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”

Voices: How A High School Senior Helps Kids Graduate

E-Therapy’s Voices series returns with a guest blogger that has been in the education world for 12 years – as a student! Aden Faris is a high school senior who saw his peers struggling with school work during last year’s school closures and subsequent move to online learning. With a heart for his community andContinue reading “Voices: How A High School Senior Helps Kids Graduate”

5 Ways To Break The Monotony Of Online Learning

by Diana Parafiniuk, founder of E-Therapy Online learning can turn into a monotonous activity for students and teachers. As teletherapists, we know that keeping your students’ attention during online classes is not an easy task. Many students enthusiastic about being online for all their classes has waned, and at this point, they would much ratherContinue reading “5 Ways To Break The Monotony Of Online Learning”

Start Your Own Telepractice Or Join A Teletherapy Company?

After the stressful year and a half that educators had due to Covid-19, many therapists are entering summer break with an introspective look at their lives and careers. Teletherapy may not have been a choice before, but after school closures and a hit to their mental health and wellbeing, school-based therapists are making a choiceContinue reading “Start Your Own Telepractice Or Join A Teletherapy Company?”

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