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Apply Today for the 2024-2025 NH-ME LEND Program at the University of Maine!

Applications are now being accepted for the 2024-2025 New Hampshire-Maine Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (NH-ME LEND) Program at the University of Maine. This is a graduate-level interdisciplinary, leadership training program in maternal and child health and neurodevelopmental disabilities. Participation requires a minimum commitment of 300 hours over 9 months. Competitive scholarships are available for qualified […]

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CCIDS is Hiring! Please see Job Post for Research Associate I

The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies (CCIDS), Maine’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, is advertising for a Research Associate l. The primary purpose of this position is to design, develop and maintain accessible CCIDS webpages and products and to research, plan, and provide consultation/technical assistance, professional development, and community education […]

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Enrolling Now! University of Maine System Micro-Credential: Inclusive Education PreK-12

Maine is committed to increasing capacity for inclusive education and supporting all school personnel (e.g., special and general educators, educational technicians, instructional specialists, and administrators) to  better provide inclusive supports to PreK-12 learners. Together we can work to ensure all learners with disabilities have full and meaningful access to general educational peers, curriculum and classrooms. […]

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Emerging Leaders: Shaping the Future.

CCIDS Presents Research and Work-in-Progress at 2023 AUCD Conference

The following CCIDS faculty, staff and a 2023 graduate of the NH-ME LEND Program presented their research or reported on their work-in-progress at the November 5-8, 2023 Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD) Conference in Washington, DC. This year’s conference theme was Emerging Leaders: Shaping the Future. Alan Cobo-Lewis, Ph.D., presented his peer-reviewed poster developed […]

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Marnie Morneault Named 2023-2024 Early Childhood Apprenticeship Leader

CCIDS research associate, Marnie Morneault, M.Ed., has been selected to the inaugural cohort of the Bank Street College of Education’s Action Research Fellowship for Early Childhood Apprenticeship Leaders. Bank Street launched this fellowship to support leaders of apprenticeship programs as they build or strengthen meaningful professional learning pathways for the early care and education workforce. […]

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