Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009 
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm ET
Presenters: Joy Smiley Zabala, Ed. D., ATP, is the project manager of the federally-funded AIM Consortium, a fifteen-state project headed by the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). 

Jeff Diedrich is the director of Michigan’s Integrated Technology Supports (MITS), a project of the Michigan Department of Education that focuses on assistive technology, accessible instructional materials, and implementation and scale-up of UDL.

Skip Stahl is project director for the NIMAS Development Center at CAST and leads a national initiative implementing the transformation of K-12 textbooks into specialized accessible formats for students with print disabilities.

Jenna Wasson Gravel is a Research Associate and Instructional Designer at CAST.

This webinar will focus on the selection, acquisition and use of accessible instructional materials (AIM) for students who require them for educational participation and achievement.  Questions to be explored include:  What are accessible instructional materials (AIM)?  Which students need AIM?  What are the sources for AIM? What support is available to state and local education agencies, educators, and families? How do accessible instructional materials relate to NIMAS, AT, and UDL?

Click here to register ($39 registration fee) for this ATIA sponsored webinar. Click here to learn more about the presenters.