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PresenceLearning Hits Three Million Teletherapy Sessions Delivered

eSchool News

PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, reached the milestone of delivering more than three million teletherapy sessions to students nationwide. To learn more about PresenceLearning, visit www.presencelearning.com/. . About PresenceLearning.

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New Mental Health Service to Address Student Anxiety and Stress

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iOpening Enterprises is a professional development and media company that delivers groundbreaking, science-based mental wellness solutions to schools. iOpening Enterprises is a professional development and media company that delivers groundbreaking, science-based mental wellness solutions to schools. About PresenceLearning.

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Teletherapy has been powering virtual special education for years

The Hechinger Report

But Kristin Martinez, the clinical director at PresenceLearning, which provides online special education services, said school leaders should take heart. PresenceLearning provides licensed speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists and behavioral and mental health professionals to hundreds of schools all over the country.

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US Edtech Raises $803M in First Half of 2020 As COVID-19 Forces Learning Online

Edsurge

“With COVID-19 jeopardizing in-school learning, we expect the widespread adoption of edtech software to continue, and this is not a short-term trend,” says Jeff Lieberman, a managing director at Insight Partners, a private equity firm that has backed nearly two dozen education companies. In the first half of 2020, U.S.

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Educators Get Creative To Serve Students With Disabilities

MindShift

Education Department has offered schools some flexibility , but with no road map or template for how to teach special needs students in this new world, teachers have been forced to innovate, adapting as they go along. An estimated 14% of public school students receive such services in the U.S., ” Andrea Leonardi feels that urgency, too.

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29 K-12 edtech predictions for 2021

eSchool News

Leaders will be looking for new ways to streamline observation to ensure teachers feel supported, connected with colleagues, and aligned on how to have the most impact with students. Kate Eberle Walker, CEO, PresenceLearning. Adam Geller, Founder and CEO, Edthena. Today’s students are struggling more than ever.

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The K-12 Edtech Market Is At an Inflection. But Where Is It Going?

Edsurge

For them it was—and still is—ABC Mouse, Adventure Academy and Roblox (and YouTube when they figure out how to reinstall it). As EdSurge reporter Rebecca Koenig points out , some companies have satisfied the demands of parents and their school clients. Returning to their school programs felt like a step backwards.

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