I would like to introduce Kelly Martin, our newest addition to the OT-Kids team and a wonderful therapist that I had the opportunity to train as a Level II fieldwork student. Kelly proved herself during her fieldwork placement and I was so excited when she accepted my offer of employment after she completed her academic program and successfully completed her National Exam. Kelly will be a regular contributor to this blog and will be working with children in the home, school and clinical settings. Here is a little blurb from Kelly on her journey into the profession of occupational therapy!
"I first heard about occupational therapy while in my undergraduate program, I thought to myself, "What a great job". The more I looked into it the more I fell in love, however, when I found out all of the hard work that went into getting into the graduate program, I thought, I could never do that…But I decided to give it a shot, I took all of my prerequisite courses, earned my undergraduate degree with a bachelor of science in psychology and made it into the very competitive graduate program at Sacred Heart University. When I first started classes (including: pathology, anatomy, kinesiology, neurology), I thought, “How will I ever do this”? Again, I gave it my all and made it through my classes and began fieldwork, this is when I knew it was all worth while. For my level I fieldwork I was placed in the school systems, and right away I developed a greater love of this profession, specifically in the pediatric setting. I chose to complete my Level II experience in a sensory clinic, and was placed with Kristi at Connec-To-Talk. Within my first week, I said to myself "I couldn’t not imagine doing anything else". In this hard economic time, I see my friends that graduated still trying to figure out what they want to do, or working in a career that they do not enjoy. I feel extremely lucky to have found a career that has become a passion. I look forward to continuing my learning and sharing my knowledge through this blog to advocate for a profession that I feel so strongly about"! -Kelly Martin, OTR
We all hope to maintain a career which can provide us with stability to help secure our success. A way of achieving this is actually by deciding on a college education program which has a possibility to develop in terms of demand. If it is what you are looking for, then you have to seriously look at taking up occupational therapy. Your search for a great job should begin with your selection of an outstanding college. Exactly what should you be looking for in picking out an occupational therapist school?
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