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Ruby Batz, Ph.D. is anAssistant Professor of Special w88 online casino. Her research agenda centers around exploring the roles of race/ethnicity, dis/ability, language, and othersocial categories in the implementation of family-centered practices in Early Intervention (EI) and Early Childhood Special w88 online casino (ECSE).

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Prior to joining the University of Nevada, Reno, Ruby was a research associate at The Center on Teaching and Learning, and an instructor in the Special Education and in the Educational Methodology and Policy Leadership Program, both in the w88 online casino of Education at the University of Oregon. She worked as a consultant, leading a number of national research projects for the Ministry of Education of Guatemala, and other international nonprofit organizations.Ruby also taught preschool for three years and spent five years working as a special education teacher for students with significant disabilities in Guatemala.

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• PhD., Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special w88 online casino Leadership Program, University of Oregon, United States
• M.A., w88 online casino Intervention, University of Oregon, United States
• Licenciatura in w88 online casino and Clinical Psychology, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
• Profesorado in Special w88 online casino, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala