[visionrehabtherapist] Certification Follow-up
- From: Maduffy@xxxxxxx
- To: visionrehabtherapist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:13:50 EST
Hello again VRT Colleagues:
Thank you very much for the responses you've given thus far to my request
for feedback. I've received a number of long responses -- and I appreciate
your
thoughtful tone very much.
After reading your responses, it occurred to me that your thoughts and
experiences would be even more valuable if you shared them with the list as a
whole. I understand that many of you wish to keep your responses confidential
and
I will honor that. Still, I think we have the opportunity to begin a
much-needed dialogue about this issue -- and we should seize it.
Let me share an insight about certification that I have gleaned in my new
role as a web site editorial director:
We have an extensive resource section on VisionAWARE.org. (I'm a VRT -- I
can't control myself when it comes to resources. It's in my DNA.) Every day, I
receive requests from various organizations and individuals to list their
services, products, and other types of information. Many of these individuals
are unknown to me, because they are not directly related to our field. I have
to make decisions as to whether to list them or not, which I call my "due
diligence" process.
Do you know the very first thing I look at? I check certification or
licensure credentials. If such credentials are weak or nonexistent, I will not
list
the individual, organization, or service -- and I will explain that these
credentials are the primary way that I, as a consumer advocate of sorts, can
make a semi-informed evaluation of the quality of that service.
Please keep your responses coming. I value all of them very much. I am
interested in hearing from colleagues who are certified, not certified,
almost-certified, formerly certified, and any other category/combination that
applies.
Thank you and best regards,
Maureen
Maureen A. Duffy, CVRT
Editorial Director
AWARE (Associates for World Action in Rehabilitation & Education)
Phone: 914-528-5120
E-mail: maureen.duffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Are you aware of our web site?
_www.visionaware.org_ (http://www.visionaware.org/)
"Self-Help for Vision Loss"
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