Wow, so much has happened in the last several months. I will share a few things I've learned and a few tips.
I learned when you have to make changes to your teaching, there is a new steep learning curve that has to happen. I wanted to keep working with my clients so within one week, I had to learn how to hold distant telepractice with Zoom effectively.
I was also helping at BYU (University level to prepare for TelePractice delivery model for the Fall term for the graduate students and clinical educators. Because of this, I did a lot of reading and researching and reviewing materials to best support TelePractice.
For parents, You can rest easy that you can still get quality speech therapy viz Zoom. In fact most of my families would like to continue with Teletherapy to ease their burden of driving and time. And Yes, I have held a speech assessment over Zoom. The parents was my E-assistant that helped a ton.
Surprisingly enough, It's been a win win for everyone.
For therapists,You can relax too because there are so many good materials available to support Zoom sessions. Here are a few of my favorites that I've used regularly now.
1, JamBoards, you can premake these boards, or co-create with your clients as their is a google image link you can use on the boards. They love them. Just leave off identifying information. (their names, etc.) you can download a screen shot and email their creation to them.
2, Google Class- You can pre-select any assignments, links, pdfs, etc and invite them to your class.
3, Read Works- is free to the public
4, Newsela- is free to the public
5, Doc Camera- you can use objectives and papers you have at home.
It's awesome. There has been such a demand for these, you may have to just order and wait for it. The price has gone up because of the demand. I purchased one V4K doc camera when it was $99.
6, Teachers pay Teachers- check their free handouts.
7. Boom Cards, super fun self testing for the school age population