Resource for your Practice: Occupational Therapy and Visual Rehabilitation Network

Do you have clients with visual impairments and are wondering what are the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatment options? The Occupational Therapy and Vision Rehabilitation Network (OTVRN) is a free online network to support the development of occupational therapy involvement in the area of vision rehabilitation.

Occupational Therapy and Vision Rehabilitation Network (OTVRN) helps you:

• increase the visibility of and access to occupational therapy in vision rehabilitation across Canada,
• develop relationships and partnerships with other key stakeholders in vision rehabilitation and the government,
• promote, disseminate, and facilitate research in the area of occupational therapy and vision rehabilitation,
• actively promote best practice occupational therapy in vision rehabilitation,
• connect with occupational therapists across Canada, providing a platform to network and discuss best practice in the promotion of health, wellbeing, and participation of people who are blind or partially sighted,
• create and/or promote educational and professional development resources and opportunities, including the inclusion of vision rehabilitation topics into occupational therapy curricula, and
• advocate for the role of occupational therapy within vision rehabilitation.

Post by CAOT-BC fieldwork student Amber Sands

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