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AIM Center

AIM Center at a Glance

For students with sensory, physical, cognitive, or learning differences and their teachers, accessible instructional materials (AIM) may open doors to teaching and learning that ordinary print-based materials have closed. Accessible instructional materials or AIM are specialized formats of curricular content that can be used by and with students who are unable to read or use standard print materials. Specialized formats include braille, audio, large print, and digital text. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) includes a requirement that schools provide AIM in a timely manner to K–12 students who need them for participation and achievement.

Principal Investigator: David Rose, CAST
Director: Chuck Hitchcock, CAST
OSEP Project Officer: Michael Slade

AIM Center Services

The AIM Center serves as a resource for stakeholders, including state- and district-level educators, parents, publishers, conversion houses, accessible media producers, and others interested in learning more about and implementing AIM and NIMAS.

Knowledge Development

Developing and sustaining a readily available base of information and tools to build the capacity of stakeholders to effectively implement the NIMAS and other sources of AIM.

Technical Assistance and Dissemination

Providing stakeholders with expert technical assistance and customized “just-in-time” consultation on major issues relevant to the timely provision of AIM. An extensive menu of technical assistance resources is available on this web site:

• Teaching and Training Resources
• Decision-Making Tools and Resources
• Technologies for AIM and NIMAS
• AIM Across the Curriculum

Connection between the TTA states and leaders of the former AIM Consortium states results in a network of 25 states who are working with the AIM Center (as well as several other states) to improve the outcomes of students with disabilities through the timely provision of AIM.

Leadership and Coordination Activities

Collaborating with OSEP, AIM-related OSEP-funded projects, technical assistance and dissemination center networks, family centers, and post-secondary AIM providers to build capacity for and raise awareness about the timely provision and use of AIM to improve outcomes for students with print-related disabilities.

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