Teletherapy Tips!

Blossom conducts all assessment and therapy on ZOOM 👩🏼‍💻

I chose to take this approach to ensure all children, no matter their geographical location, could access Speech Therapy 😊

Inside the Client Welcome Package is a handout on how to use ZOOM and the features we may use during a session!

TELETHERAPY TIPS 🧑🏼‍💻

👉🏼 Find a quiet place in your home, where your child will not be distracted, to set up the speech session!

👉🏼 Have a table and chair set up, so your child is ready to learn!

👉🏼 When resources are being shared by the Speech Pathologist, it is often best to be watching on a computer rather than a phone so the screen is easy to see 👀🤩

Written by Emily Baxter

Blossom Rural Director & Speech Pathologist (B.SP, CPSP)

"As a Speech Pathologist, I love working with rural families on their child’s literacy, speech and language skills. I opened Blossom Rural in January 2021 after noticing the lack of Speech Pathology services in my local Far Western NSW region. The number of rural children, living on properties and remote towns, who were not able to access regular Speech Pathology intervention without driving to a major capital city, was astounding. These were the families I had always hoped to work alongside and provide an accessible service to. I grew up in Broken Hill before heading to Adelaide for Boarding School at 12 years of age followed by university. The healthcare gap between country and city was very obvious!"

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