Best Practices
In order to reduce duplication of costs and effort, and maximize innovation and expertise in developing and distributing accessible instructional materials, the AIM Consortium is committed to sharing high impact, replicable Best Practice Products and Services. These are anticipated to include:
- Professional development—online and face-to-face
- Tracking systems for instructional materials delivery
- Models to reconcile State and Federal statutory and regulatory provisions regarding accessible formats
- Instruments and tools for processing student data and IEPs
- Systems for integrating acquisition and delivery systems of K-16 materials.
General Resources
Statutory Requirements for States and Local Education Agencies
NIMAS in IDEA 2004 Regulations Summary
http://nimas.cast.org/about/regulations/osep_summary.html
National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard (NIMAS) Module
http://www.nichcy.org/training/contents.asp#NIMAS
Resources for determining student eligibility
Who is Eligible?
http://www.loc.gov/nls/eligible.html
What About Reading Disability?
http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/factsheets/readingdisabilities.html
The Copyright Conundrum , From Accessible Textbooks in the Classroom
http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/accessible_textbooks.html#support_district_copy
Selecting and using specialized formats
Learning Through Listening
http://www.rfbd.org
RFB&D membership form (PDF)
http://www.rfbd.org/instapp.pdf
Bookshare.org Membership Agreement
http://stahl19.googlepages.com/Group_Agreement_2008.doc
Creating student-ready materials
CAST NIMAS Conversion Tool
http://nimas.cast.org/about/resources/conversion_tool.html
DTBMaker
http://w3.wmcnet.org/dtbmaker/
NIMAS/DAISY Readers
Read OutLoud
http://www.donjohnston.com/products/read_outloud/
gh Player
http://www.gh-accessibility.com/
Kurzweil
http://www.kurzweiledu.com/
TextHelp
http://www.texthelp.com/page.asp
DAISY Playback Tools
http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?Cat=playback
