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Down East Educational Partnership
DEEP is a regional collaborative designed to assist school systems in Hancock County in attaining common goals by sharing resources to enhance educational endeavors for students, staff and administrators.
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Lindamood Bell Certified Trainers
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Informational Panel
Educators such as superintendents, principals, guidance counselors, and teachers. Parents of elementary, middle and high school students. Students - recent graduates and current students.
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Wendy Allen
Wendy Allen is the CISE (Center for Inquiry on Secondary Education) Program Consultant for the Maine Department of Education.
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Dolores Appl
Dolores Appl is a faculty member in the departments of early childhood and early childhood special education at the University of Maine at Farmington.
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Anita Archer
Anita Archer, Ph.D., is the recipient of eight Outstanding Educator awards. She has taught elementary and middle school students and has been a faculty member at San Diego State University, the University of Washington, and the University of Oregon. Currently, she serves as an educational consultant to school districts on effective instruction, classroom management, language arts instruction, and study skills instruction. She is a nationally known presenter and has authored numerous curriculum materials, chapters, books, and training materials. Among her works are the acclaimed REWARDS reading program and the Tough Kid Video Series.
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Thomas Armstrong
Thomas Armstrong is the author of eleven books including Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom, In Their Own Way, Awakening Your Child’s Natural Genius, The Myth of the A.D.D. Child, ADD/ADHD Alternatives in the Classroom, and Awakening Genius in the Classroom. He has appeared on several national and international television and radio programs, including “The Today Show,” “CBS This Morning,” “CNN,” the “BBC” and “The Voice of America.” Articles featuring his work have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Investor’s Business Daily, Good Housekeeping, and hundreds of other newspapers and magazines around the country.
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Mary Banfield
Mary has taught in public schools for seventeen years. She currently teaches at Deer Isle/Stonington High School where she has been instrumental in developing and implementing a School-to-Work Program for regular and special education students.
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Jane Bell
Jane Bell serves as an Autism Information Specialist throughout New England and is the mother of a young man with autism. She lives on a ninth generation farm and returned to the University of Maine Machias in 1990 to complete her BS degree. She and her son have presented many workshops to increase the understanding of autism, employment and farming with autism.
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Lisa Bernier
Lisa teaches in a multiage classroom (grades 5 & 6) at Dr. Levesque School. She also taught for ten years at the 6th grade level.
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Therese Bernier Burns
Therese Bernier Burns consults state wide in a number of areas including positive behavioral support, differentiated instruction, and developing personalized school improvement plans. Her professional background includes 25 years of meeting the needs of all learners in the regular classroom. She is currently the President of the Maine Federation of CEC and the Assistant Director of the Maine Support Network.
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Cynthia Bernstein
Cynthia is the ACAT (Augmentative Communication Assistive Technology) director at the Pine Tree Society in Bath.
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Denise Bishop
Denise Bishop's education includes a M.A. from Boston College in counseling psychology, a M.S. from the University of Southern Maine in school psychology and a Ph.D. (in progress) from the University of South Florida in school psychology. She has been employed in school settings for 10 years as a school psychologist and organizational consultant, and most recently as an assistant director of student services. Denise enjoys conducting training workshops for public schools in the areas of social and problem solving skill development, aggression management and a systemic approach to dealing with bullies and harassment.
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Michelle Boos Stone
Michelle Boos-Stone is a corporate graphic recorder and founder/principal of Gecko Graphics. Graphic recording is the unique process of transforming ideas and concepts into a powerful, highly visual, graphic format of pictures, images, words and key icons. Michelle captures the “flow” of learning sessions in real time (as a presenter or
speaker is talking) in bold, colorful images to help stimulate visual learners to better follow and understand processes and to clearly see interrelationships, while synthesizing thoughts and information.
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Michelle Boos-Stone
Michelle M. Boos-Stone is a corporate Mindscape artist specializing in corporate Mindscaping. Mindscaping is the unique process of transforming ideas and concepts into a powerful, highly visual graphic format of pictures, images, words and key icons....
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Elaine Boulier
Elaine is a literacy specialist at Fort Street Elementary School in Mars Hill. She has been teaching in SAD 42 for eighteen years and is currently working with students in grades one through seven. Elaine is also a certified Reading Recovery teacher. She has a master's degree in literacy from the University of Maine at Orono.
