Frequently Asked Questions
MetroEHS Pediatric Therapy prides itself on being the launching ground for some of the best therapists in the country. Many have successful careers working for MetroEHS today! MetroEHS clinics can be on your shortlist of recommended sites where your students can earn observation hours, participate in internships, and enjoy fellowships alongside our current employees.
We do offer clinical fellowships. In fact, we LOVE our CFs! Placement is limited, however. Our advice is to apply early. MetroEHS assigns each clinical fellow a mentor to supervise. You will have the opportunity to observe several experienced speech therapists in action giving you broad experience and plenty of opportunities to learn how to best serve the pediatric population. Learn more about the Clinical Fellowship year at MetroEHS, here.
Yes! MetroEHS works with several universities for fieldwork placements and observations.
Yes! MI-LEND is a consortium of 7 universities in Michigan. Their long-term program requires 300 hours (about 2 weeks) of clinical, community, and didactic training. They are excited to partner with Metro for their students to do observation hours across disciplines. Please contact us to arrange observations of different disciplines. Click here to learn more about the LEND program. https://ddi.wayne.edu/aboutlend
MetroEHS Pediatric Therapy believes strongly that compassionate, collaborative care is the best care for our clients. For this reason, we provide ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis), Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Mental Health Therapy, Feeding Therapy- both picky eating and Intensive Feeding Therapy, Pelvic Floor Therapy, Interoceptive Therapy, and much more.
MetroEHS provides unlimited Continuing Education benefits for full time therapists. We encourage all our employees to be life-long learners staying on the cutting edge of their individual crafts.
MetroEHS absolutely offers career paths for entry level clinicians! In fact, many of our Therapy Managers and Directors got their start with MetroEHS! Since our owner is also a therapist, she intentionally created an environment where all therapists have room to grow and advance in the company.
MetroEHS provides supervision of unpaid shadowing opportunities which is required for all undergraduate students seeking to apply for Physical or Occupational Therapy graduate programs. Please reach out through the contact form found here: (contact site link) Be sure to include in the information form which MetroEHS site you prefer, the number of hours you are looking for, and a preferred date range for your observation. MetroEHS currently have a clinical affiliation with the following schools:
- Baker College
- Barry University in Florida
- Concordia University
- Eastern Michigan University
- Grand Valley State University
- Indiana University- South Bend
- Indiana State University
- Mott Community College
- McMaster University (Canada)
- Saginaw Valley State University
- San Jose State University
- St. Augustine
- St. Katherine's OTA
- St. Katherine's OTD
- U of M Flint OTD
- U of M Flint OT
- University Illinois Chicago
- University of Louisiana Monroe
- University of Toledo
- Wayne State University
- Western Michigan
- Washington University St. Louis
MetroEHS offers opportunities for your final rotations after all your graduate coursework is complete. We are open to becoming an affiliate with new programs. We currently are affiliated with GVSU, Seton Hill University, University of Michigan – Flint, and the University of Toledo.
For an ABA Practicum student to begin earning paid unrestricted hours, they must first complete a minimum of 800 documented restricted hours and pass a competency assessment with a score greater than 90%. Up to 15 unrestricted hours will be paid per week, and they are compensated at their normal hourly pay rate.
MetroEHS has multiple supervisors readily available. Earning practicum hours with MetroEHS grants you the opportunity to work alongside, learn from, and observe several different supervisors. However, while we have several qualified supervisors, space is limited and competitive. Apply now!
Yes, hours earned at MetroEHS clinics qualifies toward PA, as well as CNA required practicum hours.
If you are employed as a Behavior Technician with MetroEHS and are entering a Speech Therapy, Occupational Therapy, or Physical Therapy Program, you may be eligible for our tuition assistance program. Check with HR for details.
