Online speech therapy has a robust and growing
evidence base for speech and language disorders, autism and aphasia. There is also wealth of evidence supporting distance intervention using the Lidcombe Program for stuttering.
Our experience:
Online teletherapy has provided continuity of treatment to support fluency and communication targets via a motivating and versatile platform, particularly for families we already see for therapy.
For example, a 5 year old boy from India with moderate stuttering has been receiving fortnightly follow-up consultations. His stutters have reduced with a Severity Rating of 2 to 3 (10 = severe stutter; 1 = no stutter).
A mother of a 12 year old girl was pleasantly delighted with the online voice and diction training provided in preparation for her daughter’s DSA interviews in July 2020.
Online teletherapy caveats may include occasional technological glitches such as audio lag. Nevertheless, in general, we have been impressed by how teletherapy has supported our clients’ progress and positively influenced our delivery of therapy.