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A listing in the APH Directory of Services is based on information supplied by the individual or organization listed and does not imply approval, endorsement, or evaluation by APH.

Personnel Preparation

Degree programs and areas of concentration to prepare professionals to work in various capacities with individuals who are blind or visually impaired. Services in this category also include distance education or off-campus programs for students who are working toward degrees or certification in specializations in the field of blindness and visual impairment.

There are a total of 47 listings found in Personnel Preparation.

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• Assistive Technology and Accessible Educational Materials Center

  470 Glenmont Avenue
  Columbus, OH 43214
  (614) 410 1042 (Local)
  paula_mauro@orclish.org
  http://ataem.org
  

• Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority

  5940 South Street
  Halifax, NS B3H 1S6
  (902) 424 8503 (Local)
  (709) 729 2096 (Fax)
  pottied@apsea.ca (by e-mail)
  https://www.apsea.ca/families-students/blind-visually-impaired/
  

• Boston College, Lynch School of Education: Teacher Education, Special Education, and Curriculum and Instruction Department

  Campion Hall 211
  Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
  (617) 552 4180 (Local)
  (617) 552 1840 (Fax)
  http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/
  

• California State University, Los Angeles

  5151 State University Drive
  Los Angeles, CA 90032
  (323) 343 4411 (Local)
  (323) 343 5605 (Fax)
  bnaimy@calstatela.edu
  http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ccoe/
  

• Dominican College

  470 Western Highway
  Orangeburg, NY 10962
  (845) 359 2908 (Local)
  (845) 359 6701 (Fax)
  rona.shaw@dc.edu
  http://www.dc.edu
  

• Eastern Michigan University: Department of Special Education

  128 Porter
  Ypsilanti, MI 48197
  (734) 487 3300 (Local)
  (734) 487 2473 (Fax)
  tli@emich.edu
  http://www.emich.edu/
  

• Florida State University: Program in Visual Disabilities

  2205 Stone Building
  College of Education
  Tallahassee, FL 32306-4459
  (850) 644 4880 (Local)
  (850) 644 8715 (Fax)
  bischof@fsu.edu
  https://education.fsu.edu/degrees-and-programs/undergraduate-programs/visual-disabilities
  

• Hadley

  700 Elm Street
  Winnetka, IL 60093
  (847) 446 8111 (Local)
  (847) 446 9916 (Fax)
  (800) 323 4238 (Toll-Free)
  (847) 441 8111 (TDD/TTY)
  info@hadley.edu
  http://www.hadley.edu
  

• Hunter College of The City University of New York

  Department of Special Education, 909W
  695 Park Avenue
  New York, NY 10065
  (212) 772 4740 (Local)
  (212) 650 3542 (Fax)
  (212) 650 3207 (TDD/TTY)
  http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/education/dept/specialed/index.shtml
  

• Illinois State University

  Campus Box 5910
  Normal, IL 61790-5910
  (309) 438 8986 (Local)
  (309) 438 8699 (Fax)
  (309) 438 3467 (TDD/TTY)
  http://www.coe.ilstu.edu
  

• Indiana State University: Promoting Achievement for Students with Sensory Loss

  Blumberg Center, Bayh College of Education
  University Hall 1E
  401 North 7th Street
  Terre Haute, IN 47809
  (812) 237 8115 (Local)
  (812) 237 8089 (Fax)
  Karen.Goehl@indstate.edu
  https://passprojectisu.org/
  

• Iowa Department for the Blind

  524 Fourth Street
  Des Moines, IA 50309-2364
  (515) 281 1333 (Local)
  (515) 281 1263 (Fax)
  contact@blind.state.ia.us
  https://blind.iowa.gov/
  

• Jackson State University: Department of Special Education

  1400 JR Lynch Street
  Jackson, MS 39217
  (601) 979 2121 (Local)
  (601) 979 4190 (Fax)
  http://www.jsums.edu/specialedu/
  

• Kentucky Department of Education: Office of Special Education and Early Learning

  300 Sower Blvd
  Frankfort, KY 40601
  502-564-4970 (Local)
  502-564-6721 (Fax)
  http://education.ky.gov/specialed/blindef/Pages/default.aspx
  

• Kutztown University: Department of Special Education

  Beekey 104
  Kutztown, PA 19530
  (610) 683 4651 (Local)
  (610) 683 1516 (Fax)
  dross@kutztown.edu
  http://www.kutztown.edu/acad/coe/spced/spec.htm
  

• Lighthouse of Southwest Florida, Inc.

