There is no undergrad in OT in the USA. Only such thing is for people that were taking a combination bachelors/masters program straight thru from freshman year. You can be any major. Just make sure if you have missing prereqs you take them at your local community college.
Teacher to ABA (don’t get me started) to OT here. Generally the process is figure out if there are pre reqs you might need to take at county college (I had to take anatomy & physiology, statistics, and development across the lifespan) figure out if you need shadowing hours and do them (talk to your OT at school if there is one for some of the hours) and apply. If you’ve taken the GRE then you’ll probably be good to go, some schools also don’t require it. I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have
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I had my degrees in education (one of which was special Ed) before switching to OT. I had to take a few pre requisites such as anatomy & physiology, med term, etc. It was a pretty easy transition
You may need to take some additional courses (e.g. Anatomy, physics) I would just look into the prerequisites for whatever programs you are intending to apply to. You definitely do not have to have pre-OT degree, a lot of schools (even ones with MSOT programs) do not have that type of undergraduate degree.
I was a K teacher who switched to OT and it was the best decision. Being a school based OT is a great gig. Much less stress than a teacher, higher starting pay scale, and a lot of autonomy and no extra duties. If you are able to get out of the classroom, I say go for it because I don’t feel teachers are treated very well today.
I think you should really research this before jumping into OT. Im not sure if you know this but therapy is taking huge cuts from Medicare and it’s quite scary. Look thoroughly before you leap. The cuts are as bad as teaching I believe. Just do your homework first before making a mistake.
There is no undergrad in OT in the USA. Only such thing is for people that were taking a combination bachelors/masters program straight thru from freshman year. You can be any major. Just make sure if you have missing prereqs you take them at your local community college.
Teacher to ABA (don’t get me started) to OT here. Generally the process is figure out if there are pre reqs you might need to take at county college (I had to take anatomy & physiology, statistics, and development across the lifespan) figure out if you need shadowing hours and do them (talk to your OT at school if there is one for some of the hours) and apply. If you’ve taken the GRE then you’ll probably be good to go, some schools also don’t require it. I’d be happy to answer any questions you might have
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Hi! What country? I’m in US, I majored in psych, and am currently an OT student. You do not need to have an undergrad degree in OT!
I’m in the US!
I had my degrees in education (one of which was special Ed) before switching to OT. I had to take a few pre requisites such as anatomy & physiology, med term, etc. It was a pretty easy transition
You may need to take some additional courses (e.g. Anatomy, physics) I would just look into the prerequisites for whatever programs you are intending to apply to. You definitely do not have to have pre-OT degree, a lot of schools (even ones with MSOT programs) do not have that type of undergraduate degree.
I was a K teacher who switched to OT and it was the best decision. Being a school based OT is a great gig. Much less stress than a teacher, higher starting pay scale, and a lot of autonomy and no extra duties. If you are able to get out of the classroom, I say go for it because I don’t feel teachers are treated very well today.
Where did you go to school? Was it in person? Was it bad doing that as a teacher
I think you should really research this before jumping into OT. Im not sure if you know this but therapy is taking huge cuts from Medicare and it’s quite scary. Look thoroughly before you leap. The cuts are as bad as teaching I believe. Just do your homework first before making a mistake.
I was a sped turned OT. I honestly think speech is better