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