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[Jan Bailey]

OH, I hate math too, but I got a good enough score to get by. You don't have 
to have a Master's Degree in Iowa, and I saw they had some jobs working with 
seniors. I'm not sure, but I don't think Nebraska requires the Master's 
Degree either to be a counselor, but both states have long training 
programs, but they are very good training programs.
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Thegreat" <shamaniclivin1281 at hotmail.com>
To: <rehab at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 5:17 PM
Subject: [rehab] (no subject)



is a VR technician a pretty universal term used around the country? And, 
could I start out as a VR technician and work my way up to being a rehab 
teacher or a TVI if I do actually have a bachelor's degree or am I still 
going to run into a brick wall until I finally go do the GRE's and get 
myself through a master's program?



Yeah, I know, I'm terrified of the GRE's so I'm trying to find any loop hole 
I can.



I understand the need for certification and I'd do it in a heart beat but 
standardized tests... I mean, I do okay up til the math part. Why do they 
have to test my math skills in order to get into a rehab or TVI program 
anyhow? I can teach kids the abbicus, yeah, okay, that's cool, but I'm not 
going to have to be teaching the kids all this ridiculousness they have on 
the GRE's will I?



Kate

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> From: "Jan Bailey" <jb021951 at charter.net>
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> 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
>
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