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Hendry schools highlight teletherapy partnership after state grant
Summary
School officials and vendor Presence described on-site and teletherapy speech services, saying the district served about 360 students through 5,300 sessions and recently received a state Department of Education grant to expand the model.
Superintendent Swindle and the district’s special education leaders praised a teletherapy partnership that they say has expanded access to speech and language services across Hendry County.
The district’s ESE and Student Services director, identified in the meeting as Ms. White, introduced Presence representatives and local clinicians and said the state Department of Education visited the district and “left here in awe” of how Hendry handles student services. Ms. White said the department recently received a “very large grant” from the Department of Education to permit the district to work with other districts…
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