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Salary

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Child, Family, and School Social Workers $63,700
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility... $92,700

Similar skills & knowledge

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Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Service Orientation
Looking for ways to help people.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Social Perceptiveness
Understanding people's reactions.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Sociology and Anthropology
Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Instructing
Teaching people how to do something.

Education and Training
Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.


Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Child, Family, and School Social Workers

Bachelor's degree

Typical level Of training for Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

Licensing

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Licensing for Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Child, Family, and School Social Workers

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Child, Family, and School Social Workers
Child, Family, and School Social Workers

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Certification for Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists
Low Vision Therapists, Orientation and Mobility Specialists, and Vision Rehabilitation Therapists

5 related certifications

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