Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

What Does a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists Do?

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.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches.
• 2Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
• 3Train 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).
• 4Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
• 5Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
• 6Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
• 7Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
• 8Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
• Learning Strategies
• Speaking
• Reading Comprehension
• Monitoring
• Writing
• Active Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Ai Squared ZoomText
• Amazon Web Services AWS software
• American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
• American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer
• Arkenstone Atlas Speaks
• Axistive BigShot Screen Magnifier
• Dolphin Lunar
• Freedom Scientific MAGic
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel