Information on Teleservices
The decision on the type and amount of special education and related services to offer to students during school closures is made by the LEA. The Virginia Department of Education guidance has specific questions and answers on telepractice to assist SLPs and others who are asked to provide services to students during school closures.
Q 14. What considerations should be made prior to conducting meetings or offering special education or related services using alternate means (e.g., telephone or teleservices)?
Q 15. Are schools able to bill Medicaid for IEP services that are delivered via telehealth?
SLP Telecon is offering free replays of six sessions through May 6, 2020. These sessions address virtual service provision and information on best practice and getting started in teletherapy. Replays are available for ASHA CEUs and certificates of attendance are provided when the quiz is passed with 80 percent accuracy. Visit SLP Telecon to view any or all of the replays.
- Warp Speed Download: Essential Info to Jumpstart Your Teletherapy Practice with Amanda Blackwell, SLPD, CCC-SLP
- 5 Tips for Supervising Speech Language Pathology Assistants Remotely with Amy Hill MA, CCC-SLP
- Creating and Adapting Therapy Materials for Telepractice with Bill Bolden MA, CCC-SLP
- Telepractice: Getting Started! With Tracy Sippi MS, CCC-SLP
- Teletherapy: Tips to Keep Young Children Engaged with Jennie Bjorem MA, CCC-SLP
- How to know what works: Evidence for Telepractice and beyond with Meredith Harold PhD, CCC-SLP
Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center recording Use of Tele-Intervention in Early Intervention (IDEA Part C): Strategies for Providing Services Under the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
ASHA’s Telepractice Resources During COVID-19
Federal Office of Rural Health Policy: Telehealth Programs (HRSA) The Office for the Advancement of Telehealth (OAT) promotes the use of telehealth technologies for health care delivery, education, and health information services. Telehealth is especially critical in rural and other remote areas that lack sufficient health care services, including specialty care.
National Consortium of Telehealth Resource Centers These twelve Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) support all states and territories. TRCs have been established to provide assistance, education, and information to organizations and individuals who are actively providing or interested in providing health care at a distance. Their charter from the Office for Advancement of Telehealth is to assist in expanding the availability of health care to rural and underserved populations and their federally funding means the assistance they provide is generally free of charge.
A Practical Guide to the Use of Tele-Intervention in Providing Early Intervention Services to Infants and Toddlers Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (NCHAM) Over the past eight to nine years, NCHAM has been supporting the knowledge base and research to determine the effectiveness of tele-intervention (TI). They believe TI is a useful tool in serving families of children who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and applies to the use in promoting communication development. This guide has applicability across early intervention and has great resources on technology, sample consent form, etc.
Three Tele-Intervention 101 Learning Courses for different audiences are included:
Video Conferencing 101: This handout from Larry Edelman of University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus provides examples of how video conferencing might be used, general tips regarding technology, environment, and interactions with others, and a series of helpful links.
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