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Using videoconferencing to provide Speech & Language Therapy Rebecca Matthews Phd Student and Speech & Language Therapist [email protected] 0118 9700300 Skype ID - speechsort What do I hope to gain from this meeting? • Learn about other projects using videoconferencing • Make contact with others using this technology to provide SLT or other therapy • Learn about the experiences of others using videoconferencing Profile on the use of SLT Videoconferencing so far……. Location = USA/Canada/UK Difficulty = Parkinson’s Disease, CVA Dysfluency, High Tech AAC Speech/Language Impairment Age = adult, adolescents, infant age Activity = Therapy Programme, Liaison, Observation SLT videoconferencing projects in the UK (published) 1. ICAN Teach Speech (1999) a. Infant age children b. Liaison/support 2. ACE Centre (2005) a. All ages b. Observation/liaison 3. City University LSVT project (2007) a. Adults b. LSVT programme My Research Questions 1. Is it possible to identify change/benefit for the paediatric communication impaired using videoconferencing to provide SLT? 2. What factors predict that change is possible using this technology to provide SLT? 3. How does communication style change using videoconferencing to provide SLT? Research Methodology • Time Frame = 2009-2010 • Participants = paediatric • Aetiology = Autism/ASD/Asperger’s Cleft Palate/Hearing Impaired SLI • Measures = questionnaire & interview observation formal assessment conversational analysis