"The Interests and Abilities Map is a tool that students and their parents can use to better understand the student’s unique profile of interests, skills, challenges, potential and opportunities.
The IAM empowers the student in the setting and achieving of his or her own educational goals.
Shared with a parent, it can provide the basis for nurturing the child's unique gifts, challenges and interests.
Shared with a teacher, it can become the basis for indivdualizing the educational experience to meet the unique needs of the student."