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