aw, thanks Nancy for the nice compliment <blush> I am very glad to help. Please email me at [log in to unmask] if there is any way that I can help serve as a role model or assist in any way. France ===== Original Message From Open Forum for Learning Assistance Professionals <[log in to unmask]> ===== >Thanks for the good counsel. She is looking for some role models for >encouragement. You just filled that position! > > >Nancy I. Smith, Director >Student Support Services >Geneva College >3200 College Avenue >Beaver Falls, PA 15010 > >724-847-5566 >724-847-6991 (FAX) >-----Original Message----- >From: Prof Lorraine Lavorata <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:18 PM >Subject: Re: Student Teacher with CP > > >>As a college teacher with CP, let me try and shed some light on this. >>She can go for her EdD which is a doctorate of education and still use her >>M.Ed, (masters of education) and then go on to teach college. For people >with >>neurological disabilities, teaching college is better because we can be >>experts in our field and not be taxed by motor skills and perceptual >>limitations. Also college students are always willing to assist a disabled >>professor. That is my experience and I think this advice may help her >greatly. >>France >> >> >> >>===== Original Message From Open Forum for Learning Assistance >Professionals >><[log in to unmask]> ===== >>>I am writing in behalf of a student with cerebral palsy. She has a >>>motorized chair for mobility and uses crutches when necessary. She has >>>limited peripheral vision. She has progressed through our elementary >>>education program to the place where she is trying to meet the academic >>>standards this semester to student teach. >>> >>>She is in the field one day a week this semester and has found it very >>>taxing. She is trying to decide to go for the education degree without >>>certification. Her mother believes she needs the certification to be >>>employable. The mother wants to know if any schools have placed a student >>>teacher in the field and how it was accomplished. >>> >>>If you have insights or suggestions, I would appreciate hearing your >wisdom >>>and experience. Thank you. >>> >>>Nancy I. Smith, Director >>>Student Support Services >>>Geneva College >>>3200 College Avenue >>>Beaver Falls, PA 15010 >>> >>>724-847-5566 >>>724-847-6991 (FAX) >> >>Je pense, donc, je suis, Rene Descarte >>Chacun ont deux pays et un de ils est France, Benjamin Franklin >>vive la France >> Je pense, donc, je suis, Rene Descarte Chacun ont deux pays et un de ils est France, Benjamin Franklin vive la France