Resources

Deafblindness Video Inservice & Toolkit

Instantly train staff with this 11-minute, captioned video and resource kit. Designed for back-to-school or IEP inservices, it provides practical strategies for supporting students with dual sensory loss.

What’s Included:

• 11-Minute Training Video (MP4): Covers the deafblindness spectrum, communication modes (Tactile, AAC, Pro-Tactile), and classroom accommodations.
• Customizable Reference Guide: A printable template to organize student-specific technology, team roles, and pacing strategies.
• Accessibility Guide: Resources for captioning media and a list of accessible educational sites.

D/HH Video Inservice & Reference Guide

A streamlined professional development tool for teams supporting Deaf or Hard of Hearing students. This resource focuses on immediate classroom implementation to ensure communication equity.

What’s Included:

• Specialized Training Video: A professional overview of high-leverage D/HH strategies.
• Quick Reference Handout: A template for tracking hearing technology, communication modes, and environmental needs.

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Disney Songs in ASL: Triumph’s Discussion Guides for DHH Students

In 2026, Disney+ and Deaf West Theatre released a groundbreaking series of music videos where beloved characters—like Moana and Anna—perform directly in American Sign Language. This resource is designed to help DHH students explore these videos while building self-advocacy skills and a positive deaf identity.

What’s Included:

• Discussion Guides: Tailored questions for hits from Moana, Frozen, and Encanto that prompt students to analyze ASL translation, character expression, and Deaf culture.
• Expanded Core Curriculum Alignment: Activities focused on self-determination, social-interaction skills, and evaluating different models of media accessibility.
• Deaf Gain Perspective: Resources that highlight how ASL enhances the beauty and emotional depth of animation for everyone, not just for "access."
• DHH Role Model Highlights: Background on the Deaf and CODA (Child of Deaf Adult) creators behind the project.

Described and Captioned Media Program (DCMP)

Often called the "Netflix for Accessible Education," DCMP provides thousands of free, high-quality educational videos featuring captions, audio description, and ASL translation. Membership is free for families and educators of students with disabilities (Birth–Grade 12).

IEP Discussion Guide

This guide will assist IEP teams to develop a plan that fits the needs of their individual learner. The guide includes a list of guiding questions and evidence-based resources to meet the legal mandates of I.D.E.A., ADA/504 and Title II.

Supporting Success For Children With Hearing Loss

Hands and Voices: IEP Accommodations checklist

First Signs

First Signs is dedicated to educating parents and professionals about autism and related disorders.

The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) video glossary found here is a particularly helpful resource that contains over 200 video clips which parents, educators, physicians, and others, can use to learn about the subtle differences between typical and delayed development in young children and to spot the early red flags for ASD.

The Arc

The Arc is the largest national community-based organization advocating for and serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families. The Arc encompasses all ages and more than 100 different diagnoses including autism, Down syndrome, Fragile X syndrome, and various other developmental disabilities.

Pacer Center

For more than 40 years, PACER has helped parents enhance the quality of life and expand opportunities for their children, including those with disabilities.