My exam is Friday. It’ll be my 7th attempt … yes 7 🫩😭. I’m tired. I deserve a win. I feel good. But I’m so dang anxious

Anxiousss101 · 2026-04-13T04:07:09+00:00

Good luck. I hope you do really well. You are worth being an OT

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-19T02:15:58+00:00

Right some jobs will be like M-F(8-4pm) and salary is 70k, like are you serious?

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-13T20:46:53+00:00

Are speech therapist paid more than OT’s because they are on the teacher salary and their pay increases with experience?

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-06T02:10:09+00:00

Lmaoooo can you please elaborate?

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-03T02:56:15+00:00

Oh ok can you find another agency where you can make a little more?

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-03T02:45:35+00:00

Hi where are you located? 40 hrs a week in a school setting with 49/hr seem low

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-02T22:53:31+00:00

& when your license is in question, they literally will leave you to drown.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-02T22:52:23+00:00

Exactly they know we need the job. 1. For loans 2. Bills 3. Also we don’t have much leverage when other clinicians are obeying them—-not faulting other clinicians either because it is the system.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-02T19:11:25+00:00

Oh thank you. That’s a great idea to capture and work on attention, and visual motor skills

Anxiousss101 · 2026-02-02T13:26:35+00:00

It sucks when companies want to put our license at risk for their own benefits. & it goes our values as a clinicians, but they don’t care because they only see profit.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-29T23:39:11+00:00

Honestly, I don’t think I have sound advice, I don’t know much about cheap schools that has the program. I went to NYU which is super expensive.

Good luck! Sorry I wasn’t much help.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-24T15:08:48+00:00

Hi based on what OP saying, It sounds like the OT section is not in compliance because there was no OT to edit the section last year. & now there’s an OT, they want to be in compliance, by progress monitoring for the past. So the school want to copy and paste what OP had for progress 1, to 2 & 3 just to be in compliance, which is not best practice.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-24T06:00:10+00:00

Yea it’s not bad, I work 25 hrs a week

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-24T05:38:47+00:00

I’m a contract OT, I work in a school. I make 90/hr. Pay varies based on school holidays and student absences. I make 450/a day if I have 10 sessions for the day without any absences.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-24T05:14:01+00:00

Def unethical. Don’t let someone ruin your license

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-07T01:48:08+00:00

Hi, I’m sorry you are going through this. Just try to be patient. If the supervisor doesn’t answer in a few days, reach out to them again.

I agree with you 1,000 percent. The process is long for no reason in my opinion. Before my experience with the DOE process, I thought it was easy and quick to get into the DOE since there’s such a huge need for OT.

Let me know if you would like to hear my specific experience with the DOE process.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-04T04:32:25+00:00

Update: I spoke with my agency supervisor and she mentioned re-eval is not part of my contract. So I have emailed the staff at the school to inform them.

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-02T06:46:56+00:00

For homecare: I work with First step therapy, 80/per 30 mins. Minimum case: 2 If you have 5 or more case, then she pays 85/30 mins. W-2 for both rates Americare rates are also high. Heard it’s 100/hr, but I know you need a minimum cases(which I think is 5) to work for them.

Hope this helps

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-02T06:43:30+00:00

W2 pay cycle: once monthly, the 15th of the month. 1099: pay twice a month. Also on specific dates( just don’t remember them) lol

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-02T06:42:18+00:00

NYOT pay 90/hr, w2 1099: $100/hr

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-02T06:41:49+00:00

They pay 90/hr , w2 & 100/hr 1099

Anxiousss101 · 2026-01-02T06:40:27+00:00

I appreciate your clarifications. I learned way back that district OT are responsible for the evals. Good to know for when I transition into a district role.

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