Teletherapy
Best(In this section: ASHA Resources, Best Practice, Facebook Professional Groups, Getting Started, For Parents, Free Materials for Tx, Tips/Tricks & Shortcuts, Websites/ Blogs/ Podcasts, Zoom)Â
ASHA RESOURCES
Virtual presentations, privacy issues, documentation, and more.
Includes links to each state's licensure requirements, and associations outside of the U.S.
ASHA Wire, Aug. 2019. From SIG 18: Telepractice (you might need to be a member to access this).
Clarification about how much supervision must be done in person vs. remotely. This is from 2022. Please check for updates!
Follow the progress on this occupational licensure agreement which allows professionals to practice in multiple states without having to obtain additional state licenses.
 Brief reviews of multiple research studies (adults).
Use of assistants, various models including hybrid.
Handout with all the stats.
BEST PRACTICE
White paper: How to effectively engage students online, structure useful activities, and tailor your interactions. (Download free if you give your email).
Informative article from The Informed SLP about all the current research, as well as how to successfully do your own search, and how to access full paid journal articles for free.
FACEBOOK PROFESSIONAL GROUPS
Support for Speech Language Pathologists in the School Systems for distance learning.Â
GETTING STARTED
Platforms, HIPAA compliance, advertising/marketing, free worksheets, and lots more. From Theraplatform, 2019.
Factors to consider, like screen sharing capability, HIPAA compliance, etc. From PrivatePracticeSLP.com.
Quick review of best secure signature apps, most have a free trial period. Zapier, March 2024.
Questions about pay/benefits, clinical administration, use of assistants, training, etc.
Free speed tests available for iOS, Android, Windows, Chrome, AppleTV, and more. Check your speed or your client's speed.
Which computer should you buy/use? Recommendations from Alexander Jason Nikodem.
Recommendations for the ones that work best for medical telepractice.
Directions and resources for setting up a virtual classroom/therapy room, from Stacy Crouse.
How to promote your practice through blogs and social media, including the minimum outlets you should be using.
Advice from the teletherapy Facebook group for getting your facilitator ready to start.
FOR PARENTS
Free handout for parents to prepare for an evaluation session, available on TpT.
Free handout from SuperDuper to give parents before starting teletherapy. What they can expect, and what their role is for the sessions.
FREE MATERIALS FOR THERAPY
Check also the Green Screen group on Facebook, mentioned above (check their files), and my Websites for Kids page.
Free on TpT from Preschool Speechie Plus. Last updated Dec. 2020.
If you cannot turn over screen control to your students, they need a way to indicate their responses. Make it fun by teaching them this classic "hot & cold" game. This is a digital TinyTap activity, available in English, French, and Dutch.
Lots of freebies from The Speech Express. Scroll down to the backgrounds (compressed) file.
Play your chosen questions and word lists in our 200+ engaging games such as Feed the Shark, Build a Monster and Quiz Wheel. Note: Free games are limited.
Freebies organized by category/skill. From Speech Therapy Store.
Interactive digital games created by teachers & therapists. Choose which type of game to play with the stimulus items. Free (limited) version available.Â
A collection of free, easy-to-play, and accessible games. Each game is speech enabled and may be accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens and 1 to 3 switches.Â
This site has over 600 digital s/l activities. This particular section is for the freebies.
Madlibs, boom cards, themed memory games, and lots more.
Several digital activities that are open-ended, socially interactive, flexible, and require communication.
Find 19 classroom games in the Ditch That Textbook Template Library for Google Slides, PowerPoint, Canva, and Google Drawings.Â
These digital all-purpose gameboards, available in TinyTap, are themed by seasons, holidays, or just some favorite games I turned into a digital version. Not recommended for small (phone) screens.
List of free apps, from Hip Hooray in K. Click here to download a free list of QR codes for all of them (for iPad - some also available for Android).Â
Free digital resources for articulation, phonology, and language. Flashcards, games, and more.
Free educational interactives from ToyTheater. Games, clock, timer, spinner, and more.
Over 25 resources listed, from Stacy Crouse, SLP. (Note: TinyTap is listed as having simple activities for younger kids, but it is a free app you can use to create your own digital lessons. Set up your profile as a teacher/therapist and you can access all their activities for free.)
Video games created by SLP Erik X. Raj for speech practice. This is not free, but they have a free trial if you are interested.
Customizable digital game spinner. Use for students' names, or other things like story elements, vocabulary knowledge, etc. Free.
Free template to create and play this game either on PowerPoint or Google Slides.
Digital online activities for Valentine's Day, seasonal concepts, New Year's, etc. From Spiffy Speech. Check out their other seasonal materials.
TIPS, TRICKS, AND SHORTCUTS
Let's face it, we all have them on our caseloads. Helpful tips from Edutopia, 2020.
How to make and use gameboards for your online sessions. From Electronic-Therapy.com.
Blog post from veteran teacher, Carl Hooker. He shares some suggestions that he found successful.
Video explaining how to use either free or paid Pink Cat games in therapy.
Great advice from Sarah Gregory for working with older students who need or use AAC. (See the AAC Resources page for more.)
Collection of YouTube tutorials on different things you can do with green screens. Several free activities as well.
Richard Byrne presents the best educational technology for the year. Many can be used for your therapy sessions. Follow him at FreeTech4Teachers.com.
Tips for working with middle and high school students online, from Stacy Crouse's blog.
Turn your iOS device into a production studio for FREE. Create a teleprompter, record your session at the same time. Has green screen feature.
"How to ..." for all the basics about using Google Meet for your online sessions.
Quick video comparing Sidecar and Duet Display. I personally use the latter. Download the app on your mobile device, and the software on your computer, and they recognize each other, so you don't have to keep setting it up each time you use it.
From Theraplatform, these free videos cover a variety of topics: WH- questions, narrative skills, sequencing, social skills, etc.
Where to find free ebooks, how to screen share, and more, from The SLT Scrapbook.
Looking for short videos to use in your language groups? Just "google" this: "best short videos for language therapy". You will get tons of lists of awesome videos, along with suggestions for how to use them. Â (Note: ALWAYS preview them first!)
WEBSITES/BLOGS/PODCASTS
Online games, stories, activities for most language goals. Some freebies every season.
Tons of digital materials on this blog to use in your teletherapy sessions, organized by season.
Blog, with link to their free teletherapy guide book. Lots of other freebies, and info on coding.
Blog from Speechy Musings, with lots of great advice from guest bloggers.
ZOOM
Over 250 thousand digital activities to chose from, in over 30 languages. Free for therapists if you set up your profile HERE and indicate in drop-down that you are a teacher or therapist. Note: activities that were created with their web creator tool can only play on a computer. They will not play on a mobile device (yet).
