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Getting Connected: Speech and Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Building Rapport via Telepractice

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Building rapport with families (parents and children) is recognized as an important feature of effective intervention. In telepractice service delivery, activities and practices that shape speech language pathologists’ (SLPs) rapport with children and families can take different forms of engagement and interaction. Identifying which SLP practices facilitate the establishment and nurturing of rapport is important and may provide keys to successful service delivery via telepractice. In this article, we present results from a qualitative study exploring SLPs’ perceptions of building rapport with the children and families they serve via telepractice and the strategies they use to establish and maintain rapport with them.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to acknowledge the contributions and mentorship of Dr. James Halle at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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This study was partially funded by the Department of Special Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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  1. Department of Special Education and Multiple Abilities, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, 35487, USA

    Yusuf Akamoglu

  2. Department of Special Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1310 S. Sixth St., Champaign, IL, 61820, USA

    Hedda Meadan

  3. Department of Special Education, North Carolina State University, 2310 Stinson Dr, Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA

    Jamie N. Pearson

  4. Department of Education, Simpson College, 701 N C St, Indianola, IA, 50125, USA

    Katrina Cummings

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Akamoglu, Y., Meadan, H., Pearson, J.N. et al. Getting Connected: Speech and Language Pathologists’ Perceptions of Building Rapport via Telepractice. J Dev Phys Disabil 30, 569–585 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-018-9603-3

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