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  • From: "McInnis, Janet (DLEG)" <mcinnisj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <l.mowerson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <sheinrich@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:25:36 -0500

While lowering the bar is rarely a good idea if indeed that is what the ACVREP 
would have done,, the points Lisa-Anne brings up are valid and need to be 
explored.
Janet M

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Sent: Thu 1/15/2009 8:49 PM
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Subject: [visionrehabtherapist] Re: What do you think about the newACVREP 
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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