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). The 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. The 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. The 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 and Workforce, Office for Exceptional
Children
• Aligned with Ohio Priorities
• Made possible with support of the Ohio Deans
Compact and the Ohio Department of Education and
Workforce
OHIO DEANS COMPACT LISD COLLABORATIVE
LOW INCIDENCE SENSORY DISABILITIES
COLLABORATIVE
DISABILITIES
Gail Chinn
gchinn@shawnee.edu // 740.351.3571
Shawnee State University
940 Second Street // Portsmouth, OH 45662
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Certificate in Deafblindness Education
A graduate level, 15-credit hour program, leading to a
certificate in Deafblind Education from Shawnee State
University. This certificate will meet the post
baccalaureate education needs of working professionals.
The program courses provide in-depth knowledge of the
needs of and supports for children with combined
hearing-vision loss (also known as deafblindness) and is
aligned with CEC standards for deafblindness
