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New Visions: Human Services
& Special/Elementary Education
Are you someone who reaches out to others?
The New Visions: Human Services & Special/Elementary Education program enables high
school seniors to explore careers such as social work, psychology and special
education.
The classroom is currently located in St. Catherine's
Center for Children in Albany, where students learn through traditional
methods (lecture, reading, research, writing and focused study) and through
rotations. Rotations are structured observations of professionals and
procedures in a career field.
IHuman Services & Special/Elementary
students rotate through St. Catherine's, which employs professionals including
special educators, speech therapists, occupational and physical therapists,
psychologists and social workers, psychiatrists and recreational therapists.
Students observe these professionals at work in classrooms for special needs
students. Human Services & Special Education students also learn at
preschools and agencies for people with developmental disabilities, physical
impairments and emotional disturbances.
The curriculum includes the child welfare
system, culture of the deaf, juvenile justice, and implications of the
Americans with Disabilities Act; explores all types of disabilities; and
teaches the skills needed to be an effective human services worker.
n September 2008, the program will be
relocate to Wildwood School on Curry Road Extension, Schenectady, for the
2008-09 school year, pending final approval by the Capital Region BOCES Board of Education. St. Catherine’s Center
for Children in Albany, where the class is currently located, will
remain an active and valued partner in providing internships and
experiences for students in the program.
Course credits:
English Honors - 1 credit
Economics Honors - 1/2 credit
Participation in Government Honors - 1/2 credit
Human Services/Special Education Practicum - 1 credit
* Introduction to Human Services Skills - 1/2 credit
* Perspectives on Disability - 1/2 credit
(* college credits available through Hudson Valley Community College; 7
credits total for both courses)
Application Procedure:
Interested students must complete and mail back an application and complete an
interview process during their junior year. Click below to download the
application, which is in PDF format.
Human Services &
Special/Elementary Education application
Adobe Acrobat Reader is
required to view/print the application. (Click
here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Teacher Profile:
Happy
Scherer
A former student comments:
"My experience in New Visions has not only been an exploration of a
multitude of opportunities in the human services and special education field,
but also an exploration of myself." -- Caitlin Fansler, Class of 2002
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