[infoshare] Fwd:Flu Prevention for Students who are Deaf or Blind
- From: Ellen Rubin <ellenr5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Janet Fiber <jfiber@xxxxxxxxx>,
- Date: Thu, 07 May 2009 10:29:36 -0700
FYI! This
sounds like a good resource to educate families with children who are
blind, low vision, deaf, or Hard of hearing. Especially for those of you
teaching, providing services to families, or looking for accessible
media!
Ellen
From: info@xxxxxxxx
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Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 10:45 AM
Subject: Flu Prevention for Students who are Deaf or Blind
NEWS RELEASE
Described and Captioned Media
Program
1447 E. Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Contact: Kathy Buckson
Tel: 1-800-237-6213 ext. 200
E-Mail: info@xxxxxxxx
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
H1N1 ?Swine? Flu?Prevention for Students with Hearing, Vision
Loss
Free-Loan Accessible Videos Provided by the U.S. Department of Education
Spartanburg, S.C.Flu-prevention education is important for
everyone. For the more than 1.5 million children in U.S. schools whose
learning is impacted by a vision or hearing loss, the Described and
Captioned Media Program (DCMP) has an accessible collection of videos
about virus and disease prevention available free. Programs can be viewed
with captioning, description, or both, with one of these titles captioned
in Spanish.
Programs within this free-loan collection are appropriate for elementary
through high school students. Health-related topics range from general
tips for stopping the spread of germs to in-depth information about the
prevention of the flu virus and other contagious illnesses.
According to Bill Stark, Project Director of DCMP, ?Captioned, described,
and Spanish-language classroom videos that are engaging to K-12 students
are in short supply. During this time of heightened health concerns, we
are pleased that the DCMP can provide health-related media that are
accessible to all students.?
The DCMP, administered by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) and
funded by the U.S. Department of Education, is a free-loan program that
provides access to over 5,000 educational media titles with captioning
and/or description as well as information and training resources about
accessible media. Parents, teachers, and others involved in educating
K-12 students who are blind, visually impaired, deaf, hard of hearing, or
deaf-blind can register for a free DCMP account at
http://www.dcmp.org.
More information about the DCMP?s collection of flu-prevention videos is
available as a downloadable flyer at
http://www.dcmp.org/flyers/nadf150.pdf.
Additional Accessible H1N1 ?Swine? Flu?Prevention
Resources:
Two 508-compliant U.S. government websites with information about
the H1N1 Virus:
- The U.S. government posts a website regarding H1N1, pandemics, and
informative resources at
http://www.pandemicflu.gov.
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also has a
website with highly useful information about flu prevention at
http://www.cdc.gov.
The following resources were provided by the National Association
of the Deaf:
About the Described and Captioned Media Program
The DCMP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered
by the NAD. The mission of the DCMP is to promote and provide equal
access to communication and learning through described and captioned
educational media. The ultimate goal of DCMP is for accessible media to
become an integral tool in the teaching and learning process for all
stakeholders in the educational community, including students, educators
and other school personnel, parents, service providers, businesses, and
agencies. Learn about accessible media and why it is an integral tool in
the teaching and learning process by watching the production Equal
Access in the Classroom, available at
http://www.dcmp.org/equalaccess.
About the National Association of the Deaf
The NAD was established in 1880 by deaf leaders who recognized the right
of American deaf community members to use sign language, to congregate on
issues important to them, and to have their interests represented at the
national level. These beliefs remain true to this day, with American Sign
Language as a core value. The mission of the NAD is to preserve, protect,
and promote the civil, human, and linguistic rights of deaf Americans.
The advocacy scope of the NAD is broad, covering the breadth of a
lifetime and impacting future generations in the areas of early
intervention, education, employment, health care, technology,
telecommunications, youth leadership, and more. For more information,
please visit http://www.nad.org.
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If you?d like more information about this topic, or to schedule an
interview with Bill Stark, please call Kathy Buckson at 800-237-6213
(VOICE) or 800-237-6819 (TTY), or visit the DCMP website at
http://www.dcmp.org.
A PDF copy of this release is available at the following URL:
http://www.dcmp.org/outreach/pr/h1n1_release.pdf.
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