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Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist resume example

A resume for a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist needs to show the work itself: provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. Day to day that means work like this: 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). Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • COMS
  • Orientation and Mobility Specialist
  • O and M Specialist
  • Vision Rehabilitation Therapist
  • VRT
  • Visually Impaired Teacher
  • TVI
  • Certified Low Vision Therapist
  • CLVT
  • Mobility Specialist
  • Orientation and Mobility Instructor
  • O and M Instructor
  • Rehabilitation Teacher
  • Rehabilitation Therapist
  • Students with Visual Impairments Teacher
  • Blind O and M Therapist
  • CVRT
  • Blind Orientation and Mobility Therapist

O*NET records 26 titles for this occupation in total.

What people in this job call themselves

Titles reported by people actually doing this work, which is often not the title on the job posting.

  • Certified Low Vision Therapist (CLVT)
  • Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist (COMS)
  • Orientation and Mobility Instructor (O and M Instructor)
  • Orientation and Mobility Specialist (O and M Specialist)
  • Students with Visual Impairments Teacher (TVI)
  • Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT)
  • Visually Impaired Teacher (TVI)

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • 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).
  • 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).
  • Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals.
  • Write reports or complete forms to document assessments, training, progress, or follow-up outcomes.
  • Train clients to use tactile, auditory, kinesthetic, olfactory, and proprioceptive information.
  • Assess clients' functioning in areas such as vision, orientation and mobility skills, social and emotional issues, cognition, physical abilities, and personal goals.
  • Teach clients to travel independently, using a variety of actual or simulated travel situations or exercises.
  • Teach self-advocacy skills to clients.
  • Provide consultation, support, or education to groups such as parents and teachers.
  • Teach independent living skills or techniques, such as adaptive eating, medication management, diabetes management, and personal management.
  • Monitor clients' progress to determine whether changes in rehabilitation plans are needed.

21 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

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  • Teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs), for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • 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), for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Develop rehabilitation or instructional plans collaboratively with clients, based on results of assessments, needs, and goals, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • 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
  • Internet browser software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint

27 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Adjustable task lamps
  • Amsler grids
  • Anti-glare visors
  • Astigmatism wheel charts
  • Bailey-Lovie Acuity Chart
  • Bar magnifiers
  • Braille embossers
  • Braille label makers
  • Braille laptop computers
  • Braille personal digital assistants
  • Braille writers
  • Check writing guides

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • Ai Squared ZoomText
  • American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Excel

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Learning Strategies
  3. 03Speaking
  4. 04Instructing
  5. 05Reading Comprehension
  6. 06Service Orientation
  7. 07Social Perceptiveness
  8. 08Active Learning
  9. 09Monitoring
  10. 10Writing

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • English Language
  • Education and Training
  • Psychology
  • Transportation
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Public Safety and Security
  • Sociology and Anthropology

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 57%Master's Degree
  • 22%Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, awarded for completion of an organized program of study; designed for people who have completed a Baccalaureate degree but do not meet the requirements of academic degrees carrying the title of Master.
  • 17%Bachelor's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Common questions

What does a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist do?
Provide therapy to patients with visual impairments to improve their functioning in daily life activities. Day to day that includes work like teach cane skills, including cane use with a guide, diagonal techniques, and two-point touches and Recommend appropriate mobility devices or systems, such as human guides, dog guides, long canes, electronic travel aids (ETAs), and other adaptive mobility devices (AMDs).
What skills should a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Learning Strategies, Speaking, Instructing, and Reading Comprehension among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Ai Squared ZoomText, Amazon Web Services AWS software, American Printing House for the Blind Learn Keys, American Printing House for the Blind Talking Typer, and Arkenstone Atlas Speaks. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist work?
O*NET records 26 titles for this occupation, including COMS, Orientation and Mobility Specialist, O and M Specialist, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 57% reported their level of education as "Master's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapist role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
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