Module 1 · Learn
Learn to implement the Visual Performance System™.
These are not standalone CE courses. Each one teaches a stage of the same clinical system — the framework, the Mini and Full VPA™ assessment engine, clinical reasoning, goal writing, and intervention planning. Criterion-referenced contact hours, priced fair for individual OTs and available at district rates for teams. See the full system →
Enrollment opens September 1, 2026 — join the waitlist for first access.
AOTA Approved Provider
Approved Provider Number 0000001618
Visual Minds Learning, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. Individual courses must be submitted as PDs for separate approval.
Approval status: Visual Minds Learning, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. The VPA™: Assessment & Clinical Reasoning is an approved PD activity (approval ID# 16889, approved August 19, 2026). Remaining courses are submitted as Professional Development activities for individual approval; per-course approval status is listed on each course page.
This course is a module within the Visual Performance System™ — a comprehensive clinical framework and platform that guides occupational therapy practitioners from assessment to interpretation, intervention planning, implementation, and progress monitoring.
The Visual Performance System™ pathway
- Module 1Foundations
- Module 2Five-Level Framework
- Module 3The VPA™
- Coming nextClinical Decision Support
- Coming nextIntervention Planning
- Coming nextProgress Monitoring
Launching first
Start free · full courses from $49Why Visual Performance Matters: Foundations for Occupational Therapy Practice: The case for vision in every OT setting — free
AOTA approved · PD activity approval ID# 16990
Free gateway course. Why every OT — school, clinic, or university — needs to understand, assess, and treat visual performance, and how the Five-Level Framework and the VPA™ make that practical. Why visual performance belongs in every OT caseload — not in a vision specialty silo.
Vision in OT Practice: The Five-Level Visual Performance Framework
AOTA approved · PD activity approval ID# 16885
The paid next step. The conceptual foundation and scope of practice. Where OT scope for vision begins and ends, and the language that keeps you inside it.
The VPA™: Assessment & Clinical Reasoning: Standardized administration, scoring, and interpretation
AOTA approved · PD activity approval ID# 16889
Hands-on application. Administer and interpret the VPA™ with fidelity. Administer the Mini VPA™ and Full VPA™ to a scored 20-item fidelity standard.
The course roadmap
In development · topics outlinedThe full ladder from assessment to certification. Each course below is outlined and in production. Tell us which one you want next and we will build in that order.
Intervention Planning Using the Five-Level Framework: How assessment findings become intervention
Not a list of "vision activities." Clinical reasoning from finding to plan.
The biggest clinical course. Turn a VPA™ profile into a defensible plan of care. From profile shape to entry point: treat at the lowest unstable level, measure at Level 5.
- Goal writing
- Clinical reasoning
- Choosing intervention
- Environmental modifications
- Home programs
- Teacher education
- Referral decisions
- Progress monitoring
Visual Performance in School-Based Occupational Therapy: Vision service delivery inside MTSS, IEPs, and the school day
The school-based context, start to finish. Where visual performance fits in MTSS tiers and in eligibility conversations.
- MTSS
- IEPs
- Classroom observation
- Accommodations
- Teacher collaboration
- Reading
- Writing
- State testing
- Documentation
Reading Through an OT Lens: The visual performance contribution to reading
Not a reading curriculum and not reading instruction.
The course schools ask for. OT role in reading, without overstepping. What vision does and does not contribute to reading difficulty.
- Visual performance
- Visual efficiency
- Visual processing
- Visual attention
- Visual motor
- Written expression
- When to refer
- OT role
- Teacher collaboration
Visual Performance & Handwriting: Why handwriting breaks down, and how vision contributes
Not a handwriting program. Clinical reasoning about why handwriting fails.
Clinical reasoning applied to the most common OT referral. Separating motor, visual-motor, visual efficiency, and processing contributions.
- Why handwriting breaks down
- How vision contributes
- Assessment
- Intervention
- Grading and dosage
- Teacher and family carryover
Concussion & Visual Performance: Return to Learn, Return to Sport, and the OT role
Flagship specialty course across school, clinic, and adult practice. Post-concussion visual symptoms and what is safe to assess, when.
- Assessment
- Return to Learn
- Return to Sport
- School
- Adults
- VPA™ application
- Referral
- OT role
Advanced Pediatric Case Studies: Real cases, differential thinking, discussion
Advanced course. Reasoning practice, not new content. Full cases from referral to disposition, with the reasoning made visible.
- Real cases
- Clinical reasoning
- Differential thinking
- Discussion
- Profile interpretation
- Disposition decisions
Building a Vision Program in OT Practice: For clinic owners, school leads, and university faculty
Program level, not caseload level. Standing up a vision program: staffing, workflow, and documentation standards.
- Program development
- Documentation
- Referral networks
- Marketing
- Outcomes
- Administration
Certification in the Five Level Framework and the VPA: Practical exam, case review, and the VPA-C post-nominal credential
The capstone credential. Earn the VPA-C designation and use it after your name. Earn the VPA-C post-nominal credential.
- Five Level Framework integration
- Assessment
- Practical exam
- Case review
- VPA-C post-nominal credential
- Renewal
- Community
Available now
Book live or virtual CE
While the self-paced courses open September 1, 2026, Visual Minds Learning delivers live and virtual continuing education for school teams, districts, and clinics today. Sessions are built from the Five Level Framework and the VPA™, and are scaled to your team's schedule.
- In-service for a school or district team
- Half-day or full-day workshop
- Virtual session for distributed staff
Visual Minds Learning, LLC is an AOTA Approved Provider (#0000001618).
Waitlist perks
- Early access when courses open (before public launch)
- Founding-member discount on your first course
- First look at approval updates (AOTA + state)
- Optional invitation to a free live pilot of course #1
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