Each state sets eligibility ages for services to children and youth with disabilities. For current information concerning this state, please contact the office listed under Department of Education: Special Education.

State Department of Education: Special Education 
David Noble Stockford, Director
Department of Education
Office of Special Services
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6650; (207) 624-6800 (TTY) 
E-mail: david.stockford@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/speced/specserv.htm

State Coordinator for NCLB (No Child Left Behind)
Jacqueline Soychak, Federal Program Services Team Leader and Policy Director
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6734
E-mail: jacqueline.soychak@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/nclb/

Programs for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2 
Contact Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 Through 5, below.

Programs for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Laurie Bertulli, Part C and Section 619 Coordinator 
Child Development Services 
146 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333 
(207) 624-6660; (800) 355-8611
E-mail: lauri.bertulli@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/

State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
Jill C. Duson, Executive Director 
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Labor 
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150 
(207) 624-5954
E-mail: jill.c.duson@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/rehab/

Coordinator for Transition Services 
Pam Rosen, CP Coordinator 
Office of Special Services 
Maine Department of Education 
23 State House Station 
Augusta, ME 04333 
(207) 624-6648
E-mail: pam.rosen@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/speced/specserv.htm

Office of State Coordinator of Career and Technical Education for Students with Disabilities
Buzz Gamble, Consultant
Career and Technical Education Team
Department of Education
23 State House Station 
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6747
E-mail: buzz.gamble@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/

State Mental Health Agency
John R. Nicholas, Commissioner
Department of Health and Human Services
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333 
(207) 287-2736
E-mail: jack.r.nicholas@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/dhs

State Mental Health Representative for Children and Youth 
Joan Smyrski, Acting Director
Children's & Youth Services
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333 
(207) 287-4251
E-mail: joan.smyrski@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/bds

State Mental Retardation Program
Jane Gallivan, Program Manager
Mental Retardation Services
Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services
40 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333 
(207) 287-4242; (207) 287-2000 (TTY) 
E-mail: jane.gallivan@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/bds

State Developmental Disabilities Council
Rebecca Weinstein, Executive Director
Maine Developmental Disabilities Council 
139 State House Station
225 Western Avenue
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 287-4213; (800) 244-3990 (in ME only) 
E-mail: info@maineddc.org
Web: www.maineddc.org

Protection and Advocacy Agency
Kimberly A. Moody, Executive Director
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)
E-mail: advocate@drcme.org
Web: www.drcme.org

Client Assistance Program 
Stephen Beam, Program Director
C.A.R.E.S., Inc
47 Water Street, Suite 104
Hallowell, ME 04347
(207) 622-7055; (800) 773-7055 (V/TTY)
E-mail: capsite@aol.com 
Web: www.caresinc.org

Programs for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Toni G. Wall, Director 
Children with Special Health Needs Program 
Department of Health and Human Services 
Key Bank Plaza, 7th Floor
11 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0011 
(207) 287-5139, ext. 5350; (800) 698-3624 
(207) 287-8015 (TTY)
E-mail: toni.g.wall@maine.gov

State CHIP Program
(health care for low-income uninsured children)
MaineCare 
442 Civic Center Drive
Augusta, ME 04333
(207) 624-7539; (800) 321-5557 (option 1)
Web: www.maine.gov/dhs/bfi/cubcare/CubCare.htm

State Education Agency Rural Representative 
David Noble Stockford, Director 
Office of Special Services 
Department of Education 
23 State House Station 
Augusta, ME 04333-0023 
(207) 624-6650; (207) 624-6800 (TTY) 
E-mail: david.stockford@maine.gov
Web: www.state.me.us/education/speced/specserv.htm

Programs for Children and Youth who are Blind or Visually Impaired or Deaf-Blind
Paul Cote, Program Manager
Division for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Bureau of Rehabilitation Services
150 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0150
(207) 624-5959
E-mail: paul.e.cote@state.me.us
Web: www.maine.gov/rehab/

Jean Small, Program Director
Education Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Children
Catholic Charities Maine
1066 Kenduskeag Avenue
Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 941-2855
Email: jsmall@ccmaine.org
Web: www.catholiccharitiesmaine.org/

Programs for Children and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Larry S. Taub, Ed.D., Superintendent
Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
Mackworth Island
Falmouth, ME 04105
(207) 781-6215 (Newborn to age 5) 
(207) 781-6244 (Grades K - 12)

Telecommunications Relay Services for Individuals who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, or with Speech Impairments
(800) 457-1220 (V)
(800) 437-1220 (TTY); 711 (TTY)
(800) 229-5746 (Speech to Speech-English)
(866) 260-9470 (Speech to Speech-Spanish)

Regional ADA & IT Technical Assistance Center
Valerie Fletcher, Executive Director
Oce Harrison, Project Director
New England ADA and Accessible IT Center
Adaptive Environments Center, Inc.
374 Congress Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02210 
(617) 695-0085 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
E-mail: adainfo@newenglandada.org
Web: www.newenglandada.org

University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities
Lucille A. Zeph, Director
Center for Community Inclusion and Disability Studies, UCEDD
University of Maine
5717 Corbett Hall
Orono, ME 04469-5717 
(207) 581-1084; (207) 581-3328 (TTY)
E-mail: lu.zeph@umit.maine.edu
Web: www.umaine.edu/cci

Technology-Related Assistance 
Libby Cohen, Executive Director
ALLTech
The Spurwink Institute
60 Pineland Drive
New Gloucester, ME 04074
(866) 688-4573
E-mail: lcohen@alltech-tsi.org
Web: www.alltech-tsi.org

