Presence

““We’re a unique district in that we have 11 different schools across a very large area. There are kids who are constantly moving back and forth and around schools. Presence is really good about switching providers when we need to. They also make it a lot easier for us to support homeschool students with speech services. It has all worked out really well.””

““What I value most about Presence is the customization of services to meet our needs. We work together to come up with new ideas. Because we serve a unique student population, we appreciate the flexibility to support our preschool and non-public school students while still maintaining fidelity.””

““Parents in our district are enthusiastic about the positive outcomes their students are achieving through Presence. Students are making meaningful progress while receiving top-notch, individualized speech and language services tailored to their unique needs.””

““Presence helps us connect students with an essential service at a time when it’s becoming harder to recruit and retain local SLPs in our area. Their teletherapy model ensures students continue receiving high-quality support, and the providers and support personnel have been great to work with.””

““When I first saw teletherapy in action, I was highly impressed. The kids were so engaged they didn’t want to leave sessions. They wanted to stay with their Presence provider.””

“We have improved in our state rankings, thanks in no small part to the work of Presence clinicians. They provide effective, efficient assessments for our students. I have never had a parent concern about a Presence school psychologist or their findings—a remarkable credit to their work. Virtual testing delivers very valid results, keeping our parents happy and ensuring students get the support they need.”

“We’ve partnered with Presence for bilingual speech therapy and occupational therapy and have had great success. Our Presence SLP has been our biggest victory, helping with bilingual speech. Our parents are grateful, and we’re grateful that our kids are getting the support they need.”

“I’ve been here almost 10 years and can attest to the difference Presence has made. They save our staff time and allow our team to push in and focus on needs at the school level. We receive several hundreds of gifted referrals each year and Presence has been instrumental in assisting us to get those evaluations done timely. With all of our timelines and responsibilities, I sincerely appreciate Presence and their flexibility and willingness to cater to Mobile’s specific needs. The presence of Presence is undeniably felt and valued.”

“We’ve built a strong partnership with Presence that has grown alongside our needs. Their team provides us clinicians who ensure our students receive the services they need to thrive.”

“During IEP meetings, HCSD teachers and parents have reported positive changes in the student’s communication in the classroom and at home.”

“We partnered with Presence because my own son was receiving services from Presence in another district. When I learned his services would be delivered via teletherapy, I thought, well, that’s interesting. I reached out to his school to observe and thought, this is very effective. If we ever need this in Calexico, I’d consider Presence. Now, we’re working with them, and it couldn’t be going better for our staff and students.”

““The partnership and the service have worked out better than I expected it to in many ways. I was very nervous when we lost some of our previous therapists, but once we made the decision to partner with Presence, quite honestly, it’s been really kind of fluid, which makes it nice from where I sit as Superintendent, knowing that it’s in good hands and it works. I think the more we get used to teleservices, the better they get. It’s becoming more and more commonplace, and it is a model we can build on.””

““I really worried about how we were going to provide services to kids because we’ve had such a critical shortage of speech-language pathologists. So I thought, ‘Let’s give [teletherapy] a try.’ From there on, it’s just been a love story ever since. We have definitely had great success. We’ve worked collaboratively. We’ve problem solved. We’ve made solutions.””

““Presence is flexible with us. We run many different local school districts, and they operate a little bit differently. But you guys listen and were able to get things tracking pretty quickly.””

““The communication that I have with the Primary Support Person and special education directors at RVUSD is something that I have never experienced at any other site that I have worked with, and I have been working virtually since 2011. They always make me feel like they care about me professionally and personally. I know that I have a special bond with the team at RVUSD, and it has made all the difference for the students as well.””

““We’re grateful for the holistic support Presence provides. We’re really trying to strengthen our overall support system, not just for the students and families, but for the staff, and make everyone feel like they’re an integral part of all of the gears. This approach truly helps support the students.””

““This has been just an incredible feat for us. We have had to pivot in so many areas, so we’ve been creative in how we serve our students. That means working in partnership with a lot of our district employees as well as our providers, being flexible, and working with our team members on the ground has been absolutely critical. It’s great to see that we’ve had so many students served and had high-quality services as well.””

““We’ve struggled to find qualified providers for all of our student’s needs, and we’ve now partnered with Presence for 3 years to offer these critical services to students through teletherapy. Their ability to really collaborate with and extend our on-the-ground team has enabled this hybrid approach to truly benefit our students, our parents, and our staff.””

““The volume, depth, and breadth of assessments have pulled our staff in many different directions… With all of our timelines and responsibilities, I sincerely appreciate Presence and their flexibility and willingness to cater to Mobile’s specific needs.””

“Special education-related services can be challenging to staff for a lot of school entities, not just in Pennsylvania, but across the nation. We appreciate all the work that Presence does to provide continuous services for the students that we support within our footprint.”

““Education Modified has become a valuable and centralized resource for securely sharing IEP and Section 504 information with general education staff. … [Teachers] always have current student information, helping support compliance, consistency, and student success.””

““Our partnership with Presence is one where I feel both of us are 100% involved. At the end of the day, we’re working for one population: our students.””