good."

Still image from: Teen Kids News (Episode 2221)

Color illustration. Young girl seated in a chair with knees pulled in, looking down at an open book in front of her. Caption. Daybreak to dusky dark if Mama would allow.

Red locomotive sits in a grassy field next to a wooden rail fence.

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."

Shawn the Train, a red locomotive, looks over at a yellow train that runs on a parallel track. Yellow train glances to the side with a concerned expression. Caption. He's across the bridge waiting for us.

Man stands in front of a screen showing clip art drawings of various items and activities. Text title above drawings reads, "Vocabulary and academic language."

Color illustration. Vignettes of children doing various hobbies such as looking through a magnifying glass at an ant farm, examining bugs, and counting coins.

Dr. Seuss storybook cover with an illustration of a child with a green creature in his back pocket. Storybook title reads, "There's a Wocket in My Pocket", with wocket intentionally misspelled.

Talking man stands in front of screen with the text that reads, "Topic Sentences," above a drawing of a boy with a red umbrella and a drawing of a man doing math on a chalkboard.

Cartoon of the side of Max the Train driving along the tracks, surrounded by bright purple and green pillars.

Chalky white text over a background with scrambled wooden letters in many sizes reads, "Types of Sentences."

Slide shows a white rectangle between a green and gray background highlights text that reads, "Verbs for Kids."

Closeup of a video game. Text that says Prince of Sun has spoken appears on the screen. Caption. Have to choose between T,V and reading.

Sparks float above an open book on a black background. Text reads, "What is Context?"

Man stands in front of a screen showing a scribble and an emoji hand, plus a photo and drawings of houses. Text title above drawings reads, "Organize your writing into a clear paragraph."

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 1. Brainstorming." A clip art graphic of a light bulb is in the bottom center.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 7. Editing." A clip art graphic of a red check mark and a red X is beneath the text.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 2. Planning and Pre-writing." A clip art graphic of a light bulb is to the left of the lowest text.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 8. Publishing." A clip art graphic of an open book is beneath the text.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 6. Revising." A clip art graphic of a thumbs up and a thumbs down is beneath the text.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 5. Writing a closing." A clip art graphic of a traffic light on a red and white striped pole is to the left of the text.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 4. Writing a draft." A clip art graphic of a yellow pencil scribbling on paper is in the bottom center.

Crumpled lined paper with digital text in varying fonts that reads, "Writing a personal narrative, episode 3. Writing an introduction."

Young man wearing a white collared shirt looks slightly below camera, standing against a red backdrop. Caption. Develop a cure for an illness and survive a natural catastrophe.