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Vision in OT Practice: facilitator notes

Presenter cues, worked examples, and answer keys for the case slides and discussion prompts · Module 3.

Presenter-side material. Not part of the learner module body and not counted toward contact hours. Model answers are teaching examples. Adapt to your state practice act, payer rules, and district policy.

Module 3

Screening vs. Assessment

~20 min · 10 slides

Presenter cues

  • Define the difference in one line: a screen decides whether to measure; an assessment measures.
  • Emphasize that a passed screen with degraded strategy is still a flag — write it down in the moment.
  • Walk the setup fidelity slide as a checklist you physically run before item one.

Answer key

When does a flag become a Full VPA™?
Any probe failed at or below the expected level for the band; any probe passed only with degraded rate, endurance, or heavy strategy; a teacher/caregiver report that contradicts a passed probe; or any red-flag ocular symptom (which also triggers referral independently).

Watch-outs

  • Clinicians estimate distance instead of measuring it. Hand out a tape measure image and make the point that 60 cm and 40 cm are data, not decor.
  • Screening results get written into IEPs as findings. Screens flag; they do not establish present levels.