90BISB0033
Project Grant
Overview
Grant Description
Middle school social stories to improve social skills for students who are blind or have low vision.
The goals of this project are (1) to use an accessible interactive fiction (AIF) story to improve the social skills for an underserved population, specifically middle school students with a vision impairment (VI), and to provide information to their instructor (parent or teacher) to deliver targeted instruction in areas of most need.
The objectives include: (1) for each of the five stories, define the requirements of an AIF story that enable students to practice key social skills, using any computer/mobile device with a web browser; (2) create the five stories based on objective 1; (3) build a web service to capture the student’s progress; and (4) measure the acceptability and usefulness of MSS with actual middle school students who represent a cross-section of the underserved population, to improve the student’s social skills and to help the instructor deliver more targeted instruction.
Anticipated outcomes are the student’s mastery of social skills and an instructor’s ability to deliver more targeted instruction in face-to-face provisioning of habilitation. The expected product is a system that middle school VI students will use under instructor guidance, to help these students survive and thrive in school, by improving their social skills which will result in more of these students graduating high school and finding increased access to job opportunities, increased earning potential, economic stability, and personal growth.
The goals of this project are (1) to use an accessible interactive fiction (AIF) story to improve the social skills for an underserved population, specifically middle school students with a vision impairment (VI), and to provide information to their instructor (parent or teacher) to deliver targeted instruction in areas of most need.
The objectives include: (1) for each of the five stories, define the requirements of an AIF story that enable students to practice key social skills, using any computer/mobile device with a web browser; (2) create the five stories based on objective 1; (3) build a web service to capture the student’s progress; and (4) measure the acceptability and usefulness of MSS with actual middle school students who represent a cross-section of the underserved population, to improve the student’s social skills and to help the instructor deliver more targeted instruction.
Anticipated outcomes are the student’s mastery of social skills and an instructor’s ability to deliver more targeted instruction in face-to-face provisioning of habilitation. The expected product is a system that middle school VI students will use under instructor guidance, to help these students survive and thrive in school, by improving their social skills which will result in more of these students graduating high school and finding increased access to job opportunities, increased earning potential, economic stability, and personal growth.
Awardee
Funding Goals
NOT APPLICABLE
Grant Program (CFDA)
Awarding / Funding Agency
Place of Performance
Florida
United States
Geographic Scope
State-Wide
Related Opportunity
Analysis Notes
Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 100% from $287,500 to $575,000.
Objective Ed was awarded
Project Grant 90BISB0033
worth $575,000
from National Institute on Disability Independent Living and Rehabilitation Research in June 2024 with work to be completed primarily in Florida United States.
The grant
has a duration of 2 years and
was awarded through assistance program 93.433 ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research.
The Project Grant was awarded through grant opportunity Small Business Innovation Research Program (SBIR) Phase II.
SBIR Details
Research Type
SBIR Phase II
Title
Middle School Social Stories to improve social skills for students who are blind or have low vision.
Abstract
The goals of this project are (1) to use an Accessible Interactive Fiction (AIF) story to improve the social skills for an underserved population, specifically middle school students with a vision impairment (VI), and to provide information to their instructor (parent or teacher) to deliver targeted instruction in areas of most need. The objectives include: (1) for each of the five stories, define the requirements of an AIF story that enable students to practice key social skills, using any computer/mobile device with a web browser; (2) create the five stories based on Objective 1; (3) build a web service to capture the student’s progress; and (4) measure the acceptability and usefulness of MSS with actual middle school students who represent a cross-section of the underserved population, to improve the student’s social skills and to help the instructor deliver more targeted instruction. Anticipated outcomes are the student’s mastery of social skills and an instructor’s ability to deliver more targeted instruction in face-to-face provisioning of habilitation. The expected product is a system that middle school VI students will use under instructor guidance, to help these students survive and thrive in school, by improving their social skills which will result in more of these students graduating high school and finding increased access to job opportunities, increased earning potential, economic stability, and personal growth.
Topic Code
NIDILRR
Solicitation Number
HHS-2024-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0070
Status
(Ongoing)
Last Modified 4/4/25
Period of Performance
6/1/24
Start Date
5/31/26
End Date
Funding Split
$575.0K
Federal Obligation
$0.0
Non-Federal Obligation
$575.0K
Total Obligated
Activity Timeline
Transaction History
Modifications to 90BISB0033
Additional Detail
Award ID FAIN
90BISB0033
SAI Number
90BISB0033-3552004796
Award ID URI
SAI UNAVAILABLE
Awardee Classifications
Small Business
Awarding Office
75BG00 ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Funding Office
75BG00 ACL National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
Awardee UEI
JEPHNDSLXKE1
Awardee CAGE
8ETK2
Performance District
FL-90
Senators
Marco Rubio
Rick Scott
Rick Scott
Modified: 4/4/25