Case Study: Mountain Peak Charter School achieves flexible scheduling and consistent therapy for improved student outcomes with PresenceLearning

PresenceLearning Provides Charter School with Flexible Scheduling and Consistent Therapy for Improved Outcomes

Mountain Peak Charter School in Vista, CA, faced persistent challenges delivering consistent speech therapy to its roughly 650 students across a brick-and-mortar campus and widespread independent study programs. Reliance on contracted agency SLPs led to scheduling conflicts, missed sessions, and accruing compensatory time, which disrupted student progress—especially for older students at risk of long-term speech issues.

After an initial trial of PresenceLearning’s online speech therapy, Coordinator of Special Education Barbara Schmidt found the virtual model provided reliable, flexible scheduling that reached both campus and homeschooled students. The program delivered measurable improvements (including corrected articulation for a fourth grader), served ten students initially with plans to expand and add online OT, and proved comparable in quality to in-person services.