I have taken classes online for Educational Therapy and I have enjoyed what I have learned through…read morethe professors. All the instructors I have worked with have graduate degrees and several years of work experience. You can tell the instructors love their jobs, are passionate about their areas of interest, and are motivated to help you become a well-trained student and excellent professional. They want you to do well and be ready to move into the field in due time. In my opinion, I think that these courses will be a positive experience for you if you have at the minimum 2+ years of full time work experience in public education, special education, healthcare, occupational therapy, and or psychology.
The classes were well-paced, organized, made sense, and directed students to many resources to use as students and professionally in the field. We were encouraged to join certain professional associations to keep up with professional education and to specialize. The trainings we were referred to in order to develop or enhance our skills have been well-rated, well-regarded, meet the gold standard, and are well-known for actually being helpful for the learners they are targeting. They offer several online classes to work at your own pace. More now, in fact than before. They have several classes each quarter which is convenient because you can finish many classes each quarter if your finances and schedule permits. They have short courses which make sense for the topics they are covering. When you do have to attend online meetings, they have commonly been on Zoom once or twice a week. They do have hybrid classes with alternating online meetings via Zoom for a couple of hours and independent work on your own time. Sometimes they have weekend seminars that last for a good chunk of time over a couple of weeks. I have yet to find them dull.
Because this is a post-Graduate certificate, the work is rigorous. You do need to have childcare, family supportive care, and manage your calendar and daily schedule very well. You need a quiet corner with great internet to sit in lecture, put in the time to read, and plan out your writing assignments and projects. If your life and family are not currently peaceful, calm, and orderly, wait to start the classes until they are. The instructors are so helpful and supportive, but they can only do so much. The amount of reading assigned is generous, but never painful. The material is useful, relevant, interesting, and thought-provoking. I'm looking forwards to learning more.
