Every day learning specialists and educational therapists are changing people’s lives. They're changing the way students, parents, and teachers see learning differences and creating opportunities where people used to see obstacles.

Meet some of the people dedicated to this work and hear how current students became interested in the field. We’ll share what it’s like to get started and grow your career at a time of great need for people with learning specialist skills.

AGENDA

• Why Ed Therapy now?
• Career Choices: High salaries, huge demand, and job flexibility
• Where are educational therapists needed most?
• What is the biggest challenge facing learning specialists today?
• Student advice for the prospective educational therapist
• Q&A

SPEAKERS

• Sharmila Roy, Ph.D., ​​Educational Therapy Consultant, Instructor and Program Chair, UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Educational Therapy Certificate Program. She teaches:
  • Neurodivergent Learners
  • Culture and Cultural Diversity
  • Management of Clinical Practice
  • Strategies for Learning Differences in Mathematics
• Bridgit McGarry, Assistant Principal
• Jasleen Kaur Monga - Learning Specialist Intern
• Kara Matejka, Teacher

SPONSOR

This event is sponsored by the UCSC Silicon Valley Extension Educational Therapy certificate program, the only University of California certificate program approved by the Association of Educational Therapists.

Learn more about the Educational Therapy certificate program.