Description:
Navigating the web of acronyms surrounding Accessible Instructional Materials can be confusing and frustrating. NIMAC, NIMAS, Chaffee, 504, 508, etc: What do they all mean? As educators, we have an obligation to provide equally effective access to the general curriculum for our students with disabilities. How do we make sense of all this to get access to what our students need? This workshop will provide participants with a clear path of navigation through the maze of AIM and the related terminology.

Speaker Biographies:

Jan McSorley is an Assistive Technology Specialist for the Austin Independent School District where she works to identify technology solutions for students with disabilities. She also promotes disability awareness within her district and within the community in order to ensure equally effective access to educational services for students with disabilities. She has presented on AT related topics at local, regional, state, national and international conferences. She is one of the original co-authors of the ATSTAR curriculum (ATSTAR.org) and the AT portion of the Master Texas Technology Teacher curriculum for Texas A&M University.

Carye Edelman has 31 years of experience in Special Education. This includes 11 years of teaching and 20 years as an Assistive Technology Specialist. She holds an ATP certification from RESNA and has completed AT training through CSUN. She has presented over the last 20 years on AT related topics at the local, regional, state, national and international levels. She is one of the original co-authors of the ATSTAR curriculum (ATSTAR.org) and the AT portion of the Master Texas Technology Teacher curriculum for Texas A&M University.

Piret Sari-Tate has worked in the field of Assistive Technology for 21 years. Before that, she was a classroom teacher. She holds a RESNA ATP certificate and has completed CSUN's ATACP course. Ms. Sari-Tate has presented workshops at national and international conferences. She is one of the original co-authors of the ATSTAR Curriculum and the Assistive Technology portion of the Master Texas Technology Teacher curriculum for Texas A & M University.

 

Learning Outcomes:
As a result of this activity, participants will be able to:

1. Participants will understand the history of disability law and its impact on how we provide services to students with disabilities today.

2. Participants will be able to; Define AIM; Identify the various formats and their applications; Describe how assistive technologies make materials accessible.

3. Participants will be able to describe how Sections 504 and 508 of the Rehabilitation Act impact students with disabilities and their access to AIM in the K-12 setting from a civil rights perspective.

 

Additional Information: http://www.atia.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3628

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CEUs
This activity is offered for up to 0.1 CEUs (1.0 hours of instruction).

To register for CEUs, click on the link below to download the Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form, complete the form, and save the file using this file name model:

2011-ATIA-Webinar-AT11-WEB24-K12setting.rtf.

Then send the file as an email attachment to ceus@aacinstitute.org. If any difficulty is encountered in using this form, write to ceus@aacinstitute.org to request an alternative file format. In the body of the email, include:

Name
Assistive Technology Role (SLP, OT, family, etc.)
State (if USA), Province (if Canada), or other country

Download Evaluation and Learning Assessment Form now.

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Certificates are sent as .pdf email attachments.