PPD/IEP: RASEM Regional Alliance of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics for Students with Disabilities

面向残疾学生的RASEM（区域科学、工程和数学联盟）是由新墨西哥州、西德克萨斯州和俄克拉荷马州的21所两年制和四年制大学或社区学院组成的联盟。附属合作伙伴包括新墨西哥州教育部、埃尔帕索第19区特殊教育、拉斯克鲁塞斯公立学校、洛斯阿拉莫斯国家实验室、桑迪亚国家实验室、新墨西哥州盲人委员会和新墨西哥州职业康复部。在广泛的范围内，RASEM已经启动了多个项目，以缓解RASEM地理区域内残疾学生在SMET中缺乏代表性的问题。包含小学、中学和大学组成部分的RASEM项目面向所有年龄的残疾学生。典型的推广项目包括新墨西哥州立大学（NMSU）的Netsurf，它让初高中学生有了网页电脑体验；新墨西哥大学洛斯阿拉莫斯分校的儿童学院，为五年级和六年级学生提供动手科学体验；以及为纳瓦霍中学生提供两周科学乐趣的丁社区学院。第十九区举办的教师工作坊，透过特殊教育教师与通识教育教师的合作，加强共融，促进高中生升入大学的桥梁。MAVIS是新密歇根州立大学数学系的一个项目，旨在快速有效地将课堂和其他数学文档翻译成内梅特盲文。教师小额补助金使三州地区的教师能够通过创造性的学校活动和实地考察，将对数学和科学的热情带给残疾学生。上述提到的项目并不具有包容性，但可以看出亚欧会议的意图和影响。在其存在的两年多时间里，亚欧会议在我们整个地区都广为人知。来自学生、老师和其他人的评论让我们确信，亚欧会议已经产生了重大影响。RASEM已经在西南地区播下了科学兴奋的种子，现在这种作物正在被种植。NSF和整个社会的进一步支持将确保RASEM的努力取得成果。

RASEM (Regional Alliance of Science, Engineering and Mathematics) for students with disabilities is an alliance of 21 two- and four-year universities or community colleges in New Mexico, West Texas, and Oklahoma. Affiliate partners include the New Mexico Department of Education, Region 19 Special Education in El Paso, Las Cruces Public Schools, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico Commission for the Blind, and the New Mexico Department of Vocational Rehabilitation. Broad in scope, RASEM has initiated multiple projects to alleviate the lack of representation in SMET by students with disabilities in the RASEM geographic area. RASEM projects with elementary, secondary, and college components reach out to students with disabilities of all ages. Typical outreach projects include Netsurf at New Mexico State University (NMSU) which excites middle and high school students with Web page computer experiences; the Children's College at UNM/Los Alamos which touches 5th and 6th graders with hands-on science experiences; and the Din Community College which brings two weeks of science fun to middle school Navajo students. Teacher workshops conducted by Region 19 reinforce inclusion and promote bridging of high school students into college through cooperation between special and general education teachers. MAVIS, a project in the NMSU Math Department, is working to be able to quickly and effectively translate classroom and other math documents into Nemeth braille. Teacher mini-grants have allowed teachers throughout the three- state region to bring enthusiasm for math and science to their students with disabilities through creative school activities and field trips. The projects mentioned are not inclusive but give a flavor of the intent and impact of RASEM. In the two plus years of its existence, RASEM has made itself known throughout our region. Comments from students, teachers and others have assured us that RASEM has made a critical dif ference. RASEM has sown the seeds of science excitement in the Southwest and the crop is now being cultivated. Further support from NSF and the community at large will assure that the RASEM efforts will come to fruition.