An Alternative to Traditional Speech TherapyPosted by Polat Beasley on March 23rd, 2021 Going to speech therapy should be an enjoyable experience. However for many this can be a frustrating one. Lots of people experience long waiting lists or long drives to go to their speech pathologist. Once they finally get to therapy they need to sit in the waiting room until their session time and perhaps fight traffic on the way home. occupational therapy Bedford provides an alternative choice when seeking therapy. All speech pathologists are nationally and state certified thus they offer the same degree of expertise and experience as within a clinic. Bedford speech therapy are designed similar to traditional therapy in that the speech pathologist plans the session in line with the patient's specific goals and chooses activities they think will be engaging and motivating. However, there are many advantages to online speech therapy. The actions are highly interactive and created by speech pathologists to target a particular goal. Each activity is then adapted to meet the specific needs of the individual. The interactive nature of the activities help engage the individual while they are learning new skills and behaviors. Each therapy session is held instantly video and audio over a secure website which allows for that connection between the speech pathologist and the individual. They are able to interact as they would throughout a traditional therapy session. In addition, there is no drive time, virtually no time spent in the waiting room and no fighting traffic. Because therapy is provided online an individual can login to their therapy session anywhere there is an internet connection. Thus they can have therapy at home, at work, virtually anywhere. Online therapy offers more flexibility when scheduling the session since there is no driving to consider. Another benefit is the option of practice activities. After a therapy session, practice activities that relate to the activities completed through the session are placed in the patient's online folder. They have 24 hour access to this folder and will complete the activities anytime and as many times as they would like between therapy sessions. Also included in this online folder is really a progress report which is updated following each therapy session that allows the patient and speech pathologist to continually monitor progress.Like it? Share it! More by this author |