Volunteers and Students can participate in observing, volunteering, and shadowing
at many Elite Therapy Center clinics.

“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time… they just have the heart.”

Students and Volunteers

For general volunteers and student shadowing, we accept high school and college students to observe, shadow, and volunteer in a pediatric clinic setting. This role requires a mandated one hour training. Scheduled monthly, please register below.

Interns

Interns are students completing an internship in a healthcare setting. This role includes work in both administrative and clinical settings, is non-paid, and requires an interview. Interns are selected by directors.

Apply Here

Fieldwork

Fieldwork students are in graduate school and complete multi-week rotations with supervising therapists. This role is garnered through a contract with a graduate school and education coordinator of the applied discipline. 

Apply Here

Capstone

Doctoral Capstone students are students in graduate school who are completing their final project to graduate with their doctoral degree in Occupational or Physical Therapy.

Apply Here

Training for all locations is at the Waco Clinic:

601 W. Loop 340, Waco, TX 76712

Volunteer/Observing/Job Shadowing Program:

  • We accept high school and college students to learn about careers in pediatric therapy
  • This program is ALL INCLUSIVE. The roles do not separate between volunteering, job shadowing, and observation
  • No patient care or hands on training is conducted. All access to patients is fully supervised
  • You will be in charge of scheduling and keeping track of your own hours after completing your training
  • Our office manager or therapists will sign your school form (to verify completion of your hours served)

You must complete ALL criteria in order to participate in this program: 

  • Complete a group training course (onsite at our Waco clinic – no individual trainings offered)
  • Complete and return a volunteer application and HIPPA form (forms located to the right)
  • Bring a background check from your school or provide $15 to have one completed
    *In order to provide the highest safety for our staff, patients and volunteers, participation in the Elite program is contingent on the background check.

Once you have completed a training, you will receive the link to sign up for hours that are conducive to your schedule.

 

Register for upcoming training:

Required Forms

You must complete and bring these forms to the front office for further training. Please fill out Student Information Form and HIPPA form, print, and bring into the clinic when arriving to volunteer.

>> Click PDF links below to print

Pay for your background check here:

$ Pay Here
  1. Fill in all information for billing
  2. Use YOUR Name in ‘Patient Name’
  3. Under Therapy Service, select >Volunteers
  4. Continue to next screen to pay $16 for BG Check
    * use today’s date as Co-pay Date of Service
    ** Ignore Acct #