Learning Style

I prefer creating mental images, working with pictures and colors, using graphics, illustrations and designs, along with assisting with directions and reinforcing learning

I prefer hands on activities, using physical activities, performing a variety of tasks like making models, lab work, or role playing. Along with using computers to reinforce touch.

Letting you use your best abilities, and working where you can find results of your efforts. This will give a feeling of accomplishment.

Your co-workers should be friendly. Look for work that lets you be of service to others. Explore jobs that make you do anything that goes against your sense of right and wrong

The company should stand behinds its workers and where the workers are comfortable with management style of supervision. Look for competent, considerate and fair management.

1-year goals: Age 18Maintain a B averageContinue to play softball for school and travelEstablish an internship at a physical therapy office.Continue being a volunteer coach

10-year goals: Age 27-Graduated from college-Working as a physical therapist/athletic trainer Assistant coach at the college level Spare time is spent with the family

5-year goals: Age 22-Attend college and study physical therapy/ sports medicine-Play softball at a college level Continue to be a volunteer coachSpare time is spent with family/friends.

•Physical Therapist

•Special Education

•OccupationalTherapist

•Athletic Trainer •Orthopedist

•Home Health Aid

•Orthodontist

•General Dentist

•Surgeon

-The skill need to be a physical therapist is active listening, speaking, social perceptiveness, critical thinking, reading comprehension, judgment and decision making, and complex problem solving.

-Create a personal treatment program to maintain, improve, and restore physical function.

-Physical Therapists help restore functions, improve mobility, relieve plain, and prevent permanent physical damage to patients.

-Education needed to become a physical therapist include, medicine and dentistry, therapy and counseling, customer and personal service, education and training

-Wages begin at 57,100 per year at en try level and 84,840 per year for experienced workers.

-As a special education teacher they work to educationally and physically teach audibly and visually handicapped students, basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.

-Frequently involve working with, communication with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

-Skills required for a special education teacher are instructing, active listening, learning strategies, reading comprehension, and time management, monitoring, and speaking

-Most of these occupations requite a 4 year bachelor’s degree, but some do not. This occupation requires several years of work related experience, on the job training.

-NY the average age for this occupation is $43,640 for entry level, and $78,750 for experience level workers.

-To evaluate and treat athletes to assist recovery, and avoid injury, or maintain physical fitness.

-Involve working with, communication with, and teaching people. Involve helping or providing service to others.

-Skills require active listening, time management, reading comprehension, critical thinking, instructing, speaking and coordination

-Knowledge required ranges form medicine and dentistry, customer and personal service, therapy and counseling, clerical, biology, psychology, and administration and management.

-Education required to be a physical therapist consist of a bachelors degree, possible masters degree, and some may require a PhD, M.D or J.D. On the job training and is expected.

-Wages vary 31,870 per year for entry level workers and 56,100 for experienced workers

Interests: You like organized, detail-oriented, predictable and objective types of job responsibilities and professions.

Style:You prefer to perform your job responsibilities in a manner that is orderly and planned to meet a known schedule. You prefer to work where things get done with a minimum of interpretation and unexpected change.

Occupational Interests:Schedule activitiesDo detailed workKeep close controlWork with numbersWork with systemsActive Behavior:

Active Behavior:SociableOrderlyCooperativeConsistentCautious

Interests: You like creative, humanistic, thoughtful, quiet types of job responsibilities

and professions.

Occupational Interests:

You prefer to perform your job responsibilities in a manner that is supportive and helpful to others with a minimum of confrontation. You prefer to work where you and others have time to think things through before acting.

Style: Plan activitiesDeal with abstractionThink of new approachesInnovateWork with ideas.

Active Behavior:

PerceptiveAgreeableConscientiousReflective and

creativeCautious

Career Fields:Writing/EditingTeachingInventingClergy

Career Fields:ResearchBanking/FinanceAccounting

A physical therapist works with patients who have limited use of their own bodies due to injury, or disability. A physical therapist either works in a hospital, or private office seeing about 6-10 patients a day. This occupation is physically demanding, and most of the day you are standing, crouching, bending, and using your muscles. About 10% of the time is spent on paper work and filling out progress reports, and insurance claims for each patient. This job is expecting to be more demanding in the future because insurers are now targeting rehabilitation therapy for cuts.

-As an education teacher their focus is to create a lesson plan for each specific grade level, and ability. They must generate interest that could be used daily, for example, volleyball, basketball, football, badminton, shuffle board, or tennis. Also, project adventure activities requiring trust and challenging your fears. The professional part of physical education teacher is the paper work, and grading. They are also required to perform administration duties, for example working in the library or monitoring students in the cafeteria. As a physical education teacher you have the advantage to coach afterschool extra curricular activities. This is a very rewarding occupation. Teachers receive good benefits and get a lot of time off.

-An occupational therapist cares for people with disabling, mental, physical development, and emotional conditions and help them recover, develop and maintain their daily lives. They help patients compensate for the loss of functions and improve motor skills. Other topics occupational therapist cares for could be alcoholism, drug abuse, eating disorders, mental health, and pain management. This job requires much dedication and will reward a unbelievable amount of accomplishment. Occupational therapists but be compassionate, caring, patient, and capable of commanding the respect and trust of people within their care.