Clinical Supervision of a Client With Traumatic Brain Injury in a Host Home Placement Using Video Teleconferencing

Abstract

VTC might be liberally substituted for in-person supervision visits in the context of an ongoing clinical relationship during community reintegration following TBI.

Telepractice in the Assessment and Treatment of Individuals with Aphasia: A Systematic Review

“…The studies assessed the outcome of an intervention and/or the comparison of assessment results when services were delivered in-person as compared to telepractice. Four studies included only one participant ( Fitch, 1983 ; Helm-Estabrooks & Ramsberger, 1986 ; Lasker, Stierwalt, Spence, & Calvin-Root, 2010 ; McGrath, Dowds, & Goldstein, 2008 ). One study involved two participants ( Goldberg, Haley, & Jacks, 2012 ), one study included 19 participants ( Hoffman, Worrall, Eames, & Ryan, 2010 ), and one study provided services to 24 participants.…”

“…The 10 included studies utilized a variety of technological supports ranging from telephones and widely available equipment to highly-customized and exclusive tools (please reference Appendix A ). Two studies used telephones ( Helm-Estabrooks & Ramsberger, 1986 ; Hoffman, 2010 ), five used videoconferencing/video teleconferencing/Skype © ( Georgeadis et al, 2004 ; Goldberg, 2012 ; Lasker et al, 2010 ; McGrath et al, 2008 ; Palsbo, 2007 ), two used a custom-built videoconferencing system developed at the University of Queensland ( Hill et al, 2009 ; Theodoros et al, 2008 ), and one study used a PDP 11/44 minicomputer and LSI 11/23 microcomputer system used at the Veterans Administration Medical Center ( Fitch, 1983 ).…”

“…Four studies employed telepractice for a range of intervention services including services designed to increase auditory comprehension ( Fitch, 1983 ), provide practice of individualized scripts ( Goldberg et al, 2012 ), target syntax ( Helm-Estabrooks & Ramsberger, 1986 ), and work on specific verbal targets ( Lasker et al, 2010 ). Lastly, McGrath and colleagues (2008) used video teleconferencing to conduct weekly consultation meetings with an individual participating in a community reintegration program.…”

Telehealth and autism: A systematic search and review of the literature

“…Telehealth in speech-language pathology is becoming an established practice in certain areas, with research indicating successful use in treating fluency disorders (Harrison et al, 1999;Lewis, Packman, Onslow, Simpson, & Jones, 2008;O'Brian, Smith, & Onslow, 2014;Wilson, Onslow, & Lincoln, 2004), dysphagia (Sharma, Ward, Burns, Theodoros, & Russell, 2013;, adult speech and language disorders (Constantinescu et al, 2010;McGrath, Dowds, & Goldstein, 2008) and speech sound disorders in childhood (Grogan-Johnson et al, 2013). Telehealth has also been used successfully in formal language assessments in children (Sutherland et al, 2017;Waite, Theodoros, Russell, & Cahill, 2010).…”

A Web-Based Videoconferencing Approach to Training Caregivers in Rural Areas to Compensate for Problems Related to Traumatic Brain Injury

“…20,21 Telerehabilitation refers to the use of telecommunications technologies (eg, telephone systems, videoconferencing, Web-based programs, wireless devices) for the provision of rehabilitation services at a distance, including consultation, monitoring/assessment, and therapy. 22 Telerehabilitation has shown promise for delivering services to persons with TBI, 23,24 including speech-language therapy, 25 physical therapy, 26 professional consultation, 27,28 spaced retrieval training for everyday memory tasks, 29 cognitive-behavioral therapy, 30 and problem-solving interventions for families of children with TBI. 31,32 Videophone technology has been used to monitor the neurological status of persons with reduced consciousness after TBI who were discharged home with family and to reinforce care skills performed by the family within the home.…”