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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”
- Teach clients to travel independently using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
- Administer tests and interpret test results to develop rehabilitation plans for clients.
- Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
- 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.
- Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counselors, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists, to provide client solutions.
- Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
- Teach cane skills including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- 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).
- 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.
- Participate in professional development activities such as reading literature, continuing education, attending conferences, and collaborating with colleagues.
- 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 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 use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and propioceptive information.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Illuminated magnifiers
- Piano glasses
- Lea numbers near vision cards
- Copyholders
- Lea symbols single symbol books
- Tactile maps
- Writing guides
- Lea symbols playing cards
- Lea symbols 10-line distance charts
- Handheld magnifiers
- Rulers
- Lea grating paddles
- Feinbloom distance charts
- Braille laptop computers
- Lea numbers 15-line distance charts
- Braille personal digital assistants
- Lea numbers 10-line distance charts
- Long canes
- Bar magnifiers
- Large text keyboards
- Stacking rings
- Plastic eye models
- Color discs
- Amsler grids
- Signature guides
- Night scopes
- Stand magnifiers
- Snellen eye charts
- Closed circuit television monitors
- Dome magnifiers
- Worthmore four-dot test devices
- Contrast sensitivity test cards
- Finger puppets
- Medical measuring tapes
- Flashlights
- Illuminated cabinets
- Check writing guides
- Lea symbols near vision cards
- Slicing guides
- Envelope addressing guides
- HOTV charts
- Flashlight color filters
- Adjustable task lamps
- Monoculars
- Anti-glare visors
- Needle threaders
- Eye occluders
- Lea symbols domino cards
- Lea symbols Massachusetts visual acuity test format near vision screeners
- Astigmatism wheel charts
- Braille label makers
- Reading stands
- Penlights
- Braille writers
- Stop watches
- Cone adaptation test sets
- Pointers
- Lea crowded symbol books
- Near vision acuity charts
- Print readers
- Braille embossers
- Lea single presentation flash cards
- Lea symbols 15-line distance charts
- Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
- Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
- Freedom Scientific MAGic
- Microsoft Access
- ZoomWare Screen Magnifier
- Dolphin Lunar
- American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
- American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Word
- Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
- Microsoft Excel
- Internet browser software
- Ai Squared ZoomText