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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
- Global Mobility Specialist
- Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
Tasks for “Orientation & Mobility Specialist”
- 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).
- Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
- Train clients to read or write Braille.
- 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.
- Administer tests and interpret test results to develop rehabilitation plans for clients.
- Participate in professional development activities such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
- Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
- Teach cane skills including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- Identify visual impairments related to basic life skills in areas such as self-care, literacy, communication, health management, home management, and meal preparation.
- Teach independent living skills or techniques such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
- Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
- Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
- Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and propioceptive information.
- 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).
- Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- Train clients to use adaptive equipment such as large print, reading stands, lamps, writing implements, software, and electronic devices.
Related Technology & Tools
- Cone adaptation test sets
- Lea symbols domino cards
- Astigmatism wheel charts
- Braille laptop computers
- Lea numbers near vision cards
- Copyholders
- Braille writers
- Large text keyboards
- Medical measuring tapes
- Monoculars
- Stacking rings
- Illuminated cabinets
- Flashlight color filters
- Handheld magnifiers
- Closed circuit television monitors
- Flashlights
- Feinbloom distance charts
- Lea numbers 15-line distance charts
- Penlights
- Lea crowded symbol books
- Dome magnifiers
- Stop watches
- Tactile maps
- Lea grating paddles
- Near vision acuity charts
- Lea symbols single symbol books
- Lea single presentation flash cards
- Lea symbols Massachusetts visual acuity test format near vision screeners
- Print readers
- Anti-glare visors
- Writing guides
- Worthmore four-dot test devices
- Braille label makers
- Illuminated magnifiers
- Snellen eye charts
- Pointers
- Lea symbols 15-line distance charts
- Lea symbols playing cards
- Lea symbols 10-line distance charts
- Needle threaders
- Contrast sensitivity test cards
- Night scopes
- Lea numbers 10-line distance charts
- Reading stands
- Slicing guides
- Braille embossers
- Plastic eye models
- Stand magnifiers
- Adjustable task lamps
- Rulers
- Envelope addressing guides
- Piano glasses
- Color discs
- Lea symbols near vision cards
- Long canes
- Signature guides
- Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
- Amsler grids
- Check writing guides
- HOTV charts
- Braille personal digital assistants
- Eye occluders
- Bar magnifiers
- Finger puppets
- Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
- Dolphin Lunar
- Microsoft Word
- Internet browser software
- Freedom Scientific MAGic
- Microsoft Office
- ZoomWare Screen Magnifier
- American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
- Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
- American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
- Ai Squared ZoomText
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Access