Terms of Use

Barber Sped Hub — Last updated May 2026

Barber Sped Hub is a free professional reference tool built by and for Texas educational diagnosticians. These terms explain what you may and may not do with the content on this site.

1. Ownership

Barber Sped Hub and all original content on this site — including but not limited to report prompts, narrative frameworks, scoring logic, eligibility language, tool interfaces, and the underlying code — are the intellectual property of Shana Mikels-Barber and are protected by U.S. copyright law.

2. Permitted Use

You may use this hub freely for your own professional practice as an educational diagnostician, school psychologist, or related special education professional. Permitted uses include:

Using the AI-assisted report tools to draft evaluation narratives for your own caseload
Referencing score interpretation guides, eligibility criteria, and assessment frameworks in your professional work
Sharing the hub's URL with colleagues
Printing or saving reference pages for personal professional use

3. Prohibited Use

The following uses are not permitted without prior written permission:

Redistribution — You may not copy, reproduce, republish, or distribute the hub's content, prompt logic, or code in any form, including on another website, in a training manual, or in a paid product
Commercial repackaging — You may not sell, license, or commercialize any portion of this hub's content or tools
AI training — You may not use hub content, prompt structures, or generated output to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any artificial intelligence model
Modification and redistribution — You may not create derivative works based on hub content for distribution to others
Institutional deployment — You may not deploy or host a modified or unmodified version of this hub for use by a district, campus, or organization without written permission

4. Referenced Frameworks

This hub incorporates educational frameworks and approaches developed by researchers and practitioners in special education, including work presented at TEDA 2026 and referenced Texas guidance documents. These frameworks are used interpretively to inform professional practice and are attributed where applicable. The hub does not claim ownership of any external framework, assessment instrument, or clinical model. References to published instruments (WISC-V, WJ-V, Conners-4, etc.) are made for professional educational purposes only; all such instruments are the intellectual property of their respective publishers.

5. No Warranty

This hub is provided as a professional aid, not a substitute for your own professional judgment, assessment manuals, or legal guidance. Content is updated on a best-effort basis and may not reflect the most current TEA guidance, assessment norms, or legal standards. Barber Sped Hub makes no warranties, express or implied, regarding the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose of the content provided.

Eligibility decisions must be made by a qualified multidisciplinary team in accordance with IDEA, Texas TAC §89.1040, and applicable district policy.

6. Student Data

This hub does not collect, store, or transmit student-identifying information. When AI tools are used, only non-identifying score and demographic data (grade level, age range, pronouns) is sent to the AI provider. See the Privacy & Data Practices page for full details.

7. Permission Requests

To request permission for uses not covered above — including institutional deployment, training use, or commercial licensing — please use the contact form on the hub.