Last Updated Oct 2012
In the early years of my career, I began to notice a pattern. The number of students eligible for speech and language therapy services was increasing, and as a result, our caseloads dramatically increased. The paperwork required of us also began to increase as states and school districts came dangerously close to non-compliance and faced increasing threats of lawsuits.
I joined the speech-language pathology career 10 years ago as a wide-eyed, driven graduate, positive that I would make a difference in the lives of others.
With each passing year, we were forced to spend more time analyzing data and completing requisite paperwork than we spent working with our students and clients.
The number one complaint of SLP's and therapists alike has been the extraordinary amount of paperwork and data that we need to maintain and track to comply with state standards. This paperwork costs each of us precious time - time that could be better spent providing therapy for clients and students.
The Spark of an Idea
Necessity, as they say, is the mother of invention and so it was from this frustration that the seed for the Wee Talk Tracker Pro was planted. I spent years developing and honing an easy and effective system to collect and track data for my students and private clients to improve my therapy services. The system was great, but it was still in the paper-and-pencil stage.
Finally, in 2009, invention met opportunity. Apple released the iPad. Sleek, portable, and user-friendly, the iPad was the perfect platform for the program that Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Occupational Therapists (OTs), Physical Therapists (PTs), Behaviorists, and Special Therapy Educators had been waiting for. One of the iPad apps for therapists, The Wee Talk Tracker Pro, was born.
I have spent my therapy career dedicated to helping hundreds of children and their families accomplish their communication goals. My dedication to serving 
others and providing the best possible therapy was the impetus to creating the Wee Talk Tracker Pro iPad app. SLPs, OTs, PTs, Behaviorists, and Special Education Teachers can now fulfill requisites of their therapy job in an efficient, visually pleasing way and have more time to work with their clients. It's a win-win for all! The Wee Talk Tracker Pro iPad app is the culmination of years of hard work, research and testing.
What can clinicians expect from using The Wee Talk Tracker Pro iPad app?
- Reduce your risk by using an app that will track empirical data
- Reduce the amount of time you spend collecting data
- Eliminate the time you spend analyzing data
- Create and prepare fully customizable goals and your own unique goals from the built-in goal bank (there are discipline specific goals)
- Track individual and group sessions
- Manage your busy schedules using the in-app calendar, which is linked to each client’s individual profile
- Create/Print/Save/Export/Email detailed, visually stunning, and interactive graphs from your collected data
- Put reference materials and state standards at your fingertips
- Password protected and encrypted- all of your data and clients remain confidential, secure, and safe
- Saving time saves you money
Purchase in Bulk and Save 50%
The Wee Talk Tracker Pro is enrolled in Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP). This program allows educational institutions to purchase 20 copies or more of the Wee Talk Tracker Pro and receive a 50% discount on their purchase. This is a valuable piece of information given that many school districts are adopting the use of iPad’s in special and regular education programs.
Quality Assurance
There are NO monthly or annual subscription fees!
We provide FREE app updates and support!
Upgrade yourself today!
For more information visit:
iTunes App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wee-talk-tracker-pro/id477952641?ls=1&mt=8
Website: http://www.weetalktrackerpro.com
YouTube demo: http://www.youtube.com/weetalktrackerpro
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/weetalktrackerpro
Having this type of technology, we can spend more time providing great therapy services than we do analyzing data on the goals for the students and clients that we work with.
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