Mixed Model Approach

Everyday I’m thankful for the beautiful state I live in… the beautifully, BIG state. While Wyoming has over 97,000 square miles, it’s ranked 50th in the nation with its small population (577,737 in 2018). There are over 15,000 students in our rural state between the ages of 3 and 21 years old who receive special education, and a majority of those kids also receive related services including speech, occupational and physical therapy. Many school districts have gone to great lengths to find therapists often advertising for months and years only to fill with traveling therapists who are short-term and expensive.

By combining teletherapy services with on-site services, called our Mixed Model approach, Trilogy Therapy offers a solution to the challenge school districts face daily obtaining speech, occupational and physical therapists.  Trilogy Therapists have their feet on the ground working and collaborating on-site with students, teachers, PLC teams, and district therapists all while combining virtual services through teletherapy. The Mixed Model approach decreases the inefficiencies (including inability to fill therapy positions, increased expense, travel, etc.) of only using on-site therapy.

Trilogy Therapy is committed to providing related services to rural and hard to access areas where therapists are difficult to find. We believe no matter where you are, access to therapy should have no boundaries and we are working hard to fulfill this need throughout Wyoming.

Trilogy Therapy offers the best of both worlds with our Mixed Model approach. By combining virtual therapy services with on-site therapy services successful outcomes are achieved! Ask us about our Mixed Model approach and how we can help you implement it today! 

Contributed by Ellen C. Treide MS, CCC-SLP 

Easy Peasy: Essentials for Teletherapy

“Goodbye, I love you!” were the words I heard through my headset as I looked at a beaming face on my computer screen at the end of a productive speech therapy session. Immediately I knew we needed to work on proper greetings! But through that realization, I could also see the joy on this student’s face as he completed another successful speech therapy session.

There are countless studies that prove speech, occupational and physical therapy provided through teletherapy are just as effective as a face to face model. Research even proves students who participate in speech teletherapy “outperform control groups and national benchmarks” (according to Towey, 2013 and Gorgan-Johnson, 2011) in the areas of expressive and receptive language, social pragmatics, and articulation skills.

It doesn’t take much, as far as equipment is concerned, to complete a meaningful teletherapy session. Here are the essentials:

• Internet

• Computer, laptop, or tablet

• Web camera

• Headset with a microphone

Before your first teletherapy session we can do a test run to make sure your equipment is ready and to answer any question you might have. We know you’ll be just as happy with your session at it’s conclusion as our student who exclaimed, “Good bye, I love you!”

Trilogy Therapy is committed to providing related services to rural and hard to access areas where therapists can be difficult to find. We believe no matter where you are, access to therapy should have no boundaries and we are committed to fulfilling this need throughout Wyoming and across our nation.

Click on schedule a demo with Trilogy Therapy today so you can experience how great teletherapy really is!

How can Trilogy Therapy help you?

You may be wondering how can speech, occupational and physical therapy be done online? We’re here to show you not only is it done, but Trilogy Therapy does it well and with great results! Our therapists seek out innovation creating the best therapy possible for all of our students and patients.

Trilogy Therapy realizes there is a great need for therapy services not only in our home state of Wyoming, but across the entire United States. Trilogy therapists are able to deliver those therapies effectively and efficiently using teletherapy. Rebecca, Emily and I have over 40 years of combined experience delivering evidence based, highly effective therapy. We have extensive experience working in school, medical, and private practice settings, but we’ve found teletherapy to be the best way to break through all barriers for access and opportunity to the best therapy.

Trilogy Therapy partners with school districts, providing services for all therapy needs. Our therapists treat, instruct, assess, consult, document services and collaborate with teachers and other team members regularly. Trilogy Therapy solves the problem of the shortages of therapists in schools, which increases full compliance with IDEA standards, and more reliable, higher quality speech, occupational, and physical therapy. Our therapists will keep you up-to-date with your student’s progress and make sure all students are tracking toward their goals. Trilogy therapists can also follow learners into the classroom or community to provide consultation and coaching in situations where the student needs help in the most.

Trilogy Therapy is able to come to you! Trilogy therapists provide additional services whenever and wherever a student needs, whether it’s during a summer break or for just an extra boost.  Trilogy Therapy provides effective services at the convenience of your schedule.  Our therapists are consistent and take away gaps in speech, occupational and physical therapy to the student, which is immeasurable for the quality and outcome of therapy services.

Click on schedule a demo today so we can show you how it’s done!

Contributed by Ellen C. Treide MS, CCC-SLP