Sarah Howorth, associate professor of special education at the University of Maine, is the recipient of the 2025 Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) Outstanding Leadership Award for her significant contributions to the council’s programs and activities.
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With the counseling center seeing an increase in neurodivergent clients in recent years, its staff invited Associate Professor of Special Education Sarah Howorth to share her expertise in two half-day training sessions.
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Maine PBIS Initiative Coordinator Courtney Angelosante was quoted in a recent article in the Harpswell Anchor about an increase in special education enrollment in the state.
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Associate Professor of Special Education Sarah Howorth was interviewed by WFVX (FOX 22/ABC 7, Bangor) for a story on how educators are adapting to artificial intelligence, and best practices for AI in schools.
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Schools across Maine are finding success meeting their students’ social, emotional and academic needs with an internationally recognized, evidence-based framework known as Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS).
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Whenever she talks about teachers using artificial intelligence, University of Maine associate professor of special education Sarah Howorth likes to remind whoever she’s talking to that educators have always used technology to support student learning.
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Assistant Professor of Special Education Melissa Cuba spoke with the Maine Morning Star for an article about multilingual students in Maine struggling academically.
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Associate Professor of Special Education Sarah Howorth was featured on WFVX (FOX22/ABC7) for a conversation about ways K-12 teachers can use artificial intelligence to enrich student learning.
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Courtney Angelosante, coordinator of the Maine Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions initiative at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed by the Bangor Daily News for an article about how K-12 schools are addressing chronic absenteeism.
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University of Maine assistant professor of special education Melissa Cuba and Adai Tefera, an associate professor of special education at the University of Arizona, have been awarded $50,000 from the William T. Grant Foundation for a collaborative study with Portland Public Schools.
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