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Candice Bray
Candice Bray is a learning disabilities consultant throughout the State of Maine. In addition, she teaches for the University of Maine system, presents a range of workshops and provides diagnostic evaluations.
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Susan Browne
Susan Brown graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with an elementary education degree. She is certified in elementary education and special education. Susan has taught 7th and 8th grade English in the regular classroom. For the past six years she has been teaching at Hall-Dale Middle School as a special education teacher. Sue has been trained in the Language!, Wilson Reading and S.P.I.R.E. programs and in phonemic awareness and phonological processing.
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Deb Burwell
Deb Burwell is a facilitator with educational groups, non-profits and small businesses throughout the state. She works with groups on communication, conflict, building and sustaining collaborations, project development and strategic planning. Deb has gained her experience in teaching tolerance through the running of listening forums for people of different cultures and perspectives as well as leading women’s leadership process groups.
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Joan Cameron
Joan Cameron is a staff member of the Maine Transition Network/Committee on Transition. She is the transition coordinator for the Penquis region and has a B.A. in social work.
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Carol Carriuolo
Carol Carriuolo has lived and worked in Maine for close to thirty years. She has a deep commitment to assisting groups in realizing their dreams. As an educator she has served as a director and founder of a day care center, as a public school principal, a private school administrator, a teacher, a trainer, and a facilitator. Currently she is a consultant to non-profit groups, small start-up projects, and schools requesting assistance with strategic planning, board development, leadership support, susceptibility, and aligning with their vision.
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David Celiberti
David Celiberti is currently the director of training and research at Eden II Programs in New York City. Eden II Programs provides life-span services to persons with autism. Dr. Celiberti has taught courses related to applied behavioral analysis, supervised doctoral students in the provision of behavior intervention, and conducted applied research. He has authored several articles in professional journals and presents frequently at national and international conferences on a wide range of topics including understanding, assessing and treating challenging behaviors, behavior analytic teaching, supporting students with autism, staff development, parent training and sibling intervention.
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Carolyn Chapman
Carolyn Chapman continues her life's goal as an international educational consultant, author and teacher. She supports educators in their process of change for today's students. She has taught in kindergarten to college classrooms. Her interactive, hands-on professional development opportunities focus on challenging the mind to ensure success for learners of all ages. All students DO learn. Take control of that learning by putting excitement and quality in effective learning! Carolyn walks her walk and talks her talk to make a difference in the journey of learning in today's classrooms.
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Pamela Chernesky
Pamela was the fine arts coordinator at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf for 11 years where she taught in the Parent Infant Program, preschool and K-12 programs. While at GBSD she received the National Milken Educator Award. She then taught American Sign Language, theatre and art for 7 years at Bonny Eagle High School. Pam is certified in deaf education, theatre and art and currently resides in Houlton. She enjoys working with learners of all ages and abilities at schools, workshops and professional conferences.
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Sheila Clark-Edmands
Sheila is the author of Sounds Sensible and S.P.I.R.E. She is a National Educational Teacher consultant on reading and language arts.
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Elizabeth Collins
Elizabeth Collins has been a parent training and information specialist since joining Maine Parent Federation in February, 2006. She has four children, one of whom is a 15-year-old son who has Down Syndrome. She provides information to families, providers and educators of children, ages birth to adulthood, through a variety of workshops.
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Jim Creed
James M. Creed, M.Ed, LD Specialist and Trainer for the WJ-III has taught regular education classes, run special education programs at the high school and middle school levels, and coordinated group assessment activities for a city school district. He has also taught courses in educational assessment at the graduate level, helping students to develop knowledge of theories of cognitive processing from both historical and contemporary perspectives. First and foremost he is a practitioner, conducting educational assessments for public and private school systems. In the effort to provide total quality assessment throughout the process, he strives to discover and use the best tools available.
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Diane Curtis
Diane Curtis has worked at Manchester Elementary School for twelve years. She currently teaches 4th grade and has experience in the resource room.
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Anne Davies
Anne Davies has been an educator for twenty-five years in a variety of roles including classroom teacher, school district coordinator, department of education curriculum planner, school administrator, university instructor and, more recently, an international consultant and author.
