[Pibe-division] Frustrated Blind Field
Dr. Denise M. Robinson
dmehlenbacher at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 20 20:54:20 UTC 2011
Frustrated Blind Field
I receive many emails off the blog site so no one knows their fear or
frustration. Paras and teachers do not know how to let the district and
the families they are working with know how frustrated they are with
what is going on with blind children. They feel hopeless and trapped and sad for the child. Not everyone, but a good portion.
I have paras who know their students are dependent on them and that they
do a bulk of the work, but they are waiting for direction from the
teacher of the blind (TVI). They fear for their jobs if the students
they are working with do not show a good grade..... they are waiting for
that help and direction.
The teacher of the blind is overloaded with a huge caseload that she can
only see children a miniscule amount of time each week, more to put out
fires than really teach. Not to mention she has no time to help the
para and no time to gain further skills to help herself and in turn help
the student.
We have districts with the directors, that IF they know, they are trying
to look for more personnel to hire but cannot find qualified people.
But many directors do not know. Many teachers of the blind and paras
suffer in silence over the condition and are not sure where to turn.
As a collective community of people that want to help make a difference,
we need to start really thinking outside the box...and way outside. I
see this condition getting worse in many areas, especially now that I am
communicating and teaching all over this county and in different parts
of the world. People are looking for direction.
Virtual teaching is a "think outside the box" area that is blooming in
its possibilities. If anyone is interested in a virtual lesson, email me
and I will get you going. I have been teaching this way for over a 1.5
years with great success. Teachers can access more students in one day
than if they are trying to drive to every school.
Another aspect of virtual instruction is if our community all gets on
texting, chat, video conferencing, everyone is always 1 second away from
an answer or the help they need. Get more information on virtual
instruction at blindgeteducated.blogspot.com or email me personally.
Denise
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D.
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853 deniserob at gmail.com
http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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