[nobe-l] special education major

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Ana,
I replied to your other post on another list....but I think I better understand now what you are asking.  First, I will tell you that either the "Mild/Moderate Intervention Specialist" or "Moderate/Intensive Intervention Specialist" paths would work.  From my experience though....I actually started on the moderate to intensive route and then switched....mainly because I didn't want to take on the task of having to learn sign language, which was required of the moderate to intensive major.  If you are looking at focusing on O&M for blind people, more often than not, those people are going to tend to be higher functioning, thus the mild to moderate route will be more than sufficient.  The mild to moderate major still gives you an overview of special education in general.  
The other question I would pose to you is something to just think about.  Have you considered majoring in VI...in other words, being a teacher of the visually impaired?  This would give you a more narrow focus but if that is where your interest lies, then it could be what you're looking for.  This path will somewhat limit your choices for colleges though, as not all colleges have that specific major.  


Just some things to consider.
Good luck to you!
Nicole



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From: Ana Martinez via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
To: nobe-l <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
Cc: Ana Martinez <martinezana770 at gmail.com>
Sent: Sun, Feb 14, 2016 4:13 pm
Subject: [nobe-l] special education major

Greedings, my name is Ana and I am a blind highschool student. When I
grow up I would like to be an orientation and mobility instructor, I
would like to be able to teach all types of blind people. I wanna
teach people who are just blind and people who are blind but who also
have additional disabilities. I thought it would be benefitial for my
career to major in special education so that I can learn how to teach
people with all types of disabilities and then do a masters in ONM,
for the last couple of months I've been looking for colleges and I
realized that there are many majors in special education like special
education miled disabilities, special education miled to moderate
disabilities, ETC. I have a question: I am not sure which special
education major  will best meet my career goals, is it possible to
teach orientation and mobility to people with severe disabilities? up
to which degree of disability is it safe to teach ONM? for example if
I teach mobility to someone who is in a wheelchair to cross a busy
intersection, tecnically that person could do that but could that
person be fast enough to cross the street without being hit? I don't
want to specialized on teaching blind people with multiple
disabilities but if one day I have to teach someone who has multiple
disabilities I wanna be able to do it.  I hope I explained myself,
sorry for my english. thanks

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