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Job Description
Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. May train patients in activities such as computer use, communication skills, or home management skills.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1122.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists”.
Also Known As…
- Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
- Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT)
- Teacher of the Visually Impaired
- Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI)
- Orientation and Mobility Specialist
- Orientation and Mobility Instructor
- Orientation & Mobility Specialist
- Mobility Specialist
- Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
- Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist
- Certified Low Vision Therapist
- Vision Therapist
- Vision Specialist
- Rehabilitation Teacher
- Orientation and Mobility Therapist for the Blind
- Low Vision Therapist
- Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
Tasks for “Global Mobility Specialist”
- Train clients to read or write Braille.
- Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
- Teach clients to travel independently using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
- Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counselors, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists, to provide client solutions.
- Train clients with visual impairments to use mobility devices or systems such as human guides, dog guides, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Design instructional programs to improve communication using devices such as slates and styluses, braillers, keyboards, adaptive handwriting devices, talking book machines, digital books, and optical character readers (OCRs).
- Refer clients to services, such as eye care, health care, rehabilitation, and counseling, to enhance visual and life functioning or when condition exceeds scope of practice.
- Teach cane skills including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and propioceptive information.
- Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
- Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- Participate in professional development activities such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
- Administer tests and interpret test results to develop rehabilitation plans for clients.
- Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
- Teach independent living skills or techniques such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
- Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
- Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Train clients to use adaptive equipment such as large print, reading stands, lamps, writing implements, software, and electronic devices.
- Identify visual impairments related to basic life skills in areas such as self-care, literacy, communication, health management, home management, and meal preparation.
Related Technology & Tools
- Slicing guides
- Plastic eye models
- Stop watches
- Stand magnifiers
- Flashlights
- Anti-glare visors
- Copyholders
- Envelope addressing guides
- Lea symbols single symbol books
- Color discs
- Writing guides
- Long canes
- Tactile maps
- Handheld magnifiers
- Adjustable task lamps
- Flashlight color filters
- Penlights
- Braille writers
- Lea grating paddles
- Lea symbols 15-line distance charts
- Lea numbers 10-line distance charts
- Medical measuring tapes
- Check writing guides
- Closed circuit television monitors
- Dome magnifiers
- Signature guides
- Lea single presentation flash cards
- Contrast sensitivity test cards
- Feinbloom distance charts
- Amsler grids
- Braille laptop computers
- Rulers
- Illuminated cabinets
- Lea numbers near vision cards
- Lea crowded symbol books
- Large text keyboards
- Braille label makers
- Print readers
- Near vision acuity charts
- Pointers
- Lea symbols domino cards
- Lea numbers 15-line distance charts
- Stacking rings
- Cone adaptation test sets
- Worthmore four-dot test devices
- Braille embossers
- HOTV charts
- Piano glasses
- Eye occluders
- Lea symbols playing cards
- Astigmatism wheel charts
- Reading stands
- Finger puppets
- Needle threaders
- Lea symbols Massachusetts visual acuity test format near vision screeners
- Lea symbols 10-line distance charts
- Monoculars
- Bar magnifiers
- Lea symbols near vision cards
- Braille personal digital assistants
- Snellen eye charts
- Illuminated magnifiers
- Night scopes
- Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
- Microsoft Office
- Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
- ZoomWare Screen Magnifier
- American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
- Microsoft Access
- Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
- Dolphin Lunar
- Internet browser software
- American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
- Microsoft Excel
- Ai Squared ZoomText
- Microsoft Word
- Freedom Scientific MAGic