This interactive one-day workshop will review the current state of occupational therapy and low vision rehabilitation and focus on building your capacity to support clients with low vision. You will rotate through various stations to engage in experiential learning, build assessment skills, trial adaptive aids and technologies, apply vision rehabilitation strategies to case scenarios, and establish practices for collaborating with other vision rehabilitation team members.
Learning objectives
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
1. Demonstrate increased awareness of the need and potential for strategies addressing low vision to improve occupational performance in any setting.
2. Identify current best practices guidelines for low vision rehabilitation.
3. Review and apply a range of low vision rehabilitation strategies and devices to case scenarios.
4. Articulate ways in which occupational therapists can work with other low vision rehabilitation professionals and contribute to the health of those with vision loss.
