Speech therapist: Gracia

Working from her bedroom in Suriname, Gracia works as an online speech and language therapist for TinyEYE. She’d love to tell you more about this unique way of working! Gracia began her career as a speech and language therapist in 2011 and has specialised as a stammer therapist since 2016. In addition, she has been deeply involved in her profession in recent years, leading the Surinamese Speech and Language Therapy Association and taking part in international projects. In March 2022, she took on a new challenge: helping children and adults all over the world with online therapy via TinyEYE. “Being able to give a child confidence and help them learn to communicate is an indescribable feeling.”

How did you join TinyEYE?

"In Suriname, I am project leader of a Twining project, a project between a Dutch and Surinamese partner. An article about this project appeared in the Dutch journal of speech therapy and Elisa Gielen, the director of TinyEYE, spotted me and contacted me. In Suriname, I was already working hybrid partly because of Corona, so online speech therapy was not completely unknown territory for me. Besides, I like to initiate new developments, which is why I enthusiastically joined TinyEYE last March."

Online

Speech therapy

Traditional

Speech therapy

Start often within a week, just at home, with modern, interactive exercises for every level.

No waiting list

Comfortable at home

Effective & modern

Long waiting times, travel time and takes a lot of time, energy and unnecessary stress.

Waiting times from months to years

Travel time and logistics hassle

More stress

Online

Speech therapy

Start often within a week, just at home, with modern, interactive exercises appropriate for children.

No waiting list

Comfortable at home

Child-friendly & modern

Regular

Speech therapy

Long waiting times, travel time and hassles with pick-ups and drop-offs, creating extra stress and arrangement for parents.

Waiting times from months to years

Travel time and logistics hassle

More stress for parent

Why did you choose TinyEYE?

"You connect with so many clients through TinyEYE and there is a common goal: to improve communication. This is also possible on a large scale because there are no waiting times, which I haven't seen anywhere before. I think that working digitally, and especially through TinyEYE, offers an awful lot of opportunities. I also have a great time with my colleagues, despite the long distance. Through a group app, we are in daily contact and I am following a one-year coaching programme, so I have a lot of contact with the coaches. Despite working from home, it definitely doesn't feel lonely within TinyEYE."

"If you have an affinity for working digitally and can build a good rapport with your clients through digital means, TinyEYE is definitely recommended to ZZP speech therapists."

What are the benefits of online speech therapy?

"I work from home, at my desk in the bedroom. It's nice to be able to do some laundry in between work, for example. I think the Corona pandemic also brought good things. Staff don't necessarily have to be physically present to perform well."

When do you close your laptop with a happy feeling?

"I see myself as a passionate speech therapist and that can be done through TinyEYE. You have no idea how people suffer from communication problems. Because I can help with that, I close my laptop every day with a very good feeling."

Register

Start using TinyEYE now

Would you like to sign yourself or someone else, for example your child or partner, up for online speech therapy at TinyEYE Europe? Then you can apply via the digital application form. We will then contact you as soon as possible.

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