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Raquel Schmidt, associate professor, Exceptional Education, made three presentations at the Council for Exceptional Children’s Division of International Special Education and Services 2007 meeting in Lima, Peru, July 8–12: “Best Practices in Bilingual Special Education,” co-presented with Sarita Samora, professor and chair, Exceptional Education; “You Are What You Speak: Social Skills and Second Language Acquisition”; and “Educating Bilingual Preschoolers with Disabilities,” co-presented with Kimberli Andrews, assistant professor of education at Daemen College. While there, Schmidt also participated in a study on the family-planning practices of females from indigenous Peruvian tribes.