Hello All!
I have just been accepted to PT school and am super excited. My younger sister had recently been interested in speech therapy but had a change of heart and was considering becoming a special education teacher. I suggested that she look into becoming an occupational therapist as they often work with people with special needs. I have even shadowed at a place like that in the past where they saw patients and also ran a classroom for children with autism.
Anyways, my boyfriend is seeing a PT right now for his back and was telling him about my sister and I. The PT told my boyfriend that he should tell my sister to really re-consider the field of OT as PTs are becoming certified to do many of the same things OTs are certified to do. He also said it is hard for OTs to find jobs and they often get stuck doing the "dirty" work.
In my own personal, and admittedly, limited experience, there seems to be a TON of OT jobs and they do many of the same things as the PTs do. I could see how PTs could then take over some of those jobs but what about working with special needs children?? I'm just looking for some other people's opinion-she really wants to go that route as is having negative feedback. Thanks for an input
I have just been accepted to PT school and am super excited. My younger sister had recently been interested in speech therapy but had a change of heart and was considering becoming a special education teacher. I suggested that she look into becoming an occupational therapist as they often work with people with special needs. I have even shadowed at a place like that in the past where they saw patients and also ran a classroom for children with autism.
Anyways, my boyfriend is seeing a PT right now for his back and was telling him about my sister and I. The PT told my boyfriend that he should tell my sister to really re-consider the field of OT as PTs are becoming certified to do many of the same things OTs are certified to do. He also said it is hard for OTs to find jobs and they often get stuck doing the "dirty" work.
In my own personal, and admittedly, limited experience, there seems to be a TON of OT jobs and they do many of the same things as the PTs do. I could see how PTs could then take over some of those jobs but what about working with special needs children?? I'm just looking for some other people's opinion-she really wants to go that route as is having negative feedback. Thanks for an input