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Starting the Process Right
What happens during an evaluation?

Annissia Davis, SLP

Oct 10, 2019
3 min

Starting the Process Right What happens during an evaluation?

You’ve spent time on the Internet researching all the milestones and you suspect your child may have a speech or language delay. You’ve mustered up the courage to make the initial appointment and you’re walking around on pins and needles, not knowing what to expect during your child’s initial therapy appointment. Rest assured. Step off the pins and needles because the first session is usually pretty straightforward and to the point, and is when the initial evaluation is condu

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Does My Child Need Therapy?
A few red flags to look for

Annissia Davis, SLP

Jun 14, 2019
2 min

Does My Child Need Therapy? A few red flags to look for

Summer is here and most of us are spending more time with the kids. Schedules are more relaxed and there are no schoolwork woes to worry about. This time is a great time to really get know your kids strengths and weakness. Their likes and dislikes. How long they can stay up without becoming crying messes of fatigue the next day. I like to use summer to personally assess where my kids are with their core skills and use the time to strengthen areas of weakness and super-strengt

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How Exactly Does Teletherapy Work?

Annissia Davis, SLP

May 3, 2019
2 min

How Exactly Does Teletherapy Work?

Teletherapy is one of the hottest, new service delivery models hitting the scene, and if you are still a little unclear about what it is, you can check out my previous blog, Teletherapy: What’s all the Buzz About?, to learn what exactly teletherapy is. But for those who already have a preliminary understanding of teletherapy, I want to delve a little deeper and explain what the teletherapy process looks like. Granted, this is just a quick and dirty rundown, and different comp

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Teletherapy: What’s all the buzz about?

Annissia Davis, SLP

Apr 5, 2019
2 min

Teletherapy: What’s all the buzz about?

You may have already come across a term (or two, or four!) that is changing the face of healthcare. Telemedicine (or telehealth, e-medicine, etc.) is the newest wave in healthcare that has changed and improved how providers are able to deliver services. Telemedicine allows providers to deliver services via a HIPAA-compliant teleconferencing software, such as Zoom. Now obviously, there are times when it is absolutely necessary to see a doctor live and in the flesh, but most o

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