Special+Education



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**Years experience**: 2.5 ===== **Years taught at Wharton:** 2 **Graduated High School:** Uniontown Area **Graduated College:** California University of PA **What do you teach:** K-5 Learning Support

K-5 Learning Support. Miss Arison instructs students in the following subjects: Spelling, Language Arts, Reading, and Writing. The students are always engaged in their work. Students work on direct instruction to hands on cooperative learning. The students enjoy their assignments and have their creativity is displayed inside and outside of the classroom. Student work well within small groups. They are positively reinforced for their behavior and hard work and dedication.
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Ms. Chrissy Beacher
**Years experience**: 12 years **Years taught at Wharton:** 4 years **Graduated High School:** Linganore High; Mt. Airy, MD **Graduated College:** George Washington University, BA and Arizona State, Masters **What do you teach:** Speech-Language Therapy

I teach sound awareness, proper speech articulation, and language skills. Each session is different, students say alot of words, listen for sounds and make up sentences to use words they learn. I try to go on classroom fieldtrip with the class that has the most student with speech-language needs.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Years of Experience: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">6 years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Years at Wharton: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">3 years
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">High School graduated from: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Taylor Allderdice
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">College graduated from: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">University of Pittsburgh
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">Grade you work with: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">1st-5th