Sarah Dababnah
Sarah Dababnah, Associate Professor
Contact Information:
Phone: (410) 706.8076
E-mail:sdababnah@ssw.umaryland.edu
Room: 5E39
Dababnah CV
Mailing Information:
UM School of Social Work
525 West Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Sarah Dababnah, PhD, MPH, MSW is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland Baltimore School of Social Work (United States), a US Fulbright Scholar at the American University in Cairo (Egypt), and a Faculty Affiliate at Yonsei University School of Social Welfare (South Korea). She specializes in practice, policy and research related to the health and well-being of families of individuals with intellectual and developmental differences. Dr. Dababnah’s research focuses on family-centered, community-engaged and culturally relevant strategies to address racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in autism service access. Dr. Dababnah received specialized training in early childhood and disability practice, research, and policy at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (Chapel Hill, NC), the Kennedy Krieger Institute (Baltimore, MD), the Columbia University National Center for Children in Poverty (New York, NY), and the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health (Washington, DC). She is also a former Peace Corps Volunteer, and earned advanced degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Johns Hopkins University.
MPH, Johns Hopkins University
MSW: PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Expertise and Research Interests ▾
Services and Support for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Sceening of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Early Intervention Services for Young Children with or at risk for Developmental Disabilities
Health-related Issues of Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers
Evidence-based Practices
Disability and Mental Health Policy
Cross-cultural Comparisons
Global Disability Issues
Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
A research team at the University of Maryland School of Social Work (UMSSW) conducted the needs assessment with the support of the Maryland Developmental Disabilities Council and the UMSSW. The team, led by Dr. Sarah Dababnah, Dr. Irang Kim, and Ms. Yao Wang, worked with an expert advisory board composed of national leaders on developmental disability research and practice to better understand the needs of Asian American families in Maryland.
Full Report
MDDD_Council_Report
Report Brief
TheBrief_for_MDDD_Council_Report
Briefs in Additional Languages:
- AANS Brief_Bengali (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Burmese (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Chinese simplified (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Chinese traditional (pdf)
- AANS Brief_English (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Hindi (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Indonesian (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Japanese (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Korean (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Nepali (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Tagalog (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Tamil (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Thai (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Urdu (pdf)
- AANS Brief_Vietnamese (pdf)