Cost reduction vs. traditional face-to-face therapy:

Eliminates travel time and mileage costs

Lowers your cost per hour

Allows flexibility to account for potential budget cuts

Compliance:

Ensures therapy services when practitioners are unavailable

Enables your remotely-located students to access therapy

Provides a solution for students with limited mobility

Improved student/patient achievement

Flexible scheduling ensures students attend all regular classes

Provides greater motivation due to parental/family support

Introduces students/patients to advanced technology

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Flexibility:

Eliminates travel time and wear-and-tear costs on your vehicle

OPermits you to conduct sessions based on schedule

Allows you to work from home, creating more time with family

Empowerment:

Empowers TheraWeb-trained therapists to help if a practitioner is unavailable

Opens the door to help students in remote areas or with limited mobility

Improved student and patient progress:

Provides greater motivation due to parental and/or community support

Technology excites and engages students and patients

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Q: What types of therapies are available using TheraWeb?

A: Speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, social work, counseling and behavioral therapy are available through TheraWeb.

Q: Is online therapy effective?

A: Yes.

A published study¹ showed that students who received speech therapy through telepractice made the same amounts of progress as those receiving traditional therapy. Researchers in another study² compared articulation progress of students using a computer based program. One group of students used materials through telepractice; the other group used the program in a conventional treatment session. Students in both groups made significant improvements in their articulation skills. The telepractice group had a higher percentage of mastered IEP objectives.

Q: What is ASHA’s and IDEA’s position on telepractice?

A: The American Speech-Hearing Association (ASHA) supports Telepractice. According to ASHA,
“Research and reports to date confirm [telepractice’s] significant advantages to overcome barriers of access to services caused by unavailability of specialists and/or sub specialists, and impaired mobility.” (ASHA 2005)

“The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) calls for teams to determine the appropriateness of a service delivery model, service frequency and location, and the person most qualified to deliver those services.” (ASHA, 2009)

Q: Is TheraWeb secure?

A: TheraWeb partners with conferencing providers that offer safe and secure sessions with robust
Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption, unique identity authentication and other security settings. The SSL technology is universally considered adequately secure.

Q: How is service provided to younger children?

A: With any school-based telepractice program, in-room supervision with a paraprofessional or parent is required. Therapy Source requires clients to have an adult present in the room with students.

Q: What do I need to start?

A: Your students will require a broadband connection, computer with 2GB RAM and 2GHZ processor, speakers or headset and a webcam.

Q: Do you supply technical support?

A: Yes, our TheraWeb trained practitioners are experts on how to set up and troubleshoot with the technology. Before therapy begins, the assigned therapist will conduct a mock session to ensure the equipment has been set up correctly.

¹ Grogan-Johnson, PhD, Susan, Robin Alvares, PhD, Lynn Rowan, PhD and Nancy Craighead. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. “A pilot study comparing the effectiveness of speech language therapy provided by telemedicine with conventional on-site therapy.” Published April 1, 2010.

² Grogan-Johnson, PhD, Susan, Rodney M. Gabel, PhD, Jacquelyn Taylor, MA, Lynne E. Rowan, PhD, Robin Alvares, PhD, Jason Schenker, PhD. International Journal of Telerehabilitation. "A Pilot Exploration of Speech Sound Disorder Intervention Delivered by Telehealth to School–Age Children." Published Spring 2011.

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