As a school based occupational therapist, I have recently found that I am getting more referrals for children that have visual issues.\u00a0 It turns out that these children were receiving vision therapy, but due to the high costs of vision therapy it is no longer an option for the family.\u00a0 In this case, many people believe that OTs can work on similar skills.<\/p>\n
I particularly appreciate this quote from http:\/\/www.visionandlearning.org\/whatisvt08.html<\/a>:\u00a0 \u201cThere are crossovers between occupational therapy and vision therapy, particularly in the area of visual perception, eye-hand coordination and visual motor integration, though occupational therapists do not receive near the depth of training in vision nor are they trained in the use of lenses, prism and filters. Vision is a sensory-motor set of systems, so many times if a patient has difficulty with sensory integration, it is co-managed with occupational therapists.\u201d<\/p>\n As we “co-manage” visual deficits, there are a variety of resources that can help these children with visual deficits.<\/p>\n