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

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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 are selfpaced, online trainings designed for professionals, open to eLearners and full members.
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These self-paced online learning modules cover the topics of transition, note taking, and learning about audio description.

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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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Blind Education

Within Blind Life

Framed image of a woman hugging a black lab while petting his cheek. From the title card below her image, she is Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby reads, "Getting a Job."

Still image from: Access: Description Module (Student Version)

Wide shot looking down a New York City street at dusk. Caption. My ears are my eyes.

Closeup of a woman's hands reading braille.

Woman seated next to a student in a classroom setting. Caption. In providing an equal opportunity in learning.

Group of 4 kids work on a collaborative activity in a classroom setting while a teacher stands by to observe. Text on image reads, "Problem Solve Collaboratively."

Teenagers sit in a classroom looking up at a lesson projected on a screen. Text on image reads, "Students Divide into their Groups."

2 children seated at a shared desk in a classroom setting look up at a teacher using sign language. Text on image reads, "Support Discussion."

Blind child uses a guide to read braille as a woman seated nearby reaches out a hand to touch the tablet in front of him. Text on image reads, "Braille User." Caption. Let's put an "S" in front, what word is that.

Child sits across from a teacher in a classroom setting. The child holds her hands up like she's measuring something. Text on image reads, "Student Think-Aloud."

Group of young children in a classroom setting, a few seated on the floor raising a hand at the teacher in the front of the classroom, another wearing headphones and standing close to the front screen. Text on image reads, "Justify Answer."

Children sit in a U-shaped formation. The teacher stands at the front of the classroom facing out and points towards an image projected on the screen behind her. Text on image reads, "Review Shared Inquiry Procedures."

Girl and boy sit at a desk across from 1 another and play Connect 4. Caption. You see what she's doin'? What do you need to block her?

4 framed portrait photos of Role Models, Crystal Melero, Robina Rayamajhi, Blake Lindsay, and Beth Jones.

Still image from: Getting a Job! for Students Who Are Blind and Visually Impaired

Framed image of a woman smiling at camera in an outdoor setting. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Accommodations During the Interview."

Framed image of a woman smiling at camera in an outdoor setting. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "After the Interview."

Framed image of a woman smiling with a black lab licking her face. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Applications."

Framed image of a woman smiling at camera in an outdoor setting. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Attitude, The Right Frame of Mind."

Framed image of a woman smiling with a black lab licking her face. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Cover Letters."

Framed image of a woman smiling and hugging a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text, "Getting a Job, Introduction to Vocational Rehabilitation."

Framed image of a woman posing with a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Overview of Social Security Benefits."

Framed image of a woman smiling with a black lab licking her face. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Preparing for an Interview."

Framed image of a woman smiling with a black lab licking her face. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "References."

Framed image of a woman smiling with a black lab licking her face. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Resumes."

Framed image of a woman smiling and hugging a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Rights, Responsibilities, and the Law."

Framed portrait of a woman wearing a business suit and smiling at camera. Title card identifies her as Beth Jones, University Instructor. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Role Model."

Framed portrait of a man wearing a business suit and smiling at camera. Title card identifies him as Blake Lindsay, Communications and Outreach Manager for a Nonprofit Agency. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Role Model."

Framed image of a woman smiling and looking slightly off camera. From the title card below her him, she is Robina Rayamajhi, a law student. Text nearby reads, "Getting a Job, Role Model."

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Framed image of a woman posing with a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Supplemental Security Income Program, S,S,I."

Framed image of a woman posing with a black lab in a library. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Workforce Development Centers."

Framed image of a woman posing with a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Your Job Search."

Framed image of a woman smiling and hugging a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby reads, "Getting a Job, Your Journey."

Framed image of a woman posing with a black lab. Title card identifies her as Crystal Melero, Statewide Services Coordinator for Children Who are Blind or Have Low Vision. Text nearby, "Getting a Job, Your Ticket to Work."

Tan brick building with grass, a tree, and a sign indicating it's a school for the blind and visually impaired. Text reads, "Photo courtesy of S, D, S, B, V, I."

Closeup of a small group of children surrounding a pyramid of blue plastic cups. They hold strings that are wrapped around the cups. Caption. Forward, forward, forward.

2 men in suits smile at each other and shake hands, 1 wears a white face mask over his eyes. Caption. This audio description has really been wonderful.

Senior woman wearing a white sweater and sunglasses demonstrates how to load paper into a blue Perkins Brailler.

Still image from: Inside Video Description: How Pictures Become Words

Computer image of 6 braille dot rows on a page. Text on image, reads. And, The, between row 3 and 4. Caption. Cell 1. Dot 6, the capital sign.

Young man wearing business attire speaks directly to camera. Caption. Images into spoken words.

Screenshot of a title page for You Describe. Caption. For making video content accessible to millions.

3 teenagers in formal attire stand next to 1 another. A smiling boy in center wraps his arm around a smiling girl to his right. Caption. It's about dressing for success.

Smiling young woman looks off camera. Text over image reads, "Bingo!" with a check mark below. Caption. Selena comes in with a smile.

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: 7 Benefits of a White Cane--Blind & Visually Impaired

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Change Display and Text Size on iPhone and iPad iOS 14--Low Vision/Visually Impaired

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Do the Touch & Slide White Cane Technique

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Fold a Folding White Cane

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Hold a White Cane--Index Finger Grasp

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Hold a White Cane--Pencil Grasp

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Hold a White Cane--Thumb Grasp

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: How to Unfold a Folding White Cane

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: Introduction

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: Shopping Tip for Blind and Visually Impaired

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: The Parts of a Folding White Cane

Still image from: Orientation & Mobility Skill Refresher Series: The Parts of a Rigid White Cane

Man wearing a black winter coat and hat stands in the snow while holding up a white cane with a special attachment at the end.

White C, G, I puppy smiles as it walks across a fenced walkway. A park and some construction barriers appear in the background.

Young woman is surrounded by people, some of whom reach toward her with concern. Caption. Woman as narrator. What's going on? What happened?

Young woman with white cane walks on the sidewalk past a grassy field lined with trees. Title card reads, "Rewind button." Caption. Female as narrator. Have you ever just wanted a rewind button?

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Capitalization

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Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Characters u-z

Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Punctuation

Screenshot. Presentation slide reads, "Video Description Research and Development Center Seminar. Bringing Video Description in to the 21st Century. January 24, 2012".

Screen capture of a video editing software, showing a media window, playback controls, and audio editing.

Man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. 2 men and 1 woman seated with a guide dog sit beside him at a panel table. Sign on the podium reads, "LightHouse".

Still image from: Xploration DIY Sci: Inclusion