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Bill Davis
Bill Davis is a professor of education and the director of the Institute for the Study of Students at Risk, College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine. He is the author or coauthor of 24 books and monographs, and more than 70 articles, within the fields of education and mental health. He also has presented more than 100 papers at national and international conferences and has delivered several keynote addresses.
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Julie Davis
Julie Davis has been a professional educator for 18 years. She earned her master’s in education from Southeastern Nova University. She has been on the Network’s design team for fifteen years.
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Stan Davis
Stan Davis has worked as a child therapist, family therapist, and guidance counselor for 30 years. Stan has served as a consultant and presenter on bullying prevention for the last 5 years. He was a trainer for the national BULLYING Project, and was the subject of an article entitled “Teaching Kids to Care” for the Family Therapy Networker.
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Deb Dimmick
Deb is a senior assistive technology specialist at ALLTech.
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Brian Doore
Brian is a research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies.
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Pat Doyle
Pat Doyle teaches English and social studies at Oak Hill High School. Patti leads participants in exploring the team teaching process.
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Peter Duffy
Peter Duffy has been teaching at Maranacook Community School for nine years as well as having taught in New York City and New Jersey. He has performed as a writer, musician and actor. Most recently “Nothing Again”, an interactive musical Peter wrote and composed, was performed for five days off-Broadway this past May. Peter is also the artistic director of ArtWorks, an arts organization dedicated to working with schools, teachers, business people, individuals in correctional facilities, youth at-risk and recent immigrant populations.
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Cynthia Dyer-Hutchison
Cynthia is the parent of three adult children, one of whom has developmental disabilities. Cynthia has worked in early intervention for ten years.
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Valerie Emerson
Valerie Emerson has taught at Manchester Elementary School for nine years and currently teaches 4th grade. She has taught nursery school as well as grades 1-5, remedial reading at the high school level, and in a composite classroom for children with severe disabilities.
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Judy Enright
Judy Enright is a Maine native, educated K-12 in Greenville. She received her B.A., M.Ed., and C.A.S. from the University of Maine. She has worked in Maine schools as a regular and special education teacher and a special education and middle school administrator. Since 1991 she has worked as an independent educational consultant. The last five years she has worked nationally for the Middle School Partnership.
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Mark Fairman
Mark Fairman is a staff member at the Maine Transition Network/Committee on Transition. Mark’s areas of expertise include state and federal legislation impacting transition, and utilizing evaluation data for continuous improvement of transition practices.
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Karen Fessenden
Karen Fessenden was a special educator for ten years in M.S.A.D 11 in Gardiner. In 1990-1991, she was awarded Maine Special Education Teacher of the Year. She was a special education administrator from 1992-1997. She served as a distinguished educator for the Maine Department of Education special services from 1997-1999. She is currently teaching part time and providing staff development and consultation to school districts.
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Jim Fitzpatrick
Jim Fitzpatrick brings over twenty years experience to his in-service programs. He draws on his role as teacher, assistant principal and superintendent to illustrate how schools can improve school behavior.
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Pam Flood
Pamela Flood is a bright and articulate educator and a compassionate leader who returned to Maine from Florida this year to join our team. Her background is in educational leadership and policy, and community inclusion. She has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership and we are happy to have her on board as our Assistant Director for Leadership and Systems Change.
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Cynthia Hillman Forbush
Cynthia is the mathematics program director for grades K-8 at the Houlton office of the Maine Math and Science Alliance.
chillman@mmsa.org
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Louis Gervais
Louis is a Portland-based dancer, choreographer and teacher. He has brought creative dance experiences to students in K-12 classrooms throughout Maine.
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Ray Glass
Ray Glass is chair of the department of special education at the University of Maine at Farmington where he teaches courses on classroom and behavioral management. Ray is a frequent presenter throughout Maine on positive discipline and developing school based behavioral support teams. He also works as a behavioral consultant in several school districts in Maine.
Susan Hodgkins has been a professional educator for 22 years and has spent six as special services director. She earned her master’s in education from the University of Maine and is currently working on her doctorate through California Coast University.
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David Greenberg
David Greenberg is known for his dynamic and expressive presentations, “refreshingly fun in tone, yet practical in content.” The Monday presentation will help teachers through the use of numerous, unique, and compelling writing lessons that can be implemented immediately in content classes.
