23yrs

female

Speaks English

Hello! My journey caring for children with special needs began my junior year of high school (5 yrs ago). This was an occasional babysitting job for two children, 7 and 5 y/o, with high functioning autism. My next experience took place the summer after graduating high school where I was also occasional babysitting for a 3 y/o with hearing, vision, and speech impairments. I have additionally cared for children with speech impairments and behavioral issues. Since then, I have been majoring in Recreational Therapy at the University of Toledo for the last 3 yrs, where I have been studying to one day become a certified professional that works with children with disabilities in a therapeutic practice. I feel very grateful for my experiences in high schoo, for I got to enroll in college knowing exactly what I was meant to do in this life. I am hoping to one day be certified in music therapy as I used this technique (before studying it) in high school and found it improved speech and behavior.