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=Targeted Technical Assistance (TTA) Grant - Indiana Center for Accessible Materials (ICAM)=

1000 West Fourth Street Mt. Vernon, IN 47620 812-838-4471
 * MSD of Mt. Vernon**

//Instructions for wiki participants:// //I've typed in the 7 indicators that we must address for our action plan. Notes that I took on 11/15/11 are in parentheses. My addition(s) will be in red. You may add to each of the items below. If possible, try to visit this site several times over the time span until we meet again. Please make any additions to help build our plan!// //Thanks, Jody//

__Action Plan__
Quality Indicators for the Provision of Accessible Materials - 7 Indicators

1. Support the provision of appropriate, high-quality instructional materials in **//specialized formats//** to all students with print disabilities who require them. (notes...Braille, large print, digital, audio)

2. Support the provision of appropriate specialized formats in a **//timely manner//**. (notes...need to address digital & audio)

3. Develop and implement written guidelines to define the responsibilities and actions needed for effective and efficient provision of specialized formats. (notes...ICAM @http://www.icam.k12.in.us/

4. Develop checklist for the ID of students. Create written procedure for procurement of appropriate accessible materials. Include a timeline)

JP: The Textbook Adoption Committee (TAC) upon recommending a selected text will communicate with the publisher the necessity to provide free NIMAS text materials to NIMAC. The TAC will notify the TTA Grant Committee of the selected text(s) allowing TTA members to check the ICAM website for the publisher's compliance with NIMAC. Any contract for purchase with the publisher must contain the provision that the publisher will provide free NIMAS materials to NIMAC. This provision will allow for accessible materials for identified students through the ICAN platform.

5. Support learning opportunities and technical assistance to facilitate the identification of students with print disabilities, as well as the selection, acquisition, and use of appropriate specialized formats. (notes...Case Conference)

6. Develop and implement a systematic process to monitor and evaluate the equitable, timely provision of appropriate, high-quality materials in specialized formats.

7. Use data to guide changes that support continuous improvement in the selection, acquisition, and use of accessible instructional materials.

8. Allocate resources sufficient to ensure the delivery and sustainability of quality services to students with print disabilities.

[[image:action_plan_logo.jpg width="112" height="100" align="left"]] **Click here to see the Action Plan**.[[file:AIM action plan mt. vernon.docx]]
Possible Teacher Training Needed: 1) What is a “print disability”?

**Not sure about what an "organic brain dysfuntion" means...check out this document** [[file:ORGANIC BRAIN DYSFUNCTION.docx]]
2) Time-lines required 3) Type(s) of technology available 4) Steps to identify students with possible print disability 5) Steps to match needs to technology 6) Steps to acquire the suggested technology 7) Where/How to document the accessible material in the IEP. (Data needed to back up decision? Need approval from Special Services first?) 8) Navigating aim.cast.org and other programs 9) Criteria for //maintaining// the use of accessible materials///removal of// accessible materials

=**The following items were added by the PATINS Staff!** =

** Additional resources available at: **
http://patins-training.wikispaces.com/Accessible+Instructional+Materials+%28AIM%29


 * Acronym help!** [[file:ACRONYMS FOR AIM.docx]]

[|Sample contract language for textbooks.]

[|ICAM (Indiana Center for Accessible Materials)]

[|Sample TTA Grant AIM Action Plan]

[|TTA Action Plan Cover Sheet]

[|Blank TTA Grant AIM Action Plan]

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