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Listen & Learn Series
The Office of Special Services offers a Listen & Learn webinar every other Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. throughout the school year, unless otherwise noted. The series is intended to offer professional development and technical assistance for special education directors in the field. Topics may include transition services, services for the blind and visually impaired, and Chapter 33, among others.
Instructions for joining the webinar via Adobe Connect will be emailed to every SAU's special education director for the state of Maine prior to the session.
Webinars, SY 2012-13
| Date | Topic | Presenter | Materials |
| Oct. 11, 2012 | Blind & Visually Impaired Children | Nancy Moulton | "Education Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Children" (PDF, 606KB) |
| Oct. 25, 2012 | Chapter 33 | Jonathan Braff | "Chapter 33: Now That You've Taken the Tour" (PDF, 945KB) |
| Nov. 8, 2012 | GSS Review (only for those being reviewed in 2012-13) | Roberta Lucas | "Annual General Supervision System Monitoring" (PDF, 104KB) |
| Dec. 6, 2012 | Determinations | Dana Duncan | Recorded webinar | Transcription |
| Dec. 20, 2012 | Nursing Services | Nancy Dube | |
| Jan. 3, 2013 | No webinar this week | -- | -- |
| Jan. 17, 2013 | Potpourri of Legal Topics | Due Process Team | Recorded webinar | Questions and Answers |
| Jan. 31, 2013 | Standards-based IEPs | Debrajean Scheibel & Roberta Lucas | No recording due to technological issues. |
| Feb. 14, 2013 | Diplomas, Transition Goals and Graduation and Standards Based Learning and Special Education Students | Jonathan Braff & Jan Breton | |
| Feb. 28, 2013 | Finer Points of Special Education | Roberta Lucas | |
| Mar. 14, 2013 | MaineCare Requirements | Nancy Connolly | |
| Mar. 28, 2013 | Your Nursing Questions Answered | Nancy Dube | Recorded webinar | Transcription |
| Apr. 11, 2013 | B13 & Post-Secondary Transition Planning for Compliance | Debrajean Scheibel & Roberta Lucas | Recorded webinar | Transcription |
| Apr. 25, 2013 | Local Entitlement | Jan Breton & George Smith | Recorded webinar | Transcription |
| May 9, 2013 | Fiscal Monitoring | Tyler Backus | Recorded webinar | Transcription |
Previous Webinars
You may view materials from past webinars as far back as the 2010-11 school year.