In This Issue

Fall 2006

Gathering Celebrates the Dream
of Inclusive Communities

Director’s Corner

Television Campaign
Targets Awareness

Awards Banquet Goes Hi-Tech

Equity and Excellence in Higher Education—Collaboration for Learning

Growing Ideas Tipsheets
Benefit Young Children

New Initiatives Underway

Disability Studies Scholars Receive Certificates of Completion

Teambuilding III Offers Training
for Educational Surrogate Parents

Prevention Center of Excellence
at CCIDS

Zeph Testifies Before
House Appropriations Committee

CCIDS Introduces Colloquium Series

Statewide Database Links At-risk
Babies with Services for Early
Intervention

Researchers Specialize in
Epidemiology of Child Development

Early Childhood Professionals
Advance Skills, Services

Upcoming CCIDS Events

IDS Enrollment Increases

Presentations & Publications

CenterPoint Home

Television Campaign Targets Awareness

Maine’s Infant Toddler Child Care Initiative, through the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Office of Child Care and Head Start (OCCHS), recently announced the completion of the first draft of the Maine Infant Toddler Learning Guidelines and the launch of a public service television campaign entitled, “Simple Moments.” Both the learning guidelines and the public service announcements (PSA) seek to raise awareness about the importance of high-quality, inclusive early learning experiences for children in the first three years of life.

In 2003, Maine was awarded a mini-grant from the National Infant & Toddler Child Care Initiative at ZERO TO THREE, a project of the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health and Human Services. This initiative is designed to support State and Territory Child Care Development Fund (CCDF) administrators in their efforts to effect system-wide improvements in infant and toddler child care, such as Maine’s new PSA campaign. Debra Rainey, an early childhood research associate at CCIDS, has been a member of the initiative team since its inception and has advocated for quality inclusive infant toddler child care for all children in Maine.

For more information about DHHS OCCHS initiatives, visit the Office of Child Care and Head Start web site: http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/occhs/.

— Kate Laidman
Debra Rainey

Beyond All Expectations: The story of Paige Barton

by Dr. JoAnne Putnam Discover the unforgettable story of how one woman survived the inhumane world of institutions and emerged to earn a college degree and find employment as a Maine state advocate for people with disabilities. Stressing the importance of education, inclusion, and self-determination for all, Paige Barton became a national role model for self-advocates and professionals in the field of developmental disabilities. Order Information: Single copies: $15.00 Multiple copies (25 or more): $12/copy S&H: $ 4.00 Maine Sales Tax (in-state orders only) 5% To order, please call: 800/203-6957 (v/tty) or email: ccimail@umit.maine.edu or visit Amazon.com. ISBN: 0-9753718-0-0