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Early Career Research Award Recipients Stephanie Al Otaiba The Division for Research of the Council for Exceptional Children is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephanie Al Otaiba is the recipient of the 2010 Distinguished Early Career Research Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding scientific contributions in special education, in basic and/or applied research, within the first 10 years following receipt of the doctoral degree. The award, co sponsored by the Donald D. Hammill Foundation, includes $1000 presented at the DR reception at the 2010 CEC Annual Convention and an invited presentation at the CEC convention the following year. Dr. Al Otaiba's impressive program of research focuses on early literacy and reading instruction. Her research has been conducted with a diverse set of participants (e.g., low performing students, children with learning disabilities and Down syndrome, dual language learners), and has been published in some of the most prestigious journals in the field. She is recognized as one of the national authorities on early literacy instruction.
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