Rehabilitation Professionals

You may be a rehabilitation professional or someone interested in exploring rehabilitation as a career choice.  This new section of our site currently provides basic information in the following four areas. We will be adding more information throughout the year.

Rehabilitation Careers

Learn about rehabilitation careers available at Florida Division of Blind Services.

Certification Programs

Serving people who are blind or have severe vision loss is serious business.  Therefore many professionals in the field will becoming certified.  Two key certification agencies are listed below.

Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC)

Learn the requirements to become a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) sets the standard for quality rehabilitation counseling services. As an independent, not-for-profit organization, CRCC has certified more than 35,000 counselors since its incorporation in 1974. Learn how to become a Certified Rehabilitation Counselor. 

Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP)

The Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation and Education Professionals (ACVREP) is a private, non-profit 501 (c) (6) organization.  ACVREP’s mission is to offer professional certification for vision rehabilitation and education professionals in order to improve service delivery to persons with vision impairments.  ACVREP offers certification in three disciplines: Orientation & Mobility, Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (formerly Rehabilitation Teaching), and Low Vision Therapy. Learn more about ACVREP certification programs.

Keep up with Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Two free on-line courses are listed below.

The "ADA Basic Building Blocks" is an introductory web course on the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) that explores the legal requirements and spirit of the ADA. The ADA Basic Building Blocks web course has been approved by the Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) for 3.5 CRCC clock hours.

The Bridging the Gap: Best Practices for Instructing Adults Who Are Visually Impaired and Have Low Literacy Skills , a free, on-line course is both self-paced and self-directed. The lesson  consists of six modules that are designed to provide an understanding of the social, legal, and practical issues faced by rehabilitation, adult education, and workforce development staff when working with adults who have varying types and degrees of visual impairment and low literacy skills.  No textbooks are required. The course is approved by ACVREP for continuing education (CE) hours.

On-line Information for Counselors

Learn about the Cognitive Information Processing (CIP) Theory to the acquisition of career problem solving and decision making skills.  CIP Theory builds upon the self-directed career service delivery strategies which were developed at Florida State University.