Advisor: Dawn Anderson
College of Health and Human Services

This 49 hour Teaching Children With Visual Impairment (TVHM) degree program prepares teachers to work with children with visual impairments in public and residential schools. Instruction is provided in skills to support the regular educational curriculum as well as the expanded core curriculum specific to children with visual impairments. In addition, this degree provides focus on areas such as assistive technology, assessment, adaptive sports, cortical/cerebral visual impairment, braille, and how to effectively work in a school setting. Graduates are eligible to become certified teachers of children with visual impairments. Students may choose to combine this degree program with preparation as an orientation and mobility specialist to attain dual competency in the Master of Arts in Teaching Children with Visual Impairment/Master of Arts in Orientation and Mobility for Children program. This dual program is Teaching Children with Visual Impairment/Orientation and Mobility (TVOM).