PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
National Center on Deaf-Blindness PD opportunities
The NCDB page provides information about opportunities in the United States for teachers and related service providers to learn about deaf-blindness and instructional practices for children and youth who are deaf-blind.
Creating Accessible Word Documents Webinar
This captioned and recorded webinar from the University of Alabama covers how to create Microsoft Word documents that are accessible to people with disabilities.
Creating Accessible Documents in Microsoft Word
Learn the basic steps for implementing core accessibility principles to make Word documents accessible.
Increasing Cultural Competency
Resources to help state deaf-blind projects provide services to culturally and linguistically diverse families.
Clarifying the Relationship between HLPs and EBPs
A video to clarify the relationship between High Level Practices (HLPs) and Evidence Based Practices (EBPs).
DCMP Course: Let’s Describe
Participants will learn guidelines and best practices for describing prerecorded video, different examples of description. Within the course there will be practice for creating description. Participants will earn a certificate upon successful completion of the workshop for two hours of ACVREP credit.
DCMP Quick Classes for CEU Credit
When you successfully complete the class, you will receive a certificate for 15 continuing education credits.
YouDescribe – How You Can Add Audio Description to Any YouTube Video!
This an archive video of the Video Description Research and Development Center webinar #3 – YouDescribe – How You Can Add Audio Description to Any YouTube Video!. Presented will be information for teachers on how YouDescribe can be used to improve accessibility of video for students who are blind/visually impaired, and an overview of educational resources provided by the DCMP.
MindfulnessFirst Videos
In an effort to accomplish Governor Ducey’s Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) initiative the ASDB has joined with MindfulnessFirst in creating a video series to address this initiative. Our joint efforts have afforded us the first video that addresses trauma.
Providing Instructional Supports: Facilitating Mastery of New Skills
This module explores the importance of scaffolding and modeling for students as they learn new skills and strategies.