Video Presentations

Following are video presentations that can be used for self-study and/or for delivering presentations to preservice or inservice teachers.

Two versions of each video presentation are provided—one is captioned, and one is captioned and audio-described (for use when a person who is blind is in the audience). Titles include:

DO-IT Careers I

Learn and Earn: Tips for Teens. Students with disabilities show how they benefit from work-based learning. (13 minutes)
Learn and Earn: Supporting Teens. Parents, teachers, and mentors encourage teens to participate in work-based learning. (13 minutes)
It's Your Career. College students with disabilities gain work-based learning experiences. (13 minutes)
Access to the Future. How to make college career development services accessible to students with disabilities. (14 minutes)

DO-IT College I

Working Together: Faculty and Students with Disabilities. Successful students with disabilities tell the viewers firsthand about techniques and accommodations that contributed to their success. They emphasize the importance of the faculty-student relationship. (9 minutes)
Building the Team: Faculty, Staff, and Students Working Together. Learn how to create an inclusive postsecondary learning environment. (16 minutes)
Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction. Learn strategies for making instruction in a classroom or in a tutoring center accessible to all students. (12 minutes)
Equal Access: Universal Design of Student Services. How to apply universal design principles to make postsecondary student services accessible to all students. (15 minutes)

DO-IT Program I

DO-IT Pals: An Internet Community. Peer and mentor support in an online community for people with disabilities. (9 minutes)
DO-IT Scholars. Participants tell about the DO-IT Scholars program for high school students with disabilities. (11 minutes)
DO-IT Snapshots. Participants tell about the DO-IT Snapshots program for high school students with disabilities. (28 minutes)
Finding Gold: Hiring the Best and the Brightest. Employers in work-based learning programs show how to fully include participants with disabilities. (7 minutes)

DO-IT Programs II

How DO-IT Does It. Successful practices employed by DO-IT programs to increase the success of young people with disabilities in college and careers. (34 minutes)
Opening Doors: Mentoring on the Internet Adult mentors help students with disabilities achieve success in college studies and careers. (15 minutes)

DO-IT STEM I

Working Together: Science Teachers and Students with Disabilities. Successful science students with disabilities suggest ways to make science activities accessible. (13 minutes)
Equal Access: Science and Students with Sensory Impairments. Students and employees with sensory impairments share strategies for success. (14 minutes)
The Winning Equation: Access + Attitude = Success in Math and Science. Science and math teachers share strategies for making these subject areas accessible to students with a wide range of disabilities. (15 minutes)
STEM: Science Technology Engineering and Math. Students and faculty highlight exciting academic programs offered to a diverse students body at the University of Washington. (10 minutes)

DO-IT Tech I

Working Together: People with Disabilities and Computer Technology. Individuals with disabilities demonstrate adaptive technology and computer applications for people with mobility impairments, blindness, low vision, hearing and/or speech impairments, health impairments, and learning disabilities. (14 minutes)
Working Together: Computers and People with Sensory Impairments. People with visual and hearing impairments demonstrate computer technology for school and work. (11 minutes)
Working Together: Computers and People with Learning Disabilities. Students and workers with learning disabilities demonstrate computer-based tools and strategies. (10 minutes)
Working Together: Computers and People with Mobility Impairments. People with mobility impairments demonstrate computer access technology. (14 minutes)
Computer Access: In Our Own Words. Students with disabilities demonstrate adaptive technology and computer applications. (10 minutes)

DO-IT Tech II

Equal Access: Computer Labs. This presentation shows how computer labs can be designed as to be accessible to students with disabilities. (11 minutes)
World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design. People with disabilities describe roadblocks they encounter on the World Wide Web and examples of accessible web design techniques. (11 minutes)
Real Connections: Making Distance Learning Accessible to Everyone. This presentation highlights issues to consider when designing courses to fully include students with disabilities. (12 minutes)
Access to Technology in the Workplace. Testimonials from employees on making technology accessible in the workplace. (13 minutes)
Camp: Beyond Summer. How to add Internet experiences to summer camp programs for children and youth with disabilities. (10 minutes)

DO-IT Transition I

College: You Can DO-IT! College students with disabilities and staff share advice for success in college. (14 minutes)
Moving On: The Two-Four Step. How to successfully transition from two- to four-year postsecondary institutions. (11 minutes)
Taking Charge: Stories of Success and Self-Determination. Successful youth and adults with disabilities tell about living successful, self-determined lives. (17 minutes)

These videos can also be viewed online at /http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/. If you would like to have downloadable versions to play from your computer (without charge), send a request to doit@u.washington.edu.

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