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