December 2013

Seasons Greetings from the AIM Center

The AIM Center team wishes you a lively and bright holiday season filled with many opportunities to enjoy family and friends!

We thank each of you for the many ways you support the AIM Center's mission and our work together to improve the timely delivery of high-quality accessible instructional materials to students with disabilities. We look forward to accomplishing much together in the year ahead!

- the AIM Center team

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Webinar: AIM Basics 2014 - Introduction to AIM for Educators and Families

DATE: Tuesday, January 7, 2014

TIME: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. EST

Start the new year off with this webinar for educators and families who are new to accessible instructional materials (AIM). Join us to learn the current basic information about the provision of accessible instructional materials. Topics in this introductory webinar include legal issues, the changing language of AIM, a decision-making process, and how to locate and use supporting AIM Center resources including the AIM Quick Starts for Families and Educators web resource.

AUDIENCE: Educators, families, and others just getting started with AIM

PRESENTER(S): Joy Zabala, Diana Carl

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Webinar: Buy Accessible! What that Means and Why it Matters

DATE: Thursday, February 13, 2014
TIME: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. EST

Join us for an engaging conversation about the purposes and benefits of purchasing digital learning materials that are designed with robust accessibility features. Examples of accessibility features in both content and delivery systems will be discussed and shared. Participants will also learn about the tools and supports available through the AIM Center's PALM (Purchase Accessible Learning Materials) Initiative.

AUDIENCE: State and local administrators, educators, and families
PRESENTER(S): Joy Zabala, Diana Carl, Chuck Hitchcock

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Webinar: Using AIM Center Resources in the Provision of Learning Opportunities

DATE: Thursday, February 20, 2014
TIME: 1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m. EST

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Are you involved with teacher training or are you a family service provider? If so, join us for an introduction and an overview of AIM Center materials and tools that are especially useful to those providing learning opportunities to administrators, teachers. and families. Selected products will be demonstrated and discussed along with possible capacity-building strategies for their use in a variety of settings across a range of participants.

AUDIENCE: Teacher trainers at pre-service and in-service levels, family service providers
PRESENTER(S): Joy Zabala, Diana Carl

New Resource From the AIM Center

Understanding Federal Policy About AIM--In Plain English!

photo of Capital Hill Building Bookmark our new Federal Policy webpage! Now you can quickly find answers to the most commonly asked policy questions regarding AIM, including IDEA and NIMAS regulations, the Chafee Amendment, Section 508, information on the NIMAS Standards Board, and more!

What Does IDEA Say About Access to Instructional Materials?
What Other Parts of IDEA Relate to AIM?
Why Are Section 504 and the ADA Important for AIM?
What Does Copyright Law Have to Do with AIM?

AIM and NIMAS Advisory Board Meetings Update

The annual AIM Advisory Board Meeting will be held in April this year in Washington, DC with a focus on the work we are doing with the ten states involved in intensive AIM technical assistance.

The NIMAS Standards Board will meet in Orlando, FL on January 29, 2014. Meeting information will be available shortly on the AIM website.

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