Hello everyone,

This course was created to discuss the prevalent needs that were found through research in rural Kansas and how telehealth therapy can help address these needs. The main determent to providing telehealth therapy services has been insurance, preparation time, and limited education over this type of therapy model. This course will help beginners understand how telehealth therapy can help address the needs in rural communities as well as provide information over ways to limit determents to expand the use of telehealth therapy in the pediatric occupational therapy community.

By the end of this course students will

• Gain an understanding of the needs within and around the Wichita, KS area

• Discuss the research found to support the main goals for this capstone project

• Identify the program development being put into place to help address these needs

This Udemy course was created to support my Doctoral Capstone project at Drake University. All information in this course was gained through research done before my doctoral capstone began, experience during my capstone placement, and recourses gathered from experienced occupational therapists online and in person at TheraPlay Spot. Additional recourses were created during this capstone project to help address the determents that were most prevalent with using a telehealth therapy model. These recourses will be added to the course for caregivers, pediatric occupational therapists, and businesses to access and use.

Thank you all for participating in my course,

I hope you enjoy the findings that led me to complete my Doctoral capstone experience over telehealth use as well as the resources created to help support further telehealth use in pediatric occupational therapy.