I am a huge fan of Learning Ally. It works well for our school
On Oct 3, 2019, at 4:18 PM, Christiana Cuellar <ccuellar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I can second Carla's feedback. Our Learning Specialists work with teachers to
identify students to create Learning Ally accounts since someone needs to be
designated as a "qualifier" on the site. They choose a category of need to
assign to the student but no proof of diagnosis is required. Our students and
families really like the service and it gets used.
- Christiana
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:18 PM Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That is exactly what I needed - thank you.
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Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
What I'm reading now:
Carry On/Rowell
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 3:02 PM Carla McDowell <cmcdowell@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Cathy,
My experience may not be that helpful to you.
When I used Learning Ally many years ago, you needed to have a diagnosis or
IEP. When I talked to the company a few years back, I told them that I
worked at a school for children with learning differences for 5 years and
asked if I could authorize the students and they said yes. Besides students
with documented learning differences, I add anyone who the teacher believes
is having trouble with the printed text and could benefit from audio. I
also add our Chinese students because they have obvious language issues. I
think the bottom line is, can this particular student be served best by an
audio version. In other words, you can't add an entire class to learning
ally just because a teacher thinks it would be a nice idea.
I hope that sheds a little light on it,
Carla
Carla McDowell
Librarian
York School
9501 York Rd
Monterey, CA 93940
On Thu, Oct 3, 2019 at 2:27 PM Cathy Rettberg <crettberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
A few weeks ago there was a discussion that included a few people
mentioning Learning Ally. For those of you who use it, a quick question:
do students have to be diagnosed with a reading issue to be able to use
this? I had assumed that if I got a subscription it would be available to
anyone who thought an audiobook would be helpful. Their website mentions
an eligibility requirement.
Thanks - Cathy
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Cathy Rettberg, Head Librarian
Menlo School
Atherton, CA
http://library.menloschool.org
What I'm reading now:
Carry On/Rowell
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Christiana Cuellar
She / her
Librarian, Middle School and Upper School
Head-Royce School
510.531.1300 ext 2217
ccuellar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
