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Instructor for Blind and Visually Impaired - Rehabilitation Teaching


Program of Studies
Semester 1
COMM 10166 Contracted Braille 5.00
COMM VI230 Communications 2.71
HMNS VI103 Assessment & Program Plan 2.00
HMNS VI104 Basic Orientation & Mobility Skills
6.00
HMNS VI111 The Eye & Low Vision 2.50
HMNS VI235 Independent Living Skills 7.00
WORK VI109 Fieldwork Visits I 4.00
Semester 2
COMM 10167 Advanced Contracted Braille 4.00
COUN VI233 Leisure Counselling & Act 2.00
HLTH VI236 Growth & Development 4.50
HMNS VI102 Habilitation & Rehabilitation 2.00
HMNS VI201 Adaptive Techniques 4.00
HMNS VI220 Problem Based Learning II 2.50
SENS VI101 Sensory Development 1.50
WORK VI219 Fieldwork Visits II (Rehab) 8.00
WORK VI330 Rehabilitation Practicum 35.00

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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