Being a school-based therapist was not initially part of my OT career plan. After years of saying I didn’t see myself in a pediatric setting, my school-based fieldwork assignment at a residential treatment facility taught me otherwise. This setting has turned out to be a good fit for me, but there are definitely some things I wish I knew before working as an occupational therapist in the schools.

We have all heard the term "burn out," and if you are anything like me, you'd like to prevent getting to that stage at all costs. The critical question is, how do we stop it?

One of the most important tools I have learned as a school-based contract SLP is how to manage a busy caseload and create a work-life balance.