Take Action to support Telehealth Legislation

This post originally appeared on the ASHA: Take Action! Site: Support Telehealth Legislation

“There is no greater joy nor greater reward than to make a fundamental difference in someone's life.”

-Mary Rose McGeady 

The Average Person Spends 90,000 Hours at Work Over Their Lifetime

90,000 hours. That’s more than 10 full years. To put it into perspective, the average person spends around 38,000 hours over a lifetime caring for his or her children and only around 3,600 hours volunteering. All of these activities can be deeply rewarding, but we would be remiss to overlook the one that dominates such a large portion of our time, our career.

As a Speech-Language Pathologist or Occupational Therapist you are an active participant in a fulfilling and purposeful career field. You spend meaningful time helping people to communicate functionally and successfully in society, and that is no small feat. But do you actually feel the difference you’re making? Or do you instead find yourself stressed, overworked, and overtired? Do you wish you could spend less time driving, stuck in meetings, and reporting? Perhaps a career as an online SLP or online OT can help give you the balance you need. 

Robots are Helping Schools and Families Reach New Heights

It’s no secret that robots have been making headlines and appearing on television shows lately. In fact, if you caught the season 6 finale of Modern Family—“American Skyper”—you had the chance to see one in action.

TinyEYE, an innovative leader in telepractice therapy, is now offering online Physical Therapy. This new service will allow TinyEYE to increase its positive impact on school districts, helping to fill PT vacancies and bring services to districts that previously could not afford them.

Have you ever shared tips to help teachers reinforce your lessons for a stuttering student, just to have them forgotten or ignored? As an in-school or online TinyEYE Speech-Language Pathologist, your role isn’t just to conduct direct therapy. There are many other responsibilities you face; one of these is communicating the needs of your students with parents and staff members. Create a circle of care around each of the children you serve by providing methods for them to effectively influence the results of each students’ outcomes. Have you ever wondered how you can communicate this in a simple manner that each students’ teachers can actually apply? Here are five great ideas: