For students interested in OT, PT, speech, and/or feeding therapy or those looking for volunteer hours, we offer opportunities for observation hours/class/graduate requirements. Currently, however, we are unable to provide formal shadowing or internships and cannot guarantee students will shadow one specific therapist. At Sprouts, you would not always be strictly shadowing/observing — there are many volunteer responsibilities including setting up/cleaning up for feeding therapy, special projects, general cleaning/tidying of the clinic and waiting rooms, vacuuming, helping therapists move equipment, etc.

Also, here are a few things to know about volunteering at Sprouts:

1. We ask our volunteers to commit to accumulate a minimum of 40 hours over the course of volunteering with us.
2. We require a TB test that's been done within the last year.
3. You'll be required to come in for a volunteer orientation that lasts about 1 and a half hours (these are Saturday afternoons only).
4. We ask our volunteers to be in the clinic for a minimum of 3 hour time blocks so that you can observe a variety of clients and maximize assisting us in sessions. If you would like more than a 3-hr shift that is also acceptable. We will work out a schedule with you.