{"id":14411,"date":"2017-09-01T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T12:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?page_id=14411"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:42:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:42:53","slug":"sara-flanagan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/facultystaff\/sara-flanagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Flanagan"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image14411_903482-7b .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image14411_903482-7b\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan.jpg\" class=\"kb-advanced-image-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"A portrait of Sara Flanagan.\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-23529\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-93x140.jpg 93w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-317x475.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-423x634.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan-634x951.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2024\/03\/Sara-Flanagan.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Associate Professor of Special Education<\/strong><br><a href=\"mailto:sara.flanagan@maine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sara.flanagan@maine.edu<\/a><br>207.581.2454<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>301 Shibles Hall<br>University of Maine<br>Orono, Maine 04469-5766<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Sara Flanagan is an associate professor of special education in the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development. Her research focuses on literacy and secondary students with and without high incidence disabilities, with a specific focus on written expression. She also explores the role of technology in the classroom, both using it to teach and using it to learn. She has worked with K-12 teachers to implement the use of graphic organizers to support written expression in students with and without high incidence disabilities. Dr. Flanagan serves on the Research and Technology Committee of the Council for Learning Disabilities. She has published articles in various peer reviewed journals and presented at conferences on her research. Prior to joining the faculty at UMaine, she was a special education faculty member at the University of Kentucky. She earned her doctorate from Purdue University in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><br>Ph.D. in Special Education, 2012, Purdue University<br>MS.Ed. in Educational Technology, 2008, Purdue University<br>B.A. in Special Education, 2006, Purdue University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses taught at UMaine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SED 302: Adapting Instruction for Students with Disabilities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SED 545: Intervention for Reading Difficulties<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SED 546: Universal Design for Learning and Assistive Technology in PreK-12 Classrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SED 553: Special Education Assessment I<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SED 598: Intervention for Writing Difficulties (Special Topics Course)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sample Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bouck, E. C., Flanagan, S. M., &amp; Cosby, M. (2017). Apps as assistive technology. Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology (4th ed., pp. 266-276). Hersey, PA: IGI Global.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flanagan, S. M., Bouck, E. C., &amp; Cutter, E. (2016). Write Right: Improving and sustaining written expression abilities in middle school students with and without learning disabilities using procedural facilitators. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 21(1), <a href=\"https:\/\/js.sagamorepub.com\/ldmj\/article\/view\/6742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/js.sagamorepub.com\/ldmj\/article\/view\/6742<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bouck, E. C., Satsangi, R., &amp; Flanagan, S. (2016). Evaluating apps for students with disabilities: Supporting academic areas and access. <em>Focus on Inclusive Education<\/em>, 92, 324-328.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bouck, E. C., &amp; Flanagan, S. M. (2015). Exploring assistive technology and post-school outcomes for students with severe disabilities. <em>Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology<\/em>. (Published Online first March 2015)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bouck, E. C., Flanagan, S. M., &amp; Bouck, M. K. (2015). Learning area and perimeter with virtual manipulatives: A pilot study. <em>Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching<\/em>, 34, 381\u2013393.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Sara<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saraflanaganedu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sara Flanagan is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"parent":24368,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"%%post_title%%","_seopress_titles_desc":"Sara Flanagan is an assistant professor of special education at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14411","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"ckelly","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/author\/caseykelly-2\/"},"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14411"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27437,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14411\/revisions\/27437"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}