“Necessity is the mother of invention.” As cliché as it might sound, this age-old proverb is grounded in truth, and the genesis of E-Therapy—a pioneer and leader in the teletherapy market—strengthens this perception. E-Therapy's journey traces back to 2009 when Diana Parafiniuk, a seasoned speech-language pathologist and E-Therapy's Co-founder and CMO, used to commute hundreds of miles each week for providing speech services to students across Northern Arizona. Driven by the vision to change students' lives for the better, Diana resolved to transcend the limits of traditional onsite therapy delivery models to ensure that every child gets the therapy they need no matter wherever they are. She identified the acute need for schools and speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to deliver therapy remotely in a more effective and scalable manner. Consequently, E-Therapy was born to offer the highest-quality teletherapy services to underserved children and schools. “We had no guidebook. We charted the path ourselves in terms of leveraging technology and combining it with special education services to reach out to children in underserved areas. When we came to being, E-Therapy was light years ahead of the market with our novel approach to delivering therapy using modern technology,” asserts Diana.

Committed to helping children in need of related services, E-Therapy offers speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, counseling/social services, and assessments and diagnostic services using two-way web-based video conferencing, a proprietary platform, and online education programs. Over the years, the company successfully provided teletherapy services to school districts and rural communities that usually have difficulty receiving services. Today, as an established market leader, E-Therapy provides the highest quality remote teletherapy services to hundreds of schools and thousands of students across all communities in the U.S. Whether it’s reaching out to students in remote locations, such as the Navajo and Hopi Reservation or the schools in Alaska or schools in suburbs and urban areas in California, Florida, and Texas, E-Therapy successfully delivers services to students via its online therapy services.

Navigating Choppy Waters in the Unprecedented Times

Amidst the significant disruptions in the world of education spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, school district administrators have been compelled to leverage modern technology to stay relevant in the remote learning era. However, administrators have been struggling to lay an effective framework for remote and hybrid learning due to the lack of quality services on the market. “The education industry has witnessed an immediate 180-degrees shift in terms of switching from traditional educational practices to remote learning strategies. As industry experts, we are perfectly poised to guide and support this much-needed transition in education with our knowledge and expertise,” states Diana.

E-Therapy has been leading schools toward remote and hybrid learning even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given that the majority of the children do not have special education requirements, most remote learning platforms on the market are not geared toward providing related services. This is where E-Therapy makes a profound difference with its teletherapy services designed for the welfare of kids with special education requirements. “We’ve always been at the forefront of leveraging technology to innovate and serve schools based on their specific needs. The quality of our service makes us standout,” says Harris Larney, Co-founder and CEO at E-Therapy. The company offers its teletherapy platform, STAR, which allows a school’s onsite clinicians and E-Therapy’s therapists to serve PreK-12 students remotely.