Autism
Society of Maine
693 Western Avenue, Suite 2
Manchester, ME 04351
(207) 626-2708; (800) 273-5200 (in ME)
Email: asm@mint.net
Center
for Community Inclusion, UAP
5717 Corbett Hall,
Rm 114
The University of Maine
Orono, ME 04469-5717
Web: http://www.umaine.edu/cci/
Children
and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.)
Web:
http://www.chaddonline.org/chapters/chadd796.html
Client Assistance
Program
C.A.R.E.S., Inc
4C Winter Street
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 622-7055; (800) 773-7055 (V/TTY)
Web: http://www.caresinc.com/
The
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
Disability Rights Center of Maine
Education
Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Children
Catholic Charities Maine
1066 Kenduskeag Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-2855
Email: jsmall@ccmaine.org
Fagan
Center for Communication
Dr. Elizabeth Fagan
985 Forest Ave
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-2351; (207) 797-8738; (207) 797-8650 (fax0
Email: lrfagan@earthlink.net
Web: http://www.fagancenter.com
Speech-Language Pathology services and family services for children,
adolescents and adults with communication disorder.
Susan
Fitzgerald Grant Consultancy
72 Houghton Street
Auburn, ME 04210
(207) 615-8302; (207) 344-3095; (207) 344-3095 (fax)
Email: snsgrants@gwi.net
I have worked with children and adults having disabilities for
2o+ years. I have advanced degrees as well as hands on experience.
G.E.A.R.
(Gaining Empowerment Allows Results) Parent Network
Carol Tiernan, Director
c/o Crisis and Counseling Centers
32 Winthrop St
Augusta, ME 04330-5624
(800) 264-9224; (207) 626-3448
Email: tiernan@verizon.net
Web: http://www.gearparentnetwork.com
A non-profit family organization that empowers families of children
with behavioral health needs to build on their families strengths
and to advocate for their needs.
Ingraham Volunteers
Web: http://www.ingraham.org/
Katahdin
Friends Inc. (KFI)
1024 Central St. Suite A
Millinocket, ME 04462
(207) 723-9466; (207) 723-5099 (fax)
Email: scotter@kfimaine.org
KFI is a non-profit organization that provides case management
services for children and adults with MR/Autism. Office locations
include Millinocket, Lincoln, and Bangor.
Learning
Disabilities Association of Maine
Brenda M. Bennett
PO BOX 67
97 Rocky Shore LN
Oakland, ME 04963-0067
(877) 208-4029; (207) 465-7700; (207) 465-4844 (fax)
Email: info@ldame.org
Web: http://ldame.org
Our Mission is to assist individuals with specific learning disabilities
and their families through support, education, advocacy, and collaborative
efforts within our communities.
Maine
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Maine Consumer Information and Technology
Maine
Department of Education, Office of Special Services Home Page
23 State
House Station,
Augusta, ME 04333-0023;
(207) 287-5950; (207) 287-5900
(fax); (207) 287-2550 (TTY)
Web:
http://www.state.me.us/education/specserv.htm
Maine
Fragile X Resource Group
Julie Gosselin
PO Box 180
Gray, ME 04039
(207) 657-2395; (207) 224-2035
Email: mainefragilex@yahoo.com
Provides educational and emotional support for those affected by Fragile X,
promotes public and professional awareness, and supports research toward improved
treatments and a cure for Fragile X Syndrome.
Maine
Parent Federation
Special-needs Parents Information Network
P.O. Box
2067
Augusta, ME 04338-2067
(207) 623-2144; (207) 623-2148 (fax)
Email:
parentconnect@mpf.org
Website:
www.mpf.org
Maine
Speech-Language-Hearing Association
150 Frances Street
Portland, ME
04102-2512
(207) 871-5842
Email:
thisbetterbgood@excite.com
Maine
Special Education Regulations
http://www.state.me.us/education/speced/contentrules.htm
Merrywing
Corporation
Lou McIntosh
178 H.L. Dow Highway
Eliot, ME 03903
(207) 439-0382; (207) 752-0666; (207) 439-8413 (fax)
Email: merrywing@merrywing.com
Serving Maine, NH and northern MA
Midcoast
Advocacy
Buckley J. Hugo
2 Sandy Ridge Road
Brunswick, ME 04011
(207) 504-7983
Email: Buckley.H@usa.net
Web: http://www.midcoastadvocacy.com
Providing special education advocacy services for families of
children with special needs throughout mid coast Maine.
