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Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teacher

Overview

Official Name of Program

Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teacher

Plan Code

VIRT-MSED

Department(s) Sponsoring Program

Career

Graduate

Degree Designation

MSED - Master of Science in Education

HEGIS Code

0808.00

NYSED Program Code

25646 - VIRT-MSED

CIP Code

13.1001

This master’s degree program (Academic Plan: VIRT-MSED) prepares professionals in vision rehabilitation therapy (VRT) to work with individuals with visual impairments. We also offer a combined program in Rehabilitation Teaching with Orientation and Mobility sequence to prepare orientation and mobility specialists Visual Impairment: Rehabilitation Teaching and Orientation and Mobility - MSEd. Both programs prepare candidates for national certification from the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals as vision rehabilitation therapists (VRTs).

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