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 Therapeutic and Universal Design

(2004-2006 Catalog)

Cindy Dillenschneider, Primary Advisor

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An Outdoor Education student in Winter Block, teaches adaptive skiing techniques to a participant at Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center in Colorado.
Winter Block student teaches adaptive skiing techniques to a participant at Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center in Colorado.

The outdoor education-therapeutic and universal design major prepares students to use the outdoors as a medium for therapeutic change and to design accessible adventure opportunities for individuals with diverse abilities and with groups who have specific personal growth objectives or needs. Professional settings include community- and wilderness-based intervention and rehabilitation programs, mental health facilities, correction departments for youth and adult offenders, corporate development programs, and outdoor education programs serving people with diverse abilities.

Students majoring in Outdoor Education with an emphasis in therapeutic and universal design should take the Outdoor Education Core plus the following requirements and options:

 

All of the following:                                                    

Credits

OED322 Theory of Teaching Physical Skills                    

3

OED439 Therapeutic Principles and Practices†               

3

OED492 Internship                                                        

3

PED045 Beginning Alpine Skiing/Snowboarding*             

1

PED301 Musculoskeletal Anatomy                                 

4

PED303 Analysis of Human Performance                                     

4

PSY110 General Psychology*                                                      

4

PSY315 Introduction to Counseling                                 

 3

 

 Note: A substitution for PED045 is allowed for students who are already proficient skiers. Contact the Outdoor Education Program Coordinator to be granted a substitution.

 

 Winter Outdoor Educator Professional Development Block

 

 These courses must be taken concurrently:

 

OED378 Adventure Leadership and Programming                           

4

OED379 Therapeutic Program Design                             

4

OED381 Outdoor Education Teaching Techniques

(Credits for OED381 are counted in the Outdoor Education Core)

  

OED382 Outdoor Education Practicum                           

4
   

One of the following:

  

OED270 Challenge Course Facilitation

               and Management                                           

3

OED346 Wilderness Instructor Training                           

 4
   

Choose 1 credit from:

  

OED035-039* or 076*                                                    

1
   

Total Concentration Requirements                             

41-46 credits

Total Core Requirements                                            

27 credits

Total Liberal Education, Minor,

and/or Elective Requirements                                    

51-56 credits

Total Requirements Needed to Graduate                   

124 credits

 

 *Meets Liberal Education Requirement.

†Capstone experience for majors.

 

Option for Teacher Licensure in Alternative Education
Cindy Dillenschneider, Primary Advisor

 

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Northland Outdoor Education students in an Access and Diversity class and participants from Camp Confidence in Brainerd, Minnesota gather for a group picture.
Northland students in an Access and Diversity class and participants from Camp Confidence in Brainerd, Minnesota gather for a group picture.

Outdoor education-therapeutic and universal design majors interested in working in residential therapy programs for atrisk or adjudicated youth can obtain Wisconsin teacher licensure in Alternative Education (grades 6 to 12). Students should begin pursuing this option no later than the first session of their sophomore years in order to complete their programs in four years. (Assumes a minimum of 14 successful credits completed in each of the fall and winter sessions and 3 to 4 successful credits completed in spring session.)

 

All of the following:                                                    

Credits

EDU222 The Reflective Teacher                                      

3

EDU225 Foundations of Education                                 

3

EDU232 Growth and Cognition†                                     

3

EDU305 Planning, Teaching, and Assessment                

3

EDU310 Content Literature and Critical Thinking              

3

EDU315 Classroom Management

and Conflict Resolution                                                  

2

EDU341-346 Secondary Methods                                   

 0

EDU347 Secondary Content Methods                                                    

4

EDU463 Student Teaching, Alternative Education (6-12)   

(4 credits can be achieved within the Outdoor Education Block

experience)

 8
   

 Total Licensure Requirements                                    

29 credits

 

†EDU 463 can be substituted for OED 492 for the Outdoor

Education-Therapeutic and Universal Design major.

Note: Four credits required for the Outdoor Education-Therapeutic

and Universal Design major must be earned for student teaching

and can be structured within Winter Therapeutic Block. Approval

is required from the Teacher Education Program Coordinator.

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‡Wilderness First Responder is approved through SOLO, the

Wilderness Medicine Association, or the Wilderness Medicine

Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School. Students will

be awarded 4 credits when current certification card is presented to

registrar’s office.

 

For details on achieving Teacher's Licensure, follow this link to download the current Northland College Catalog as a PDF file then scroll down to view the following:

 

·        Teacher Education: Document page 179, PDF page 92
 ·        How to Fulfill Degree and Teacher Licensure Requirements: Document page 185, PDF page
      95
 ·        Alternative Education Licensure Program: Document page 191,
     PDF page 98