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The Department of Education is responsible for providing
free appropriate public education to children. The DOE is also
responsible for implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act (IDEA). The
IDEA is a federal law that requires states to provide free public education
to children with disabilities in the least restrictive setting.
The educational system is divided into School Administrative Units (SAUs),
governed by school boards or committees that are elected by participating
communities.
The people served are:
- children with special needs (age 0 to 5 years old) requiring early
intervention
- children with special needs (age 6 to 20 years old) requiring special
education services
The Department of Education's programs and services include:
Early
Intervention Services for Children 0 to 5 years
Early intervention services are provided to children age 0-2 on the basis
of a small sliding fee scale. Services are provided to children
age 3-5 at no cost. Early Intervention services include:
- assistive technology evaluation and devices
- audiology
- developmental therapy/special instruction
- family counseling
- family training
- health services (limited to catheterization, tube feeding, health
status assessment, preventive nursing services, administration of medications,
treatments, etc.)
- medical services (for diagnostic or evaluative purposes to determine
medically-related disability)
- nutrition services
- occupational therapy
- parent counseling and training
- physical therapy
- psychological services
- service coordination
- social work services
- speech therapy
- transportation
- vision services
To access these services
contact the Child Development Service office in your county.
Special
Education Services for Children 5 to 20 years
School Administration Units (SAUs) must provide a continuum of special
education services to meet the needs of students with disabilities. The
SAU provides supportive services to assist a student with a disability
to benefit from the special education services. Supportive services include
but are not limited to:
- assistive technology devices and services including special education
equipment (equipment required for participation in program, including
wheel chairs, communication aids, computers, ramps, etc.)
- audiology
- counseling
- hearing aids
- interpreter/translation services
- occupational therapy
- orientation and mobility services
- parent counseling and training
- physical therapy
- psychological services
- recreation services
- rehabilitation services
- school health services
- social work services
- transportation
To access these services contact your
school district or the Department of Education.
DOE Contact Information
Mailing address:
Burton Cross Building
23 State House Station, 5th Floor
Augusta, ME 04333
Website:
http://www.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm
Phone: (207) 624-6600
Contact Information
for CDS Centers
CDS/Androscoggin
377 Main Street
Lewiston, ME 04240
Voice: (207) 795-4022
Fax: (207) 795-4082
CDS/Aroostook County
122 Academy Street
Presque Isle, ME 04769
Voice: (207) 764-4490
Fax: (207) 769-2275
CDS/Brunswick
35 A Gurnet Road
Brunswick, ME 04011
Voice: (207) 725-6365
Fax: (207) 725-4211
CDS/Cumberland
50 Depot Road
Falmouth, ME 04105
Voice: (207) 781-8881
Fax: (207) 781-8855
CDS/Franklin County
144 High Street, Suite #2
Farmington, ME 04938
Voice: (207) 778-6262
Fax: (207) 778-5548
CDS/Hancock County
190 Bangor Road
Ellsworth, ME 04605
Email: cdshc@gwi.net
Voice: (207) 667-7108
Fax: (207) 664-0461
CDS/Knox County
111 Tillson Avenue
Rockland, ME 04841-3416
Voice: (207) 594-5933
Fax: (207) 594-1925
CDS/Lincoln County
P.O. Box 1114
Damariscotta, ME 04543
Email: dholt@midcoast.com
Voice: (207) 563-1411
Fax: (207) 563-6312
CDS/Opportunities
P.O. Box 272
Norway, ME 04268
Email: cdsnopp@megalink.net
Voice: (207) 743-9701
Fax: (207) 743-7063
CDS/Penobscot County
Intown Plaza
376 Harlow Street
Bangor, ME 04401
Voice: (207) 947-8493
Fax: (207) 990-4819
CDS/Piscataquis
P.O. Box 326
Dover-Foxcroft, ME 04426
Email: cdsguide@gwi.net
Voice: (207) 564-3115
Fax: (207) 564-0019
CDS/Project PEDS
163 Silver Street
Waterville, ME 04901
Voice: (207) 877-2498
Fax: (207) 877-7459
CDS/South Kennebec County
263 Water Street, Suite 500
Augusta, ME 04330
Voice: (207) 623-4989
Fax: (207) 622-9798
CDS/York County
39 Limerick Road
Arundel, ME 04046
Voice: (207) 985-7861
Fax: (207) 985-6703
CDS/Waldo County
139 Northport Avenue
Belfast, ME 04915
Voice: (207) 338-1177
Fax: (207) 338-9978
CDS/Washington County
P.O. Box 718
9 Cooper Street
Machias, ME 04654
Voice: (207) 255-4892
Fax: (207) 255-6457
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