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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
Also Known As…
- 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
- Certified Low Vision Therapist
- Vision Therapist
- Vision Specialist
- Rehabilitation Teacher
- Orientation and Mobility Therapist for the Blind
- Low Vision Therapist
- Global Mobility Specialist
- Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
Tasks for “Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists”
- Teach cane skills including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- 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.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and propioceptive information.
- Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
- Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
- Train clients to read or write Braille.
- Teach clients to travel independently using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
- Collaborate with specialists, such as rehabilitation counselors, speech pathologists, and occupational therapists, to provide client solutions.
- 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).
- 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).
- 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 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.
- 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.
- Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
- 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.
- 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
- Worthmore four-dot test devices
- Lea grating paddles
- Long canes
- Finger puppets
- Anti-glare visors
- Braille laptop computers
- Stand magnifiers
- Feinbloom distance charts
- HOTV charts
- Braille label makers
- Needle threaders
- Pointers
- Flashlight color filters
- Plastic eye models
- Lea symbols Massachusetts visual acuity test format near vision screeners
- Piano glasses
- Lea symbols 10-line distance charts
- Lea symbols 15-line distance charts
- Envelope addressing guides
- Lea numbers 10-line distance charts
- Amsler grids
- Tactile maps
- Check writing guides
- Color discs
- Illuminated magnifiers
- Dome magnifiers
- Copyholders
- Bar magnifiers
- Lea symbols playing cards
- Reading stands
- Handheld magnifiers
- Stop watches
- Lea numbers near vision cards
- Lea single presentation flash cards
- Lea symbols near vision cards
- Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
- Illuminated cabinets
- Stacking rings
- Astigmatism wheel charts
- Lea symbols domino cards
- Print readers
- Lea numbers 15-line distance charts
- Cone adaptation test sets
- Closed circuit television monitors
- Monoculars
- Adjustable task lamps
- Braille personal digital assistants
- Medical measuring tapes
- Rulers
- Lea crowded symbol books
- Slicing guides
- Braille writers
- Penlights
- Signature guides
- Contrast sensitivity test cards
- Large text keyboards
- Braille embossers
- Eye occluders
- Writing guides
- Snellen eye charts
- Flashlights
- Night scopes
- Lea symbols single symbol books
- Near vision acuity charts
- Freedom Scientific MAGic
- Microsoft Access
- Ai Squared ZoomText
- American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
- Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
- Microsoft Excel
- American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
- Internet browser software
- Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Dolphin Lunar
- ZoomWare Screen Magnifier