Special needs children : the angels on my shoulder
(Large type book)

This is a memoir of my twenty-five years teaching children with special needs. It's a love story about the special students and others who over the years graced my life with just that, their grace. Sharpe's spiritual reflections on God and angels is a constant referral in this book, which speaks of 'angel teachers', the 'hearts of angels' which reside in many of these children, and their fleeting and long-term influences as they move through her life and classroom. Sharpe's ability to see the good in circumstances and people identifies the 'special' in 'special needs' as she delineates her journey through the education system and those teaching and social encounters which changed her perspective and life. Teachers (especially those working with special needs kids) will find this spiritual and social reflection easily accessible. It's presented in vignettes which offer small, digestible bites of insight into a world where angels and kindness are present in more than one form.