148: Teletherapy for Preschoolers: Keeping it Real in a Digital World

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In this episode I am joined by Kelly Vess. Aside from being a pediatric speech-language pathologist and an off-campus clinical supervisor, Kelly Vess is the author of the digital, how-to, treatment book, "Speech Sound Disorders: Comprehensive Evaluation and Treatment" (Thieme Publishers). Kelly also presents the latest best-practice intervention seminars for SpeechPathology.com and the Bureau of Education and Research. Kelly Vess's evidence-based practice research is freely available to the public on ResearchGate.

Topics/Questions Asked:

  1. How is teletherapy different from live therapy in terms of attentional and cognitive demands for preschoolers.

  2. How to format lessons to optimize attention, engagement, acquisition, and retention of learning.

  3. How to incorporate movement activities into teletherapy to support new concepts and optimize engagement.

  4. How to create educationally-rich content that treats the whole child in speech and language therapy using hands-on activities in conjunction with the universally and freely available Google Slides to provided synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities for further home practice.

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