Kathy Son
kathy.son@umit.maine.edu

Research Associate: Inclusive Education

CCIDS Windham Outreach Office

University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies
48 Tandberg Trail
Windham, ME 04062

207/892-0455 ext. 20 (V/TTY)
866/230-4520 (V/TTY)
207/892-2330 (Fax)

Project Affiliation(s):

LEARNS

Maine Employment Curriculum Implementation Project

Specialty Areas:

• Family Support
• Supported Employment
• Surrogate/Foster Parent Education and Support
• Self Determination
• Special Education Law
• Positive Supports for Challenging Behavior

Education:

A.S., Nursing, Youville Hospital School of Nursing, Cambridge, MA

Research & Public Service:

• Governor's Task Force to Engage Maine's Youth
• Board of Directors, Project for Supported Living
• Board of Directors, Adoptive & Foster Families of Maine
• Maine Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities

Representative Publications:

• Maine Employment Curriculum
• "They Just Don't Get It"
• "Building Foundations for Cooperative Behavior"
• "Foundations of Inclusive Education"
• "A Guide to Inclusive Recreation"
• "Ensuring Inclusive Communities: Education and Training Manual In Positive Supports for Persons with Challenging Behavior"
• "A New Way of Thinking About Positive Supports"

Professional Associations:

• TASH
• ASCD (National)
• Maine ASCD
• Maine Support Network
• Maine State Board of Nursing,
• Maine Parent Federation/SPIN
• Southern Maine Advisory Council on Transition
• N.E. Regional Genetics Group
• Southern Maine Parent Awareness
• MADSEC

Other:

• Our Kids (by and for parents of children with disabilities) http://www.our-kids.org/
• Maine Support Network http://www.mainesupportnetwork.org/
• Maine Parent Federation/SPIN http://www.mpf.org/