The Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems (CITES) aims to empower school districts to build and maintain technology systems that include every student, particularly children and youth with disabilities who require assistive technology and accessible materials. The CITES Framework is a helpful guide that encourages positive change within a district. It works alongside technology and instructional efforts already in place, bringing together experts and coaches at various levels to assist local teams in making and maintaining inclusive technology systems.
Center on Inclusive Technology & Education Systems (CITES)
Specialty Area
- Educational Technology
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Coaching
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
- Research
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Innovative Technology for Early Childhood Assessment (INTECA)
The purpose of the project is to increase the body of knowledge on equitable and innovative approaches for implementing and integrating technology into informal and formal authentic early childhood assessments and to build capacity of the field to use technology to support authentic assessment through disseminating tools, methods, and frameworks.
Specialty Area
- Educational Technology
- Part C
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
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Level of Support
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National Instructional Materials Access Center
Created by IDEA 2004, the NIMAC is a federally-funded, searchable online repository of source files for K-12 instructional materials. We receive files in the XML-based NIMAS (National Instructional Materials Accessibility Standard) format, and states use these materials in the production of accessible formats such as braille, large print, and digital text. The NIMAC currently has over 74,000 files from more than 160 publishers.
Specialty Area
- Accessible Education Materials
- Educational Technology
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
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Level of Support
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Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers (RPTACs)
The Regional PTACs help OSEP’s funded network of Parent Centers address administrative/management challenges and increase their capacities to provide information and training to families of children with disabilities. This resource takes you to the Center for Parent Information & Resources site where you can find more information about the four Regional Parent Technical Assistance Centers.
Some of the Technical Assistance (TA) Services RPTACs provide to Parent Centers include:
- One-to-one consultations
- Training/Webinars
- Training for non-profit board training members
- Help with needs assessment
- Peer-to-peer mentoring
- TA using technology to enhance programs and services
- Regional meetings and conferences
- Site visits
- Non-profit management tools
- Newsletters
- Family- and Youth-centered service strategies
Specialty Area
- Parents, Families, & Youth
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- State Education Agencies
Services
- Consulting
- Content Expertise
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STEMIE: Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education
he STEM Innovation for Inclusion in Early Education (STEMI2E2) Center aims to:
- Develop and enhance the knowledge base on engagement in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning opportunities for young children with disabilities (O-5);
- Implement high-quality technical assistance and professional development to increase engagement for young children with disabilities in STEM opportunities; and
- Engage partners and stakeholders from diverse disciplines and industry in work to increase the inclusion of young children with disabilities in early high-quality STEM learning experiences.
Specialty Area
- Educational Technology
- Inclusive Practices
Primary Audience
- Administrators
- Families
- School Counselors
- School Districts
- Schools
- State Education Agencies
- Teachers
Services
- Content Expertise
Regions/States
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