Sandy Anderson-O'Banion

Contact Information

Phone:
970-943-3019

Email:
sobanion@western.edu

EDUCATION

1983 Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO

M.A., Special Education, Learning Disabilities

1979 Western State College of Colorado, Gunnison, CO

B.A., Elementary Education/Special Education; Minor: German and Psychology

CERTIFICATIONS

• 1994 Special Education (K-12) - LD/EH/EMH, State of Arizona
• 1978 Special Education (K-12) - LD/EH/EMH, State of Colorado
• 1979 Elementary Education (K-8), State of Colorado

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Instructor, Western State College of Colorado

Teach undergraduate and graduate courses (Brain-based Learning, Motivation, and Achievement, Introduction to Special Education); Teacher Education Program Mentor Coordinator

Areas of Expertise and Training (collaborative teaching models, building personal and social responsibility, positive behavior strategies, crisis management for emotional challenges, needs based special education, development of effective IEPs, infusing individual learner needs into the regular curriculum, individual planning sessions)

Affiliate Faculty, Adams State College

Taught graduate level courses (exceptional child in the regular classroom, needs based programming in special education). 1989-1992.

K-12 Educator

Cottonwood-Oak Creek School District - Arizona, Montrose School District RE-1J
Taught elementary 1st and 2nd graders; resource; educational consultant for establishing integrated program for students with behavioral/emotional challenges. 1980-1994.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Parent Education and Action for Kids (PEAK)
• TASH
• Council for Exceptional Children