  35 West Mariana Avenue
  North Fort Myers, FL 33903
  (239) 997 7797 (Local)
  (239) 997 8462 (Fax)
  jmacdonald@lighthouseswfl.org
  http://www.lighthouseswfl.org/
  

• Marshall University

  100 Angus E. Peyton Drive
  South Charleston, WV 25303
  (304) 746 8941 (Local)
  http://www.marshall.edu/
  

• Missouri State University

  Teacher Certification Office
  Hill Hall, Room 203
  901 South National Avenue
  Springfield, MO 65897
  (417) 836 8872 (Local)
  (417) 836 8773 (Fax)
  teachercertification@missouristate.edu
  http://www.missouristate.edu/certification/9033.htm
  

• Mount Saint Vincent University

  166 Bedford Highway
  Halifax, NS B3M 2J6
  (902) 457 6788 (Local)
  (902) 445 3960 (Fax)
  http://www.msvu.ca/education/index.asp#Graduate
  

• North Carolina Central University

  H.M. Michaux, Jr. School of Education
  700 Cecil Street
  Durham, NC 27707
  (919) 530 5346 (Local)
  (919) 530 5353 (Fax)
  http://www.nccu.edu/soe/vitp.cfm
  

• Northeast Regional Center for Vision Education/University of Massachusetts Boston

  NERCVE
  University of Massachusetts Boston
  100 Morrissey Boulevard
  Boston, MA 02125-3393
  (617) 287 7623 (Local)
  hhenshaw@ric.edu
  https://www.nercve.org/
  

• Northern Illinois University

  Department of Special and Early Education
  Visual Disabilities Program
  Northern Illinois University
  DeKalb, IL 60115
  (815) 753 8459 (Local)
  (815) 753 8594 (Fax)
  gkapperman@niu.edu
  http://cedu.niu.edu/seed/academic/vision/
  

• Northern State University: Special Education Program

  1200 South Jay Street
  Aberdeen, SD 57401
  (605) 626 3169 (Local)
  (605) 626 3102 (Fax)
  http://www.northern.edu
  

• Ohio State University: College of Education and Human Ecology

  127 Arps Hall
  1945 North High Street
  Columbus, OH 43210
  (614) 292 2461 (Local)
  (614) 292 8052 (Fax)
  http://ehe.osu.edu/teaching-and-learning/
  

• Peabody College of Vanderbilt University: Department of Special Education, Program in Visual Disabilities

  Box 328, Peabody College
  Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, TN 37203
  (615) 322 2249 (Local)
  (615) 343 1570 (Fax)
  PRO@Vanderbilt.edu
  https://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/research/pro/about_peabody_research/funded_projects/preservice_preparation_of_teachers_project_home.php
  

• Portland State University: School of Education

  Department of Special Education
  PO Box 751
  Portland, OR 97207-0751
  (503) 725 5495 (Local)
  (503) 725 5599 (Fax)
  (800) 547 8887 ext: 5495 (Toll-Free)
  http://www.pdx.edu/sped/vil
  

• Salus University

  College of Education and Rehabilitation
  Elkins Park Campus
  8360 Old York Road
  Elkins Park, PA 19027-1598
  (215) 780 1360 (Local)
  (215) 780 1357 (Fax)
  http://www.salus.edu
  

• San Francisco State University: Department of Special Education

  Programs in Orientation & Mobility and Visual Impairment
  Department of Special Education
  San Francisco State University
  San Francisco, CA 94132
  (415) 338 1161 (Local)
  (415) 338 0566 (Fax)
  srosen@sfsu.edu (O&M); ysiu@sfsu.edu (TVI)
  mobility.sfsu.edu (O&M program); viprogram.sfsu.edu (TVI program); sped.sfsu.edu (Dept. of Special Education)
  

• Stephen F. Austin State University

  Box 13019 SFA Station
  Nacogdoches, TX 75962
  (936) 468 1145 (Local)
  (936) 468 1342 (Fax)
  humanservices@sfasu.edu
  http://www.sfasu.edu/humanservices/
  

• Texas Tech University: Virginia Murray Sowell Center for Research and Education in Sensory Disabilities

  Room, 220, College of Education, Box 41071
  Lubbock, TX 79409-1071
  (806) 742 2320 (Local)
  (806) 742 2326 (Fax)
  n.griffin-shirley@ttu.edu
  http://www.depts.ttu.edu/education/outreach-and-research/sowell/index.php
  

• The University of Arizona: Specialization in Visual Impairment

  College of Education / DPS
  PO Box 210069
  The University of Arizona
  Tucson, AZ 85721-0069
  (520) 621 0945 (Local)
  (520) 621 3821 (Fax)
  jerin@u.arizona.edu
  http://www.coe.arizona.edu/visual_impairment
  

• Trevecca Nazarene University

  333 Murfreesboro Road
  Nashville, TN 37210
  (615) 248 1766 (Local)
  http://www.trevecca.edu/academics/schools-colleges/education/vis
  

