Hi all,
One other detail that may complicate this conversation about certifying occupational therapists is that there is an effort at LSU (Louisiana State University) to certify occupational therapists to be DeafBlind interveners. I don?t know very much about DeafBlind interveners, but it appears to be something that is coming up through occupational therapy. My understanding is that the team working on this is having a hard time to get schools or government agencies to accept the certification that they are developing.
I met a guy named Michael Norman, PhD, from LSU, who is involved in this effort. He seemed like a really nice and cool guy when I met him briefly at a conference a few days ago. He spoke very highly of our Louisiana Tech programs in the Institute on Blindness, and he also shared that he has a student who is dually enrolled at Tech.
I am very skeptical of the ACVREP idea, but the DeafBlind intervener idea might be a whole different ball of wax.
Aloha,
Justin
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