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graduate from this program will have completed three years of immersion in
the field and will be ready to provide the full range of services needed by their
students and clients.
We take great pride in the comprehensive and supportive nature of our
preparation program. All certification courses are offered in a traditional, face-
to-face format at either the home campus in Tallahassee or at a satellite
campus in the Tampa area. The program includes stand-alone coursework in
anatomy, daily living, social and career development skills, low vision, eye
anatomy, multiple disabilities, deafblindness, braille, Nemeth code, teaching
reading and writing, caseload management, orientation and mobility, and
assistive technology. Keeping up with changing times in the field that serves
students with visual impairment, FSU students learn the newly adopted
Unified English Braille code. Students learn the latest technology (high-tech
and low-tech) to access literacy in digital and print formats, for wayfinding and
object detection, and producing accessible text and images. Another unique
feature of the FSU program is the requirement that students complete, at
three different time points, a week-long practicum with professionals providing
services to students with visual impairments. Referred to as the "Intensives
Experience," students spend a week shadowing a TVI at a residential school,
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