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Mary Carol Griffin
Mary Carol Griffin, Bereavement Services
Coordinator, Hospice of Hancock County
Pat Manning, Clinical Educator, Oncology,
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Claire Hall
Claire is an ADHD coach and a social worker with 13 years experience with children and families. She has great credibility as the mother of a daughter with ADHD and dyslexia.
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Lilly Hanlon
Lilly works at the Windham Real School.
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Maureen Higgins, LCSW
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Nancy Hubbard
Nancy is a speech pathologist from West Rockport, Maine.
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Nancy Ibarguen
Nancy Ibarguen is the coordinator of the division of certification at the Maine Department of Education.
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Nancy Intrieri
Nancy has a master's degree in psychology from Lesley University and is committed to helping individuals on the autism spectrum reach their full potential.
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Jill Irving
Jill is an artist, teacher and learning facilitator with VSA arts of Maine, located in Portland.
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Thomas Johnson
Thomas Johnson is a Harvard, UC Berkeley & Duke trained psychologist with interests and subspecialities in health psychology, family psychology, school psychology and addictionology. He serves as the contributing editor for alternative perspectives in psychology for the NASP Communique. The recent focus of his practice in Auburn and his writing has been on trying to understand some of the relationships between nutrition, health, learning and stress management.
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Randy Judkins
Randy Judkins is a unique motivational speaker, facilitator and performer. He offers original, interactive presentations on humor in our lives, change, stress, self concept, and teamwork for numerous professional groups. Randy has presented in over 20 U.S. states, Canada, and Europe.
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Spencer Kagan
Dr. Spencer Kagan is the author of Cooperative Learning and numerous books, book chapters, and scientific journal articles on cooperative learning. A former Professor of Psychology and Education, University of California, Dr. Kagan is internationally acclaimed as a researcher and presenter. He developed the structural approach to cooperative learning and many cooperative learning structures, such as Pairs Check, Numbered Heads Together, and Three-Step Interview.
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Christopher Kaufman
Christopher Kaufman, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist, certified School Psychological Service Provider, and Lead Psychologist for the Portland Public Schools. He also provides trainings and consultations for school districts, colleges/universities, and public service agencies throughout northern New England via his private practice, Kaufman Psychological Services. He has practiced for 19 years as both a school and child psychologist across a range of educational and clinical settings. An entertaining and engaging speaker, Dr. Kaufman has long specialized in the evaluation and treatment of learning disabilities, ADHD (and related executive functioning struggles), pediatric anxiety disorders, and pervasive developmental disorders (i.e., Asperger Syndrome).
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Martha Kendrick
Martie is a research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disabilities Studies. She has worked extensively with schools and child care programs around positive supports.
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Corda Kinzie
Corda Kinzie is an educational consultant to teams, teachers, schools, school committees, districts and businesses. Facilitating the change process with care, thought, and purpose is her mission. She is a seminar/workshop leader who uses a balance of "hands-on/heads-on" experience and theory. Corda’s areas of expertise include multiple intelligences theory, brain-based education, inclusion, the change process, strategies for teaching all students, social skills, team development, parent/professional relationships, Maine’s Learning Results, and cooperative learning.
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Gayla LaBreck
Gayla LaBreck, M.Ed., is a K-12 Literacy Specialist, Educational Consultant (G & P Enterprises, Inc.) and a professor at Thomas College teaching in the Master’s of Science in Education Program. She works with public school systems throughout the State of Maine offering professional development for teachers in best practices in literacy instruction. She presents at conferences, provides workshops during the school year and summer months and she is willing to model successful strategies in the classroom working with students.
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Kate Laidman
Kate is a research associate at the University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion and Disabilities Studies. She provides technical assistance and training for early care and education providers.
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Donna Lee
Donna Lee is a retired special education teacher who now consults in schools from Fort Kent to York.
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Charles Lincoln
Charles has served as an AARBEC Regional Mentor for two years and has facilitated numerous mentor training workshops. He has been in public education for over thirty years and is currently an English teacher at Winthrop High School.
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Jerry Lynch
Jerry Lynch has been an educational practitioner for over thirty years. During that time he has been a teacher of math and social studies, a coach, a substance abuse counselor, an assistant principal, a principal, an adjunct professor and consultant to the Maine Commissioner of Education.
Currently Jerry is the president of Educational Design and Development, Inc.
