Compensatory Services Strategies in Three Steps
Parents, extended school year, and legal knowledge are key by Jenny Barker, Editorial Director, March 10, 2021 The impact of school closures upon students may well be an issue for years to...
View ArticleLooking to June: Top 5 Priorities for Superintendents
This article is the first in a series, developed in partnership with Dr. Avossa, to help schools address pressing issues for their students now—and plan for ongoing uncertainty (and maybe even some...
View ArticleSupporting Teletherapy at Home: Empowering Parents as Partners
Teletherapy Offers Bright Spots Amid Challenges Most often a Primary Support Person (PSP) would help to support a student’s teletherapy session in the school setting. But during the pandemic much has...
View ArticlePresenceLearning with a Purpose: Autism Acceptance
Background Today, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is said to affect 1 in 54 children in according to the Center for Disease Control’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network,...
View ArticleHow States Can Open up Access to Teletherapy
Background Prior to the pandemic, practitioner and clinician shortages—especially in rural and heavily populated school districts—left students without access to effective speech-language pathology,...
View ArticleClinician Spotlight: Sarah B., Ed.M., NCSP
Introduction Sarah B, Ed.M., NCSP, joined the PresenceLearning Care Network as a school psychologist in the summer of 2020. She attended Teachers College in New York at Columbia University and...
View ArticleHow States Can Open up Access to Teletherapy
Background Prior to the pandemic, practitioner and clinician shortages—especially in rural and heavily populated school districts—left students without access to effective speech-language pathology,...
View ArticleProvider Spotlight: Jessica G., MA, LSSP
Introduction I was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, I went to school at what was then named University of Texas—Pan American, or UT Pan Am. Now it is called the University of Texas...
View ArticleClinician Spotlight: Jessica G.
Introduction Jessica G., MA, LSSP, attended the University of Texas—Pan American, now called the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where she received her bachelor’s in psychology and Master’s in...
View ArticleThe Benefits of a Hybrid Service Delivery Model
Quite a few students and teachers choose alternate online school settings—virtual schools. However, the pandemic forced many districts and providers into delivering teletherapy. It was not something...
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