TETN+-+February+29+Leaping+into+AIM

 //** Leaping into AIM: Decision-Making, Tools for Support and the Texas Road Map **// Presentation by Diana Carl February 29, 2012 TETN 9 am – 12 noon

IDEA and NCLB have created compelling mandates for States to ensure that students with disabilities access, participate, and achieve in the general educational curriculum. For many students with disabilities, however, the textbooks and materials that make up the general education curriculum are inaccessible and, therefore, barriers to learning. These students require specialized formats—braille, audio, digital, or large print—in order to access the curriculum. For example, a digital version of a print-based textbook allows a student with a learning disability to use text-to-speech technology to have the text read aloud, a blind student can access braille electronically or as a printout, and a student with physical disabilities can turn the pages of a digital version with a click of a single switch. Spend an action-packed morning gaining information about accessible instructional materials (AIM); learning about a decision making process for need, selection, acquisition and use of AIM; and exploring tools developed by the National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials that support educators and families in making informed decisions. Learn about current developments in Texas and what procedures are in place to support the provision of AIM With a focus on improving learning through the use of AIM for students with disabilities, it is sure to be a thought-provoking and productive session.
 * Description: **

Submit Questions or comments to: @http://www.todaysmeet.com/TETN
 * Back Channel:**

 Leaping Into AIM Handout  Navigator Worksheet  Texas Road Map Flowchart  Legal References for IDEA 2004
 * Handouts: **

 Presentation  Department of Justice - Office of Civil Rights Ebook FAQ  NIMAS Question and Answers Document (OSEP)  What ARD committees Need to Know about AIM
 * Resources: **


 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">URLs to the AMPs and others discussed in TETN: **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 14px;">Benetech/Bookshare for Texas: @http://www.benetech.org/literacy/abt.shtml
 * Learning Ally Texas: @http://www.learningally.org/texas/
 * Loius Plus: @http://louis.aph.org/custom/SearchResults_UnifiedSearch.aspx
 * TEA Instructional Materials and Educational Technology @http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=3373

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Sign In sheet - Please return to Kirk Behnke at kbehnke@esc4.net by March 5, 2012

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