How SLPs Draft a Progress Report in EASI

Reviewed by Lois Jean Brady, M.A., SLP

To draft a speech therapy progress report in EASI, choose your student, set the reporting period, pick the goals, and add your evidence: your therapy notes plus any language reports and documents you uploaded. Tap Generate Draft. EASI drafts progress on each goal. You read the draft, choose the progress for each goal, change anything you want, and sign.

What does a speech therapy progress report need to show?

For students on an IEP, the IEP itself must describe how progress toward each annual goal will be measured and when periodic progress reports will be provided, such as quarterly or with report cards [1]. A progress report answers that promise, goal by goal. Progress reports are easier when the goal named a clear measure from the start. See how to write SMART IEP goals for speech therapy.

For Medicare outpatient therapy, a progress report is due at least once every 10 treatment days, and the information in it must be written by a clinician: the therapist who provides the services, or the physician or NPP [2].

How do I draft a progress report in EASI?

1. Choose your student.
2. Set the reporting period.
3. Pick the goals to report on.
4. Add the evidence: your therapy notes, plus any language reports and documents you have uploaded.
5. Tap Generate Draft. EASI drafts progress on each goal.
6. Read the draft, choose the progress for each goal, change anything you want, and sign.

The video above walks through each step on real EASI screens.

Who decides the progress on each goal?

You do. EASI drafts, and the SLP reviews every line and signs. Nothing is final until you choose the progress for each goal, make your changes, and sign.

What does a progress report look like by hand next to an EASI draft?

Watch a progress report drafted by hand next to the same report drafted in EASI.

What else does EASI cover?

EASI covers the range of SLP work: language sample analysis, evaluation reports (in beta), measurable SMART IEP goals, daily notes, progress reports, lesson planning, therapy materials, and SLP caseload management software, plus scheduling (in beta). EASI is HIPAA and FERPA compliant, with a BAA and insurance.

See EASI SLP progress report software.

EASI is made by iTherapy, LLC. Get EASI at NorthernSpeech.com/EASI: https://www.northernspeech.com/EASI

Sources

1. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act regulations, 34 CFR 300.320(a)(3), Definition of individualized education program. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-34/section-300.320 (also at https://sites.ed.gov/idea/regs/b/d/300.320)
2. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 220.3 D, Progress Report. https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Guidance/Manuals/downloads/bp102c15.pdf