Special Education

Media 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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Educators invited to PBIS retreat in August

With the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact students, families and teachers in Maine, the University of Maine System (UMS) and the Maine Department of Education (DOE) are teaming up to offer a training Aug. 8 for educators on the use of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) in schools.

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