Carl M. Bendroff, M.Ed. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Profile: For the last 22 years I have motivated `at risk students' to become 'Successful Learners' by simplifying difficult concepts into creative and easy-to-understand steps. Work History: August 1983 - Present Placentia Yorba-Linda Unified School District I was hired by the district to design, develop, and to teach a special-day-classroom for emotionally-disturbed students, in first through sixth grade. I create techniques that make difficult concepts easy for my students to learn. For example, I edit the curriculum by breaking it down into simplified steps. As a result, my students experience their first successes in academics and in social skills. They learn to enjoy