Tommorrow, I’ll have surgery that I hope greatly helps an injury caused by another driver under the influence. But, today, I reveled in the beauty that is every day things with relaxing by a beach and sharing it with family.

Please join us for the next FREE NJCLD Symposium! An International, Evidence-Based Update presented by Dr. Hugh Catts, Dr. Malt Joshi, and Dr. Charles Haynes. Please join us on Zoom, March 4, 2026, from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. To register, visit: HTTPS://NJCLD.ORG/UPCOMING-SYMPOSIA/

We invite you, your friends, colleagues and students to JOIN US with Dr. David Bateman, to discuss Recent Policy Shifts and Litigation in Washington for Students with Learning Disabilities. As ever, this virtual event is free and open to all-so please attend.

Check out all the awesome podcasts and infographics from the @cldintl.bsky.social Leadership Academy - council-for-learning-disabilities.org/cohort-13s-l...

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We’re featuring Dr. Lindsay Diamond, Mercedes Baggett & Dr. Abbie Olszewski, of the 2024 Must Read Award, for research on early behavioral indicators of dysgraphia and dyslexia. Discover how early identification can change the trajectory for struggling writers and readers. @cldintl.bsky.social

So grateful for the amazing research on LD and amazing colleagues @cldintl.bsky.social What a fantastic conference!

Our friend Christian Pinedo from @aieduorg.bsky.social facilitated a Ted-Talk style panel around AI in rural schools. The panel featured RSC New England Hub, @saraflanaganedu.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Special Education of UMaine. 💻

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Excited to share teachers’ and students’ experiences at @nrea.net and #CLDIntl this week!

Excited for my article with @specialjjoo.bsky.social to come out — I love a good visual and theme to FUEL students’ writing 😃🏎️ journals.sagepub.com/eprint/4QP3R...

FUELing Effective Written Expression - Sara M. Flanagan, Joo Young Lee, 2025

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Super excited for our article out on using PROMPT to teach teachers to use prompt engineering to use AI as an electronic “collaborator” (and, I love a good visual 😀): journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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"Joining CEC changed the way I teach and connect with my students." From March 17–31, new members can join CEC at no cost and unlock: ✅ Expert resources ✅ Professional learning ✅ A supportive educator network Sign up today to grow, learn, and connect: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/a...

Some positive news - I can now officially share that I’ve received promotion and tenure to associate professor. I’m spending the afternoon with undergrads working on a research study and remembering how I got the “research bug” the same way! I can’t wait for what is to come next 😃

It’s not too late to submit! Deadline extended to March 10th!

@saraflanaganedu.bsky.social · last yr.

Submit a proposal for the Council for Learning Disabilities conference—a smaller conference with amazing discussions, feedback, and collaboration! More info: council-for-learning-disabilities.org/cld-annual-c...

Assessment for Effective Intervention is now officially accepting Registered Reports and Research-to-Practice manuscripts. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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It’s not too late to submit! Deadline extended to March 10th!

@saraflanaganedu.bsky.social · last yr.

Submit a proposal for the Council for Learning Disabilities conference—a smaller conference with amazing discussions, feedback, and collaboration! More info: council-for-learning-disabilities.org/cld-annual-c...

Submit a proposal for the Council for Learning Disabilities conference—a smaller conference with amazing discussions, feedback, and collaboration! More info: council-for-learning-disabilities.org/cld-annual-c...

Submit a proposal for the Council for Learning Disabilities conference—a smaller conference with amazing discussions, feedback, and collaboration! More info: council-for-learning-disabilities.org/cld-annual-c...

Our research in education matters, our students in higher ed programs matter, and their future K-12 students matter even more.

Liz Bettini@lizbettini.bsky.social · last yr.

Thank you, to all of the special education organizations, journals, & scholars who have joined together to affirm our commitment to scientific integrity: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Excited to have the second half of a study come out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Teacher–reported characteristics of students with disabilities with written expression needs

Special education teachers (N = 293) responded to a survey in which they described the written expression characteristics of their students who experience difficulties writing. Most commonly, teach...

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Are you located in the New England area or traveling there in April? Consider joining us for this one-day conference organized by the New England Research on #Dyslexia Society! All info below:

There’s something calming about winter in Maine at sunset with a snow covered river

So very excited and grateful for my recent publication; we must better prepare and support our teachers for writing instruction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Special Education Teachers’ Writing Instructional Practices

To understand teachers’ writing instruction, 356 special education teachers completed a survey on their instructional practices, preparation, professional development needs, and beliefs about writi...

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Switching platforms and looking forward to ongoing collaboration and sharing with my special education colleagues!