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Special Education teacher receives "Women of Achievement" award
Ruth Prystash, a Special Education teacher for the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE), received a “Women of Achievement” award Thursday (September 15, 2011) from the YWCA of Riverside County.
Prystash, who works at the Rob Reiner Center in Perris for RCOE, was honored for her “unwavering belief that all children can learn” and for her vigilance in expanding and enriching programs and services for children with autism.
She was described as “one of the most gifted teachers in working with autism, she instinctively knows how to reach each individual child and bring out their strengths.”
Prystash has been a teacher for 30 years, six at Rob Reiner. She was a Special Education teacher in Orient, Ohio, San Diego, Lemon Grove, Grand Terrace and Temecula.
She has worked as an autism consultant, lead teacher for the Reach Autism Program, and an instructor at UCR. She earned her bachelors degree at Stanford, and completed her graduate work at Ohio State University and Point Loma Nazarene College in San Diego. She is a volunteer for the Inland Empire Autism Society Social Group for Teens, the Story Lady at Barnes and Noble, and a performer with the Blues Mothers.
Prystash founded Reach, a model autism program that has expanded to 28 programs across the county. More than 200 educators have visited her classroom.
For information contact: Rick Peoples,
Public Information Officer
Telephone: (951) 826-6642
Fax: (951) 826-6199 rpeoples@rcoe.us
Ruth Prystash, a Special Education teacher for the Riverside County Office of Education (RCOE), received a “Women of Achievement” award Thursday (September 15, 2011) from the YWCA of Riverside County.