Speech therapy moves online | Curriculum. Affordable solutions offer new alternatives for schools, students by Jennifer Nastu Read more by eSchool News Contributor April 11th, 2011 Online speech therapy gives some schools a much-needed solution. Offering speech therapy to students can be a challenge for school districts: Speech therapists are in short supply; it can be expensive to hire a speech therapist, particularly if a district uses a contractor who must drive from school to school and charges for driving time; and rural schools might have a hard time finding a speech therapist in their area, while urban schools might struggle with retaining speech therapists.
Connections Academy, a provider of nationally certified K-12 online curriculum, is addressing these problems by offering an online speech therapy option for school districts. The conferencing software, Live Lesson, lets the therapist and child work together in real time online. Applied Behavior Analysis. Morton Gernsbacher's Lab. Autism Watch. Asperger and Autism Information by MAAP Services, Inc. - The Aut. Autism Network International. Aspergers Syndrome Foundation - Information Sheets - Children. Wrong Planet - Autism Community.