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Make virtual service decisions you can defend

Three working tools from Dr. David Bateman and Dr. Jordan Wright's CASE National session, Making Effective Teletherapy Decisions for Students with Disabilities: Ensuring Benefit and Compliance, plus the session recording and their answers to your questions.

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Dr. David Bateman as Captain Compliance and Dr. Jordan Wright as Dr. Evaluations, now appearing at CASE National
The session

Five takeaways from Providence

Virtual services work when the team can show both the process and the results. Here's what David and Jordan want every district to hold onto.

  • Tele-service provision is a service-delivery model, held to the same FAPE standard as in-person services.
  • The IEP team considers individual student fit, service fit, onsite support and data before relying on the model.
  • Delivered minutes matter, and engagement, progress and responsive adjustment matter more.
  • A strong partner manages provider issues, supports clinical practice and gives administrators usable outcome data.
  • The district can contract for services, and the responsibility for FAPE stays with the district.
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Session recording

The full session from Thursday, Nov 12 at CASE National posts here the week after the conference.

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A six-part framework for any tele-service partner

The session's core framework. Tools 1 and 2 put each part to work.

1

Student fit

Will the services work for the students being served?

2

Provider quality

Are providers licensed, experienced, satisfied and the right fit for your community?

3

Service design

How are services scheduled, supported and designed to engage students?

4

Security

How are data, sessions and all other information protected?

5

Data and outcomes

How are compliance and outcomes data collected, used and shared back with you?

6

Management

Who handles provider issues, make-ups, caseloads and clinical support?

Q&A recap

Your questions, answered

David and Jordan are answering the questions you sent, live at CASE and here for everyone. Their answers post the week after the conference, grouped by theme.

Answers coming soon.

These tools support your team's own decisions and documentation. They aren't legal advice, so bring legal questions to your district's counsel. Case files are fictional, and watch list patterns are composites with no real students, families or districts described. Never enter student names or identifying details in these tools.

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