Six new educational technicians have been hired to help with the caseload.
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Posted inAndroscoggin County, News, Schools & Education
‘Everyone is good at something’: Leavitt High School teacher named Special Education Professional of the Year
Angela Wright helps students find their hidden talents and skills so they can thrive.
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Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News, Oxford Hills, Schools & Education
For parents of children with Down Syndrome, respite is elusive but joy is not
The challenges of caring for intellectually handicapped family members can be overwhelming. Parents have no choice but to advocate through a difficult system for their children.
Posted inMaine, News
Bill would end use of student restraint and seclusion in Maine schools
The measure has the support of advocates for the disabled, but school administrators and some parents said the bill would prohibit some of the only techniques that work in dangerous situations.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
State drops proposal that could have cut children’s services
Head of Margaret Murphy Centers for Children said DHHS pulled proposal.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat
SAD 17: Staff training to help students with trauma
Special Education Director Jan Neureuther is overseeing the districtwide effort.
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, News
Town officials heard district budget particulars
PARIS — The high costs of special education again held the attention of some 15 selectmen, town managers and others, as town officials were provided details of the proposed Fiscal 2019 school budget at a roundtable meeting April 3. “If special education keeps going up it has to come from somewhere,” said Otisfield Selectmen Chairman Hal […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
State proposes giving schools responsibility for special education for 3- to 5-year-olds
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers will take up a bill Monday that would shift all special education services for 3- to 5-year-olds to local school districts from the Maine Department of Education – which regularly runs over its $30 million annual budget for those services and often fails to adequately provide them. Statewide, there are 2,068 children […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Health-care bill could strip public schools of billions for special education
WASHINGTON — School superintendents across the country are raising alarms about the possibility that Republican health care legislation would curtail billions of dollars in annual funding they count on to help students with disabilities and poor children. For the past three decades, Medicaid has helped pay for services and equipment that schools provide to special-education […]
Posted inMaine
Paul LePage considers review of Maine’s special education standards
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage said Thursday he may seek a review of Maine’s special education programs in a bid to standardize the way students are treated across the state. “I’m considering putting out an executive order to have that reviewed,” LePage told WGAN radio in Portland during his regular weekly appearance. “Maine does not […]