How do you make vision referrals for someone wishing to return to work?
Answer
There is a Division of Vocational Rehabilitation in each of your states. There is often funding for people of vocational age to return to work or to be able to develop skills to participate in a new vocation after they have had vision loss or a physical injury. Investigating these options on behalf of your patients would be very helpful in order to provide them with resources. You can also incorporate vocational training into your rehab. Returning to work can be very empowering and can capitalize on people's strengths. Typically, they have strengths that they have developed, and this can be very useful in helping them in their rehab course as well.
Elsa Zavoda, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT
Elsa Zavoda, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, CLVT, is an Occupational Therapist with 19 years of clinical experience across a variety of settings. Ms. Zavoda originally earned a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of Indianapolis. Ms. Zavoda obtained a Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 2007 under the leadership of Mary Warren, MS OTR/L, FAOTA, SCLV. She has since served as a teaching assistant, working directly with Ms. Warren. Ms. Zavoda has been focusing on Low Vision Rehabilitation since 2006. Ms. Zavoda is the 16th Occupational Therapist in the U.S, and the first in NJ to be awarded Specialty Certification in Low Vision (SCLV) from AOTA in January 2010. She also earned her Certified Low Vision Therapist (CLVT) credential from ACVREP in September 2010. Ms. Zavoda has successfully established and implemented 3 low-vision programs in NJ and currently practices at The Low Vision Center of Central NJ.
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