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Child Development Services
Debra Hannigan
State Director

State Office
State Intermediate Educational Unit
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333

(207) 624-6660 Voice
(207) 624-6661 Fax

 

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Child Development Services

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Birth Through Five Comprehensive Service Delivery System

The Child Development Services (CDS) system consists of sixteen regional sites, a State Office and a State Level Advisory Committee, comprised of one member from each regional site. Each CDS site is an Intermediate Educational Unit (IEU), separate from the local education agency and providing both Early Intervention and Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) under the supervision of the Maine Department of Education. The CDS system ensures the provisions of Federal and State Regulations statewide through a contractual or grant relationship between the Department of Education and each regional site.

There is one CDS site in each of Maine's sixteen counties. Each regional site is accountable for their specific population of children birth through five in need of Early Intervention services or Special Education programs. This responsibility is achieved through collaboration with families, schools, local medical facilities and other agencies. Once a child enters the CDS system, the child and family receive support and services from a collaborative team of Early Intervention and Special Education experts. Click here for a Regional Site Contact List.

 

State Level Office
Regional CDS Sites

Policy: Develops and adapts rules and accountability standards.

Fiscal: Facilitates centralized fiscal administration with internal controls.

Data: Maintains a central data management system with a standard statewide interface for data entry.

Provide Case Management and Direct Instruction for children birth through age five and their families.

Conduct ChildFind (the process of identifying children with disabilities) for children birth through age five through screenings and evaluations.

Provide Early Intervention and Special Education programming in the following areas:

  • Physical Gross/Fine motor skills
  • Cognitive
  • Communication (Speech and Language)
  • Social/Emotional
  • Adaptive