Dear Mrs. B: The Unplanned Lessons of a Special Education Teacher

She never planned on becoming a teacher. She knew nothing about Special Education. In fact, Special Education as we know it was just being birthed in 1974. But at age 23, C'Anna Bergman-Hill found herself working with twelve children with profound disabilities. Within a very short time she began to discover new dimensions to life and new definitions of strength and humility. What followed was an ever evolving thirty- eight year career teaching students from diverse backgrounds, children who...