Working with dually classified learners can pose distinctive challenges for educators. Those diagnosed with special needs who are also English language learners (ELLs) have specific, unique needs (specifically struggles with language). These dually classified learners are identified with a disability and are eligible for both special education and English as a second language or bilingual services.

The annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, held each spring, is a gathering of more than 14,000 members of the world’s leading organization for advancing knowledge about education and promoting the application of educational research. When the 2020 AERA conference, to be held April 17–21 in San Francisco, was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, more than 170 ASU scholars and graduate students had been slated to be presenters and participants.

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