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

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Accessibility Information

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DCMP offers the only guidelines developed for captioning and describing educational media, used worldwide.
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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 hard of hearing, low vision, and deaf-blind.
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Modules are self-paced, 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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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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Teenage boy staring seriously at a teenage girl, speaking. Caption. What did you just say to me?

Cartoon of a boy on a bike looking back. Caption. Sound of horn squeaking. Honk, honk.

Closeup of a girl, smiling. Caption. By seeing it, we can help stop it.

Teenage boy stares back at a man with a serious expression on his face, speaking. Caption. I will from now on!

Closeup of a person's hand reaching out to touch upper arm of other person with visible bruises. Caption. Where'd you get these bruises?

Low shot of a young man stares off and squints his eyes like he is half awake. Caption. Steve. Drugs and alcohol are not the answers.

Group of teenage girls at a picnic table. All look at a boy pulling on 1 of the girl's arms. Caption. Are you listening to me?

2 men walk together down a sidewalk. Spanish caption. Desde niño enseñaron que los hombres tienen que ser violentos.

Black and white image of 2 young girls looking at camera, one is White and the other is Black.

Inset of video screen with woman speaking and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Inset of video screen with bearded man and title bar that reads, "Harold Johnson." Banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe."

Inset of video screen with woman speaking in an office and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Blue banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to side reads, "Strategy number 1. Put safety first."

Inset of video screen with woman gesturing in an office and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to side reads, "Strategy number 2, keep your radar on."

Video screen of woman speaking and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Banner reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to side reads, "Strategy 3. Listen to your children and teach them not to keep unsafe secrets."

Inset of video screen with woman speaking and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to side reads, "Strategy number 4. Make sure your kids know you care."

Video screen of woman speaking and title bar that reads, "Irene from Kidpower." Banner reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to left reads, "Have kids practice the skills that help them to make safer and wiser choices." Box to right reads, "Strategy 5, don't let kids throw stones."

Inset of video screen with woman speaking in office and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to side reads, "Strategy 6. Assess your child and make a safety plan."

Video screen of woman speaking and title bar that reads "Irene from Kidpower." Banner at top reads, "7 Kidpower Strategies for Keeping Your Child Safe." Box to left reads, "One pushing of a hand away. One saying, 'No, stop, I don't like that!" Box to right reads, "Strategy 7. Prepare children to take charge of their safety by practicing skills."

Man with dark glasses and mustache looks at a woman. Her back is towards the camera. Caption. Que bueno, que te veo.

Woman wears a backpack and stands with a child on a train platform at night with train approaching. Caption. Will be victims of violence in their lifetime.

Closeup of a teenage girl looking to the side with an irritated expression. Caption. After we moved in to that house.

Woman seated at table in lunch room with white tablecloths. Caption. Two, actually, we're doing a processional beforehand.

A screw in wood. Spanish captions.

Woman wearing a black silk collared shirt looks slightly off camera. Caption. When victims of domestic violence come to me.

Still image from: Ten Signs of Relationship Abuse

Boy faces camera in a blue baseball cap. Lyrics caption. Honor thy children.

Closeup of a middle-aged woman with a concerned expression looking slightly up and off camera. Caption. So who is she based on?

Animal puppets in front of the backdrop of a barn. Spanish captions.

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.

Senior woman bows her head in front of a table with several framed family photos. Caption. She is isolated and dependent on her daughter.