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Sharyn Mann
Sharon is a speech pathologist for Griffiths Associates in Augusta, Maine. She has taught college classes for Kennebec Valley Community College to rave reviews.
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Kathryn Markovchick
Kathryn Markovchick is an educational consultant to teams, teachers, schools, school committees, districts and businesses. Facilitating the change process with care, thought and purpose is her mission. She is a seminar/workshop leader who uses a balance of “hands-on/heads-on” experience and theory. Kathryn has facilitated active learning communities locally, nationally, and globally.
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Fred Martel
Fred has been a teacher in alternative science since 2000. He loves physical science and has been a whitewater guide since 1990.
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Peter Martin
Peter Martin has had 28 years of testing experience in educational and clinical settings. He specializes in comprehensive psychological, behavior, cognitive and educational assessments and is a senior associate faculty member of the Antioch New England Graduate School.
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Vaughn Martin
Vaughn Martin is a fourth grade science teacher at Easton Elementary School. Vaughn has been teaching fourth grade for eighteen years. He has a BS in Education from the University of Southern Maine and has been awarded a State Outstanding Science Teacher award and a National Milken Educator award.
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Cathy Masse
Cathy Masse has been an Educational Technician for 16 years in Maranacook Area Schools. She lives in Readfield with her husband, Dick. She has been very active in her school community through their Professional Development Committee. She has also been involved in some grant writing and works to promote access for all students, and support Ed Techs with a variety of learning opportunities.
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Leola McAtee
Leola McAtee has been involved in the education of students at the Conner Consolidated School for 18 years. She works as an Ed Tech III in Title I, and as a Reading and Writing Tech for grades K-6. In the past 10 years Leola has integrated the use of computers into her reading and writing curriculum.
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Mary McDonough
Mary McDonough, Educational Consultant and ASCD faculty member. Mary McDonough, an educational consultant who works with Marzano, and is an ASCD faculty member, has more than a decade of educational experience in inner-city and rural schools. Visiting and observing in more than a
thousand preK-12 classrooms has provided her with practical experience for translating research into
practice to improve student achievement. She has collaborated with administrators and teachers in
the areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment, professional development, and supervision. Her sense of respect, awe, humor, and efficacy, regarding the hallenges and opportunities facing educators today, is evident in her engaging presentation style.
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Tom McDowell
Tom McDowell, BS, MSEd, CAS, has worked in Special Education in Connecticut and Maine for seventeen years. He is currently a special educator at Yarmouth High School.
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Jodi McGuire
Jodi McGuire, BS, MSEd, CAS, has worked in Special Education for twenty years in New Mexico, Florida, and Maine. She is currently an instructional strategist at Yarmouth High School.
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Peggy McPhee
Dr. Peggy McPhee is a neuropsychologist, parent and consultant on Asperger Syndrome.
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Barbara Melnick
Barbara Melnick is a special education consultant and director of the Aucocisco School in South Portland. She has a bachelor’s degree in special education from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky in special education.
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Karen Merrill
Karen Merrill is an Oak Hill High School special education teacher.
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Joan Morin
Joan is a former educational technician and presently works for NEA as an advocate for educational technicians in Maine. This is the second time Joan has joined us in the Western region for a Professional Learning Opportunity. Participants from Joan’s last session asked for her to return with additional workshops.
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William O'Connell
William O’Connell was trained as a school psychologist. He has served as guidance director for New York schools and more recently as a school superintendent in Maine. He currently has a private practice limited to child and adolescent psychology, serving schools in the Aroostook county area.
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Informational Panel
Educators such as superintendents, principals and teachers. Parents of elementary, middle and secondary school students. Students including recent graduates.
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Raelene Parks
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Ann Pike
Ann Pike, M.Ed. is a consultant for the Western Maine Partnership. Ms. Pike has served as a regional director for SEED, a statewide regionalized initiative. She designs and delivers professional learning opportunities state wide that range from coaching school districts in their professional development events, to designing statewide institutes and graduate level courses. She will commit to designing and facilitating regional work and professional development.
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Gordon Porter
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Susan Potters
Susan is founding director of MAAE's "Building Community Through Arts" project, which has brought dance and theater residencies into 25 rural Maine high schools.
