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Questions: A: At first I had planned to ‘force” people to sit through specific Course content, before being allowed to proceed on and “cherry pick” particularly popular units. But my webmaster convinced me that if people were paying the money for the courses, they should have to right to go through them as they wished, and that since the people would be adults and wanting to take the courses, that surely they would be willing to follow my recommended, long established, successful order of course progression.
A: Below are the courses offered and how they can be taken: Voice Course Foreign Accent Modification
Course Consonants Course Telephone Skills Course ADA Course
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You would have to continue on with the particular element of the
module you were
A: Prices vary by individual course or by specific course packages. Below are special INTRODUCTORY PRICE offers and are subject to change without notice. Voice Course:
Production, Protection, and Use - $180 Q: Are there discount rates for corporate, non-profit, or governmental entities? A:
Corporate, non-profit and governmental discounts are available for
one person taking all of the courses or several people taking the
same course. Contact
La Rita Mason if interested in group rates. Long-term
leasing arrangements may be made. Q: How can I pay for the courses? A:
One way you can currently pay for any of the courses is with a credit
card. Corporations, non-profit, or governmental entities, may make
other payment arrangements by negotiating with La Rita Mason. Long-term
leasing arrangements may be made. Q: How long can I work on the courses? A:
You will have a specific time frame in which you are to complete
a course. However, there are often handouts which you will be allowed
to download from the website which you may use for future reference,
as long as it you download the handouts within the time frame of
your specific course. Q: Can people contact you for specific diagnosis of their problems? A: No, due to restrictions related to my Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech Pathology placed on me by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and due to restrictions placed on me by State Licensing Boards, these courses will have to be utilized by those who know what consonant or vowel sounds they have problems with, or they can figure out what problems they have from the information provided on the public side of my website before taking the Foreign Accent Modification Course or the American English Consonants Pronunciation Course. The other courses do not require any “self-assessment” or "self-analysis" of any specific problem to be made for the person to benefit from them.
A: In the last several years, health insurance companies have been refusing to pay for speech, language or hearing services when such were provided in a therapeutic setting, at an average cost of $125 US to $300 US per contact hour. These Talk Business-Online® Courses are geared for people just wanting to better themselves, progress in their jobs, or be more self-confident…so health insurance policies won’t pay for them. In some cases, companies are willing to pay for their employees to take these various Internet based self-study courses. You should check with your company’s administrative head or the manager of Human Resources to see if your company is willing to pay for these website courses. A:
This type of training is not for everyone. However, there are people
who can’t afford to pay the cost of one-on-one service delivery
with a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist, who live
too far away from services, who work odd shifts and can’t
attend traditional training, or who just want to pursue their goals
at home, in private, via the computer---these courses would be exactly
what they need. Q: Why should speech-pathologists refer their own clients to Talk Business-Online? A: Speech-language pathologists may wish to refer clients to this website: because clients cannot afford to see you for face-to-face services in the near future, you cannot schedule clients into your caseload in a timely manner, you would like your clients to have some training before you begin working with them, or you would like to give your clients a resource for reinforcement after you have worked with them.
A: A licensed and certified speech-language pathologist may be found at the American Academy of Private Practice in Speech Pathology and Audiology website, http://www.aappspa.org in the Consumer’s Section.
A: If you do not have broadband access to the Internet, you should not take these courses. To allow for interactivity and better teaching examples, the Courses have been constructed using Flash software, which depends on audio and video streaming to be successful. This will not work on dial-up connections.
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These courses should not be attempted if you do not have a self-disciplined
personality and the ability to follow step-by-step instructions
to learn new pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, sentence order
or telephone skills via independent study on the Internet. Q: How is accessibility addressed on this website? A: These courses have been designed to take into account various limitations a person might have. Selective Brailled handouts will be made available upon request. |
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