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