Full course description
This course presents a validated pre/post-assessment for use by professionals serving in the role of a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist (VRT). The assessment tool provides a consistent way to measure the benefits of receiving VRT services. Discover how to use the Functional Independent Living Assessment to increase consistency in services and ensure comprehensive VRT assessment, while measuring outcomes.
Course developer: Kendra Farrow, OIB-TAC Project Director
This course is available for 2 ACVREP and NBPCB credits.
Course participants will be able to identify:
- Terms and ratings used by the FILA,
- How to use the FILA as part of the assessment,
- The categories and detailed definitions of assessment items, and
- How to consistently rate functioning using the FILA rating scale.
--Module 1: Background and Purpose of FILA
--Module 2: How to Use the FILA
--Module 3: Assessment Items
--Module 4: More About FILA Use
--Module 5: More Rating Practice
The following are recommended screen reader and browser combinations.
- Mac: Voiceover with the latest version of Safari,
- PC: JAWS or NVDA with Firefox
The course shows a start date, but this is simply the date the course was made available to the public. It is self-paced. So, there is not an end date. You can enroll at any time.
This course was developed by the National Research & Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) at Mississippi State University. We are the only national center funded to conduct research related to employment for people with blindness or low vision, and training and technical assistance for the federal Older Individuals who are Blind program. As a national center of excellence, we offer resources on a variety of topics for service providers, businesses, and persons with vision loss on our websites:
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