Telehealth has become part of our health services. More than 90% of speech and language therapists report they plan to offer hybrid services (Hilari et al., 2024). There are positive findings for telehealth; it broadens access to services, can overcome barriers around travel, is cost effective and is a satisfactory way to receive services (Molini-Avejonas et al., 2015).

Below are resources designed to support you to administer online assessments and use videoconferencing platforms.

Resources to support online administration

Advice for ways to address digital inequalities

• Guidance on addressing digital inequalities 📄

Assessments validated for online administration

• Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R). You can find the evidence for online feasibility and validity of the WAB-R here. 🌐

• Stroke and Aphasia Quality of Life Scale – 39g (SAQOL-39g). Evidence for online equivalence and online test-retest reliability of SAQOL-39g coming soon!

• General Health Questionnaire- 12 item (GHQ-12). Evidence for online equivalence and online test-retest reliability of the GHQ-12 coming soon!

• The Scenario Test – UK. Evidence for online equivalence and online test-retest reliability of the Scenario Test coming soon!

• The Communication Participation Item Bank (CPIB). Evidence for online equivalence and online test-retest reliability of the CPIB coming soon!

Results from the FATE-A study

• The FATE-A study explored equivalence and test-retest reliability of online delivery of four assessments. The findings show that online assessment is equivalent to face-to-face assessment for the following measures: SAQOL-39g 🔗, CPIB 🔗, GHQ-12 🌐, and the Scenario Test UK 🔗.

• Additionally, test-retest reliability for online administration was good, and fidelity findings show that these measures can be delivered faithfully to the administration guidelines online. The main results paper will be shared here soon. More information about the FATE-A study can be found here 🌐.
• The need for these resources to support online delivery of assessment in aphasia was established in a survey of telehealth practice (Hilari et al., 2024) and focus groups with speech and language therapists (Comer et al, 2025). Read the survey paper here 🌐, and read the focus group paper here 🌐.
• Read about the methods used to develop this online toolkit of resources and training here 📄.

Guidance from professional groups

• Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) telehealth guidance 🌐.

• Royal College of Occupational Therapy digital occupational therapy guide 🌐.

• Chartered Society of Physiotherapists resource for remote consultations 🌐.

• Guidance for primary care providers on video consulting in the NHS 🌐 developed by the University of Oxford.

Other resources

Here you will find other resources and toolkits for supporting telehealth

• ASHA facilitator checklist for telepractice services in audiology and speech-language pathology 📄. A free resource from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
• Telehealth guidance for students 📄. A free resource from the Division of Human Communication Sciences at the University of Sheffield.
• Musculoskeletal telehealth toolkit 🌐. A free resource developed by La Trobe University, Australia.
• Ireland Health and social care professionals toolkit 📄. A free resource from the Health Services Executive in Ireland.
• eHealth Ireland Telehealth toolkit 🌐. A free resource from eHealth Ireland.
• Telerehab toolkit 🌐. A free resource from the University of Plymouth.
• Physiotherapy virtual care toolkit 🌐. A free resource from the Physiotherapy Association of British Columbia.
• Telehealth toolbox 🌐. A free resource from North America.
• Telerehabilitation toolkit 📄. A free resource from an American health provider.
• How to set up virtual care 🌐. A free guide from Bone and Joint Canada.
• Telehealth for physiotherapy programme 🌐. A paid for resource from a commercial company.