Bookshare eligibility is determined by a professional with appropriate expertise who has either evaluated the individual OR has reviewed evaluations that were conducted with the individual by others with appropriate expertise in Bookshare’s qualifying conditions. These professionals could include school personnel and other educational professionals, medical providers, mental health providers, librarians, social service workers etc.
Common job titles for professionals who may have the appropriate expertise to determine eligibility for Bookshare include, but are not limited to:
In schools
- Assistive Technology Professional
- Dyslexia Specialist
- Learning Disability Specialist
- Librarian
- Physical or Occupational Therapist
- Reading Specialist
- Resource Specialist
- Special Education Teacher
- School Psychologist
- Speech Language Pathologist
- Teacher of the Visually Impaired (TVI)
- General Education Teacher
Outside of schools
- Psychologist
- Doctor of Medicine
- Doctor of Osteopathy
- Neurologist
- Ophthalmologist
- Optometrist
- Orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists
- Osteopathy Psychiatrist
- Psychiatrist
- Professional staff of Hospitals or Healthcare Institutions
- Professional staff at Public or Social Welfare Agencies
- Registered Nurse