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soliver

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Sep 4, 2019, 11:53:42 AM9/4/19
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Not sure if this group is active anymore but I am looking for someone to talk to about how to discuss membership in a large urban public school district - especially around students with significant reading disabilities in various SPED programs. across our large and varied district 

Sort of feel like I had conversations around this years ago when I did the mentor program and also worked more closely with Bookshare. I felt I had a good understanding of what to say and refer to when training teachers and am feeling challenged right now by someone higher up in the district.

We are also trying to use Clever in our district and I really want Bookshare to show up on the Dashboard for SPED teachers and student using it so this has raised issues around do we want it there for student who do not qualify for an account too - not sure this will make sense for anyone not using Clever but looking for someone to discuss this with

Debbie Campbell

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Sep 4, 2019, 11:56:54 AM9/4/19
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What is the push back you are getting? Are you looking for the best way to explain what Bookshare is and how it benefits students or resources for how to train teachers and students?

Debbie Campbell
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soliver

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Sep 4, 2019, 2:31:42 PM9/4/19
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I think it is really that there is a sort of grey area around the Learning Disabilities qualifications and based on the professional who work with the student. From my experience working with Bookshare and participating in many trainings we always have discussed that if a student has an IEP or 504 and is significantly behind in their reading levels (3 to 4 levels) because of different learning challenges - then they are eligible for a Bookshare account. I feel this is being challenged. I have an RSP teacher and I think some of the students on his caseload have Bookshare are being questioned and I got this response which just felt weird or uncomfortable when I read it - There is an individual level of analysis of the student's particular disability and impact on access to text that we have to think through at the same time we look for ways to promote bookshare.

This was posted on the Bookshare Mentor group a while back but I like it and like the term barrier - 
Hi all. As you probably know, a student does not have to have an IEP to qualify for Bookshare. He or she needs to have some kind of barrier to reading printed text, as attested by a Competent Authority. We leave the decision about qualification up to you as professionals working with students. We have recently updated some of our FAQs about qualifications, and you may find the new information of interest:


On Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 8:56:54 AM UTC-7, debbiec_denver wrote:
What is the push back you are getting? Are you looking for the best way to explain what Bookshare is and how it benefits students or resources for how to train teachers and students?

Debbie Campbell
Effective Technology For Learning, LLC


On Wednesday, September 4, 2019, 09:53:45 AM MDT, soliver <sol...@wccusd.net> wrote:


Not sure if this group is active anymore but I am looking for someone to talk to about how to discuss membership in a large urban public school district - especially around students with significant reading disabilities in various SPED programs. across our large and varied district 

Sort of feel like I had conversations around this years ago when I did the mentor program and also worked more closely with Bookshare. I felt I had a good understanding of what to say and refer to when training teachers and am feeling challenged right now by someone higher up in the district.

We are also trying to use Clever in our district and I really want Bookshare to show up on the Dashboard for SPED teachers and student using it so this has raised issues around do we want it there for student who do not qualify for an account too - not sure this will make sense for anyone not using Clever but looking for someone to discuss this with

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Christine Jones

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Sep 4, 2019, 2:59:46 PM9/4/19
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Hi all. From Bookshare’s perspective, we stand by the statement you quoted below (I think I was probably the one who wrote that!). That said, we know that some districts and states set their own policies or methods of determining qualifications for services such as Bookshare. Let us know if we can reach out to anyone to discuss Bookshare qualifications.

 

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soliver

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Sep 4, 2019, 3:39:47 PM9/4/19
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Yup - you wrote that:)

Would it be possible for me to give you a call sometime just be sure I do not say something that could get me in trouble...   We've had a lot of change in our SPED Administration and Dept and I'm really struggling to advocate for our students and getting lots of things done or changed that I'm not happy with right now so this is just like one more stone on the pile...
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