Milestones
Family Services, LLC
Jane Landry, LSW
849 Main Street, Suite 300
Sanford,
ME 04073
(207) 490-6931; (877) 406-6282; (207) 490-4151 (fax)
Email: jane@milestonesfamilyservices.com
Individualized,
quality case management services provided to families with children birth through
twenty with special needs.(birth-5 with Developmental Delays,age 6-20 with MR,
Autism, Asperger's, PDD-NOS)
NAMI
Maine
P.O. Box 5120
Augusta, ME 04332
(207) 622-5767; (800) 464-5767
(in ME only)
Email: clcarothers@hotmail.com
Web: http://me.nami.org
National Mental
Health Association
1021 Prince Street
Alexandria, VA 22314-2971
(703) 684-7722; (800) 969-6642
New England ADA Technical
Assistance Center
Northeast
Life Care Planning
Barbara Bate
325 South Rd
Holden, ME 04429
(207) 843-5729; (877) 843-5729; (866) 878-9147 (fax)
Email: bbate@nlcp.net
Medical Case Management, Life Care Plans, Medicare Set-Aside allocations,
and Medical Cost Projections. Certifications: Nurse Life Care
Planning, Medicare Set-Aside consulting, Case Management, and
Legal Nurse Consulting.
Office of
State Coordinator of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities
Workforce Education
Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6730; (207) 287-5854
Richard L. O'Meara,
Esq.
Murray, Plumb & Murray
75 Pearl Street
P.O. Box 9785
Portland, ME 04104-5085
(207) 773-5651 voice, (207) 773-8023 fax
Email:
romeara@mpmlaw.com
Serving ME and
NH
Parent
Teacher Association (PTA)
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
16 Winthrop Street
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 621-2782
Email: me_office@pta.org
Parent Training
and Information Center (PTI)
Maine Parent Federation
P.O. Box 2067
Augusta, ME 04338-2067
(207) 623-2144; (800) 870-7746 (in ME)
Email:
parentconnect@mpf.org
Web: http://www.mpf.org/
Pine Tree
Society
149 Front Street
Bath, ME 04530
(207) 443-3341
Email:
info@pinetreesociety.org
Email:
erinrice@pinetreesociety.org
Web: http://www.pinetreesociety.org/
Offering a full
range of comprehensive, professional services designed to help Maine people with
disabilities lead fuller, richer lives. Pine Tree Society: Discovering abilities
together.
Robert M. Powers, P.C.
Attorney at Law
Physical Address: Blue Wave Professional Center
5 Nason Court, Ste. # 5
Kennebunk, ME 04043
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 672
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
(207) 985-2008; (207) 985-2257 (fax)
Email: rmplaw@roadrunner.com
Former special education administrator advocating with and representing parents during due process actions. Formulates estate plans, guardianship matters and special needs trusts. Guardian ad litem.
Programs
for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Governor Baxter
School for the Deaf
Mackworth Island
Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 781-3165
Programs
for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Part C and Section 619
Coordinator
Child Developrnent Services
State House, Station #146
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-3272
Web:
http://www.state.me.us/education/homepage.htm
Programs
for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Children with Special Health
Needs Program
Department of Human Services
151 Capitol Street
11
State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011
(207) 287-5139, ext. 5350
Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth
through 2
Child Development Services
State House, Station 146
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 624-6660
Web: www.state.me.us/education
The
Progress Center, Inc.
Laurie Phillips
35 Cottage Street
Norway, ME 04268
(207) 743-8049; (207) 739-2349 (fax)
Email: lphillip@megalink.net
Web: http://www.progresscentermaine.org
Children's Case Management for coordination of services, resource
assistance, referrals, advocacy and support. We serve children
with mental retardation/autism/mental health issues.
