Reimbursable Therapy Applications

While It’s Never 2 Late systems provide cutting-edge opportunities for lifelong learning, they also offer innovative programs for rehabilitative therapy. These applications are used by speech therapists and occupational therapists, and physical therapists. All have benefited from incorporating It’s Never 2 Late programs into reimbursable therapeutic exercise and finding creative applications for traditional therapy interventions.

Occupational therapy

Occupational therapists have found IN2L systems valuable because of the variety of adaptive devices, like the touch screen, track ball mouse and a large adaptive keyboard. These peripherals are available to suit each person's abilities, no matter the physical or cognitive disability.

OTs have found IN2L programs useful when working with patients on:

Activities of daily living
Improving motor control, especially in the upper extremity
Improving weakness, mobility, and dexterity in the hands
Safety issues
Balance
Problem solving

Physical therapy applications

IN2L offers a variety of physical therapy interventions including a Virtual Cycle program where residents can "cycle" through the computer's on-screen forests, mountainous paths, or lakeside trails. The Virtual Cycle offers a more goal-directed activity than some traditional PT methods, and one IN2L client in Colorado has reported that their residents preferred the Virtual Cycle to a Restorator for therapeutic exercise.

Other PT interventions include:

Standing balance
Coordination
Proprioception (neuromuscular re-education)
Range of Motion

Speech therapy applications

Speech programs can be tailored each individual's needs and interests, and clients tell us that their patients seem more motivated by computer-related therapy activities than by traditional therapy methods. What's more, when a resident is discharged, his or her therapist can create a personalized presentation that the patient can take home to continue treatment. Digital photographs on the It’s Never 2 Late system of family members, friends or pets help make speech therapy more meaningful to the individual.

IN2L includes programs that speech therapists can use to work on issues such as:

Cognition
Aphasia
Safety issues