视觉障碍儿童及儿童的定向和活动性教学文学硕士

教有视力障碍和定向障碍的儿童的儿童计划是WMU卫生与公共服务学院的失明与低视研究系与教育与人类学院的特殊教育与素养研究系之间的合作计划发展。该计划为有兴趣担任视力障碍或定向障碍和行动力障碍儿童的老师的学生或有视力障碍，定向障碍和行动力障碍儿童的双重课程的学生做好准备。这些计划的重点是帮助视力障碍儿童学会过充实和生产性生活所需的特定技能。许多人选择双重认证，既是视力障碍儿童的老师，又是儿童定向和行动专家。这种结合可以帮助专业人员理解并满足孩子的全部需求。在主要的农村地区，这种组合的需求也很高，那里有视力障碍
A teacher of children with visual impairments teaches children with visual impairments the skills they will need to lead successful lives. These skills fall into two major areas: <br><br>Skills that are needed to support the full participation in academic curriculum. <br>Skills from the expanded core, or vision-specific curriculum, that need to be specifically taught to students with visual impairments to accommodate their educational needs.<br>Responsibilities regarding support for the academic curriculum include working in multiple ways with the regular classroom teacher to assure that the student with visual impairments can access the regular curriculum. Duties include transcribing materials into Braille or large print, modifying materials so they can be read tactually and modifying test materials to accommodate for information not available through the visual channel.