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August 09, 2006

Hunter College CUNY - Master’s Degree Program in VI Rehab. Teaching/Orientation and Mobility

Hunter College CUNY

Master’s Degree Program in Visual Impairment Rehabilitation Teaching/Orientation and Mobility

Hunter College program in Rehabilitation Teaching/Orientation and Mobility (RT/O&M) is accepting applications for Fall 2007. Individuals who complete the 55-credit RT/O&M Master’s Degree program are eligible for certification through The Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) as vision rehabilitation therapists, O&M specialists, and low vision therapists.

The Rehabilitation Teaching/Orientation and Mobility 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
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 749
    O&M for Special Populations, 3 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 765 & SPED 768

  • 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

  • SPED 765
    Intermediate O&M, 3 Credits.

  • SPED 766
    Advanced O&M, 3 Credits.

  • SPED 767
    Internship/Seminar O&M, 2 Credits.

  • SPED 768
    2-week Intermediate O&M Lab/Seminar, 2 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 700 or equiv.

  • SPED 769
    2-week Advanced O&M Lab/Seminar, 2 Credits.
    Pre-req: SPED 765, SPED 768 & SPED 766

  • COUNR 720
    Medical Aspects of Disability, 3 Credits.

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

  • COCO 701
    Counseling Skills and Interviewing, 3 Credits.

Posted by Marten at August 9, 2006 12:57 PM

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