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Introducing the PALM Initiative

The PALM Initiative aims to encourage the purchase and creation of accessible learning materials, ensuring all students have equal access to quality education. Learn about PALM beliefs, objectives, and how to support accessibility in education.

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Introducing the PALM Initiative

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  1. Introducing the PALM Initiative

  2. What is the PALM Initiative? The PALM Initiative is focused on encouraging purchasers to buy, and publishers and developers to create, accessible learning materials.

  3. PALM Beliefs PALM Objectives Bring accessibility into the lexicon and daily activities of educators and others who purchase learning materials Increase the number of educators who are seeking and purchasing materials that are useable by all students from the start • No student should be denied the right to a high quality education • All education settings should be accessible to every student • Materials, in allsettings, should be useable by every student from the start • Schools cannot rely on parallel delivery systems or on costly and difficult accommodations http://aem.cast.org/navigating/palm.html

  4. Why buy accessible? • Supports inclusion • Benefits all students’ learning • Benefits teachers • Reduces complexity • Reduces costly accomodations

  5. What are accessible learning materials? • Accessible educational materials are designed to give students with disabilities the opportunity to learn the same information, engage in the same interactions, and enjoy the same services as students without disabilities • To ensure this is possible, both the content and the technology used to deliver and interact with the content need to be accessible, so both must be considered.

  6. What can you do?

  7. Purchasers Educators Create lesson plans and units that include accessible materials Introduce PALM at a staff meeting Form an accessibility action team Talk with administrators, technology coordinators, and purchasing coordinators about accessibility • Require that all materials purchased are fully accessible • Incorporate accessibility into your policies and practices • Include accessibility in contract language

  8. Advocates Families Create an accessibility action group in your child’s school or district Inform school administrators about accessibility Talk with your child’s teacher about accessibility Talk with other parents and parent groups about accessibility • Present PALM to your stakeholders • Share the PALM documents through your networks • Include accessibility in your mission statement • Form an accessibility taskforce

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