CDS Advisory Committee

Letter from the Commissioner 11/28/2017- 

• Child Development Services and the Maine Department of Education are convening a Part B 619 advisory committee which is tasked with identifying and addressing all issues related to the proposed transition of special education related services for children age 3 to kindergarten age 5 to the public schools and developing recommendations to be submitted to the Department. All information regarding meeting and minutes can be found at the links below.
• Part B 619 Advisory Committee Final Recommendations (PDF, 128KB)
  • Notice of Part B 619 Advisory Committee Meeting and Invitation for Public Attendance:
    • Past Meeting agendas: 10/16/17, 10/23/17, 10/30/17, cancelled. 11/06/17, 11/13/17, 11/20/17
    • Minutes
      • 10/16/17 10/23/17 11/06/17 11/13/17, 11/20/17
    • Terms of Reference
    • Meeting Schedule & Location
    • Committee Membership
    • Information & Documents
      • General (Part C and 619) Topics
        • http://ectacenter.org/sitemap.asp#topics – Here you can find resources on Part C to Part B Transitions, Outcomes, LRE, etc
      • Contracted Provider, Therapy, Location: (XLXS, 30KB) This report contain all contracted providers, services provided, primary location of those contracted providers and the radius in which those providers are willing to provide services. The contracted providers included in this report are current as of October 11, 2017.
      • Maine’s Early Learning and Development Standards
        • http://www.maine.gov/doe/publicpreschool/documents/Maine-ELDS.pdf
      • 2007 Final Report of the Subcommittee to Study Early Childhood Special Education
        • https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4113406-Finalreport.html
      • Child Development Services Annual Legislative Report
      • Maine Annual Performance Report
      • Part B OSEP Reporting Indicators
        • https://osep.grads360.org/#communities/pdc/documents/14803
        Chapter 33- Restraint and Seclusion
        • http://www.maine.gov/doe/school-safety/restraints/
      • Chapter 124: BASIC APPROVAL STANDARDS: PUBLIC PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS
        • http://www.maine.gov/doe/publicpreschool/establishing/Chapter%20124%20PublicPreschool.rtf