Abby Allen: Creating Writing Interventions for Youth With or At Risk for Learning Disabilities

In 2016, Allen was awarded her doctoral degree in Special Education from the University of Missouri. She is also a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumna, earning her B.S. in Speech and Hearing Science in 2004. Allen previously worked for Special School District of St. Louis County (Missouri) as an elementary school speech-language pathologist.

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My research centers on early writing assessment and intervention, curriculum-based measurement of written language, and data-based individualization across content areas. I recently received an Early Career Research and Mentoring Grant from the Institute of Educational Sciences and am developing a sentence writing intervention for elementary students with or at risk for learning disabilities.