Speech Therapy Everywhere: TheraWeb Connects Therapists And Patients Online.

King of Prussia, PA - January 27, 2009: From the comfort of his own home, a 12 year-old student, with a standard webcam and broadband connection, signs onto a new state-of-the-art, web-based therapy service offered by Therapy Source and begins an interactive speech and language session with his therapist located hundreds of miles away. The service is the remarkable new alternative for school and healthcare facilities where locating an available therapist is challenging, time-sensitive therapy requirements are not being met, distance of therapist to patient is an issue, or where options are needed for weather emergencies.   Qualified therapists are fully trained on the new service by Therapy Source before they hold their own one-on-one web-based sessions.  The students or patients and their therapists can view, speak and collaborate online with each other during every interactive online therapy session.

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The name of Therapy Source’s service is TheraWeb, part of an emerging medical technology field known as “telepractice” or “telemedicine” that embraces this technology application as a viable alternative to face-to-face therapy.  Using web, audio and video conferencing technologies, therapists can conduct effective and collaborative therapy sessions that enable them to speak and view patients as they normally would via a face-to-face session. TheraWeb supplements these traditional techniques with additional tools, such as online games, annotation tools and interactive stories designed to drive patients’ motivation and attentiveness  during each session. TheraWeb is used for speech and language therapy and supports: screening and assessments, language therapy, articulation therapy, voice and fluency therapy, IEP and team meetings, and other types of consultation.

“Our TheraWeb services have generated a dramatic interest from therapists and clients. Due to location, timing and/or the availability of qualified therapists in a region, telemedicine technology can now offer my clients the required therapy services for their students and patients of all age levels,” stated Joshua Cartagenova, COO and co-founder of Therapy Source. “TheraWeb was designed to overcome these boundaries to treatment while enhancing the experience of the patient through additional interactive activities.”

The student’s speech-language pathologist and Therapy Source contractor, Lisa Brady, is thrilled with the benefits and possibilities of utilizing conferencing technology for speech therapy.  “TheraWeb eliminates the hurdles normally associated with therapy sessions, such as scheduling, travel time, location, expense, and the ability to locate a qualified therapist who is near to the patient,” Brady explained. “In addition, the computerized approach can raise patient interest in the therapy, particularly in children, who are very computer savvy. This technology is completely natural for them.”

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The American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA) supports the technology, commenting, “Research and reports to date confirm [telepractice’s] significant advantages to overcome barriers of access to services caused by distance, unavailability of specialists and/or sub specialists, and impaired mobility.” Secure through robust encryption, unique identity authentication, and independent security reviews, individuals and therapists using TheraWeb are ensured their sessions cannot carry viruses or be embarked on by other uninvited parties.  TheraWeb is currently in use by multiple Therapy Source clients and is highly flexible, requiring no sophisticated computer equipment other than a high-speed internet connection and a simple webcam. About Therapy Source, Inc. Therapy Source, a premier therapy staffing provider, offers highly qualified speech, occupational, physical, psychological and related therapy services to educational and healthcare organizations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Ohio. For more information on Therapy Source, visit www.theraweb.us or call toll free at 866-783-5301.