  {"id":17071,"date":"2019-07-31T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/?p=17071"},"modified":"2019-07-31T13:25:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-31T17:25:07","slug":"doctoral-student-receives-funding-to-attend-special-education-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/2019\/07\/31\/doctoral-student-receives-funding-to-attend-special-education-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctoral student receives funding to attend special education conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"17072\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17072\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Robbie web feature\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-105x70.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-317x211.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-423x282.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-634x423.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-846x564.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature-951x634.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/edhd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2019\/07\/Robbie-web-feature.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Robbie (right) with Deborah Rooks-Ellis (left) and Sarah Howorth (middle) at the Center for Exceptional Children&#8217;s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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\u2019s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, held in Washington, D.C. in July, covered legislative policy and advocacy for special educators. Attendees also had opportunities to visit with lawmakers and their staffs. Robbie met with Sen. Susan Collins and staff for Sen. Angus King and Rep. Jared Golden.<\/p>\n<p>Robbie applied for funding to attend the summit through the CEC\u2019s Teacher Education Division, and was selected after a competitive review of applications. 91¸£Àû special education faculty members Sarah Howorth and Deborah Rooks-Ellis also attended the conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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\u2019s 2019 Special Education Legislative Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"8","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"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 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