Kathleen Powers, Project Director
Maine Consumer Information and Technology Training Exchange (Maine CITE)
Maine CITE Coordinating Center
University of Maine System, University College
46 University Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 621-3195 (V); (207) 621-3482 (TTY)
E-mail: kpowers@maine.edu
Web: www.mainecite.org

State Mediation System
Pauline Lamontagne, Coordinator
Office of Special Services, Due Process
23 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0023
(207) 624-6650
E-mail: pauline.lamontagne@maine.gov
Web: www.maine.gov/education/speced/specserv.htm

Special Format Library
Melora Ranney Norman, Librarian 
Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped 
Maine State Library 
64 State House Station 
Augusta, ME 04333-0064 
(207) 287-5650; (800) 762-7106 
E-mail: melora.norman@maine.gov 
Web: www.maine.gov/msl/outreach

Disability-Specific Organizations

Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:

Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 150
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
Web: www.chadd.org

Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA) 
P.O. Box 543
Pottstown, PA 19464
(484) 945-2101
Web: www.add.org

Autism
Autism Society of Maine
72B Maine Street
Winthrop, ME 04364
(207) 626-2708; (800) 273-5200 (in ME)
E-mail: info@asmonline.org
Web: www.asmonline.org

Blind/Visual Impairments
Regina Genwright, Director of Information Center
American Foundation for the Blind
11 Penn Plaza, Suite 300
New York, NY 10001
(212) 502-7600; (212) 502-7662 (TTY)
E-mail: afbinfo@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org

Brain Injury
Leslie Duval, Director of Operations
Brain Injury Association of Maine
325 Main Street
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 861-9900; (800) 275-1233 (in ME)
E-mail: biaofme@prexar.com
Web: www.biame.org

Cerebral Palsy
Bobbie Yeager, Executive Director 
United Cerebral Palsy of Northeastern Maine 
700 Mt. Hope Avenue, Suite 320
Bangor, ME 04401 
(207) 941-2885; (207) 941-2952 (V/TTY)
E-mail: office@ucpofmaine.org
Web: www.ucpa.org

Deafness/Hard of Hearing
Maine Center on Deafness, MCD
68 Bishop Street, Suite 3
Portland, ME 04103
(207) 797-7656 (V/TTY); (800) 639-3884 (V/TTY)
Web: www.mainecenterondeafness.org/index.htm

Learning Disabilities
Brenda Bennett, Executive Director
Learning Disabilities Association of Maine
P.O. Box 67
Oakland, ME 04963
(207) 465-7700
E-mail: bbennett@ldame.org
Web: www.ldame.org

Mike Angwin and Caryl Patten, Co-Presidents
New Hampshire Branch of the International Dyslexia Association
(also serving Vermont and Maine)
P.O. Box 3724
Concord, NH 03302
(603) 229-7355
E-mail: referralsMaine@nhida.org
Web: www.nhida.org

Mental Health
Carol Carothers, Executive Director
NAMI Maine 
P.O. Box 5120
Augusta, ME 04332
(207) 622-5767; (800) 464-5767 (in ME only)
E-mail: clcarothers@gwi.net
Web: http://me.nami.org

Speech and Hearing
Michael Towey, President
Maine Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Waldo County General Hospital
118 Northport Avenue, Box 287
Belfast, ME 04915
(207) 338-9349
E-mail: speech@wcgh.org
Web: www.mslha.org/

Spina Bifida
Wendy Bondeson, Director
Spina Bifida Association of Maine
P. O. Box 11166
Portland, ME 04104
(207) 675-3589

Organizations Especially for Parents and Caregivers

Parent Training and Information Center (PTI) 
Janice LaChance, Director 
Maine Parent Federation
P.O. Box 2067 
Augusta, ME 04338-2067
(207) 623-2144; (800) 870-7746 (in ME)
E-mail: parentconnect@mpf.org
Web: www.mpf.org
Web: www.linkmaine.org

Community Parent Resource Center
Kimberley L. Megrath, Director
Southern Maine Parent Awareness
886 Main Street, Suite 303
Sanford, ME 04073
(207) 324-2337; (800) 564-9696 (in ME)
E-mail: support@somepa.org
Web: www.somepa.org

Parent-To-Parent 
Contact Parent Training and Information Center, listed above.

Parent Teacher Association (PTA) 
Jeffrey M. Pierce, President
Maine PTA
28 Webb Road
Windham, ME 04062
(207) 892-5700
E-mail: mainepta@aol.com

Other Parent Organization
Pam Marshall, Manager
Mainely Parents
188 State Street, Suite 400
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 842-2984; (800) 249-5506
E-mail: amandal@day-one.org
Web: www.mainelyparents.org

Other Disability Organizations
Anne Marsh, Executive Director
Erin Rice, Marketing and Communications Director
Pine Tree Society, serving people with disabilities since 1936
149 Front Street
Bath, ME 04530 
(207) 443-3341 (V/TTY)
E-mail: info@pinetreesociety.org
Web: www.pinetreesociety.org

David Webster, Executive Director
VSA Arts of Maine
P.O. Box 4002
Portland, ME 04101
(207) 761-3861 (V/TTY)
E-mail: me@vsarts.org
Web: www.vsartsmaine.org

Independent Living 

To find out the contact information for the Statewide 
Independent Living Council (SILC) in your state, contact:
Independent Living Research Utilization Project
The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
2323 South Sheppard, Suite 1000
Houston, TX 77019
(713) 520-0232 (V); (713) 520-5136 (TTY)
E-mail: ilru@ilru.org
Web: www.ilru.org

To find out the contact information for centers for 
independent living (CILs) in your state, contact:
National Council on Independent Living
1916 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 209
Arlington, VA 22201
(703) 525-3406; (703) 525-4153 (TTY)
E-mail: ncil@ncil.org
Web: www.ncil.org