Elevating Speech and Language Therapy
+Efficiency
Time saved in resource preparation lead to increased provision
+Remote
Both in-person and online therapy
+Engagement
Increased engagement with personalized materials
The Settings
EG Training is a leading independent Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) practice based in the U.K., dedicated to helping individuals with diverse speech, language, and communication challenges. They also support clients with eating, drinking, and swallowing difficulties. Serving over 200 clients across the U.K., France, and Switzerland, EG Training is known for its personalized and flexible approach to therapy.
The Challenge
EG Training aimed to enhance the efficiency and flexibility of their service delivery, ensuring that therapy sessions remained engaging and tailored to each client's unique needs. This required both face-to-face and online therapy options.
"Cognishine emerged as the perfect partner in our quest for innovative speech and language therapy resources. Its dynamic platform effortlessly boosted our online therapy service capabilities, as well as providing an extra dimension to in-person therapy services. Cognishine has enabled us to extend our reach to more clients allowing them to access flexible therapy services."
The Solution
EG Training implemented Cognishine to create effective and engaging speech and language therapy sessions.
J's Story
J has Autistic Spectrum Disorder and has received speech and language therapy support for approximately five years.
Difficulties include:
- Visual & auditory processing
- Auditory memory
- Receptive language (e.g., understanding instructions)
- Expressive language (e.g., vocabulary, word recall)
- Social communication (e.g. identifying emotions, inferencing)
The treatment challenge:
- The need for materials appropriate for his chronological age & life experiences
- Shows resistance to therapy
- Lacks confidence and avoids overly challenging tasks due to fear of failure
- Shows a preference for screen-based activities
- Limited funding resulted in minimal time with SLT
- Has a TA, but limited time for preparing materials
- Limited parental involvement in therapy support
Over the last year, he has received a combination of face-to-face and online sessions. Cognishine was used to focus on the following areas:
Inferencing from pictures.
The ‘what happened’ activity was adopted. After viewing an image or video, J was asked questions such as ‘what can you see?’, ‘how are the characters feeling?’ and ‘what might happen next?’. This allowed J to explore a range of different scenarios to develop his ability to infer and predict what might happen. The wealth of material allowed us to work on real-life scenarios that J may be currently experiencing and experience in the future.
Memory and recall.
J was taught strategies to support his memory and recall skills (e.g., mind-map, and rehearsing information). Therapy focused on developing his ability to use these strategies by asking him to describe a picture from the ‘recall’ activity’ and then answer relevant questions once the image was out of view.
Vocabulary.
Numerous activities were adopted to focus on J’s ability to categorise items, including animals, transport, and food.Develop a rapport with the therapist and encourage engagement.
To finish our online sessions, we usually play a game, such us ‘memory pairs’ game, or ‘zoom out’. The games strengthen J’s bond with the therapist and are a fun reward. They also help develop pragmatic skills, such as turn-taking.
Results
Implementing Cognishine had several positive outcomes on both J's therapy experience and EG Training's operational efficiency:
Enhanced Engagement
The interactive and dynamic materials from Cognishine kept J fully engaged during online sessions.
Increased Efficiency
Therapists saved significant time on resource preparation, allowing them to allocate more time to direct client care.
Reduced Waiting Times
The improved efficiency enabled EG Training to reduce waiting times and respond quickly to rescheduling requests.
Conclusion
Cognishine has proven to be an invaluable tool for EG Training. By using this technology, EG Training has not only enhanced the therapeutic experience for clients like J but also improved their overall service delivery and operational efficiency.
"Cognishine allows us to be responsive to client needs in both therapy requirements and rapid scheduling of sessions.We can now expand the efficiency and effectiveness of our therapy services by allowing our clients easy access to personalized and engaging in-person and online therapy sessions and then replicate the same quality of therapy at home using Cognishine as often as they would like.”
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