Telehealth includes several times of technology-supported connection between your family and an intervention provider.

A synchronous or “live” session is where you will connect directly with a provider in real time over video conferencing.

An asynchronous connection is where you will share information within our secure platform for your provider to review and send you feedback and recommendations (such as uploading a video of you and your child working on a skill).

There are also combined or "hybrid" approaches of tele-connection. Providers select approaches that best serve your child’s individual needs and meet necessary requirements.

The Bridges2Families platform includes resources for providers to support the families that they serve through the creation of individual care portals where a family can access all of their telehealth sessions and provider’s notes in one, easy-to-use platform. The Bridges2Families platform also allows providers to easily navigate across and track client families in one dashboard system.

Dr. Jessica Simacek has a PhD in Special Education, Educational Psychology from the University of Minnesota. She is a researcher at the Institute on Community Integration, in the College of Education and Human Development. She serves as the Director of the TeleOutreach Center at the Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain. Simacek studies how to overcome barriers to assessment and intervention access issues that impact many children with autism spectrum disorder, neuro developmental disabilities, and their families.