Our Founder, Featured on Principal Center Radio

Our founder, Diana Parafiniuk, shares her story on Principal Center Radio. She had a wonderful time getting to know others in the industry, and talking about all the great things E-Therapy does- from direct services to mental health programs. Having started this company 12+ years ago, Diana set out to find a solution and be able toContinue reading “Our Founder, Featured on Principal Center Radio”

Bringing Social Emotional Learning to Your Classroom

What is SEL? Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has been in the educational spotlight for the last few years.  The benefits of SEL for students make it more than just an educational trend. However, as a teacher, with a jam-packed schedule, you may be wondering how to connect SEL to academic learning.  SEL is the process inContinue reading “Bringing Social Emotional Learning to Your Classroom”

Practical Tips For Setting IEP Goals for Your Special Education Students

By Diana Parafiniuk, M.S., CCC-SLP, Co-Founder/Chief Marketing Officer As a Special Education Teacher, it is mandatory to set appropriate goals on your Individualized Education Program (IEP for short) annually. Appropriately setting well thought out goals on the IEP allows students with any disability to achieve success, growth, and increase positive behaviors. By tracking progress accurately,Continue reading “Practical Tips For Setting IEP Goals for Your Special Education Students”

Parent-School Communication Strategies for Administrators and Teachers

Strong, clear, and timely communication between parents and schools is often linked to improved family involvement with the school and may help facilitate increased student achievement.  How can you meet everyone where they are? Information exchanges need to include both low- and high- tech strategies. Schools should never assume that all families have effective orContinue reading “Parent-School Communication Strategies for Administrators and Teachers”

Managing Challenging Student Behavior

When you think of managing student behavior we’re guessing that these words sometimes come to mind: challenging, disorganized, intimidating. It’s E-Therapy’s hope that we can help you change the narrative so that words like easy, communication and hopeful begin to replace the latter.  We recognize that life is all about balance, and that as leadersContinue reading “Managing Challenging Student Behavior”

A Revolutionary Platform: eSMART

Wouldn’t it be nice to transform your Student Services staff into teletherapy experts to help your special education students? You can! eSMART is here to do just that! eSMART is a licensed platform that was created by E-Therapy for a solution that allows your team to grow, nurture, and ensure support for your students. WithContinue reading “A Revolutionary Platform: eSMART”

Social Emotional Learning Aligned With Art Curriculum

Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science require a deeper understanding of core SEL skills and the ability for students to apply them.  Aligning arts instruction with social emotional learning (SEL) education is a natural alignment for teaching these skills to children. In today’s blog, guest author Sue Laue, an SEL expert trainer and coach, introduces usContinue reading “Social Emotional Learning Aligned With Art Curriculum”

Teletherapy Activities: September 2021

It’s here! Back to School time has arrived! Just in time for the new year, we bring you another month filled with all new E-Therapy original activities. Keep reading to unlock your September FREEBIE resources and materials.  September Calendar of Activities By now, you’ve probably heard about our monthly national day calendars which are jamContinue reading “Teletherapy Activities: September 2021”

Communication Strategies to Use With a Non-Verbal Child

For many of us the ability to talk to our coworkers, friends, and family is something we take for granted. We speak up when we need help, whisper “I love you”, or laugh at a funny joke. But non-verbal children do not have a voice or the ability to use verbal speech effectively.  For themContinue reading “Communication Strategies to Use With a Non-Verbal Child”

Voices: Online Therapy Activities From An Occupational Therapist

In this new blog in the Voices Series, Registered Occupational Therapist, Marisa Machado, OTR, shares some tips on getting started with online therapy and keeping your students engaged. Her online therapy activities work on visual motor, visual perceptual, handwriting, fine motor, and keyboarding goals. Online therapy can be challenging at times, especially for new teletherapists. IContinue reading “Voices: Online Therapy Activities From An Occupational Therapist”

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