Technology has irrefutably expanded the availability of speech and language services to populations that are more difficult to serve due to mobility challenges and/or remote locations. The articles in this journal self-study illustrate how telepractice – including mixed-service delivery models that incorporate both clinic and telepractice components –can enhance telehabilitation and telerehabilitation practices across a range of communication disorders.

Learning Outcomes
You will be able to:

• summarize how speech-sound intervention and parent-directed fluency intervention delivered via telepractice compare to in-person delivery modes
• discuss maintenance and acquisition of picture naming skills as well as factors that influence success of aphasia rehabilitation via telepractice
• explain how telepractice can be utilized to train parents in language-elicitation strategies for children with significant language delay

Contents

The following articles are included in this course:

• Lidcombe Program Webcam Treatment for Early Stuttering: A Randomized Controlled Trial, by Kate Bridgman, Mark Onslow, Susan O’Brian, Mark Jones, and Susan Block
• Comparing Traditional Service Delivery and Telepractice for Speech Sound Production Using a Functional Outcome Measure, by kathy Coufal, Douglas Parham, Melissa Jakubowitz, Cassandra Howell, and Jared Reyes
• Effects of a Tablet-Based Home Practice Program With Telepractice on Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Aphasia, by Jacquie Kurland, Anna Liu, and Polly Stokes
• Early Language Intervention Using Distance Video-Teleconferencing: A Pilot Study of Young Boys With Fragile X Syndrome and Their Mothers, by Andrea McDuffie, Ashley Oakes, Wendy Machalicek, Monica Ma, Lauren Bullard, Sarah Nelson, and Leonard Abbeduto
• Clinical and Quality of Life Outcomes of Speech Treatment for Parkinson's Disease Delivered to the Home Via Telerehabilitation: A Noninferiority Randomized Controlled Trial, by Deborah G. Theodoros, Anne J. Hill, and Trevor G. Russell

Learning Assessment
Online, multiple-choice exam

This course is part of the Telepractice Learning Path. What is a learning path? A learning path is a curated set of courses on an essential topic, designed for you to take in order—or in whatever order you wish—as you have time in your schedule. Our learning paths identify sets of key courses so you can get on your way to mastering particular areas of practice according to your needs, priorities, and interests.