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Description Key

Description Key

A comprehensive guide to describing educational media.

Captioning Key

Captioning Key

A comprehensive guide to captioning educational media.

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Teacher Appreciation Week

Teacher Appreciation Week is the first full week in May of each year. The National Education Association describes National Teacher Day “as a day for honoring teachers and recognizing the lasting contributions they make to our lives.”
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Earth Day and March for Science - April 22

Earth Day was founded by United States Senator Gaylord Nelson as an environmental teach-in, first held on April 22, 1970. Activities for Earth Day, and often for the whole week, focus on the environmental issues that the world faces. These issues include extreme weather, rising sea levels, and altered ecosystems due to increased levels of CO2 in...Read More
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April is National Autism Awareness Month

Hearing and vision screening for very young children can be difficult to diagnose when the child also has autism. It is possible for a child to have a significant visual impairment and autism, or a hearing loss and autism. Up to 40% of children with hearing loss having an additional disability.
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DCMP Promotional Materials

You can help promote accessible media in the classroom by ordering your free Described and Captioned Media Program promotional materials to display or hand out at schools, libraries or anywhere else.
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