Hi would like to know the difference between therapist for special children and to the normal ones.?

Question

and their roles, duties, and do they have other allied professionals that help them, such as guidance counsellors, pharmacist, oncologist, occupational therapist, pharmacist and the likes thank you so much (mostly for special children thanks)

Answer 1

If a child has a therapist like a speech therapist, physiotherapist or an OT then they probably have some special needs. They may be very minor like the child stutters or has slightly hard to understand speech. Or they may need to do physical activity to recover from surgery.

It would depend on what type of needs the child had as to what type of allied health proffessionals services they would need.

Oncologists are cancer specialists - so a person who is being treated by them would definitley have contact with a pharmicist or at least the oncologist would to decide on the appropriate medication.

Some one who is deaf or has a communication disability would have a speech therapist or speech pathologist - they may also have an occupational therapist who works with the ST or SP to give them the easiest way to communicate. Example - a child uses pictures to communicate but has fine motor control problems which mean they cannot pick the pictures up - the OT may come up with something like a picture board.

Someone with a physical disability will probably have a physiotherapist who gives them certain excercises to do or who reccomends things for them. If the person has problems walking or standing then they may need orthodics so would have either a podiatrist or an orthodist who would fit these specifically.

Guidance counsellors work with most students in a school. They can I believe recommend that a student go to someone else like a psychologist (if the guidance counsellor is not a qualified one.)

Answer 2

A therapist who works with people with disabilities would have to understand the disability and how the disability effects the way the person behaves as well as how it effects the person's perception of the world.  

How many other professionals and which ones they deal with would depend on what kind of therapist you are talking about.  In an educational setting, an oncologist or a pharmacist would generally not be consulted.  

All children are special so I'm assuming you are referring to children with disabilities.  A bit more information in your question would make answering it easier.