Intervention Specialist:
Visually Impaired Licensure Program
A 22-credit hour program offering graduate level coursework
leading to licensure as a teacher of students with visual
impairments (TSVI). e program is designed to be
completed in one year and applicants must hold a valid
Ohio teaching license. Coursework is mostly online with
extensive face-to-face field and practicum experiences.
Intervention Specialist:
Hearing Impaired Licensure Program
A graduate level, 24-credit hour program offering
coursework leading to licensure as a teacher of the Deaf/hard
of hearing. e program is designed to be completed in one
year and applicants must hold a valid Ohio teaching license.
Coursework is mostly online instruction with extensive face-
to-face field experiences.
Intervener Certificate Program
A 30-credit hour program offering undergraduate level
coursework leading to a Shawnee State issued Intervener
Certificate. e Intervener Program is designed to be
completed in two years. Applicants must meet the
admission requirements at Shawnee State University. An
intervener provides consistent one-to-one support to a
student who is Deaf, blind or dual sensory impaired (ages 3
through 21) throughout the instructional day. Coursework
is primarily completed in an online format, culminating
with a field based practicum experience.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM
• Online Coursework through our Consortium
partner institutions of higher education
• Field based practicum/internship experience
• Funding support provided by the Ohio Department
of Education, Office for Exceptional Children
• Aligned with Ohio Priorities
• Made possible with support of the Ohio Deans
Compact and the Ohio Department of Education
OHIO DEANS COMPACT LISD COLLABORATIVE
LOW INCIDENCE SENSORY DISABILITIES
COLLABORATIVE
DISABILITIES
Kelli Smith
ksmith3@shawnee.edu // 740.351.3571
Shawnee State University
940 Second Street // Portsmouth, OH 45662
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