Early Childhood Resources

About Us

CCIDS Early Childhood Staff The Early Childhood staff work across various early childhood projects and initiatives. Together, the Early Childhood staff bring a rich and varied background and expertise in early childhood development, early childhood/special education, early intervention, disability studies, early childhood mental health, consultation, and technology.

If you live in Maine and have questions about how your childcare program can support all children, including children with special needs, or if you have concerns about a child′s behavior, health, communication, social relationships, or development, please review our services and resources, and contact us for additional information.

We provide telephone consultation, e-mail support, onsite consultation, staff development and training activities, resource information, and a resource library. Please use one of the links below to make your request for consultation:

• Technical Assistance Request Form (in Acrobat PDF format)
• Technical Assistance Request Form (in text format)

If you do not have Adobe Acrobat (for viewing .pdf files), use this link to download free web tools.

Newsletters:

CenterPoint - the CCIDS newsletter

• Researchers Specialize in Epidemiology of Child Development

• Early Childhood Professionals Advance Skills, Services
• Growing Ideas Tipsheets Benefit Young Children
• New Early Childhood Education Resource
• Early Learning Opportunities Support Quality and Access for Inclusive Early Care and Education
• $2.9M Reading Program Grant Awarded
• Intervention Methods Subject of Autism Conference
• Program Screening Instrument Under Development
• Partnership for Early Childhood Health and Service is Formed

FACTS : Fostering Achievement, Creating Community, Together for All Our Students - The newsletter of LEARNS: Maine's Systemwide Systems Change Initiative for Inclusion (Recent articles)

• Early Literacy Learning: Individualizing Learning for Every Child
• Young Children and Sensory Integration: Planning for Success
• Universal Design for Learning: From the Start

CCIDS Early Childhood Projects:

• Child Care Plus ME
• Costal Early Learning Opportunity (ELOAG) Grant
• LEARNS
• Portland Early Literacy Collaborative
• TOP - Training Opportunities for Personnel

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Contact Information

Orono Office: 5717 Corbett Hall, Orono, ME 04469-5717; Phone: 207/581-1084 (Voice/TTY); Toll Free 1-800/203-6957 (Voice/TTY); Fax: 207/581-1231

• Bonnie Blagojevic: Research Associate, 207/581-3849
• Kate Laidman: Research Associate, 207/581-1376
• Jennifer Maeverde: Research Associate, 207/581-1382

Augusta Office: 225 Western Ave., Augusta, ME 04330; Phone: 207/623-3925 (Voice/TTY); Toll Free 1-877-475-4800 (Voice/TTY); Fax: 207/629-5429

• Jill Downs: Research Associate, 207/623-3925, ext. 13
• Debra Rainey: Research Associate, 207/623-3925, ext. 11

Windham Office: 48 Tandberg Trail, Windham, ME 04062; Phone: 207/892-0455 (Voice/TTY); Toll Free 1-866-230-4520 (Voice/TTY); Fax: 207/892-2330

• Sandra Doctoroff: Assistant Research Professor, 207/892-0455, ext. 14
• Martie Kendrick: Research Associate, 207/892-0455, ext. 12
• Linda Labas: Early Childhood Coordinator, 207/892-0455, ext. 13