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Educational Psychology

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In a large gymnasium, a woman sits crisscross with her arms out with a big smile on her face. Lily, a young girl with both legs amputated wearing a purple ballerina outfit, sits across from the woman mimicking her. Next to the woman are a pair of pink ballet slippers.

Salem, a 13 year old boy with Asperger's syndrome, is dressed in a black leotard and stands in a graceful ballet pose. We can see his reflection in the mirror behind him. He looks up and has a smile on his face.

The Davert family looks at us and smiles in their yard. Three of the family members are using wheelchairs and have dwarfism from Brittle Bones Disease. The fourth family member, an older man, squats in between the rest of his family members.

Framed photo of Gary, a man with cerebral palsy, running in a marathon. Above the picture is a bronze metal that says, “New York City Marathon, ‘96.”

Two boys face each other, one pointing to the other with lips parted in mid-speech. Ladybug hangs on wall with peeling paint behind them.

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.

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Mandy Smoker Broaddus

Still image from: Celebrate Native American Educators: Renae Guenther

Woman stands on stage facing out towards the audience and using sign language. Behind her, a covered wagon is parked on set. Caption. Because I did not know when I came here that the actress.

Adolescent girl wearing a green tank top, black choker necklace, and hoop earrings looks off camera. Caption. And recently he broke my trust.

Teenage girl concentrates on a desktop computer screen with a laptop resting nearby. Caption. Comma.

Adolescent girl and boy face camera with serious expressions on their face. Caption. At some key examples of cyberbullying.

Group of teenagers wearing yellow t-shirts shirts exit vans, stepping out onto a field. Caption. Man as narrator. Hi, guys.

Still image from: Indian by Birth: The Lumbee Dialect

A girl, woman and boy stand next to each other. The boy is in a reclining seat with foam pad. Caption. Has left him paralyzed from the neck down.

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Still image from: Make48: Stadium Innovation / UMKC Kansas City, MO (Part 2)

Still image from: Make48: Wichita, KS / GoCreate

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Still image from: Origin of Everything: How Your Rubber Ducky Explains Colonialism

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Still image from: Sight-Reading Braille: Contracted Braille Test (Contracted Braille or Grade 2)

Medium view of a woman sitting in front of a beige backdrop on a studio set. She is turned and looks to the side with her eyebrows gently arched as she uses sign language. Caption. To help a lecture go well, a teacher can do several things.

Partial closeup of a young person sitting at a computer table and typing on a laptop. Text on the computer screen reads, "Quick chat" with other fields appearing below.

Closeup of a teenage girl seated in a living room setting looking up and away from camera as she speaks.

View through a green metal fence of 2 boys wearing bathing suits and running on the sand as if in a race.

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Computer image displaying a cross section of the human head with a path through the brain highlighted in red. Caption: The whole journey from one neuron to another

Illustration showing light reflecting off a concave mirror array and concentrating on a central pressure chamber. Caption: Allows us to sterilize surgical instruments.