Sara Pomeroy: Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (High Incidence Disabilities)
Sara Pomeroy is the recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (High Incidence Disabilities) Award.
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Patricia Diehlmann: Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (Individualized Concentration)
Patricia Diehlmann is the recipient of the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (Individual Concentration) Award.
Read moreCarly Frost: Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (Low Incidence Disabilities)
Carly Frost (McDonald) is the 2023 Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education (Low Incidence Disabilities).
Read moreThree COEHD faculty members receive tenure and promotion
University of Maine College of Education and Human Development faculty members Rebecca Buchanan, Sarah Howorth and Vanessa Klein were among 31 faculty at UMaine and the University of Maine at Machias to receive promotion and/or tenure, the university announced this week.
Read moreHoworth cited in American Council on Education feature on UMaine’s Step Up program
The American Council on Education published a feature story about the University of Maine and the Maine Department of Labor Division of Vocational Rehabilitation’s (DVR) Step Up program, a five-week learning experience to help prepare high school students and recent graduates on the autism spectrum successfully transition to college.
Read moreFlanagan co-authors dyslexia explainer for MEA magazine
Sarah Flanagan, University of Maine assistant professor of special education, and Rachel Brown-Chidsey, assistant professor of special education at the University of Southern Maine, have an article in the new edition of Maine Educator, the magazine of the Maine Education Association, titled “Dyslexia 101: Questions & Answers for Educators.”
Read moreMedia share UMaine release on accelerated program for Maine CDS employees
The Bangor Daily News, Penobscot Bay Pilot and Zipe Education shared a University of Maine news release on a partnership between the UMaine College of Education and Human Development and Maine Child Development Services (CDS) that allows CDS employees to become certified as teachers of students with disabilities, birth to age 5, in just nine months.
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Accelerated UMaine program helping state employees earn special education teaching credentials
Maine will soon have more qualified teachers to serve the state’s youngest residents with special needs thanks to a partnership between the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development and Maine Child Development Services (CDS).
Read moreAngelosante speaks to the BDN about school shooting hoaxes in Maine
The Bangor Daily News interviewed Courtney Angelosante, PBIS initiative coordinator at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development, about how to support students in light of school shooting hoaxes.
Read moreCOEHD experts collect rapid response resources for schools facing threats of violence
In response to a rash of school shooting threats at Maine schools this week, the Maine Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Team led by faculty and staff at the University of Maine College of Education and Human Development collected resources for supporting schools during and after a crisis, which were published by the Maine Department of Education.
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