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

Our Purpose What we do with Television Access Grants for Hispanic children with disabilities. (H327C H327C07000) Our Future Projections Introduction by Judy

OSEP 2008 Agenda  Hispanic Children with Disabilities  Television Access Projects  Numbers  The team oAbout Closed Caption Latina oAbout the TV Networks oOur 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

OSEP 2008 Students ages 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,” Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

OSEP 2008 Students ages 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,” Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

OSEP 2008 Hispanic Children Ages 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,” Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

OSEP 2008 Hispanic Children Ages 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,” Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

OSEP 2008 Hispanic Children Ages 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,” Data updated as of July 15, 2007.

OSEP 2008 Hispanic Profile  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

OSEP 2008 Do Spanish dominant children with disabilities have equal access to programs offered to their English-speaking counter parts?

OSEP 2008 Television Access Projects (H327C H327C07000)  Numbers  The team  About Closed Caption Latina  About the TV Networks  Our Advisory Group  Communications Activities  Educational Guides Targeting Teachers and Parents- Sample

OSEP 2008  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. The Numbers

OSEP 2008 Closed Caption Latina  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.  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

OSEP 2008 Networks  Educational programs are broadcasted on: Veme, HITN,TuTV, Sorpresa, WAPA Networks. They all have nation-wide coverage.

OSEP 2008 Consumer Advisory Group  Who they are… People with disabilities, parents of children with disabilities, educators, and specialists in education and audiovisual media Here they are!

OSEP 2008 Activities of The CAG  Provide Quality Control  Analyze Educational Content  Conduct Workshop to Receive Feedback and Collect Suggestions Educational Guides Targeting Teachers and Parents

OSEP 2008 Communications  Video Clips of Programming Video Clips of Programming  Videos and Audio Clips of Services Videos and Audio Clips of Services  Brochure  Exhibitions and Presentations

OSEP 2008 New Directions

OSEP 2008 Library For Blind And Physically Impaired In Puerto Rico  Material exchange between libraries Needs Analysis:  Training for teachers and librarians on usage of available resources  Educational guides to be used in the classroom

OSEP 2008 Do teachers servicing Spanish dominant children with disabilities have access to quality professional development?

OSEP 2008 Digitized Stories  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

OSEP 2008 Do digitized, captioned and described books have an impact on literacy development for deaf- blind children? Does it create a cognitive overload?

OSEP 2008 Questions and Answers Thanks For Coming Today !!!