Newborns who did not pass their initial hearing screen but who later were found to have typical hearing had higher rates of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in five to 10 years, according to a study conducted by researchers with the University of Maine’s College of Education and Human Development.
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Sarah Howorth and Deborah Rooks-Ellis, assistant professors of special education, attended the Council for Exceptional Children Division on Autism & Developmental Disabilities (DADD) 2020 conference.
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Augmented reality tools have the potential to help students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) improve their ability to read and understand texts, according to a new paper by three University of Maine scholars.
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Karen Robbie, a doctoral student in prevention and intervention studies, was one of 12 Ph.D. students nationwide to receive funding to attend the Council for Exceptional Children’s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit.
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The College of Education and Human Development will hold its annual recognition ceremony April 22 at Wells Conference Center.
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More than 60 students in the College of Education and Human Development will be honored at the college’s annual recognition ceremony April 10 at Wells Conference Center.
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The increase in prevalence of students with ASD is accompanied by the demand for teachers to instruct using evidence-based practices (EBP).
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The University of Maine recently ranked among the best schools for online master’s degrees in special education by the publication Top Master’s in Education.
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University of Maine’s Alan Cobo-Lewis and Deborah Rooks-Ellis spoke with the Bangor Daily News for a report on how Maine is treating children with disabilities.
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Deborah Rooks-Ellis, director of the Maine Autism Institute for Education and Research (MAIER) at the University of Maine, spoke with the Bangor Daily News for an article about the largest research project to be conducted on autism.
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