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JoAnne Putnam
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Paula Ray
Paula Ray has been a developmental therapist with the Washington County Children’s Program for 17 years. She has provided early intervention services to three-to-five year olds in a developmental preschool, and home-based developmental therapy to families with special needs children. For the past year she has been a case manager for children with the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders.
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Scott Richardson
Scott Richardson has been involved in the field of special education since 1978. He graduated from the University of Maine at Farmington with a degree in speech corrections and elementary education in 1978. He received his M.S. in administration from the University of Maine in 1985. He has worked nine years as a speech therapist and fourteen years as a director of special services in SAD 29 (southern Aroostook) and currently is director in SAD 70 (Houlton).
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Julie Ross
Julie Ross is a Certified Special Educator in the areas of Learning Disabilities, Behavioral Disorders, and Educable Mental Handicaps with over 20 years of teaching experience in both the public and private school sectors. As the S.P.I.R.E. Coordinator for the Extended School Year Program held each summer in the Alton Community School District in Alton, Illinois, Ms. Ross is responsible for scheduling and grouping all S.P.I.R.E. students in grades K-8 as well as training and supporting the teachers who are implementing S.P.I.R.E. throughout the program. Ms. Ross first implemented S.P.I.R.E. in her own classroom in 2003 and has been using it daily ever since. Ms. Ross has been conducting S.P.I.R.E. training throughout the country since 2006.
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Sue Rubin
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Hector Sapien
Hector Sapien is a clinical social worker (LCSW) who has provided practical learning opportunities to people of all ages in various roles and settings. He has an extensive history of cultivating and leading teams to excel under very challenging conditions.
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Mary Scamman
Mary Scamman has worked as a special education/autism consultant. She has a master’s degree in special education and is currently completing a master’s degree in school psychology at the University of Southern Maine. She also is a therapeutic foster parent and has cared for children with severe disabilities similar to autism.
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Lisa Schofield
Lisa teaches English 9-12 at Hampden Academy. She has 11 years teaching experience in public school and has taught in Kenya and Leeds, England.
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Kimberly Schroeter
Kimberly Schroeter has experience as a classroom teacher, a Title 1 Director, and mathematics and assessment specialist. She has worked for Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance and TERC as a professional developer. While working as a mathematics specialist for Measured Progress she was a test developer for the MEA and the alternate assessment. Kim currently is an Educational Specialist for Maine’s alternate assessment system.
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Terry Scott
Terry Scott is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Florida and is a partner in National Centers for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and the Study of the Implementation of K-3 Behavior Intervention Models - and is the Principal Investigator of a positive behavior support model/demonstration project for the U.S. Dept. of Education. Dr. Scott has published extensively on a variety of issues involving behavioral support systems and children with challenging behavior. In addition, he has made over 100 professional conference presentations and has conducted over 150 invited training activities in the area of positive behavior support throughout the U.S. and Canada.
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Crystal Scott
Crystal is currently a regional mentor with the Maine Department of Education.
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Stephen Shore
Diagnosed with "Atypical Development with strong autistic tendencies" Dr. Shore was viewed as "too sick" to be treated on an outpatient basis and recommended for institutionalization. Nonverbal until four, and with much help from his parents, teachers, and others, Stephen completed his doctoral dissertation at Boston University focused on matching best practice to the needs of people on the autism spectrum.
In addition to working with children and talking about life on the autism spectrum, Stephen presents and consults internationally on adult issues pertinent to education, relationships, employment, advocacy, and disclosure as discussed in his books Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Ask and Tell: Self-advocacy and Disclosure for People on the Autism Spectrum, and the newly released Understanding Autism for Dummies.
President emeritus of the Asperger’s Association of New England, Dr. Shore serves in the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, for the Board of Directors for Autism Society of America Unlocking Autism, the Autism Services Association of Massachusetts, MAAP, and the College Internship Program.
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Lisa Smead
Lisa Smead is a special education teacher at Hall-Dale High School in Farmingdale. She has a bachelor of science degree in elementary education and special education K-12 from the University of Maine at Farmington and a master’s degree in education from the University of New England. Lisa has been trained in the Language!, Wilson Reading and S.P.I.R.E. programs and in phonemic awareness and phonological processing.
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Brenda Smith Myles
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Diane Smith, Esq.
