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Vision in OT Practice — participation guide

3 contact hours · 0.3 AOTA CEUs · Module 5 — follow along, take notes, and complete the reflection prompts.

Module 5

Case Walkthroughs

Follow along

What this module covers

  • How to read any profile in four steps

Key ideas

Capture these as you listen

  • Every case runs through six moves: concern → screen → assess → interpret → plan → re-measure.
  • The framework applies across ages and settings, school, preschool, adult home health, with the same sequence and different task samples.
  • Interpretation matters more than scores. Two students with identical VPLs can have different plans if Level 5 occupations differ.

Notes

My notes for this module

Reference figures

Keep these for practice

Screenshot — domain profile graph

VPA™ · Scored profile
L1Acuity & sensory foundationincl. field & scanning
strong
L2Visual efficiency
limiting
L3Visual processing
emerging
L4Visual-motor integration
limiting
L5Functional integration
breaking down
Profile shape: foundation intact / output limitedIntervention enters at Level 2 (efficiency), not at Level 4 handwriting drill.
Rows are the five framework levels in order (L1 → L5) — the L number is the level, never the score. Performance is the bar and the word beside it. Read the shape before any composite: a flat-but-low profile, a single notch, and a “foundation intact / output collapsed” staircase call for three different plans.

Work sample — student writing or copy task

Line 1 → Line 5: letters grow, spacing widens, baseline drifts upward.
A rendered copy sample showing what performance breakdown looks like on the page: baseline drift, widening spacing, and letter size growth across five lines of sustained near work.

Apply it

Case prompt

Pick the case above that looks most like a student on your current caseload. Where in the six-move sequence did you stop last time? What is the next move you owe them?

Practice

Mini exercise

For each of the three cases above, write the primary Framework level of intervention and the primary occupation named in the IEP-level goal. Check yourself against the walkthrough. Any mismatch is a signal about where your framework fluency needs another rep.

Take it to work

Action step this week

Book 45 minutes this week to run the six-move sequence on one referral start-to-finish. Do not skip any move. Then note where you got stuck, that is your next skill target.