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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 independent living skills or techniques such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
- Teach cane skills including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
- Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
- Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
- Obtain, distribute, or maintain low vision devices.
- 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).
- Train clients to use adaptive equipment such as large print, reading stands, lamps, writing implements, software, and electronic devices.
- Identify visual impairments related to basic life skills in areas such as self-care, literacy, communication, health management, home management, and meal preparation.
- Teach clients to travel independently using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
- Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
- 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).
- 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.
- Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.
- Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
- Administer tests and interpret test results to develop rehabilitation plans for clients.
- 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
- Envelope addressing guides
- Near vision acuity charts
- Long canes
- Needle threaders
- Night scopes
- Dome magnifiers
- Medical measuring tapes
- Adjustable task lamps
- Braille embossers
- Closed circuit television monitors
- Color discs
- Lea symbols 15-line distance charts
- Signature guides
- Illuminated cabinets
- Plastic eye models
- Stop watches
- Amsler grids
- Astigmatism wheel charts
- Writing guides
- Check writing guides
- Lea numbers 10-line distance charts
- Handheld magnifiers
- Worthmore four-dot test devices
- Tactile maps
- Lea symbols near vision cards
- Braille label makers
- Braille personal digital assistants
- Pointers
- Lea grating paddles
- Eye occluders
- Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
- Copyholders
- Monoculars
- Contrast sensitivity test cards
- Penlights
- Lea symbols domino cards
- Large text keyboards
- Reading stands
- Lea symbols Massachusetts visual acuity test format near vision screeners
- Flashlight color filters
- Cone adaptation test sets
- Feinbloom distance charts
- Stacking rings
- Finger puppets
- Illuminated magnifiers
- Lea symbols playing cards
- Flashlights
- HOTV charts
- Rulers
- Braille laptop computers
- Bar magnifiers
- Piano glasses
- Anti-glare visors
- Lea numbers 15-line distance charts
- Lea symbols single symbol books
- Slicing guides
- Lea crowded symbol books
- Lea single presentation flash cards
- Print readers
- Lea numbers near vision cards
- Stand magnifiers
- Snellen eye charts
- Lea symbols 10-line distance charts
- Braille writers
- ZoomWare Screen Magnifier
- Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
- Microsoft Access
- Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
- Microsoft Office
- American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
- Microsoft Word
- Freedom Scientific MAGic
- Ai Squared ZoomText
- Internet browser software
- Dolphin Lunar
- American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
- Microsoft Excel