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Texas Speech-Language- Hearing Convention - 2015
EFFICIENT CASELOAD MANAGEMENT ACROSS APPS
Barbara Fernandes, Smarty Ears founder
About me!?
✤ After trying very hard to become a super-hero
I managed to find something even better to
with my time: Develop apps that make
children love going to Speech Therapy!
✤ Certified and Licensed Speech-Language-
Pathologist
✤ Smarty Ears Founder & CEO - 2010 to
present.
✤ Blogger at GeekSLP.com
✤ Founder of Smarty Symbols
✤ Developed over 60 apps for the iPad
Disclosure Statement
Relevant financial relationship(s), no relevant nonfinancial relationship(s)
I have the following relevant financial relationship(s) in the products or services
described, reviewed, evaluated or compared in this presentation.
- Smarty Ears I am the founder and owner of Smarty Ears.
I have no relevant non-financial relationship(s) to disclose.
Favorite things about
Speech-Therapy apps?
✤Data Tracking
✤Portability
✤Convenient
✤Engaging
✤Fun & entertaining?
There is an app for
everything!!!!
Do you ever get “appwhelmed”?
Articulation
Language
Social
Skills & Pragmatics
Assessment &
Screenings
What does your caseload look like?
10 kids? ( “I wish”)
20 kids? ( “Wishful thinking”)
30 kids? ( “I think that would be plenty, but try again”)
40 kids? (“If I am lucky!”)
How many apps do you use for
therapy?
Let’s play along a scenario of owning
three apps, and having 30 students.
Problem 2:
Which app did I use with Paul?
oh no, wait! Let me think….
Articulate it?
hum… no, I used that one with Carrie.
Progress report from apps?
When it is time to print out our progress reports from apps
we have to open each one of the apps to print out reports and then combine those reports into one somewhat decent progress re
Problem 3:
Ms. Fernandes, what did you do for therapy on 2/14?
We did a craft! It was so much fun, we worked on
vocabulary, following directions, and whquestions.
Do you have that paperwork?
How do I show the paper based activities we used?