Protection and
Advocacy Agency
Disability Rights Center of Maine
P.O. Box 2007
Augusta, ME 04338-2007
(207) 626-2774 (V/TTY); (800) 452-1948 (V/TTY in ME)
Email: advocate@drc.org
Regional
ADA Technical Assistance Agency
New England ADA Technical Assistance
Center
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 695-0085 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
Email:
adaptive@adaptenv.org
Web: http://www.adaptenv.org/
Southern Maine
Down Syndrome Family Network
Missy Burke
P.O.Box 705
Windham,
ME 04062
(866) 571-2223 (phone/fax)
Web: www.downsyndromemaine.org
Our mission is to promote awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome
in our communities, and to provide education and support member families.
Southern Maine
Parent Awareness
886 Maine Street Suite 303
Sanford ME 04072
(207)
324-2337; (800) 564-9696 (in the state of Maine only); (207) 324-5621 (fax)
Email: support@somepa.org
Web: www.somepa.org
State Agency for
the Visually Impaired
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
(207) 624-5959
State Department
of Education: Special Education
Department of Education
Office
of Special Services
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6650; (207) 624-6800 (TTY)
Email: DStockford@doe.k12.ed.us
Web: www.state.me.us/education/speced/specserv.htm
State Developmental
Disabilities Planning Council
Maine Developmental Disabilities Council
139 State House Station
Room 313, Building 205, Togus Center
Augusta,
ME 04333
(207) 287-4213; (800) 244-3990 (in ME only)
Web: http://www.maineddc.org/
State
Developmental Disabilities Planning Council
ME Developmental Disabilities
Council
139 State House Station, Nash Building, Station
Capitol and Sewall
Streets
Augusta, ME 04333-0139
(207) 287-4213; (207) 287-8001 (fax); (800)
244-3990 (in Me only)
State
Education Agency Rural Representative
Office of Special Services
Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6650; (207) 624-6800 (TTY)
Web:
www.state.me.us/education/speced/specserv.htm
State
Mediation System
Office of Special Services, Due Process
23 State
House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6650
Web:
www.state.me.us/education/specserv.htm
State
Mental Health Agency
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation
and Substance Abuse Services
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-4223; (207) 287-2000 (TTY)
Web: www.state.me.us/dmhmrsa
State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth
Services for Children with Special Needs
Department of Mental Health,
Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse Services
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-4251
Web: www.state.me.us/dmhmrsa
State Mental Retardation Program
Mental Retardation
Services
Department of Mental Health, Mental Retardation and Substance Abuse
Services
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-4242;
(207) 287-2000 (TTY)
Web: www.state.me.us/dmhmrsa
State Vocational
Rehabilitation Agency
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Department
of Labor
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
(207) 624-5954;
(207) 624-5300
Web: www.state.me.us/rehab/
Technology-Related
Assistance
Maine Consumer Information and Technology Training Exchange
Maine CITE Coordinating Center
University of Maine System, University College
46 University Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 621-3195 (V); (207) 621-3482
(TTY)
Email: KPowers@maine.edu
Web: http://www.mainecite.org/
University Centers
for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Center for Community Inclusion,
UAP
University of Maine
5717 Corbett Hall, Room 114
Orono, ME 04469-5717
(207) 581-1084; (207) 581-3328 (TTY)
Email: lu.zeph@umit.maine.edu
Web: http://www.umaine.edu/cci/
United Cerebral
Palsy of Northeastern Maine
700 Mt. Hope Avenue, Suite 320
Bangor,
ME 04401
(207) 941-2885; (207) 941-2952 (V/TTY)
Email: ucp2@midmaine.com
Web: http://www.ucpofmaine.org/
VSA Arts of Maine
P.O. Box 4002
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 761-3861 (V/TTY)
Email:
me@vsarts.org
Washington
County Children's Program
Lee
McBride, Executive Director
P.O. Box 311
Machias, ME 04654
(207) 255-3426;
(800) 545-0873; (207) 255-3426 (fax)
Email: dhelder@wccp.net
or wccp@wccp.net
Web: http://www.wccp.net
Developmental Therapy ages 0-5; Case Management 0-21; Dental Program in schools;
Grow With Us and Outreach services; training and support.