SAC has compiled speech-language pathology focused resources to assist you in providing accessible telepractice services:

• Telepractice Checklist for Speech-Language Pathology Services includes step-by-step considerations—from preparation to implementation. Please note that the checklist was adapted with permission from an ASHA resource and therefore is only available in English.
• Dysphagia management via Telepractice (updated May 15) provides resources to assist S-LPs providing dysphagia management via telepractice during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Guidance for Speech-Language Pathology Telepractice Placements to help S-LPs navigate telesupervision during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Teletherapy S-LPs in Canada is a private Facebook discussion group with nearly 500 Canadian S-LP members sharing tips and information about teletherapy practice.
• SpeechBITE – open access speech-language pathology telepractice research articles
• SAC Webcast: Supervising Telepractice Placements

Additional Resources

• Adult Language (Aphasia)
  • Conversations between people with aphasia and speech pathology students via telepractice: A Phase II feasibility study
  • Self-managed, computerised speech and language therapy for patients with chronic aphasia post-stroke compared with usual care or attention control (Big CACTUS): a multicentre, single-blinded, randomised controlled trial
  • Telepractice for Adult Speech-Language Pathology Services: A Systematic Review
  • Telerehabilitation combined speech-language and cognitive training effectively promoted recovery in aphasia patients
• Adult Language (Cognitive Communication)
  • Improved Conversation Outcomes After Social Communication Skills Training for People With Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Communication Partners: A Clinical Trial Investigating In-Person and Telehealth Delivery
• Dysphagia
  • The efficacy of telerehabilitation in dysphagic patients: a systematic review
• Voice
  • Do patients treated for voice therapy with telepractice show similar changes in voice outcome measures as patients treated face-to-face?
• Paediatric Speech
  • A Clinical Decision Making Example: Implementing Intensive Speech Sound Intervention for School-Age Students Through Telepractice
• Paediatric Language (ASD)
  • Parent-Mediated Intervention Training Delivered Remotely for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder Living Outside of Urban Areas: Systematic Review
  • An evaluation of resurgence following functional communication training conducted in alternative antecedent contexts via telehealth
• Paediatric Language (Hearing impairment)
  • A multisite study evaluating the benefits of early intervention via telepractice
  • A pilot study of telepractice for teaching listening and spoken language to Mandarin-speaking children with congenital hearing loss