1% and Maine's Alternate Assessment
1% and Maine's Alternative Assessments Based on Alternative Academic Achievement Standards (AA-AAAS)
Maine Care Documentation
IEP Documentation Training One Video - June 2, 2021, Passcode: %r^KpD51
IEP Guidance on IEP Documentation – May 2021 (PDF)
The MaineCare In Education Presentation (PowerPoint) explains how to access MaineCare services in schools.
Special Education Surrogate Parent Program
The Special Education Surrogate Parent Program was established to provide educational surrogate parents to children with disabilities whenever the natural parents or guardian of a child with a disability cannot be identified or located, or when the child is in the custody of the state.
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities.
Assistive Technology
Maine CITE is the state's Assistive Technology program providing AT Demo, AT Loan, and AT Reuse services; AT Training webinar events; information on AT resources, providers and Maine CITE also supports an online AT inventory for educators, therapists, students and families to access more than a thousand AT devices available for demo and loan in Maine. Visit https://at4maine.org/ to learn more about the AT inventory.
Positive Behavioral Intervention and Supports (PBIS)
PBIS is a multi-tiered approach to supporting the social, emotional and behavioral development of students in K-12 settings.
Math4ME
As a component of Maine’s State Systematic Improvement plan, Math4ME is designed to implement evidence-based professional development to improve math proficiency of students with disabilities in grades 3-8 and to improve instructional practices of teachers of these students.
Identifying and Serving Students who are Multilingual Learners with Disabilities
Project IMPACT
Project IMPACT (''Interagency Model Project for Academic and Correctional Transition'') serves as the education liaison between Long Creek's incarcerated youth and their public school systems. The project is funded through the Maine Department of Education and has been in existence since 1988.
