Nancy Trenbeth - Championing Students with Special Needs

Hello and Welcome to Episode 12 of Women of the Northwest –  the place where meaningful conversations happen with Ordinary Women Leading Extraordinary lives. I’m your host, Jan Johnson. 

I’m delighted to have as my guest today, Nancy Trenbeth, who spent over 40 years championing students with special needs. Her teaching career included work with deaf/blind students, many of which as a result of the rubella epidemic, those in wheelchairs with multiple challenges and those who were severely emotionally disturbed.

She adopted one of her students who was severely neglected and is now 56 years old but still functions as a 4 year old.

Here is what staff said about her: She was a terrific student of students, staff mentor, leader, nurturer, host organizer, motivator and encourager gracious, inspirational, glue, holding us together for years and years. She was such a good friend, always caring making people feel special, thoughtful of birthdays, carefulness of students. Always welcoming. We all loved her. Thank you for all the lives you’ve changed, lives of parents, kids and adults.

Links: Council for Exceptional Children, Association of Special Ed teachers, . Jan Van Dijk, John McGee, Camp Parkview , youtube tribute to Nancy

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