Teaching Students Who are Blind Part 2  EDUC 5704
Course Description

This course will provide a more advanced consideration of the theoretical and programmatic issues related to the education of the visually disabled student including program modifications, functional vision assessments, use of technology, structure and function of the eye and educational implications of eye conditions.

Admission Requirements

1. A Certificate of Qualification indicating successful completion of Part 1; (It is not necessary to submit a hard copy as proof can be obtained from the Public Register of the Ontario College of Teachers.)

2.Evidence of at least one year (194 days) of successful teaching experience, as certified by an appropriate supervisory officer (superintendent, not principal). Teaching experience MUST BE COMPLETED prior to the first day of the course.

3. Candidates must provide proof of successful completion of Grade Two Literary Braille Code (Mohawk College Level 4) before being admitted to the Part 2 course. CNIB, Mohawk College and The Hadley School for the Blind offer courses in Braille by distance education.

Course Materials
ISBN Title
0891289410 Foundations of Low Vision
0891283463 Looking to Learn: Promoting Literacy for Students with Low Vision
1880366126 Learning Media Assessment of Students with Visual Impairments
1880366258 Teaching Students with Visual and Multi Impairments
0781732980 Manual of Ocular Diagnosis and Therapy (optional)

Materials can be ordered online at http://www.bookstore.uwo.ca/eSolution2/course.php?campus=AQ