Telehealth for Children and Families: Strategies to Balance Digital Learning and Sensory Smart Movement – Aubrey Schmalle

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Telehealth challenges therapists to adapt their intervention approaches and seek out new ways to promote skill development while collaborating with parents in their home environment.

This program provides a unique solution to meeting the needs of a digital generation of learners. Learn how to balance technology with sensory smart movement to optimize treatment outcomes using a 3 Phase Approach:

• Self-Regulation for focus
• Activate the senses for learning
• Regroup from screen-based learning demands

1. Summarize the 3 key factors to optimizing telehealth sessions 
2. Design a treatment plan outline to support state regulation and the brain-body connection while promoting recovery from screen time and skill demands. 
3. Utilize appropriate coding for reimbursement and compliance

Prepare and Be Present 

• Shifting from direct service to facilitated therapy and coaching 
• Internalizing the challenges and opportunities when collaborating with parents 

Strategic Planning for Improved Treatment Outcomes and Carryover

• A 3-phase approach using Body Activated LearningTM 
• Balancing technology with sensory smart movement 

Collaboration Techniques for Empowering Parents 

• Promoting a therapeutic alliance through preparation 
• Guiding parents to stay present and connected 
• Effective parent communication to enhance therapeutic value 

Following Informed Billing practices and Payer expectations for pediatric telehealth 

• Identify payor differences in coding and their impact on treatment planning 
• Considerations and opportunities for school-based telehealth