The Teletherapy Playbook: Proven Strategies for Faster Progress in Virtual Speech Sessions
Speech and Language Kids Podcast · Carrie Clark, CCC-SLP
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Show Notes
It's no secret that teletherapy speech/language therapy services soared during the pandemic.
Telepractice use among SLPs jumped from just 3.9% pre-pandemic to 88% by 2021. (source)
And while teletherapy services are not quite as prevalent now as they were at the height of the pandemic, we're still seeing many turn to teletherapy for its convenience and accessibility.
And for good reason!
We're also seeing a huge increase in the number of children needing services.
One analysis found a 110% increase in speech disorder diagnoses in children aged 0-12 years in 2022 compared to the pre-pandemic rates. (source)
When families and schools are struggling to find enough local SLPs to serve the needs, teletherapy is available to serve the gaps.
I'm speech-language pathologist Carrie Clark and in today's episode of The Speech and Language Kids Podcast, we're diving into exactly how to make the most of virtual speech sessions so we can work on closing these gaps, one child at a time.