There are many fields an occupational therapist can go into once they graduate from occupational therapy school. Currently, I am interested in working in a pediatric setting in a hospital. My dream job would be to work for a private not for profit agency such as St. Jude Hospital. I have always loved working with children growing up. Working for a private not for profit agency would inspire me daily as I went to work. It shows how amazing an origination can be to help people who cannot afford insurance get the quality care that they need. At St. Jude, there are private investors who contribute to the funding of the hospital. If patients have insurance, their insurance company will get billed, but if family cannot afford to pay the rest of the bill then the hospital covers it.
In this field, I would love to work with children with disabilities and those with mental health problems. I have a passion that each child should get the chance to have as normal as a childhood as possible. I also would like to working in a school system that focused on the mental health of the students. The school that I went to never had a counselor that students felt comfortable going to about anything other than academic problems. Being able to work at a public agency would provide some challenges with how much funding the government would allow to work with students with mental health struggles. I would work to get a grant to fund the therapy sessions about mental health if I needed to because I feel it is extremely important in our society today. I hope the rules for government funding for occupational therapy practitioners in the school system change so they can met all the needs they see for each child.
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