Maria Timberlake
maria.timberlake@umit.maine.edu

Research Associate: Inclusive Education

CCIDS Augusta Outreach Office

University of Maine
Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies
225 Western Avenue
Augusta, ME 04330

207/623-3925 ext. 14 (V/TTY)
877/475-4800 (V/TTY)
207/629-5429 (Fax)

Project Affiliation:

• LEARNS

Specialty Areas:

• Inclusive education
• Brain research & education
• Brain based behavior strategies
• Co-teaching: General and Special Education
• Students with multiple disabilities and/or complex needs
• Positive behavioral supports
• Curricular access and accommodation
• Alternate assessment

Education:

Certificate in “Brain Research in Education”, University of Washington
M.Ed University of Maine
B.S., Elementary Education, Northeastern University

Courses Taught:

Guest graduate instructor for University of Maine College of Education and Human Development:

• SED 509 Curriculum Methods for Students with Severe Disabilities
• SED 572 Education Needs of Students with Medical/Physical Disabilities

Professional Associations:

• TASH
• ASCD
• Learning & the Brain Society
• Human Rights Educators Network, Amnesty International
• Educators for Social Responsibility

Recommended Resources:

• CAST- Teaching Every Student - http://www.cast.org/teachingeverystudent/
• Neuroscience for Kids - http://staff.washington.edu/chudler/neurok.html 
• TASH - http://www.tash.org/
• Rethinking Schools On-Line - http://www.rethinkingschools.org/
• National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities - http://www.nichcy.org/
• U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs - http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/osep/index.html?src=mr
• Family Village - http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
• Inclusion Press - http://www.inclusion.com/
• Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development - http://www.ascd.org
• National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who are Deaf-Blind - http://www.tr.wou.edu/ntac/
• National Center on Educational Outcomes - http://education.umn.edu/nceo/
• Resource Guide for Individuals who are Deafblind - http://www.abilitymaine.org/resource/guides/deafblind.html
• Society for Neuroscience - http://web.sfn.org
• Brain Connection - http://www.brainconnection.com