Background
Westall, Sandra Thornton was born on January 31, 1940 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of William Heldrith and Janice (King) Thonrton.
Westall, Sandra Thornton was born on January 31, 1940 in Rochester, New York, United States. Daughter of William Heldrith and Janice (King) Thonrton.
AS in Business, Southern Virginia College Women, 1962. Bachelor in Early Childhood Education, Mars Hill College, 1982. Master of Arts in Special Education, Appalachian State University, 1989.
Master of Arts in Behavioral Emotional Education, Western Carolina University, 1990.
Teacher's assistant special education, Mitchell County School, Spruce Pine, North Carolina, 1964-1970;
teacher, Pine Ridge School for Learning Disabilities, Williston, Vermont, summer 1985, 88;
teacher, Summit Academy for Learning Disabled Students, Waynesville, North Carolina, 1986-1988;
resource teacher, Ire B. Jones Elementary school and Asheville Junior High School, North Carolina, 1988-1989;
teacher, Irene Worthem School for Severe/Profound Mentally Retarded, Asheville, 1989-1990;
resource teacher, G. Holmes Braddock High School, Miami, Florida, 1990-1991;
resource teacher, Kelsey L. Pharr Elementary School, Miami, 1991-1994;
teacher severely emotionally disturbed, Lakewood Elementary School, St. Petersburg, Florida, since 1994;
night teacher, Nova U., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, since 1992;
night teacher, Florida Memorial College, Miami, since 1992;
teacher learning disabilities, St. Leo (Florida) College, 1995. Tutor, counselor Black Mountain (North Carolina) Correctional Center for Women, 1988-1990. Trainer behavior disorders Northern Colorado U., Breckenridge, 1989, Willie M. Workshop, Asheville, 1989.
Conductor workshops on left and right brain teaching, 1980-1987. Speaker on learning disabled adults Harvard University, 1989. Teacher day camps for handicapped students, 1983, 84.
Advocate for learning disabled students and adults. Delegate Citizen Amb. Program field of learning disabilities, Diagnostic Center, various schools, Vilnius, Siauliai Pedagogical Institute, Department Special Pedagogics, Lithuania, Institute Defectology, Russian Academy Pedagogical, Moscow, City Council, Institute Economics Problem Studies, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993.
Volunteer Dade County Helpline and Dade County Schools (in aid of Hurricane Andrew victims), swimming courses for American Red Cross, since 1980. Board directors North Carolina Advocacy Center for Children's Education and Parent Training, 1986-1990. Member American Council on Rural Special Education, Association for Children and Adults with Learning Disabilities, The Orton Dyslexia Society, Council for Exceptional Children, Council for Behavior Emotionally Handicapped Children.
Married Thomas Keith Westall, January 10, 1965 (divorced 1980). Children: William Thornton, Robert Theodore.