Instructor for Blind and Visually Impaired - Rehabilitation Teaching

Ontario College Graduate Certificate (133)

Brantford Campus, One year
Start date: September

Highlights

• Learn to teach children and adults with visual disabilities to develop or enhance their independent living, communication, leisure, and basic orientation and mobility skills
• Develop techniques to create personal learning plans and individualized programs to build skills and confidence in the outlined skill areas with clients
• Develop specific techniques to identify the particular needs and interests of individual clients
• Experience practical learning under blindfold or low visual simulation
• Participate in a supervised, fourteen-week comprehensive (full-time) clinical fieldwork placement
• The only full-time, English-speaking program of its kind in Canada

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 Career Opportunities

Industries of Employment:

• Social Service Agencies
• School Boards
• Residential Rehabilitation Facilities
• Insurance Companies

Occupational Categories:

• Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities
• Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
• Rehabilitation Teachers
• Braillists/Educational Assistants

Admission Requirements

• A college diploma or university degree, preferably in (but not restricted to) the Humanities, Arts or Education
• Previous related work or volunteer experience is strongly recommended

Note: Students who do not have access to a car or personal transportation may have limited field placement opportunities.

Note: Registered students who have been convicted of an offence under the criminal code for which they have not been pardoned may be denied the opportunity to enter clinical placement. A certificate of "Police Clearance" and document entailing vulnerable sector screening and a criminal records check will be requested by the field placement agency.

Program Learning Outcomes

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