1. An APH Products Primer featuring Patrick the APH Products Point Person
Presented by
Kerry Isham,
APH Field Services Representative

2. Copyrighted property of the American Printing House for the Blind No part or whole may be copied or distributed without the express written consent of APH © 2011, 2017

3. APH offers a wide assortment of educational products for individuals who are blind and visually impaired.

4. Patrick the APH Products Point Person is here to tell you all about them.

5. Most APH Products can fall into two basic categories:
Most APH Products can fall into two basic categories: - Products for the Core Curriculum Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum
Products shown: Core Curriculum – Number Line Device, Geometro Student Workbook Kit. ECC – Tactile Town, Transition Tote System - Revised

6. What exactly is the difference between these two important categories?

7. First let’s consider the core curriculum…

8. In other words, the core curriculum is the basic information that we would expect any and all students to master in school before moving ahead.
Product shown: Address Earth: Large Print Atlas

9. Let’s check back with Patrick…
The Core Curriculum
- English and Language Arts, Including Foreign Languages
- Mathematics
Science and Health
Social Studies
Fine Arts
- Business and Voc Education
- Physical Education
The Core Curriculum
- English and Language Arts, Including Foreign Languages
- Mathematics
Science and Health
Social Studies
Fine Arts
- Business and Voc Education
- Physical Education

10. Let’s look at some APH products that address the needs of the Core Curriculum English Language Arts & Other Languages
Products shown: Building on Patterns, Word Playhouse
All Aboard!
The Sight Word Activity Express
Building on Patterns

11. Products for the Core Curriculum - Mathematics
Venn Diagram Template Kit
Products shown: Venn Diagram Template Kit, Number Line Device, Focus in Math Kit
Geometro Cones and
Cylinders Kit
Numberline Device

12. Products for the Core Curriculum - Science
Azer’s Periodic Table
Products shown: Life Science Tactile Graphics, Azer’s Periodic Table of the Elements Kit, DNA Twist
Life Science
Tactile Graphics
Touch, Label and Learn Human Skeleton

13. Products for the Core Curriculum – Health & Physical Education
Products shown: Rib-It Ball, Walk/Run for Fitness Kit, Games for People with Sensory Impairments
Rib-It Ball

14. Products for the Core Curriculum – Fine Arts
Products shown: The Draftsman, Time for Art
The Draftsman

15. Products for the Core Curriculum – Social Studies
Map Study I Kit:
Maps Represent Real Places
Address Earth, Section 2:
Large Print Atlas
Products shown: Address Earth – Large Print Atlas – Section 2, Map Study I Kit: Maps Represent Real Places, U.S. and Canada Tactile Print Atlas
U.S. and Canada
Tactile Print Atlas

16. Products for the Core Curriculum – Business & Vocational Ed.
Products shown: Foldrite Letter Folding Tool, The Impressor
Foldrite Letter
Folding Tool
The Impressor

17. In addition to the core curriculum, a student who is blind or visually impaired needs to work harder and more deliberately than his or her peers when it comes to understanding and navigating the world outside of this basic scholarly material – and this is what is covered in the E X P A N D E D Core Curriculum.

18. So, how do we define expanded core curriculum?

19. What subjects make up the Expanded Core Curriculum?
- Compensatory or functional academic skills, including communication modes
- Orientation and mobility
- Social interaction skills
- Independent living skills
- Recreation and leisure skills
- Career education/transition
- Assistive technology
- Sensory efficiency skills
- Self-determination
Expanded Core Curriculum
- Compensatory or functional academic skills, including communication modes
- Orientation and mobility
- Social interaction skills
- Independent living skills
- Recreation and leisure skills
- Career education/transition
- Assistive technology
- Sensory efficiency skills
- Self-determination

20. Let’s look at some APH products that address the needs of the Expanded Core Curriculum.
Compensatory or Functional Academic Skills, Including Communication Modes
PermaBraille
Sheets
Products shown: PermaBraille Sheets, APH Light-Touch Perkins Brailler, 4 X 6 Interpoint Braille Slate
APH Light-Touch
Perkins Brailler
4 X 6 Interpoint
Braille Slate

21. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Orientation & Mobility
O&M Tactile
Graphics
Products shown: O&M Tactile Graphics, O&M Family Booklet Software, Picture Maker Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit
Picture Maker
Wheatley Tactile
Diagramming Kit
O&M Family
Booklet
Software

22. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Social Interaction Skills
Products shown: Getting to Know You Kit, EZ Track Calendar: A Low Vision Appointment Book & Calendar
EZ Track Calendar:
A Low Vision
Appointment Book
and Calendar
Getting to Know You Kit

23. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Independent Living Skills
Products shown: Colorino, EZ Fill Pouring Aid
Colorino
EZ Fill Pouring Aid

24. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Recreation & Leisure Skills
Toodle
Tiles
Products shown: Web Chase, Toodle Tiles, Everybody Plays
Web Chase
Everybody
Plays

25. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Career Education & Transition
Products shown: K-FAST: Kaufman Functional Academic Skills Test, Transition Tote System - Revised
K-Fast: Kaufman
Functional Academic
Skills Test
Transition Tote
System, Revised

26. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Use of Assistive Technology
VideoMag HD
Products shown: Book Port Plus, Miniguide US, Visiobook
Book Port Plus
Miniguide US

27. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Sensory Efficiency Skills
Products shown: Giant Textured Beads and Pattern-Matching Cards, Digital Light Box Artwork
Giant Textured Beads and
Pattern Matching Cards
Digital Light
Box Artwork

28. Products for the Expanded Core Curriculum – Self-Determination
Products: Going Places, Reach for the Stars – Planning for the Future
Reach for the Stars, Planning for the Future
Going Places

29. But how can my child or student benefit from these products
But how can my child or student benefit from these products? Do I have to buy them all myself? That could get very costly.

30. The short answer to this question is: Federal Quota
The Federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind was enacted by Congress in This act is a means for providing adapted educational materials to eligible students who meet the definition of blindness. An annual registration of eligible students determines a per capita amount of money designated for the purchase of educational materials produced by the American Printing House for the Blind (APH). These funds are credited to Federal Quota accounts which are maintained and administered by APH and its Ex Officio Trustees throughout the country.

31. How federal quota funding for a product is determined:
Products offered by APH through the Federal Quota program must be:
specially developed or adapted to meet instructional
needs of individuals who are blind/visually impaired
commercially unavailable at the time of development
manufactured by APH or with APH specifications
designed for use by students younger than college-
level who are blind or visually impaired, or for service
providers working with such students
available in the United States exclusively from APH

32. So… Federal quota funds can be used to purchase many of the APH products for Core Curriculum and Expanded Core Curriculum needs. Talk to one of your state APH Ex Officio Trustees to find out more.

33. Here’s Patrick again…

34. “Over 75% of our new products are the result of your suggestions
“Over 75% of our new products are the result of your suggestions. And the remaining 25% of new products, submitted by APH staff, are the direct result of listening to your needs, and then submitting product ideas based on those needs.” -- Ralph Bartley, APH Director of Research, Annual Research Report

35. Patrick Slide

36. Do You Have Product Feedback or a Product Idea
Do You Have Product Feedback or a Product Idea? Go to this URL and tell us about it! Kerry Isham, Field Services Representative