"Orientation and Mobility:
A Basic Freedom"

- California Association of
O&M Specialists (CAOMS)

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Guide Dog Mobility Program
Teacher of the Visually Impaired Program

The course work is scheduled in the evenings and weekends to accommodate working professionals.

The program can be completed in 3 semesters. Students are welcome to complete the program on either a full-time or part-time basis.

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O&M Core Courses:
SPED 749 Medical, Educational, & Rehabilitative Implications of Visual Impairment 4 Units
SPED 753 Living Skills Assessment & Instruction for Learners with Visual Impairments 3 units
SPED 655 Basic Orientation and Mobility for the Visually Impaired 3 units
SPED 756 Orientation and Mobility Seminar 3 units
SPED 757 Visual Impairment: Special Populations 3 units
SPED 760 Methods in Orientation and Mobility: I 3 units
SPED 792 Methods in Orientation and Mobility: II 3 units
SPED 822 Methods in Orientation and Mobility: III 3 units
SPED 823 Methods in Orientation and Mobility: IV 3 units
SPED 726 Student Teaching/Internship Seminar in Orientation and Mobility 3 units
SPED 730 Student Teaching/Internship in Orientation and Mobility 3 units
 
Total Units
34 units


Additional Courses Leading to the Clinical Rehabilitative Services Credential:

SPED 702 Professional, Legal, & Ethical Practices: Creating Opportunities for Students with Disabilities 3 Units
SPED 803 Communication, Diversity, & Exceptionality, Cultural & Communicative Competence 3 units
 
Total Units
6 units


Some Additional Courses Leading to the Master of Arts Degree:

SPED 788

Research & Literature, Policy & Practice in Special Education

3 Units
SPED 801 Diversity in Special Education: Family Systems, Resources, and Culture 3 units
ISED 797 Educational Research 3 units
 
Total Units
9 units

 

 

Program in Orientation and Mobility Department of Special Education San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco CA 94132-4158

Last update: June 24, 2008 | Comments or Questions mobility@sfsu.edu
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