Working on the Road - Travel Therapy
A common question I’m asked is how I make money while on the road. We’re always packing up and heading to a new location around the country so I decided to write a little bit about how it all goes down. If you’re a therapist (like me!) or nurse this post may be helpful if you’re thinking of taking the travel plunge, especially in an RV. Or if you’re curious about what I do then hopefully it will be informative! So we’ll start with my job title which is a Speech-Language Pathologist (aka speech therapist). What does that mean? What do I actually do? The best way to sum it all up is I work to prevent, assess, diagnose and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders. I can work with children or adults, but I prefer adults which is where most of my experience comes from. I can work in home health, hospitals, outpatient clinics, inpatient rehab centers and nursing homes. I...