Being a therapist in a school has its perks such as having 12 weeks off in a calendar year and creating your own appointment schedule; however, office space is limited in schools and many administrators and educators have no idea what therapists do.  My high school office is located in the same hallway as JROTC, dance,and athletics.  Here are a few things that I’ve observed and experienced over the year.

1. It’s too noisy to do therapy and evaluations in my office.
2. I hear kids talk about things that would highly concern their parents (BSDM for example).
3. The kids eat lunch in the hall and it’s like an episode of Fame (they dance,sing, play music).
4. Tap dancing to the nth degree.
5. Girls giggle, squeal, and gossip.
6. I hear basketballs and squeaky tennis shoes all day long.
7. There are girls in groups of 3-5 practicing in the hall outside my office door  counting 1-8 over and over.
8. The Laverne and Shirley theme song pops in my head every time I hear them count to 8.

~A. Mac