[rehab] rehab teacher training

[Jan Bailey]

Well, the bad news first. I believe you will have to take the GRE if you go 
to graduate school. I'm not a vision teacher, but I have worked as a rehab 
teacher, and I did that with a bachelor's degree several years ago, but  a 
rehab teacher teaches daily living skills and cooking to blind adults. They 
may also teach some beginning cane travel skills, or some more advanced cane 
travel depending on where they work. Vision teachers work with children, and 
work more with them on their school work and adapting or modifying teaching 
techniques that will help them get the information they need. They also 
teach Braille and how to use adaptive equipment. . In Minnesota we hire VR 
technicians to work with seniors, and they don't even have a Bachelor's 
Degree. Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Thegreat" <shamaniclivin1281 at hotmail.com>
To: <rehab at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 4:03 PM
Subject: [rehab] rehab teacher training



Hi there, I'm trying to decide whether to get into rehab teaching or pursue 
a teacher for the visually impaired job. Can anyone give me an idea of what 
the day in the life of a rehab teacher looks like? How about a day in the 
life of a teacher for the visually impaired (TVI?)



I am totally blind. I will still need to be certified before doing either 
job. I do have a bachelor's degree.



Any colleges you recommend? I'm hoping to complete the coursework online for 
the most part.



It appears that the TVI training is a 4 semester program. Would the rehab 
programs out there be about the same length? Are the two training programs 
very different or are they similar?



And last but likely not least, does one typically have to take the GRE's to 
get into these kinds of programs? I seriously have a standardized testing 
phobia. Taking the SAT's was my worst nightmare and I dread having to do the 
GRE's.



Thanks for any feedback you all might have.



Kate

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