I graduated from the University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign with a bachelors degree in Special Education. My previous experiences with children with special needs led me in pursuing a degree within this field. I worked with students in their homes providing personal caretaking skills, academic tutoring, and behavior modification. I became very close to these families and their children, and loved being able to work so closely with the student, and so I knew that I wanted to be a special education teacher. Upon graduating, I worked in an educational life skills program for North Suburban Special Education District. I taught students in grades K-2 with moderate to severe disabilities. The program was based in a self contained classroom within a public school, and I was responsible for providing inclusion experiences, providing both functional and academic curriculum, and providing weekly community experiences. I realized I wanted to teach more in inclusive environments and engage in more co-teaching so I sought out a school which would be a better match for my interests and skills! Ogden is exactly where I want to be. I am currently applying into a masters program to gain my Learning Behavior Specialist II certificate with a concentration in curriculum adaptations.