Accessible Curriculum Materials for Students with ASN
Page last updated: 06 April 2010

Sections 7 to 9

Section 7: Availability of Accesible Materials (pdf, 0.46 Mb)

  1. Background
  2. Revealweb
  3. Commercial Publishers and Suppliers
  4. Audio books
    1. eBooks
    2. Electronic texts from publishers
    3. Specialist formats from educational publishers
  5. Local authority services
  6. Schools
  7. SQA Assessment and examination papers
  8. Free texts on the internet
  9. Sample survey of available materials
  10. RNIB Scotland National Transcription Consortium

Section 8: Unmet Support Needs (pdf, 0.28 Mb)

  1. Background to Section 8
  2. Defining unmet support needs
    1. Not exempt from copyright; print support needs are being addressed; few unmet support needs
    2. 1 Copyright exemption applies; print support needs are being addressed; some unmet support needs
      1. Numbers and support needs
      2. Curriculum materials needed and accessible formats
      3. Services local and national
      4. Copyright exemption
    3. 2 Copyright exemption applies; print support needs are not addressed; significant unmet support needs
      1. Pupils with a visual impairment and additional difficulties
      2. Pupils with physical impairment
    4. 3 Not exempt from copyright; print support needs are not addressed; significant unmet support needs
      1. Pupils with a support plan in place
      2. Pupils without a support plan in place
    5. 4 Meeting print support needs more effectively
      1. Pupils with a visual impairment
      2. Pupils with other impairments

    Section 9: Examples of Best Practice (pdf, 0.90 Mb)

    1. Background to Section 9
    2. Supporting Reading
      1. Secondary school 1
      2. Secondary school 2
    3. Supporting Seeing
      1. Edinburgh and Lothians VTSS
    4. Supporting Understanding
      1. Supporting Deaf Children – Fife's Sensory Support Service
      2. Symbolised Oxford Reading Tree books - Croftcroighn School, Glasgow
      3. Priory Woods School, Middlesbrough
      4. CALL Centre Symbol Story Packs
    5. Supporting holding books and turning the page
      1. 'Helen'
      2. 'Megan'
      3. Switch accessible resources
    6. Supporting writing and recording
      1. 'John'
      2. Local authority implementation of WordTalk
      3. SQA Digital Question Papers