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Introducing the AIM Navigator!
- A free online application for IEP and other decision-making teams
The AIM Navigator is an interactive tool that facilitates the process of decision-making about accessible instructional materials for an individual student. The AIM Navigator guides teams through a step-by-step process and provides just-in-time support with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), resources, and links to other helpful tools at each of four major decision-points: - Determining the need for accessible instructional materials;
- Selecting format(s) that address student needs;
- Acquiring needed formats; and,
- Selecting supports for use (technology, training, instructional strategies, support services, and other accommodations and modifications)
Visit the AIM Center website to check out the
AIM Navigator features, including the cumulative Student Summary and To Do List that can be edited, printed and/or saved to a local computer. Learn more about AIM Navigator
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Real Stories from Real Students with Learning Disabilities
Isa Arathoon, our AIM Center intern from Guatemala, has created a second and third installment in her video journal about the accessibility tools and learning strategies she uses every day. Watch them on the AIM Center Facebook page.
Isa's High-Tech Tools: Kurzweil and Inspiration (1:37)
Isa's Low-Tech Strategies: Lists and Calendars (1:28)
Become a fan and share your thoughts with us!
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New! Assistive Technology Research
Looking for high-quality research on AT devices and services? Check out the AIM Center's compilation of sources for research
articles with links to specific AT journals, disability and professional
journals, and national organizations that provide resources and information
about AT research.
The list is not exhaustive, and we encourage you to send
us additional resources for sharing with the community. Send suggestions to aim@cast.org.
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Upcoming Webinars and Presentations
Registration is now available for September and October AIM webinars and conference presentations on the AIM Center website. AIM Basics: A General Introduction to Accessible Instructional Materials. Strongly suggested as a prerequisite for other AIM webinars. September 14, 2010, 1:00-2:00 PM (EDT) Presenter: Joy Zabala Audience: General Student-Centered Leaders Series: AIM Center Supports for Decision-Making Teams September 14, 2010, 3:00-4:00 PM (EDT) Presenter: Joy Zabala Audience: SEAs, LEAs, educators, families who are members of IEP teams and other decision-making teams Learn more about AIM...Going to Closing the Gap or ATIA in Chicago?
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Meet the AIM Center Team
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  Joy Zabala, AIM Center
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Joy Zabala, Ed.D., ATP, is the Director of Technical Assistance
for the AIM Center and CAST. Some of you may know Joy from her recent work as Project
Director for the 15-state AIM Consortium. Others may know Joy as the developer
of the SETT Framework or as a founding member of
the QIAT Community of AT professionals. Still others may know her as that
amazing person who travels all over the country advocating for students with print disabilities and getting folks on board with
AIM. Most recently we know her as the instigator, driver and brains behind the newly
released AIM Navigator!
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TA Tips
| The single question we are most often asked is: Who
qualifies for accessible instructional materials?
Educators and families often confuse "need" with
"qualification." There is no "qualification" for accessible
instructional materials, per se.
Thinking about AIM begins with determining if
a student NEEDS AIM. Once need has been established and usable formats
identified, THEN it is time to think about the sources from which the needed
materials can be acquired. This is the step where "who qualifies?" comes
in. There are multiple sources of AIM and there are varying
"qualifications" that students must meet in order to receive and use materials
the different sources.
Using the AIM Navigator will help teams start at the beginning - establishing
need - then "navigate" through the entire process, including ACQUIRING
AIM where there is robust information about the sources and "who qualifies" for
each source.
As always, let us hear from you.
Joy Zabala
Director of Technical Assistance
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