Table 4.

Reasons to Use and Not to Use Telepractice in School

Reasons to use telepractice	n	Reasons not to use telepractice	n
Student Benefit	54	Student Type/Age	54
Rural or other location	54	Impersonal	53
Cost of travel/time	33	Lack of Physical Contact	24
Ease SLP Shortage	30	Effectiveness	23
Collaboration	19	Technology standards or failures	18
No reason to use it	15	Lack of collaboration	15
Benefits for SLPs	3	Cost	15
Benefits for Families	1	Ethical concerns	11
		Lack of support	8
		Lack of standardized assessments	4
		Lack of training of SLPs	3
		Family requests or lack of ability to handle telepractice	2