Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology as Related Service Providers: What’s Educational Relevance Anyway?
Therapy services are delivered in a variety of settings: hospital, clinic, home and school each with its own set of standards and practices. Regardless of the setting, all therapy is the same…right? Actually, no.
Therapists are equally trained and licensed no matter where they work, but the missions of the agency, school, or clinic where the therapists work are often very different. So, the type and goals of therapy may be very different from one setting to another. It’s important to understand the different services provided and desired outcomes of different models of therapy, especially in school-based practice to suppo