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