| Surveys Results for Economy |
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| Online resource for special education, pediatric occupational therapy and pediatric physical therapy |
| Your Therapy Source |
QUESTION #1:
Are you a pediatric OT/COTA or PT/PTA? Please click on pediatric OT or pediatric PT?
Are you a pediatric OT/COTA or PT/PTA? Please click on pediatric OT or pediatric PT?
QUESTION #2:
Has the economy affected your job?
Has the economy affected your job?
QUESTION #3:
If yes, how has it affected your job?
If yes, how has it affected your job?
- Work full time for school, but no benefits
- Cannot order supplies/equipment; no budget
- Furlough Days State Employees
- Work at a Shriner's Hospital that provides care to families with & without insurance.
- low paying without an increase in 3 years
- No con ed money, no raise for 4 years
- decrease benefits and pay for own ceu's, decrease in our budget for student equipment
- we have had to move due my husband's job loss and it has been difficult for me to find another job
- decreased hours & more limited role, i.e. billable hours only
- decreased benefits, paying significantly more for healthcare
- lost one school due to budget cuts, they are now using in house, I was supplemental contractor
- in private practice and now i have fewer clients
- lost my per diem job, not effected so far with my full time school-based job
- I contract with several different small school districts. Although I am still self-employed, a number of my
schools are providing no (or very little such as one part time PT for nine schools and 20+ head start
programs). Significant change in services! - No time compensation for paperwork completed after working hours or attending meetings scheduled
after working hours - less pay and less days....had to find another position
- Less pediatric facilities
- Decreased funding for school-based OT services
- Less pay, fewer referrals for state and county-funded PT
Here is a selection of some of the responses from the OTHER category.
QUESTION #3:
If yes, how has it affected your job?
If yes, how has it affected your job?
QUESTION #3:
If yes, how has it affected your job?
If yes, how has it affected your job?
261 Total Responses
37 COTAs
163 OTs
11 PTAs
50 PTs
37 COTAs
163 OTs
11 PTAs
50 PTs
172 responded YES
89 responded NO
89 responded NO
Lost my Job: 6
Less Pay But Same Working Hours: 29
Same Pay But More Working Hours: 29
More Clients But Same Pay: 40
Job Became Part Time Instead of Full Time: 13
Other: 144
Less Pay But Same Working Hours: 29
Same Pay But More Working Hours: 29
More Clients But Same Pay: 40
Job Became Part Time Instead of Full Time: 13
Other: 144