Low Vision in Older Adults: Foundations for Rehabilitation
By Roy Gordon Cole, OD, FAAD; Gordon Rovins, MS, CEAC; and Alison Schonfeld, OTR/L
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Earn .8 AOTA CEU (8 NBCOT PDUs/8 contact hours)
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This online course is the result of collaboration between the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and SightCare, a program of The Jewish Guild for the Blind.
Get the knowledge you need to provide low vision rehabilitation care. Low vision affects people's ability to safely and independently engage in occupations of their choosing and to participate in those occupations in the contexts of their choosing. This online course provides occupational therapists with the knowledge needed to provide low vision rehabilitation care.
Lesson 1 provides an overview of the field of low vision rehabilitation, including topics such as the clinical deficits a client with low vision presents, the eye's anatomy and physiology, the various types of optical prescriptions available, and the functional and emotional aspects of a person's life that are affected by low vision. Lessons 2 and 3 give more in-depth coverage of optical and environmental considerations.
Case Examples Case examples throughout the course describe the low vision rehabilitation process; from the clinical low vision evaluation done by the optometrist or ophthalmologist through the occupational therapy evaluation, intervention sessions, home evaluations, and problem-solving techniques.
At the end of the course, larger case examples pull course content together and apply it to a particular client with low vision in an actual practice setting. The case examples facilitate clinical reasoning as well as teach specific techniques. They also emphasize that clients often have diagnoses in addition to the low vision impairment that require the expertise of other rehabilitation providers, exemplifying the multisystem involvement in services to clients with low vision.
Lessons
- Lesson 1: An Orientation to Vision Loss: Its Causes, Effects, and Interventions
- Lesson 2: Vision Enhancement with Magnification: Theory and Practice
- Lesson 3: Environmental Considerations
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to
- Recognize and differentiate the components of the field of low vision rehabilitation.
- Identify the role of occupational therapy related to low vision rehabilitation and the contribution of other members of a rehabilitation team.
- Recognize and differentiate the basic optical principles behind low vision devices and how to apply and use the different devices in various situations.
- Recognize the many environmental considerations related to low vision rehabilitation care.
Content Focus
Category 1: Domain of OT: Areas of Occupation, Client Factors, and Activity Demands
Target Audience
Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy Assistants
Content Level
Intermediate
Continuing Education Credit
A certificate of completion for .8 AOTA CEUs (8 NBCOT PDUs/8 contact hours) will be awarded on the successful completion of this course.
Faculty Biographies
The course was written by Dr. Roy Cole, a low vision optometrist who is a Diplomate in Low Vision in the American Academy of Optometry and who has written and lectured extensively, and by Gordon Rovins, a certified environmental design specialist. An occupational therapist, Ali Schonfeld, whose practice area is low vision, added case examples throughout the course to help relate the content to the domain of occupational therapy.
Additional Information
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Technology Requirements
- Internet access
- CD player on computer
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Exam
Immediately upon successful completion of the examination, you will be able to print your electronic CE certificate. If you need a certificate by mail, please see the course content for details.
To Retake Exam
If you are not successful in passing the Online Course exam, you may opt to retake it a second time for a processing fee of $12.00. To retake the exam, call 877-404-AOTA.
To Reactivate Course
If you failed to complete the course during the 365 days it was available to you, you may opt to have the course reactivated for a processing fee of $25.00. To initiate the reactivation process, call 877-404-AOTA.