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4215 – Instructors of persons with disabilities
Instructors of persons with disabilities teach children and adults using a variety of techniques to facilitate communication, rehabilitation, social skills and increased independence. They are employed in rehabilitation centres, specialized educational institutes and throughout the school system.
Profile
Example titles
- Braille instructor
- Instructor of persons with a mobility impairment
- Instructor of persons who are deaf
- Instructor of persons who are hard of hearing
- Instructor of persons with a learning disability
- Instructor of persons with a visual impairment
- Instructor of persons with special needs
- Lip-reading instructor
- Orientation and mobility instructor
- Sign language instructor
- Teacher for persons with intellectual disabilities
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
- Develop individualized education and intervention plans based on special needs of client to facilitate their readaptation and independence objectives
- Assess individuals in areas such as physical limitations, orientation and mobility skills, and cognitive, social and emotional barriers to establish client rehabilitation or adaptation goals
- Assist individuals with physical, intellectual, visual and hearing disabilities or multiple disorders to develop life skills and provide job training
- Instruct individuals with disabilities and their families in the use of rehabilitative techniques, prosthetic devices, wheelchairs and other equipment designed to maximize clients' independence and potential
- Instruct persons with a visual impairment in reading and writing braille and in the use of special equipment or supports such as human or animal guides, long canes and other adaptive mobility devices
- Instruct persons who are hard of hearing or deaf in lip-reading, finger spelling and sign language according to individual communication needs
- Instruct persons who are hard of hearing or deaf in the formation and development of sounds for speech using hearing aids, and other devices and techniques
- Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counsellors, speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists, to develop programs for clients' special needs
Employment requirements
- Completion of a college program in special education, rehabilitation, orientation and mobility, visual impairment, hearing impairment or intellectual disability is required.
- A bachelor's degree in special education or a related field such as social work or psychology may be required.
Additional information
Exclusions
- Occupational therapy rehabilitation consultants (in 3143 Occupational therapists)
- Special education technicians - social and community services (in 4212 Social and community service workers)
- Special needs educational assistants (in 4413 Elementary and secondary school teacher assistants)
- Special needs teachers - elementary school (in 4032 Elementary school and kindergarten teachers)
- Special needs teachers - secondary school (in 4031 Secondary school teachers)
- Speech and hearing therapists (in 3141 Audiologists and speech-language pathologists)
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 4 – Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services
- Skill level
- B – Occupations usually require college education, specialized training or apprenticeship training.
- Major group
- 42 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
- Minor group
- 421 – Paraprofessional occupations in legal, social, community and education services
- Associated Career Handbook profiles
- 4215.0 – Instructors of persons with disabilities
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- NOC 2016 Version 1.3