Showing posts with label DOE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DOE. Show all posts

Friday, August 1, 2008

fieldwork I

Fieldwork I is coming quickly. I'm doing mental health first then hand therapy and finally phys dys. NYU requires mental health and phys dys for fieldwork. It seemed to be a topic to debate when students discovered this. Most want to work in peds. The NYC Dept. of Education, according to students receiving the DOE scholarship, mandate students to have a fieldwork in peds before working in schools. I don't know, nor do I care because I'm not working for the Dept. of Education anymore. Years ago, I considered taking their scholarship when the contract was something like this: DOE pays for one school year, I work for them for 1.5 years. They, recently, bumped it up to 2 years. I can't give the DOE 4 years of my life just because they paid for 2 years of my education. I want to work with other experienced OTs. I want to be in an interdisciplinary setting that promotes growth and development. I want to be properly supervised!