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