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