Types of School Therapy Careers
The reason many students choose a therapy degree is because of the flexibility it will afford them post-college. You can shape your career as you go, exploring the fields that suit you best, and taking the opportunities that fit you best.
One of the fastest growing arenas for therapists is in schools. With more children entering the school system every year, the extension of services for children with special needs, and the increasing diagnosis of sensory disorders in school-aged children, school therapy jobs are in high demand.
If you enjoy working with children and making a positive difference in their lives, then school therapy may be exactly the path that you have been looking for.
What is school therapy?
- School therapy is a growing field within the therapy industry that focuses on school-based settings, including entire school districts, private and public schools, from pre-K through 12th grade.
- Therapists - occupational, physical, speech and others - evaluate students' capabilities and implement treatments that help children participate as fully as possible in the classroom, on the playground and in extracurricular activities.
- Working individually with students, small groups, or with teachers, school therapists are integral to the successful physical and mental development of every child.
- The employment outlook for school-based therapists is expected to rise over the next several years, largely because of the increasing population and expanded services for students with disabilities in mainstream schools.
- ProCare has therapy jobs in schools of all sizes, all over the country.
- Our school therapists enjoy highly competitive pay, excellent medical benefits, savings plans, continuing education and ASHA reimbursement, loan repayment programs, and much more.
