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Blind Rehabilitation Service
Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialists (BROS)

 

An outpatient training program that employs a multi-skilled and experienced blind rehabilitation instructor who teaches skills in the veterans home environment and/or local Veterans Affairs facility. The BROS instructor has advanced technical knowledge and competencies in least two of the following disciplines at the journeyman level: orientation and mobility; living skills; manual skills and visual skills. The BROS has been cross-trained to acquire broadly based knowledge in each of these BRC disciplines including computer access training.

BROS are located in the following areas:

AlbuquerqueNM

Ann Arbor , MI

Augusta , GA

Bay Pines/St. Petersburg, FL

Baltimore , MD

Boston , MA

Brooklyn , NY

Brecksville, OH

Dallas , TX

East Orange, NJ

Gainsville , FL

Hines, IL

Houston, TX

Lake City, FL

Minneapolis, MN

Greater Los Angeles , CA

North Las Vegas , NV

Orlando , FL

Palo Alto, CA

Phoeniz , AZ

Portland , OR

Richmond, VA

San Antonio , TX

San Diego, CA

San Juan , PR

Seattle, WA

Sepulveda, CA

Tampa , FL

WACO , TX

Washington, DC

West Haven , CT

West Palm Beach , FL

 

Future BROS Sites

Atlanta, GA

Birmingham, AL

Charleston, SC

Columbia, SC

Denver, CO

Fort Myers, FL

Honolulu, HI

Jacksonville, FL

Jackson, MS

Lebanon, PA

Loma Linda, CA

Louisville, KY

Muskogee, OK

Oklahoma City, OK

New York, NY

Northport, NY

Providence, RI

Puget Sound, WA

Tucson, AZ

Winstem-Salem, VA

 

 

BROS Handbook

BROS Position Description

Performance Standards

KSAO's

BROS Locations with address


To access the BROS Handbook go to:  www.va.gov/publdirec/health/handbook/1174-1.html

Blind Rehabilitation Outpatient Specialist Performance Standards


 

Please e-mail Wanda Washington or Mike Williams in  Blind Rehab Service for questions or comments relating to this website.

 

 

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Reviewed/Updated Date: September 25, 2008