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August 09, 2006

Hunter College. Master’s Degree Program in VI Rehab. Teaching

Hunter College CUNY

Master’s Degree Program in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation Teaching

Hunter College Master’s Degree program in Rehabilitation Teaching (RT) is accepting applications for Fall 2006. Individuals who complete the 40-credit RT Master’s Degree program are eligible for certification through The Academy for the Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) as Vision Rehabilitation Therapists and low vision therapists.

The Rehabilitation Teaching program requires that students have a Bachelor’s Degree from an approved college and have grade point average 2.8 or better.

Graduate Admissions application

Contact Information:

Grace Ambrose Zaken, Ed.D.
Hunter College CUNY
Dept. of Special Education 909 W
695 Park Ave.
New York, NY 10021

Phone: 212 772 4740

gambrose@hunter.cuny.edu

Course of Study: Visual Impairment - Rehabilitation Teaching

Cross-Categorical Core Courses:

  • SPED 700
    Issues and Practices in the Education of Students With Disabilities, 3 Credits.

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teaching:

  • SPED 740
    Medical Aspects and Educational Implications of Visual Impairments, 3 Credits.
    Pre- or Coreq: SPED 700

  • SPED 741
    Education and Rehabilitation of Individuals with Visual Impairments, 3 Credits.
    Pre- or Coreq: SPED 740

  • SPED 743
    Braille Literacy and Communication Skills for Learners with Visual Impairments (includes 10 hrs of field experience), 3 Credits.
    Pre- or Coreq: SPED 740, SPED 741, SPED 742

  • SPED 744
    Assistive Technology for learners with Visual Impairments, 3 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 742 and SPED 743

  • SPED 747
    Principles and Practices of Orientation and Mobility for Teachers of Learners with Visual Impairments, 3 Credits.
    Pre- or Coreq: SPED 740, SPED 741, SPED 742

  • SPED 760
    Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching I, 3 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 740, SPED 741

  • SPED 761
    Skills and Techniques for Rehabilitation Teaching II, 3 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 760

  • SPED 762
    Principles of Vocational Rehabilitation and Independent Living: Rehabilitation for Adults with Visual Impairments, 3 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 740, SPED 741

  • SPED 763
    Internship I: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments, 2 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 760, SPED 761

  • SPED 764
    Internship II: Rehabilitation Teaching for Individuals with Visual Impairments, 2 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 760, SPED 761

  • REH 720
    Medical Aspects of Disability, 3 Credits.

  • REH 730
    Rehabilitative Counseling with the Aged, 3 Credits.

  • COCO 701
    Counseling Skills and Interviewing, 3 Credits.

Posted by Marten at August 9, 2006 12:27 PM

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