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