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Rosen, Sandra

Professor

Special Education

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415 - 338-1245
jsrosen@sfsu.edu
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Educational Background


B.S., 1976, Allied Health Sciences, University of Illinois
M.A., 1978, Education of Exceptional Children (emphasis in Orientation & Mobility), San Francisco State University
Ph.D., 1986, Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

Dr. Rosen is the coordinator of the Program in Orientation and Mobility (O&M) and the new SFSU Program in Guide Dog Mobility, both in the Department of Special Education.

Research Interests

 

Her research interests and grant activities include the development of distance education and computer-assisted curricula in O&M for use in university teacher preparation programs. She is also internationally known for her work on the sensorimotor development of children who have visual impairments and on independent travel for people with dual physical and visual impairments. Dr. Roseon is currently the director of a project to develop the first university-based O&M teacher preparation program in Russia

 

Selected Publications

 

Rosen, S. (1998). Educating students who have visual impairments and orthopedic disabilities or health impairments. In S. Sacks & R. Silberman (Eds.), Educating Students with Visual Impairments and Other Disabilities, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.

Rosen, S. (1998). Educating students who have visual impairments and neurological disabilities. In S. Sacks & R. Silberman (Eds.), Educating Students with Visual Impairments and Other Disabilities, Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes

Rosen, S. (1997). Kinesiology and sensory motor functioning. In B. Blasch, W. Wiener, & R. Welsh (Eds.). Foundations of Orientation and Mobility (2nd. Ed.). New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Rosen, S. (1997). Learners with visual and physical impairments. In B. Blasch, W. Wiener, & R. Welsh (Eds.), Foundations of Orientation and Mobility (2nd Ed.). New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

 

Recent Contracts and Grant Awards

 

2003-2005 Project Director, “Establishing the first University-Based Program to Prepare Guide Dog Mobility Specialists”. Guide Dogs for the Blind, San Rafael, CA

2003-2008 Project Director, "Innovations in Personnel Preparation: Orientation and Mobility", U.S. Department of Education, Rehabilitation Services Administration

2003-2008 Project Co-Director (with D. Fazzi, CSULA) “PRIDE: Partnership for Resources in Education: Personnel Preparation in Visual Impairment", U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs – Low Incidence Competition