CAPTIONS AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION: EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

1. CAPTIONS AND VIDEO DESCRIPTION: EDUCATIONAL TOOLS FOR HISPANIC CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES OSEP 2008

2. What we do with Television Access Grants for Hispanic children with disabilities. (H327C050008 H327C07000) Our Future Projections Introduction by Judy Our Purpose

3. Hispanic Children with Disabilities Television Access Projects Numbers The team About Closed Caption Latina About the TV Networks Our Advisory Group Communications Activities Educational Guides Targeting Teachers and Parents-Sample New Directions Library for Blind and Physically Impaired in Puerto Rico Digitized Stories for Deaf-Blind Children Research Questions Agenda

4. Students ages 6 - 21 with Disabilities Served Under IDEA, by Race / Ethnicity Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820 “Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT,” 2006. Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

5. Students ages 3 - 5 with Disabilities Served Under IDEA, by Race / Ethnicity Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820 “Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT,” 2006. Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

6. Hispanic Children Ages 3 - 21 • with Disabilities Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820 “Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT,” 2006. Data updated as of July15, 2007.

7. Hispanic Children Ages 6 - 21 with Disabilities by States with a Major Presence Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820 “Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT,” 2006. Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

8. Hispanic Children Ages 3 - 5 with Disabilities by States with a Major Presence Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Data Analysis System (DANS), OMB #1820 “Children with Disabilities Receiving Special Education Under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education ACT,” 2006. Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

9. Parents High Illiteracy Rate Lack of Participation by Parents in the Educational Process Language Barriers Children Don’t have a Strong Linguistic Foundations Don’t receive Support from Parents in their Educational Process Don’t receive Prompt Attention Don’t receive Appropriate Materials. Available Resources (Books, Videos, Audiovisual Material with Captions) are in English Judy’s Summary Hispanic Profile

10. Do Spanish dominant children with disabilities have equal access to programs offered to their English-speaking counter parts?

11. Television Access Projects (H327C050008 H327C07000) • Numbers • The team • About Closed Caption Latina • About the TV Networks • Our Advisory Group • Communications Activities • Educational Guides Targeting Teachers and Parents- Sample

12. The Numbers • We have completed 1500 hours of captions and video description on Spanish language educational programs since October, 2005 • Data Base: 1000 Schools, 160 Organizations,100 Other Institutions and Individuals.

13. In Bogotá, Colombia, since 2002 providing captions, subtitling and dubbing In Longwood, Florida, since 2005 providing captions, subtitling, dubbing, video description, and CART in Spanish. Closed Caption Latina • Creating technological solutions for accessibility on audiovisual media • Promoting accessibility projects in USA, Colombia, and Puerto Rico • Seeking to facilitate the accessibility in the classroom • Encouraging accessibility at theme parks, museums, theaters and other activities

14. Networks • Educational programs are broadcasted on: Veme, HITN,TuTV, Sorpresa, WAPA Networks. They all have nation-wide coverage.

15. Who they are… People with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, educators, and specialists in education and audiovisual media Here they are! Consumer Advisory Group

16. Provide Quality Control Analyze Educational Content Conduct Workshop to Receive Feedback and Collect Suggestions Educational Guides Targeting Teachers and Parents Activities of The CAG

17. Video Clips of Programming Videos and Audio Clips of Services Brochure Exhibitions and Presentations Communications

18. New Directions

19. Material exchange between libraries Needs Analysis: Training for teachers and librarians on usage of available resources Educational guides to be used in the classroom Library For Blind And Physically Impaired In Puerto Rico

20. Do teachers servicing Spanish dominant children with disabilities have access to quality professional development?

21. The use of video description and subtitling promotes reading to the deaf-blind children We encourage the use of this resources as support for deaf-blind children as well as an educational tool for children with autism… Juanita To develop Spanish and English materials, research of the effectiveness in the classroom … Sample Digitized Stories

22. Do digitized, captioned and described books have an impact on literacy development for deaf-blind children? Does it create a cognitive overload?

23. Questions and Answers Thanks For Coming Today !!!