TELESPEECH

Are you an administrator in a rural school system that has difficulty recruiting and retaining licensed speech-language pathologists? 

Are you part of a rural health network that needs specialized communication and swallowing services but can’t find an SLP locally to meet your needs? 

If you answered yes to either of these, it’s high time you started thinking outside of the speech staffing box.

The technological revolution has finally opened doors for rural medical service delivery.  Telespeech is a form of telepractice that uses, "telecommunications technology to deliver professional services at a distance" (ASHA, 2005).  Through emerging technologies, we can deliver speech language pathology services in a manner that eliminates barriers to access of services, increases clinical productivity, improves therapeutic effectiveness, and reduces overall service costs.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association on Telepractice

Additional Documents from the ASHA

• ASHA Position Statement on Telepractice
• ASHA Technical Report on the Delivery of Speech Services through Telepractice

Technology.  Speech Geek uses Polycom V500 and PVX interfaces to provide high definition telepresence, video, and voice for speech, language, and swallowing solutions anytime and anywhere.

Benefits to your agency:   

• Eliminate ongoing speech staffing problems;
• Provide master’s level treatment to individuals who wouldn't receive services otherwise, without reducing the quality of treatment;
• Provide supervision and mentoring to your local speech assistants and speech teachers by nationally licensed, master’s level clinicians;
• Increase motivation and responsiveness of students or patients due to the technological aspects of the treatment (kids love talking to their teacher in the computer interface);
• Increase work efficiency and productivity of speech services by eliminating the need to travel great distances;
• Reduce speech therapy costs by eliminating the need for full-time salaries with benefits, providing as much or as little speech as to meet your agency’s ever-changing needs.

THE DETAILS

What you provide:

• Computer with internet connection
• Paraprofessional as an onsite speech assistant

What we provide:

• Direct speech services via web-based interface
• IEP development and management
• Testing and testing materials
• Homework management
• Parent correspondence