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🎁'Tis (almost the season)... a pre-holiday gift just for SLPs!
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Hi Reader, It’s November... and before you get wrapped up in the holidays, I’d like to give you a gift! 🎁 Get 50% off your first month (or $10 off your annual membership) of the Tactus Virtual Rehab Center when you join by November 15. That means after your 3-week free trial, you’ll get an extra month for just $10! 🎉 That's 7 weeks of full access for just $10! 🤯 You’ve heard about it, but you might still be wondering, "What exactly is the Tactus Virtual Rehab Center?" Check out this video for your answer: The Virtual Rehab Center is an online platform built just for adult medical speech-language pathologists. It's accessible from any device on the web and includes:
Ready to check out the benefits of the Virtual Rehab Center? Try it FREE! No obligation, cancel anytime. Here's how:
Before things get hectic this holiday season, take a moment to unwrap a little gift for you that makes your workday a little easier, therapy more successful, and patients more empowered. 🙌 Thank you for the care and expertise you bring to every session. ❤️ All the best, -Megan P.S. Please share this coupon with a friend or colleague who also appreciates how technology can make work easier and benefit our patients. VRC2025 - Put it in when you sign up! Fine print: Coupon is valid until Nov 15, 2025 and must be entered at the time of sign-up. Values in this email are in USD. The coupon value adjusts in CAD, GBP, and AUD to offer the first month at 50% off. Annual plan members will have the value deducted from the first year. |
Megan @ Tactus Therapy
I'm a speech-language pathologist & co-founder of Tactus. Tactus offers evidence-based apps for aphasia therapy and lots of free resources, articles, and education - like this newsletter. Sign up to get my updates 1-2 times a month.
Hello Reader, We all know that instrumental swallowing assessments like the MBSS and FEES are the gold standard for assessing anatomy and physiology, so is it even worth doing a bedside assessment? 🤔 Absolutely! Your bedside skills still matter more than you think. The clinical swallow evaluation (or CSE as it's known, since beds aren't always involved) is our first step in assessing and diagnosing dysphagia. It's how we learn how dysphagia is affecting our patient and if an instrumental...
If you’ve ever learned an instrument, you’ve heard: “Don’t forget to practice!” 🎷🎻Practice may not make perfect, but it does make progress. Speech therapy works the same way. Your sessions with a therapist help you learn new skills, but the real magic happens when you practice at home and use those skills in real life, like ordering coffee or chatting with friends. 💪✨ 📚 Why Practice Matters Research shows people who practice at home make bigger gains than those who only work in sessions (Des...
Hello Reader, Do your patients get the ideal amount of therapy? 🤔 Probably not, and research would agree. 📊 The Research-Practice Dosage Gap Cavanaugh (2021) compared aphasia treatment dosage in research vs real outpatient clinics: Research: median of 20 hrs over 15 sessions (≈3× per week) Reality: median of 7.5 hrs over 10 sessions (1–2× per week) That’s a 2.5× gap! 🤯 We know neuroplasticity thrives on intensity and repetition. Even the best weekly sessions can’t match what the brain needs...