What kind of majors or careers can I pursue if I love working with kids especially special needs kids?

Question

I love working with kids and kids with special needs kids.

Answer 1

Teacher, Nurse, Doctor, Buisness ( to start a program for special ed kids ),

Answer 2

there are too many to list -talk to a college advisor.

Answer 3

i've answered this question numerous times

special education

occupational therapy

physical therapy

speech therapy

art/music educatioin/therapy

psychology/sociology

social services agencies such as ARC

child life specialist (hospital -helping children cope)

developmental pediatrician/nurse/school nurse

school social worker

school pyscholgist

Learnign Disabilities Teacher Consultant

Nutritionist

Answer 4

Special needs dept at a school.

Answer 5

Behavioural Psychologist.

Being able to help troubled children and their caregivers by understanding the source of behaviours and providing positive replacements.

Huge demand and huge rewards, intellectually and monetarily

Answer 6

See if you can talk to a school psychologist in your local school district. Their work brings them into contact with many different job descriptions. They could probably tell you about the qualifications for positions locally, advantages, and disadvantages of each one.

For example, in my school district, we have educational assistants, who work for the school district, and skills trainers, who work for a contracted agency. The work and qualifications are essentially the same. The benefits are better for the educational assistants, but the pay is better for a skills trainer. Someone covered by their spouse's insurance might want to be a skills trainer, where a single mom might prefer the state health insurance. Those conditions and qualifications vary a lot from place.

As a general rule, though, speech pathologists tend to have pretty good pay, working conditions, and job satisfaction. Most of them work at a few different schools, mostly with younger kids. They might work with the same kid for several years, stopping only when the student doesn't need their help anymore.

Answer 7

There are many options out there for you.

The shortest route is to get a certfication in special ed through a local community college.

BA: Special ed, deaf/hard of hearing certification, social worker, psychologist, reading specialist,

MA: the same as above, just a little more amped up in the writing and teaching

PhD: Same again, but throw in Philosophy of education, and ed psych....but it depends on the university

Career wise, to get your foot in the door before you spend thousands of dollars, start as a teacher's assistant. You get a feel for ages and kids really quickly. Unfortunately, the pay is c**p, and not everyone can afford to do that. You move up from there as a teacher, and different schools have different set ups. Some schools have you as a "self-contained" or resource teacher where you have a room full of special ed kiddos. Others have you work with a general education teacher teaching a blend of kids with disabilities and general education students.

If that's not your speed, you can work in job training, group homes, transition, the department of vocational rehabilitation (helping folks out after high school), or teach at the college level.

THANKYOU FOR HELPING THESE KIDS OUT!

Answer 8

Occupational therapist, a great career that allows you to work wtih special needs children and has a variety of treament settings from hospitals, to schools, outpatient clinics and non-traditional settings like homeless shelters and farms.