Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association for Special Education

Opening the World Through Education
to Children and Young Adults with Diverse Abilities

Celebrating Over 50 Years of Providing Special Education Services

 

Welcome to the Vision and Orientation & Mobility Program
 


Visually impaired students receive services from itinerant teachers for the visually impaired as well as orientation and mobility specialists, where appropriate, within their home schools. Services are provided to students, parents, and staff members through consultation and direct instruction to address vision needs as identified on the students’ IEPs. Services are provided on a 1:1 basis and occur within the students’ schools and their home communities.

Students receiving services include those who are totally blind and those whose vision, even with correction, adversely affects their educational performance. These students often require instruction in concept development, daily living skills, the use of adapted materials/equipment (such as Braille, large print books, books on tape, and various forms of assistive technology), organization, learning through an alternate sense, and travel.


Southwest Cook County Cooperative Association
for Special Education

6020 W. 151st Street  | Oak Forest, IL 60452
(Telephone) 708-687-0900 | (TTY) 708-687-2151
(Fax) 708-687-5695

 

Program Location:

14535 John Humphrey Drive
Orland Park, IL 60462

Program Supervisor
Erin Hackett
ehackett@swcccase.org
(708) 342-5313


Program Secretary
Shirley Racz
sracz@swcccase.org
(708) 342-5318

 


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