• University of Alabama at Birmingham: Department of Leadership, Special Education and Foundations

  Education Building, Room 2321
  UAB Campus
  Birmingham, AL 35294
  (205) 934 3440 (Local)
  (205) 934 6722 (Fax)
  http://www.uab.edu/education/home/teacher-education-program/special-education
  

• University of Arkansas at Little Rock: School of Counseling, Human Performance and Rehabilitation

  Dept. of Counseling, Adult and Rehabilitation Education
  University of Arkansas at Little Rock
  2801 South University Avenue
  Little Rock, AR 72204
  (501) 569 3169 (Local)
  (501) 569 8129 (Fax)
  (501) 569 3169 (TDD/TTY)
  pbsmith@ualr.edu
  http://ualr.edu/ma/RHBLO/
  

• University of British Columbia: Department of Educational and Counseling Psychology and Special Education

  2125 Main Mall
  Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
  (604) 822 2235 (Local)
  (604) 822 3302 (Fax)
  (604) 822 8229 (TDD/TTY)
  cay.holbrook@ubc.ca
  http://ecps.educ.ubc.ca/
  

• University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies

  5717 Corbett Hall
  Room 212
  Orono, ME 04469
  (207) 581 2093 (Local)
  (207) 581 1231 (Fax)
  http://ccids.umaine.edu/
  

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln - Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders

  274 Barkley Memorial Center
  Lincoln, NE 68583-0738
  (402) 472 3801 (Local)
  (402) 472 7697 (Fax)
  esiegel1@unl.edu
  http://cehs.unl.edu/secd/visual-impairments
  

• University of North Dakota: Department of Special Education

  Education Building Room 238
  231 Centennial Drive Stop 7189
  Grand Forks, ND 58202-7189
  (701) 777 3239 (Local)
  (701) 777 3246 (Fax)
  http://www.und.edu/dept/tl/html/facultystaff.html
  

• University of Northern Colorado

  School of Special Education
  McKee 29, Campus Box 141
  Greeley, CO 80639
  (970) 351 2691 (Local)
  (970) 351 1061 (Fax)
  kay.ferrell@unco.edu
  http://www.unco.edu/cebs/sped/
  

• University of Northern Iowa Teacher Training Program for Students with Visual Impairments

  150 Schindler Education Center
  Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0601
  (319) 273 6061 (Local)
  (319) 273 7852 (Fax)
  http://www.uni.edu/
  

• University of Pittsburgh: Department of Teaching, Learning, & Leading, School of Education

  Department of Teaching, Learning, & Leading, School of Education
  5500 Posvar Hall
  230 South Bouquet Street
  Pittsburgh, PA 15260
  (412) 648 7308 (Local)
  tessam@pitt.edu
  https://www.education.pitt.edu/AcademicDepartments/InstructionLearning/Programs/VisionStudies.aspx
  

• University of South Carolina Upstate

  800 University Way
  Spartanburg, SC 29303
  (864) 503 5572 (Local)
  (864) 503 5574 (Fax)
  info@uscupstate.edu
  https://www.uscupstate.edu/academics/majors-programs/graduate-programs/special-education-visual-impairment/
  

• University of Toledo: Early Childhood, Physical, and Special Education

  2801 West Bancroft Street
  Toledo, OH 43606
  (419) 530 7733 (Local)
  (419) 530 7261 (Fax)
  https://www.utoledo.edu/education/grants/Vision/
  

• University of Utah: Multi-University Consortium Teacher Preparation Program in Sensory Impairments

  University of Utah
  Department of Special Education
  1721 Campus Center Drive, SAEC 2280
  Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9253
  (801) 585 3925 (Local)
  (801) 585 6476 (Fax)
  Donna.henricksen@ed.utah.edu
  http://www.ed.utah.edu/SPED/
  

• Virginia Project for Children and Youth with DeafBlindness

  Partnership for People with Disbilities/VCU
  700 East Franklin Street, 11th Floor
  P.O. Box 843020
  Richmond, VA 23284-3020
  (804) 828 8252 (Local)
  (804) 828 0042 (Fax)
  (877) 295 7799 (Toll-Free)
  http://www.vcu.edu/partnership/vadbproject/index.htm
  

• West Virginia University Department of Special Education

  Allen Hall
  P.O. Box 6122
  Morgantown, WV 26506-6122
  (304) 293 5703 (Local)
  (304) 293 7265 (Fax)
  http://specialed.wvu.edu/home/certification/low_vision_blindness
  

• Western Michigan University: Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies

  Department of Blindness and Low Vision Studies
  College of Health and Human Services
  Western Michigan University
  Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5218
  (269) 387 3455 (Local)
  (269) 387 3567 (Fax)
  paul.ponchillia@wmich.edu
  http://www.wmich.edu/visionstudies/