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Testimonials

Name: Jackie Fielding Sarager
Year of Degree: 2006
Current Employment: Alpine School District, Timberline Middle School, Life Skills
Specialties: Peer Tutoring, Social Skills, Classroom Management
Email Address: jackie.wins@gmail.com
Phone Number: 801-830-8821

The SPED program has given me the opportunity to do what I LOVE, and that's working with kids who have disabilities. I felt prepared and ready to enter the classroom and teach students with a variety of abilities as well as manage behavior and be in compliance with the law.

Name: Kelli Mansanarez
Year of Degree: 2006
Current Employment: Special ed teacher, life skills classroom, Alpine school district
Specialties: behavior management, discrete trial, positive reinforcement
Email Address: kmansanarez@alpine.k12.ut.us
Phone Number: 801-227-8748 ext. 110

Having gone through the BYU SPED program, I feel I gained the skills necessary for me to start my career and feel confident in my abilities to work with students who have severe disabilities in a variety of areas such as math, reading, social skills, behavior management, data collection, writing IEP's, working with aides and other teachers, and much more. It gave me a solid foundation that I have built on to become a stronger teacher and professional in the special education field.

Name: Tim Pead
Year of Degree: April 2005
Current Employment: Life Skills Teacher, Lone Peak High School, Alpine School District
Email Address: tpead@alpine.k12.ut.us
Phone Number: (801) 717-4568 ext. 118

The special education program at Brigham Young University was the perfect environment for me to learn how to deliver specialized instruction to students with severe/profound disabilities.  The faculty is enthusiastic and supportive, the classes are functional and engaging, and there is no other place in the world that provides a more nurturing environment for learning than Brigham Young University.  If I could repeat my undergraduate work again, I would still go through the special education program at Brigham Young University.