[blindkid] Private schools in Chicago area?

[Bernadette Jacobs]

I'm with you all the way Denise!!!

When we first put our Daughter Virginia into the public school just
down the hill, the whole year went completely sour from beginning to
end.  The TVI here for this end of Baltimore County???  TVI straight
from Hell!!!  What a piece of work!!!  Because Virginia has some
residual vision, there were lots of issues with her trying to look at
the books rather than using her fingers to read the Braille.  When I
recommended the good old "sleepshades..."  Then, Vierginia has a few
behavioral issues, (without going into too much detail), and, of
course, I suggested things and those fell on deaf ears as well.  Then,
most importantly, there was the issue of Braille... How can you teach
something to a child when you don't even know it yourself???  When you
were too lazy, lazy, lazy, and incompetent to learn it in the first
place...  Oh Glory!!!  Better get out of this soap box before I
drown!!!  So, when we talk about having a completely incompetent TVI
being worse than having none at all???  Got that right!!!  Take care
and have a great day!!!

Bernie

On 8/6/12, Denise Robinson <deniserob at gmail.com> wrote:
> You are correct when you say a bad TVI IS worse than no TVI at all......you
> don't want him learning things that are wrong...undoing a bad habit is not a
> good thing
>
> Denise M Robinson
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Aug 6, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Heather Breems <heatherbreems at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Everyone,
>>
>> No surprise and unfortunately not a new story, we are very unhappy with
>> my
>> blind preschoolers public school placement.  Long story short I know it
>> will be a loosing battle with Chicago Public Schools to change anything
>> and
>> therefore I would like to find a private preschool for him that we would
>> find a way to cover out of pocket.  I have heard good things about his
>> possible K-6 placement in public schools, so I am willing to pay for a
>> better preschool experience for him the next two years.  Does anyone have
>> any insight about good private preschools that might be able
>> to accommodate a blind child in the Chicago area?  I know he would
>> probably
>> not get a TVI, but the one he has now is so bad I think he is better off
>> with any teacher.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> --
>> Heather Breems
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