Diane Smith, Esq., is a staff attorney at the Disability Rights Center in Augusta. The Center is Maine’s Protection and Advocacy agency for people with disabilities. It is a non-profit agency, independent of state and federal government. In working with, and on behalf of, people with disabilities, they are committed to the principles that people with disabilities can make choices and that they are entitled to enjoy life’s benefits as full and equal members of Maine’s communities.
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Larry Starr
Larry Starr is a psychologist in a private practice in Camden. He is the consulting psychologist to the Thomaston school district. he specializes in children and adolescents, especially those with behavior and learning difficulties. Dr. Starr received his degree in school psychology from Rutgers University in 1975.
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Sue Stepick
Sue is a licensed instructor in the Educational Kinesiology curriculum: Brain Gym, Brain Organization Profiles, Visioncircles, and Movement Dynamics. She is currently an early childhood adjunct professor, and Head Start advisor, in New Hampshire.
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Cindy Stevens
Cindy Stevens, RN, CPON Maine Children’s Cancer Program
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Beth Stoddard
Beth Stoddard, MBA, is a licensed Brain Gym® Instructor and Educational Kinesiologist who, in addition to having a private Brain Gym® practice in Portland, travels and teaches throughout Maine. She has taught, coached, and consulted since 1960 and celebrates the many ways that Brain Gym® facilitates learning.
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Deb Thibodeau
Deb Thibodeau is currently a certified Guidance Counselor in Union 47. She works as a consultant with the Autism Society, the J. Cromwell Disabilities Center and the Muskie School. She has also worked extensively in the community setting with adults and children with various labels in Residential, Day Program, Community Support and Case Management Services.
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Carrie Thurston
Carrie Thurston is an assistant director of special services. She has three years of experience integrating Maine's Learning Results with IEPs. Her teaching experience includes teaching at the Frankfurt International School in Oberursel, Germany. Her teaching career has emphasized developing curriculum to meet students’ needs.
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Maria Timberlake
Maria Timberlake is a Research Associate with the Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, University of Maine, Orono. Her areas of specialty include inclusive education, educational reform and restructuring, students with multiple disabilities and/or complex needs, positive behavioral supports, curricular access and accommodation, alternate assessment and person-centered planning.
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Ruth Townsend
Ruth is a Learning Results facilitator in Union 93 and Union 91. She has taught in grades 6 through 12, most recently in the College of Education and Human Development, University of Maine. She is an adjunct assistant professor and is currently teaching an assessment literacy class for teachers on the Peninsula. Curriculum, instruction and assessment are her specialties. (ruth@media2.hypernet.com)
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Committee on Transition
The purpose of the Maine Transition Network is to establish and implement a statewide network or system of transition planning coordination services for youth with disabilities, ages 14-26, who are in transition from school to community.
Pam Tetley, Executive Director; PO Box 2219, Augusta, Maine 04338; 1(800)328-9549; cot@gwi.net
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Joy Vaughan
Joy Vaughan, BA, is a free-lance artist and teacher working from her studio in South Bristol, Maine. She has been teaching art for 30 years. Joy has worked in schools at the elementary and secondary level. She has worked primarily with adults since 1987, concentrating on helping to inspire them to believe in their creativity, vision and imagination as valuable assets to their personal and professional lives.
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Kimberly Robinson Washburn
Kimberly is a Professor and Co-coordinator of the Special Education Master's Program at the University of Southern Maine. Her teaching/research interests are in the areas of positive behavioral supports and effective teaching strategies.
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Ira Weissman
Ira has been working with, and learning from, people with disabilities for over 30 years. He currently directs the Life Skills program at Hampden Academy.
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Jody Wood
Jody Wood, MSEd., is a 30-plus year veteran English/Language Arts teacher and department chair for the Cohasset (Massachusetts) Middle School. She has taught all levels of readers in grades 6-9.
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Susan Yentes
Susan Yentes is a certified Brain Gym instructor under the Educational Kinesiology Foundation in California. She works with individuals and groups of all ages on issues ranging from academics to phobias, allergies, self-esteem, relationships and more. She teaches an introductory Brain Gym course for the adult education program in Camden and the full course in Belfast and surrounding areas. She has been involved in alternative education and therapy for the last eighteen years. She has been a therapeutic foster parent and has volunteered in both public and private schools. She lives in Belfast with her two teenagers and is enjoying her private practice.
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