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Regardless of our profession, title, or location, we all have one thing in common — a need to stay connected. As we begin to move forward into our collective “new normal”, maintaining that connection to those depending on you is paramount, and in many cases telepractice may be the answer you’re searching for.
If you are implementing or considering telepractice, please consult your professional organizations, licensing boards, professional liability insurance providers, and state laws and regulations regarding telepractice. Please review this additional information before proceeding.
We’ve compiled a number of resources to help support your telepractice needs. Here you’ll find information on using specific products, administration tutorials, and a Newsroom with updates, news, and announcements about the latest developments in telepractice.
Pearson has a growing number of products that may be appropriately used for telepractice under certain conditions.
In short, telepractice allows for continuity of care when in-person sessions are not practical or feasible.
Whether you’re familiar with it as telepractice, telehealth, telemedicine, remote testing – the common theme this: our customers want to know how to continue to deliver clinical, speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral health, and psychoeducational tools and assessments to students and clients at home.
Telepractice links clinician to client or clinician to clinician for assessment, intervention, and/or consultation via telecommunications. It includes a growing variety of applications and services using two-way video, email, smart phones, wireless tools, and other forms of telecommunications technology.
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Over the past several months, the landscape of healthcare has drastically changed. The term “social distancing” has become a part of our vernacular — seemingly overnight — and as a large majority of the world has found ways to maintain some physical distance, there are many, like you, who are searching for ways to provide care to those who need it. Telepractice can help you do just that.
In 2010, the American Telemedicine Association published a sample set of guidelines for telepractice.
While it may not be the part of the process you look forward to the most, before you dive into telepractice you are responsible for understanding guidelines and requirements from your national professional association (e.g., APA, AOTA, ASHA, NASP, AMA, or educational organization) as well as state laws and regulations for your practice, and for assessment specifically (links can typically be found through your state organizations’ websites).
Consult your national professional organization’s website to find guidelines and considerations for providing ethical and effective telepractice services. Some professional organizations have provided links to state licensing board requirements for telepractice, as requirements vary by state.
Take a close look at different teleconferencing services/packages that provide a picture-in-picture display and online tools that enable you to share your screen, use annotation tools, etc.) Confirm that the teleconferencing platform package that your work site is considering has features that enable you to meet HIPAA and FERPA requirements (e.g., encrypted transmission, secure login/access). Typically, Facebook and Skype are not secure sites for delivering telepractice services and would violate HIPAA and FERPA requirements for secure transmission, however, current events have led many public, private, and governmental organizations to temporarily relax their security guidelines to allow practitioners to continue to serve their clients.
Practitioners are still responsible for:
In general, numerous platform options exist. It’s often possible to access a trial version of a platform before you choose the one that best fits your needs.
Pearson Clinical Assessment currently has several global telepractice platform partners that house some of our assessment content for research and/or commercial use:
Again, best practice includes checking your professional organization’s website for training information, continuing education, professional resources, and/or participation in special interest groups within the organization.
Before conducting your first assessments, you will need to:
Five Factors: Considerations for a positive assessment administration
There are a few ways you can continue to provide support for your clients/students through telepractice.
1. Q-global — Remote On-Screen Administration (ROSA)
If you are currently using Q-global to score tests you administer using paper protocols, then you first need to determine whether you (or your organization) has purchased Scoring Subscriptions or Score Reports/ Report Usages to accomplish this scoring.
Only Score Reports/ Report Usages allow you to generate score reports for tests that are administered using Remote On-Screen Administration (ROSA). Scoring Subscriptions provide you with scoring ability only for tests which you administer in paper format and manually enter item responses into Q-global. Depending on the type of assessment, you have two options:
Remote On-Screen Administration
2. Q-global – Digital Administration Materials in the Resource Library
The Q-global Resource Library holds a multitude of digital stimulus books, manuals, and additional administration materials for your use in telepractice contexts. To use the stimulus books and other administration materials remotely, refer to the guidance in the “Using Your Digital Assets on Q-global” file in the Resource Library General folder for those products that have digital assets. Details about accessing these assets for a greatly reduced cost is available on our Q-global page.
3. Q-interactive
If you already have a Q-interactive subscription, you can provide remote administration by following these instructions:
Please note that this scenario requires significant technical skill, additional software, and extensive practice.
View this video for more information on using Q-interactive in Telepractice
Once you’ve completed an assessment:
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