All online courses feature helpful tutorials.
- Mult-E-Skills Vision Rehabiliation Training Program
- Low Vision Management of AMD -ON1PR
- Starting Low Vision Care in Your Practice: What You Need to Know -ON2
- Engaging Family Members When Vision Loss Hits Home ON3
- Low Vision and the Patient with AMD -ON10NPR
- Flex VRA: Flexible Vision Rehabilitation Assistant Training -ON1PP
Low vision management of the patient with AMD is changing rapidly thanks to new treatments. Is your management up to date? Six engaging and interactive lessons take you through the low vision examination of the patient with AMD, prescribing and patient instruction issues. A review of current treatment and referral options give this course a great, comprehensive approach. Lessons include: The Low Vision Examination; Assessing Functional Vision in the Patient with AMD; Macular Pathology and Low Vision Management; Optics of Low Vision Devices; Prescribing Low Vision Devices for the Patient with AMD; Training AMD Patients in Device Use; Reimbursement and Information Resources.
For: Optometrists and ophthalmologists
Tuition: $350
Availability: To register contact education@lighthouse.org
ON2: Starting Low Vision Care in Your Practice: What You Need to Know
Are you thinking about adding low vision care to your practice, but don't know where to begin? How can you know what elements are needed in order to provide state-of-the-art low vision care? Learn about patient eligibility, space, equipment and staffing needs, reimbursement issues and referral options. Links to helpful resources are provided.
Target Audience: Optometrists, ophthalmologists, VR professionals, ophthalmic technicians, OTs*, nurses, practice managers, and administrators.
*AOTA Classification
--Content Focus - Professional Issues: Administration and Management
--Content Level - Introductory
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Identify the characteristics of patients who would be good candidates for low vision care
- Describe the space and equipment that will be needed for low vision care
- Compare and contrast the skills of other professionals who may be on the vision rehabilitation team, and identify where to get information for making rehabilitation referrals
- Identify current reimbursement sources and issues
- Identify information resources for both professionals and low vision patients
Faculty: Debra Entin, MS, RN, CPNP; Eleanor E. Faye, MD
Tuition: $40
CE credits: This course has been awarded 1.5 CE hours (ACVREP); .1 AOTA CEUs (1 contact hour)*
*To receive credit, you will need to earn a passing grade of 70 percent or better on the quiz included at the end of the lesson and complete a post-course evaluation.
Availability: To register contact education@lighthouse.org
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ON3: Engaging Family Members When Vision Loss Hits Home
Practical strategies for drawing family members of the person with vision loss into the therapeutic process are the essence of this interesting online course. Based on research findings, the course explores feelings and issues that spouses, partners and other relatives experience when dealing with their family members' vision problems. An interactive case study is provided at the end of the course.
Target Audience: Optometrists, ophthalmologists, VR professionals, ophthalmic technicians, OTs*, nurses, opticians, social workers and others.
*AOTA Classification
--Content Focus - Domain of OT: Performance Skills, Performance Patterns
--Content Level - Introductory
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Identify common feelings and issues that partners and family members of people with impaired vision experience
- Facilitate communication between your visually impaired patients/clients and those close to them
- Describe ways in which family members can support rehabilitation goals
- Locate relevant resources and materials to share with family members
Faculty: Carol Sussman-Skalka, CSW, MBA
Tuition: $40
CE credits: This course has been awarded 1.5 CE hours (ACVREP); .1 AOTA CEUs (1 contact hour)*
*To receive credit, you will need to earn a passing grade of 70 percent or better on the quiz included at the end of the lesson and complete a post-course evaluation.
Availability: To register contact education@lighthouse.org
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ON10NPR: Low Vision and the Patient with Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Five interactive lessons present information that will help you work with clients who have AMD. Learn about the low vision examination and the impact of macular pathology on a patient's ability to perform daily living activities. In addition, low vision devices and the key elements in training patients to use magnification are discussed.
Target Audience: VR professionals, ophthalmic technicians, OTs*, nurses, and opticians.
*AOTA Classification
--Content Focus - OT Process: Intervention
--Content Focus - Domain of OT: Client Factors
--Content Level - Intermediate
Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to:
- Relate the functional deficits caused by macular disease to the assessment and management of patients
- Identify the process of a low vision examination of the adult with AMD
- Describe the components of a good device training protocol and identify the skills needed by the therapist who conducts these sessions
- Describe the current issues in Medicare reimbursement for vision rehabilitation
- Locate print and online resources that will help you and your patients with AMD
Faculty: Eleanor E. Faye, MD; Michael Fischer, OD; Cydney Strand, RN
Tuition: $240
CE credits: This course has been awarded 6 CE hours (ACVREP); .6 AOTA CEU's (6 contact hours)*
*To receive credit, you will need to earn a passing grade of 70 percent or better on the quiz included at the end of the lesson and complete a post-course evaluation.
Availability: To register contact education@lighthouse.org
The assignment of AOTA CEUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by AOTA.
ON1PP: Flex VRA: Flexible Vision Rehabilitation Assistant Training
Flex VRA is a unique online and mentored training course designed to prepare paraprofessionals to assist vision rehabilitation professionals in the areas of vision rehabilitation therapy, orientation and mobility, and low vision care. Team skills are also taught. Thirty-eight (38) interactive, self-paced lessons require the supervision of a certified vision rehabilitation professional as mentor for completion. The Flex VRA courseware is accessible to students and mentors with low vision and those who use screen reader software.
Target Audience: Paraprofessionals (supervised by a certified vision rehabilitation professional)
Tuition: $1,500 per student with a mentor
Availability: On demand for 10 months from registration
Participants will receive a certificate of completion upon successful completion of the online course and mentor activities.
Visit our Flex VRA page for more detailed information or contact us at education@lighthouse.org.
