[visionrehabtherapist] Re: What do you think about the new ACVREP Certification requiremetns?
- From: "Erica Wood" <ewood@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <l.mowerson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <sheinrich@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:27:25 -0500
Actually you can finish the Master's program in 1.5 years if you take the
full course load with RSA funding. I just did.
Erica A. Wood
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Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: What do you think about the new ACVREP
Certification requiremetns?
First of all, I must say, I have been in the field for over 20 years now. I
have served in AER as a state chair of RT, as national RT division, on the
AER Board of Dirctors, and helped to organize the 1999 Rt conference. I am
quite proud to be a CVRT.
However, when I saw the postponement today I was upset! I think it was a
good and brave move on the part of ACVREP to move in the direction of two
levels of certification. Prior to 1986, there were BA's with ceritification
in the field of blindnes for VRt, O&M amd TVI. unfortunately grant funding
and univeristy support moved away from these low incident programs
(translation, low interest and low enrollments) to Master's level
programming were they could be tagged onto existing higher student programs.
To my fellow professionals that believe this two track system will water
down the profession and lessen our programs, I say get real! With only 6,
count them 6, universities in all of the US offering VRT training, 1
offering LV and whoopie, 20 offering O&M how the HELL are we going to
prepare enough professionals to meet the shortage! With the growing older
adult populations growing and demending our serives, the younger
multi-impaired population growing and retirements occurring at a rapid pace,
we are opening the flood gates to agencies and adminstrations to offer jobs
to unqualified similiar professions. We can't wait for people to 'discover"
the "ideal" in training and certification.We have no professional career
ladder of an assistant, like nursing with aides, LPN and RN or OT with
COTA's. We say to interested professionals, especially ethnic or disabled
individuals, come back in 6 years after you get a Masters! With track
certifcation we are aligning with teaching and state certification
requirements. We are offering individuals a chance to learn about our
professions, work in our professions with appropriate guidance and with more
training reach the "ideal".
To ACVREP on postponing the implimentation, My first reaction, whimps! It
needs to be done, should have been done years ago and offers the only I hope
of beefing up a profession on its way obscurity.
Respectfully,
Lisa-Anne Mowerson
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