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This month’s features:
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Let's make our schools and homes safe from bullies.
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Preparing students for life after high school.
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Submit your favorite lesson to TSVI.
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Bullying |
We all like to think of our schools and homes as nurturing places for our children. Teachers and parents are dedicated to making sure that school and home environments are safe and conducive to learning. But unfortunately, bullying has become an undeniably large problem. Harassment, intimidation, and bullying, like other disruptive or violent behaviors, are actions that disrupt both a student's ability to learn and a school's ability to educate. As teachers and parents, we are learning firsthand that bullying isn't so straightforward anymore. Types of bullying can be verbal, social, or physical. And now we have to worry about cyberbullying--which can follow our children home through harassing text messages, chat room rumors, embarrassing email blasts, hurtful online polling, or incriminating photo uploads.
As teachers and parents, we can play a key role in preventing and stopping bullying. The first place to start is recognizing the warning signs. Your child may: act differently than usual; avoid certain places; feel like they are not good enough; talk about suicide; appear sad, moody, angry, anxious, or depressed; have unexplained injuries; or complain frequently of headaches, stomachaches, or feeling sick. It is vital to talk with our children and keep the communication open. Unfortunately, many children do not raise the topic of bullying with their teachers or parents, so it is imperative that we are able to recognize the signs and educate our children so they will have the tools needed to better protect themselves. See our flyer on bullying for titles like: Bullying: What Every Adult Needs to Know; Defending Yourself: Bullying, Teasing, and Put-Downs; and more! Also, check back to view this new DCMP media COMING SOON: What Is A Bully? What Bullies Do; Internet Bullies: What Is It?; and I Was Cyberbullied.
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Transition |
transition
(noun) 1. movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Everyone experiences transitions in their lives. Students transition from grade to grade and then from school to the "real world." Transition will occur whether it is planned for or not. Students who pass their classes will move on to the next grade. However, planning and preparation can help make transitions smoother and more effective. This is especially true when students are transitioning from high school to whatever comes next.
Students have been graduating high school and going on to college or work for as long as there has been a formal education system. Although in recent years, the need to formalize and improve the transition process has been recognized. This is especially true when it comes to students with disabilities. In fact, the IDEA mandates that states develop State Performance Plans which require that all high school IEPs must include a transition plan.
It is not always easy to find the appropriate tools to prepare students with disabilities for life after high school. DCMP can help by providing accessible resources. The collection includes media on the transition process, preparing for college, how to succeed in college, job hunting techniques, interview skills, and much more. Let us help you with the transition process.
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Social Skills Cinema Contest |
This year the Texas Education of Blind and Visually Impaired Students Advisory Committee is challenging teachers, parents, and students with visual impairments to submit a short video on the theme, "Social Skills: Putting the C in Cool." This contest is a perfect opportunity to show your colleagues a favorite lesson that you use to teach social skills at home, school, or in the community.
Social skills programming is one of the nine key areas of the Expanded Core Curriculum (ECC). Think about lessons that address areas such as understanding and using nonverbal cues and gestures, knowing ways to make friends, and other social skills topics that require specialized instruction for most children with visual impairments. Read more about the importance of social skills in this article by Mary Ann Siller.
Join the fun! The application and outline for the new cinema project are on the front page of Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) Web site. DCMP is partnering in the effort and will add the description and captioning to the four winning videos.
Don't forget....the video lesson needs to be submitted by May 27, 2011. Go to www.tsbvi.edu for the all the details.
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Quick Hits |
Spanish Captioning Key Available From DCMP
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El Captioning Key del DCMP Disponible en Español
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Check Out PEPNet's Transition Resources
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Thanks to Dicapta for a new Spanish translation of the Captioning Key. Deaf students of Hispanic-American heritage are the most rapidly growing minority group among the deaf population. There is a need to educate and increase cultural awareness among all deaf students, and to stimulate the interest of deaf students of all backgrounds.
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Gracias a Dicapta por la traducción al español del Captioning Key. La minoría de más rápido crecimiento entre la comunidad sorda corresponde a los estudiantes de origen hispano. Es necesario educar y estimular el interés en las diferentes culturas entre los estudiantes sordos de todas las procedencias.
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PEPNet provides resources and expertise that enhance educational opportunities for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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iTransition: online transition curriculum *
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Achieving Goals! Career Success Stories *
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