PresenceLearning enables schools and districts to expand delivery of early childhood services

Catalyst-backed PresenceLearning, the leading telehealth network of live, online special education related service providers, recently launched online early childhood services to expand the ability of schools and districts to deliver early childhood interventions and services to children ages 0-5. With PresenceLearning, school systems and education organizations can access a nationwide network of hundreds of highly qualified clinicians – including speech-language pathologists, occupational therapists, and behavioral and mental health professionals – to help deliver these timely services to young learners and to consult with their families and caregivers.

Catalyst portfolio company PresenceLearning awarded by Association of American Publishers

PresenceLearning’s “Success for Every Learner: From At-Risk to Successful” webinar series campaign won a 2017 REVERE Award for Integrated Marketing in the “Under 30K Campaign Budget” category. Given by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), this industry-leading award honors educational marketing campaigns using multiple media channels.

NY EdTech Week: Top 5 reasons tech investors should attend

Catalyst senior associate Mia Hegazy is a member of the host committee for the upcoming NY EdTech Week and will be participating as a “Shark Tank” judge. Here she shares why tech investors should attend the conference.

PresenceLearning’s Online Therapy Environment Lightyear Wins Tech & Learning Award of Excellence

Catalyst-backed PresenceLearning was recently awarded a 2016 Tech & Learning Award of Excellence in the Best Upgraded Products category for its updated live, online therapy solution, Lightyear. The award program honors both new and upgraded innovative software, hardware, network, app and web products that have proven to be helpful educator tools. This is the fifth Tech & Learning Award of Excellence PresenceLearning has won.

T.H.E. Journal: PresenceLearning Introduces Live, Online Psychoeducational Assessments

Catalyst portfolio company PresenceLearning, in partnership with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, has introduced a new service that utilizes Woodcock-Johnson IV tests to help identify a student’s strengths and areas of concern in school. Coupled with PresenceLearning’s online therapy environment, which connects students to licensed school psychologists via webcam, the WJ IV tests assist schools in conducting initial, re-evaluation and triennial assessments.

We’ve Got Skills – They’re Multiplyin’

Catalyst is going back to school this month, and we are continuing our education in eLearning through a new lens. Building on our 2014 research on K-12 and higher education and our recent content report, our most recent Continuing Education Note explores how innovative businesses are filling the skills gap with cost-effective training content and services.

PresenceLearning Doubles its Number of Live, Online Special Education Assessments Conducted in the 2015-16 School Year

PresenceLearning announced its nationwide team of clinical professionals has performed more than 3,300 assessments for students with special needs across the United States during the most recent academic year. All online assessments are administered live via secure, interactive video, and nearly 10% of these assessments were conducted for students with bilingual needs.

PresenceLearning Launches “Lightyear” Online Therapy Solution

PresenceLearning announced the release of Lightyear, a newly designed therapy environment that delivers high fidelity, live telehealth sessions while putting less demand on school network bandwidth. Now, even more schools have access to PresenceLearning’s network of highly qualified clinicians to help students with special needs succeed.

T.H.E. Journal: PresenceLearning Redesigns and Re-releases Lightyear Tool

PresenceLearning released Lightyear, a newly redesigned therapy program that offers high fidelity and live health sessions while reportedly putting less demand on school network bandwidth. The program is designed so that more schools — particularly schools in areas with limited access to high-speed Internet — can gain access to PresenceLearning’s extensive network of qualified clinicians to assist students with special needs.

Software May Not Eat Education, But Innovators & Educators MUST Grab Coffee

In his recent blog post “Software Will Not Eat Education,” Ben Stern, Manager of Education Partnerships at TeachBoost and advisor to Ponder, reasons that software will not “eat” education because the main problems in K-12 are human and political issues: the achievement gap, funding disparities and teacher attrition. However, he caveats that there are three conditions under which software can positively affect education.