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Innovative Technology Treatment Solutions Awards for Professionals and Families-Free Resource Guide and One Hour Phone Consult
I am offering 15 awards in honor of Better Speech and Hearing Month and Stroke Awareness Month. The purpose of the ITTS Award will be to help recipients zero in quickly on the most appropriate technology to enhance talking, reading, writing, thinking, learning and memory in their situation. The ITTS Award includes a 1-hour phone consultation and a free copy of "Technology for Communication and Cognitive Treatment: The Clinician's Guide" (www.ittsguides.com) . It will be awarded to 10 professionals and 5 family members. Send an email to Joan@innovativespeech.com for an application. Learn more about the using technology to enhance treatment at www.innovativespeech.com. Applications will be accepted thru May, 2008. Recipients of the awards will be announced in June.
TWIST for Life (Technology with Innovative Speech Therapy) Distance Life Coaching to Improve Communication, Cognition and Learning A variety of online life coaching packages are available. The primary goals of TWIST for Life are to provide information and resources for families to enhance the development of specific communication, literacy and cognitive skills, develop alternative and compensatory strategies with a heavy emphasis on the most appropriate technology and access community and online resources. Sessions can take place in person in Potomac, MD, on the phone, or online with video conferencing and/or application sharing. Families discuss their situations with Joan and provide pertinent reports and information. Joan then brainstorms potential solutions and shows them the most effective and affordable resources and software programs that are selected for their situation. They watch Joan demonstrate the use of the products on their monitors and give the software a try. Joan is able to configure computers to optimize progress from a distance. TWIST at a Distance for Professionals-Online Coaching and Training Professionals who work with adults who have had strokes or head injuries and those who work with children who have developmental and acquired communication, learning and cognitive challenges often want to know how to use technology to enhance outcomes, make work more enjoyable, increase revenue, and create effective home practice programs. TWIST at a Distance for Professionals was created for the busy therapist who wants to get up and running quickly with the most appropriate technology to improve service delivery. This new program empowers therapists with the knowledge of quality affordable resources and techniques to improve treatment without the expense and time involved with travel.High speed online access is required. Email Joan@ innovativesepeech.com for more information. A variety of packages are available. Joan L. Green, M.A. CCC-SLP
Founder of Innovative Speech Therapy
Author of "Technology for Communication and Cognitive Treatment: The Clinician's Guide"Recipient of "Most Outstanding Contribution to the Field" Award- 2008- MD Speech, Lang. and Hearing Assn
1-800-IST-2550/ 301-602-2899 www.ittsguides.com www.innovativespeech.com
Joan@innovativespeech.com
The National Aphasia AssociationAs you know, technology surrounds us and changes by the second. There are many people with aphasia, caregivers and professionals who now rely on communicating via the internet. Below is a listing of aphasia blogs, online support groups and therapy programs.
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