The PATINS Project is an Indiana Department of Education/Division of Student Learning/Office of Differentiated Learners assistive technology systems change initiative. The project is made up of
five regional sites. Listed below are the coordinators from each site and their location.
Jeff Bond Central PATINS Indianapolis, IN 317-227-8544 Tina Jones SE PATINS Madison, IN 812-265-3989 Jim Lambert NW PATINS Crown Point, IN 219-662-6939 Daniel McNulty NE PATINS Columbia City, IN 800-669-4565 Sandy Stabenfeldt SW PATINS Evansville, IN 812-435-8384
Vicki Hershman is the PATINS State Project Director and is located in Indianapolis, IN.
Glenda Thompson is the PATINS State Planner and is located in Indianapolis, IN.The project is designed to impact both the organizational capacities of local public schools
and the professional capabilities of school staff in the delivery of assistive technology services
and the implementation of Universal Design for Learning Principles.PATINS has established lending libraries at each of our five operational sites. Equipment,
software, videos, and print materials are available to public school staff for preview and evaluation
purposes. In addition, PATINS offers workshops, both onsite and offsite, and offers technical
assistance to local school personnel on specific devices.PATINS also provides refurbished computer technology to qualifying public schools for use with
disabled, disadvantaged, and/or at-risk students.The Mission of PATINS is to provide access to technology tools and instruction on Universal
Design for Learning, so every student can participate and progress within the general curriculum.The PATINS Project supports the Indiana Part B State Performance Plan through the Indiana
Department of Education/Division of Student Learning/Office of Differentiated Learners.
PATINS READ:OUTLOUD TRAININGS EXTENDED!
Did you attend one of the Read:OutLoud sessions at the recent
PATINS Technology Expo?
If you missed the opportunity, you have another shot! The sessions
were totally packed and the excitement ran high as everyone began
to understand the possibilities regarding how Read:OutLoud will
support students. Everyone was amazed to find out that a technology
which traditionally costs $299 per student has been purchased for every student in the state of
Indiana who might benefit! Because Indiana is committed to supporting students who need
alternatives to text, Don Johnston is committed to supporting the implementation and success
of that initiative. Everyone interested in deepening their knowledge can now attend a virtual
coaching session that duplicates the PATINS training - FREE. These highly interactive webinars
will allow you to participate from your own internet-ready computer work-station. The session is
delivered in less than 45 minutes and includes materials that address logistical and classroom
management issues, student goal setting, skills assessment, as well as the thirty-minute tutorial.
Please join Mary Jo Barry and Mary Krenz for one of these trainings by clicking the following
link to check out a variety of dates and times available for registration!
https://donjohnston.webex.com/mw0305l/mywebex/personalroom/personalroom.do?
siteurl=donjohnston&AT=meet&username=Mary%20Jo
announce that the Indiana Center for Exceptional Learners' PATINS
Project has entered into an agreement with Don Johnston, Inc. to
provide Read:OutLoudUniversal Access, a digital text reader
software program, to local educational agencies in Indiana. This
statewide, unlimited license, agreement is available through the ICAM
at no cost to Indiana local educational agencies.Indiana's education administrators, general and special education
teachers, and families will find the Read:OutLoud Universal Access
software to be of particular importance to print disabled students who need access to a variety of
digital alternate formats of standard print instructional material.
This statewide initiative is intended to assist local educational agencies as they strive to
support the individual reading accommodations needed for students. The unlimited licensing
of the product will enable your district the greatest amount of flexibility in providing reading
related accommodations to your students at school and at home. The license includes
Take-Home Rights allowing the software to be provided for home use.
Click here for the complete announcement and frequently asked questions.
Click here for the new ICAM (Indiana Center for Accessible Materials) website.
*NEW*
We have added a PATINS Lending Library Review Forum.
Click here to access. Then click sign guestbook to add
your thoughts.
Let us know what works or what doesn't work.
Share your success or failure stories.
Tell others how the features of a particular piece of equipment are
meeting your student's specific educational/functional needs.
Universal Design for Learning: Policy Challenges and Recommendations
by Project Forum(Click here to link to document)
This policy forum proceedings document provides an introduction that includes
federal education regulatory language for universal design for learning (UDL).
It summarizes panel presentations from the higher education, state-level, local-level
and national-level perspectives. Throughout the panel and during the subsequent group
discussions, several suggestions and proposed strategies to improve policy to impact
implementation of UDL were given by participants. These are summarized.
