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4215 – Instructors and Teachers of Persons with Disabilities
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.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Braille instructor
- Braille teacher
- Finger-spelling teacher
- Instructor for persons who are intellectually impaired
- Instructor for persons with an intellectual disability
- Instructor of persons who are blind
- Instructor of persons who are hearing impaired
- Instructor of persons with a visual impairment
- Instructor of persons with developmental disabilities
- Instructor of persons with disabilities
- Instructor of persons with physical disabilities
- Instructor of persons with special needs
- Instructor, Braille
- Instructor, orientation and mobility
- Instructor, orientation and mobility of persons who are blind
- Instructor, rehabilitation
- Instructor, sign language
- Job coach for persons with disabilities
- Lip-reading teacher
- Orientation and mobility instructor
- Orientation and mobility instructor for persons who are blind
- Orientation and mobility teacher
- Orientation and mobility teacher for persons who are blind
- Rehabilitation instructor
- Rehabilitation instructor for persons who are blind
- Rehabilitation teacher
- Rehabilitation teacher for persons who are blind
- Sign language instructor
- Teacher for persons with autism
- Teacher of Braille
- Teacher of persons who are blind
- Teacher of persons who are deaf
- Teacher of persons who are hard of hearing
- Teacher of persons who are hearing impaired
- Teacher of persons who are intellectually impaired
- Teacher of persons with a physical disability
- Teacher of persons with a visual impairment
- Teacher of persons with an intellectual disability
- Teacher of persons with developmental disabilities
- Teacher, finger spelling
- Teacher, lip reading
- Teacher, orientation and mobility
- Teacher, orientation and mobility of persons who are blind
- Teacher, rehabilitation
- Teacher, special programs for persons with an intellectual disability
- Instructor, orientation and mobility
- Job coach for persons with disabilities
- Rehabilitation instructor
- Sign language instructor
- Teacher of Braille
- Teacher of persons who are blind
- Teacher of persons who are hearing impaired
- Teacher of persons who are intellectually impaired
- Teacher of persons with a physical disability
- Teacher, rehabilitation
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Instructors and teachers of persons with disabilities perform some or all of the following 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.
Employment requirements
- A bachelor's degree in education, special education, or a related field such as psychology or social work, is usually required.
- Completion of an appropriate training program in rehabilitation or special education is required.
- Teachers who work in a public school system require a provincial teaching certificate.
Additional information
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 4 – Occupations in Social Science, Education, Government Service and Religion
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 42 – Paraprofessional Occupations in Law, Social Services, Education and Religion
- Minor group
- 421 – Paralegals, Social Services Workers and Occupations in Education and Religion, n.e.c.
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- NOC 2006 Version 1.0