Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities
Other titles : maladjusted childhood counselor (health and social services network), rehabilitation teacher, sign language instructor, teacher of persons with a physical disability
Details
Description :
Instructors and teachers of persons with disabilities teach children and adults with physical and developmental disabilities communication techniques, such as Braille or sign language, and rehabilitation skills to increase independence and mobility. They are employed in rehabilitation centres, specialized educational institutes and throughout the elementary and secondary school system.
Main duties :
- instruct students who are blind or visually impaired in reading and writing Braille and in the use of special equipment;
- instruct students who are deaf or hearing impaired in lip-reading, finger spelling and sign language, according to individual communication needs;
- instruct students who are hearing impaired in formation and development of sounds for speech using hearing aids and other devices;
- instruct individuals with physical disabilities and their families in the use of rehabilitative techniques, prosthetic devices, wheelchairs and other equipment designed to minimize the effects of a disability;
- assist individuals with intellectual impairments and physical disabilities to develop life skills and provide job training and support.
Regions where this career
has the best propspects:
- Capitale-Nationale
- Mauricie
- Bas-Saint-Laurent
- Lanaudière
- Outaouais
- Montréal
- Chaudière-Appalaches
- Centre-du-Québec
- Laurentides
- Laval
Training
Diploma of College Studies (DCS)
Special Care Counselling
Program lenght : 3 years
Program Objectives
This program is designed to train people to be special care counsellors. The technicians in special care counselling intervene concerning different problems: physical or psychological deficiencies, behaviour problems, mental or health-related problems, and after having taken care of adapting them, their re-integration to society.
Where this program is available