Peer Tutors Learn With Their Hearts

Posted February 14th, 2006 by Christopher Phillips
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A great article today from the Salt Lake Tribune titled Peer tutors learn with their hearts about seminary classes at East High School in Salt City that include both special education students as well as their peers without disabilities. From the article:

The friends are special needs students at East who join students for seminary, the LDS Church's program that allows teens to use one school period to receive spiritual instruction. The students in two classes at East act as peer tutors for others with a variety of special needs and conditions, including Down Syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism and learning disabilities.

This is the most positive

On March 2nd, 2006 Joyce Taylor (not verified) says:
This is the most positive article I've read in a long time!! What a wonderful experience for all concerned and the 'typical' seminary student/tutors are learning lessons even more valuable than their peers with disabilities. I am profundly grateful to the seminary teachers whose Christlike example will make a lasting and incredible difference in each seminary student's life. Thank you for making this article available for our family to read!