The VML Blog
Ideas that move OT practice forward.
Short, evidence-informed articles on the topics that matter most to modern occupational therapy practice.
Return-to-Learn After Concussion: Classroom Accommodations That Actually Work
A practical, layered plan for reducing visual and cognitive load after a concussion — so a student can ease back into the school day without triggering symptoms.
7/15/2026
Read article →Concussion Vision Symptoms in School-Aged Children: A Teacher's Checklist
Kids don't always say 'I can't see' after a concussion. Here's what teachers should watch for in the classroom — and when to loop in the school nurse, OT, or medical team.
7/15/2026
Read article →UDL meets visual performance: three moves any teacher can make Monday morning.
UDL is often described in the abstract. Here are three concrete, no-referral-needed moves that reduce visual demand for every student in the room — while quietly surfacing the students who need a closer look.
7/8/2026
Read article →LRE is not a room. It is a practice. Vision supports belong in the classroom.
The Least Restrictive Environment provision has been in federal law since 1975. Fifty years later, vision supports are still being written as pull-out. Here is what the research actually says about where visual performance supports belong.
7/7/2026
Read article →The competency gap nobody names: who owns visual performance in schools?
Teachers, OTs, and families often describe the same struggling reader in three different vocabularies. That mismatch — not the vision itself — is the reason so many students go unidentified for so long.
7/6/2026
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