TinyEYE Blog

In union there is strength.
~Aesop

Hello Everyone,

It was an absolute privilege to attend the ASHA convention in New Orleans with members of the TinyEYE team.

People from around the world met at the convention center to learn and share knowledge about advancing speech-language pathology. As I said during my presentation about advances in telepractice, “Regardless of our experiences and preferences, regardless of what we stand up for and will not back down from, we have something in common in our profession…we are believers. We believe that we CAN give the people we serve a better tomorrow.”

For the duration of event, we enjoyed connecting with colleagues, researchers, advocates, and entrepreneurs. TinyEYE celebrates improving access to services through telepractice. We collaborated with other believers to promote recent research, foster changes to legislation to eliminate barriers to service, share strategies for service excellence, and talk about the fun advances with on-line speech therapy services.

Speaking of fun, visitors to TinyEYE’s booth were able to explore their virtual office and play their therapy games using the SMART board! The SMART board is an interactive whiteboard that provides touch control of computer applications. http://smarttech.com/ Kids love it because they can move and jump around to interact with their games on a supersized board that responds to their touch.

Our gift to school based SLPs was a backpack full of interactive, animated, on-line therapy games. SLPs provided their email address to receive their password in January for their own virtual backpack. SLPs can use the games to provide side-by-side therapy or extra practice programs for their students. No coloring, cutting or photocopying is required! If you are interested in receiving your own virtual backpack, email info@tinyeye.com . Together we will make a difference in the life of a child.

If a school district in your area needs Speech-Language Pathologists, please let me know by email as we at TinyEYE can help!

All the best to you,

Marnee Brick, MSc
Speech-Language Pathologist and Director of Speech Therapy
TinyEYE Therapy Services (Speech Therapy Telepractice)

Growing smiles, mending spirits, engaging children in their lives

http://www.TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice

TinyEYE welcomes the opportunity to work with University/College Speech-Language Pathology and Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant programs. As the 2009 recipient of the Award for Business Excellence in Health Innovation, TinyEYE is well prepared to contribute to your initiatives.

Collaboration may happen in a variety of ways:

1) Supervision of Practicum Students and Graduates: TinyEYE values partnering with education programs and communities to ensure practicum students and new graduates receive outstanding supervision and mentorship from qualified speech-language pathologists. Together, we bring more Speech-Language Pathologists and Speech-Language Pathologist Assistants to the workforce, where their services are acutely needed.

2) Research Collaboration: It is our privilege to partner with universities to advance the field of speech-language pathology, while increasing access to quality therapy services. Contact us to learn about our involvement in research studies to date.

3) Student Telepractice Experience: Award your students the opportunity to provide quality therapy services to your clients through an engaging telepractice model. Likewise, TinyEYE’s supervision software enables clinical supervisors to support students who are providing services off-site. Telepractice expands the reach you have in your community and beyond, since geographical and schedule barriers are minimized.

4) Participating in Course Instruction, Materials Development, and Special Projects: TinyEYE is the industry leader in on-line therapy services. We have integrated innovation with evidence-based programming and services. TinyEYE’s team contributes to our profession through the creation of leading edge software, the provision of specialized therapy services, and the cultivation of honourable business practices. We look forward to sharing the advances in telepractice with you and your students.

5) Other: We have designed our software to provide you with exceptional tools for supervision, consultation, and therapy services. TinyEYE delivers on service excellence with thanks to our in-house team of software developers and tech-support personnel who update our system daily. Likewise, our professional therapy services team joins forces with you to co-create a partnership that will achieve your goals.

TinyEYE sees beyond the possibilities of today. Care to join us?

Visit me at the ASHA convention in New Orleans! TinyEYE has a booth in the Exhibitor’s Hall. I am presenting as well:

Advances in Speech Therapy Telepractice (session #0415) is scheduled for Thursday, November 19^th at 3:30-4:30 pm in room 253 of the convention center.

If a school district in your area needs Speech-Language Pathologists, please let me know by email as we at TinyEYE can help!

All the best to you,

Marnee Brick, MSc
Speech-Language Pathologist and Director of Speech Therapy
TinyEYE Therapy Services (Speech Therapy Telepractice)

Growing smiles, mending spirits, engaging children in their lives

http://www.TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice

"Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strength. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength."

~ Arnold Schwarzenegger

Roshan Hoover and Greg Sutton celebrating the award on behalf of the TinyEYE team.

TinyEYE won an award of excellence for health innovation. Being recognized for innovation is heartening since it implies that something of value was created because of an idea, blended in with all the factors that transcend a dream.

Idea: To build software and services to reach children who are in need of speech therapy. Yes, I would “beam” to communities with all my fun therapy tools at my fingertips. Kids would learn that their listening ears and words are magical because characters on the screen would animate at their request. Parents and teachers would have support services anytime. Cars and pens would become irrelevant to reaching children and making a difference. What an idea.

On day #1 of our mission, Greg told me that if our idea were going to work, we would have to remember the rules:

RULE #1: Acknowledge that there will be highs, there will be lows

RULE #2: We must never, ever quit during a low

Believe me, there were many times when one of us had to remind the other to “check the rules and call me in the morning – it is against the rules to quit during a low”. Each time we got back up and stood on top of a “low”, we gained competence, stamina, and a step closer to excellence.

Fast forward to today – you will see a bustling team of believers who contribute to our students through the creation of leading edge software, the provision of specialized therapy services, and the cultivation of honourable business practices. We believe so strongly in our purpose that we would continue with or without recognition. However, we really value and appreciate receiving an award of excellence for something we have breathed our hearts into year after year, through the highs and over the lows. With all the strength that Greg, CEO, earned on his road to receiving an award of excellence, he was well prepared to accept the honour. The next day, he shared this with our team:

On Saturday night, at the 26th annual Saskatchewan Awards for Business Excellence – ABEX Awards, TinyEYE won the Health Innovation Award. I would like to personally thank each and every one of you for your hard work and dedication in making this happen. There are over 40,000 businesses in Saskatchewan and being a finalist for these prestigious awards is honour enough, winning one is truly amazing. We truly have a remarkable team!!!!

If a school district in your area needs Speech-Language Pathologists, please let me know by email as we at TinyEYE can help!

All the best to you,

Marnee Brick, MSc
Speech-Language Pathologist and Director of Speech Therapy
TinyEYE Therapy Services (Speech Therapy Telepractice)

Growing smiles, mending spirits, engaging children in their lives

http://www.TinyEYE.com-Online Speech Therapy Telepractice