Presence Named EdTech Company of the Year

Annual EdTech Breakthrough Awards honor excellence and recognize the innovation, hard work and success across the global educational technology space

NEW YORK, Aug. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Presence, a premier solution for PreK–12 remote special education-related and mental health evaluation and teletherapy services, today announced it has been named "Overall EdTech Company of the Year" in the 7th Annual EdTech Breakthrough Awards. The annual awards honor excellence and recognize innovation, hard work and success across the educational technology space.

"Teletherapy helps to ensure that every child has access to the support they need to succeed in school. Being named EdTech Company of the Year is a meaningful reinforcement of this vision," said Presence CEO Kate Eberle Walker. "Technology has the power to connect students with clinicians who can make a lasting impact on their lives. We're proud to expand what's possible for students with teletherapy."

A trusted leader in teletherapy since 2009, Presence equips the largest network of teletherapy providers with award-winning technology and end-to-end clinical support to meet the diverse needs of schools, students, and clinicians. As schools face growing and increasingly complex special education needs, Presence delivers flexible, high-quality speech-language therapy, occupational therapy, and psychological evaluations to help ensure every student receives timely, appropriate support.

Presence has partnered with over 10,000 public and private schools in 47 states, spanning rural, urban, and virtual settings—including Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, Saginaw Intermediate School District in Michigan, the Learning Network, and IDEA Public Schools.  Presence has delivered more than 7 million remote evaluations and teletherapy sessions, to date, including over 1 million sessions in the last year alone.

"We find that every single year our number of evaluations needed is increasing while our staff size does not," said Nakia Brown, supervisor of psychological services for Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama. "Not only is the volume of evaluations increasing, but the depth as well, requiring more time to ensure we are appropriately evaluating our students. The volume, depth and breath of assessments have pulled our staff in many different directions. [The Presence clinicians] save our staff time and allow our team to push in and focus on needs at the school level."

By using Presence's network of clinicians to provide secure, efficient, and engaging online therapy solutions, schools have been able to reduce heavy caseloads and help more students reach their Individualized Education Program (IEP) and mental health goals.

The Presence therapy platform is designed by clinicians, for clinicians, with the goal of enhancing human connection between a therapist and their student in every session. More than 2,000 clinicians across multiple disciplines, including speech language pathologists, occupational therapists, school psychologists and mental health professionals, utilize Presence's online platform to support the full spectrum of their work–from case management to planning to therapy delivery to documentation.

"Since I've started with Presence, it's grown so much, and I've been witness to how many more providers we have and how many more schools we're serving," said Sylvia Freire, a speech language pathologist who has delivered over 15,000 teletherapy sessions to students. "It's part of why I want to continue, because we're reaching so many individuals, and we're really making an impact in the community."

This year, Presence welcomed new leaders to its executive team and board of directors, all of whom bring deep expertise and experience in education and education technology, emphasizing Presence's commitment to empower all who serve students with diverse needs. This commitment has been recognized nationally and globally. In 2025, to date, Presence has won an EdTech Digest Award and two Tech&Learning Awards of Excellence, in addition to being named to GSV 150 and certified Great Place to Work® for the fourth consecutive year.

The EdTech Breakthrough Awards is conducted by EdTech Breakthrough, a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies and solutions in the global edtech market. The 2025 program attracted thousands of nominations from over 15 countries around the world.

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About Presence
Inspired to drive solutions for the national shortage of school clinicians, Presence is unlocking the potential of schools and clinicians by removing traditional barriers to success through an elevated approach to teletherapy. As a trusted leader since 2009, Presence is innovating how schools assess and address student special education-related and mental health needs. By equipping the largest network of teletherapy providers with award-winning technology and end-to-end clinical support, Presence is meeting the needs of schools, students, and clinicians today—wherever they are. With 7 million remote evaluations and teletherapy sessions conducted throughout the U.S., schools and clinicians trust the experience and expertise of Presence, a pioneer in school-based teletherapy. Presence is teletherapy, elevated.

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