7 Tips To Stay Strong In The New Year

2020 has been quite a year, testing our strength, courage, and resilience. When we are faced with a barrage of changing norms, new ways of doing things, and never-ending challenges it takes all we have to rise to the occasion and find our way through the constantly shifting world we find ourselves in. 1. BelieveContinue reading “7 Tips To Stay Strong In The New Year”

How To Build Relationships During Online Therapy Sessions

Five Relationship Building Strategies to Use During Your Online Therapy Sessions By Diana Parafiniuk, founder of E-Therapy Special education as we “know it”, or should I say “knew it”, transformed before our eyes last spring. Educators from general Ed to SpEd had to quickly learn a new way to deliver curriculum and therapy online usingContinue reading “How To Build Relationships During Online Therapy Sessions”

Motivating Students For Online Therapy During Virtual School

Teachers and students are feeling the effects of hybrid and online learning. But as multiple stories and blog posts since March 2020 attest, those teachers who engage their students in multiple ways: live/synchronous lectures, pre-recorded lectures, phone calls, live chats, and virtual experiences have more academically successful students and a more satisfying experience. As teletherapists, motivatingContinue reading “Motivating Students For Online Therapy During Virtual School”

5 Tips For Practicing Presence

In our Voices series, this month, in honor of Take Your Dog To Work Day (June 26th), we have a special blog submission from author and leader, Katy McQuaid. She brings us tips on practicing presence with an assist from your best friend, your dog. How would your world change if you allowed yourself toContinue reading “5 Tips For Practicing Presence”

Ensuring Needs Are Met

Unmet youth mental health needs both in and out of schools is not a new phenomenon. Much like an iceberg, the actual scope of the need is often mistaken as being small and easily managed yet the real problem, one that isn’t often seen, lies below the surface. The fact is, for the past 25Continue reading “Ensuring Needs Are Met”

E-Therapy Provides Teletherapy To Variety The Children’s Charity

Early in the pandemic, Variety, the Children’s Charity, found themselves in a bind. St. Louis was under a new stay-at-home order, and no one knew how long it would last. Variety needed to find a way to provide speech, occupational, and physical therapy to children with special needs who could no longer see their therapists in person.Continue reading “E-Therapy Provides Teletherapy To Variety The Children’s Charity”

December Activity Round Up!

The most wonderful time of the year has arrived, not to mention all the hustle and bustle that goes along with it. We’ve been busy elves at the E-Therapy resource workshop creating a month’s worth of activities to fill your December therapy needs. E-Therapy resources are always our gift to you. Happy Holidays from allContinue reading “December Activity Round Up!”

Happy Thanksgiving! We’re so grateful for our therapists!

Wishing you the best holiday with friends and family! We are so very grateful to work with every single one of our therapists.

The Power of Positive Thinking 

One of the best ways to create exactly what we want in life is to think positively. Our thoughts have power, they direct our actions, and carve the way to our destiny.  What we focus on we create, so if our thoughts are constantly negative, we are giving attention to the exact opposite of whatContinue reading “The Power of Positive Thinking “

Prepare Your Student To Wear A Mask

We all know that most students returning to school this year will be required to wear a mask. Start preparing them now, so it will be easier when they go back to class. Model and practice One of the most useful ways to prepare your student is to model and practice proper mask-wearing yourself. ShowContinue reading “Prepare Your Student To Wear A Mask”

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