The Child Development Services (CDS) system is an Intermediate Educational Unit that provides both Early Intervention (birth – two years) and Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE for ages three – five years) under the supervision of the Maine Department of Education. The CDS system ensures the provisions of Special Education Rules – Federal and State Regulations statewide through a contractual or grant relationship between the Department of Education and each regional site.
To contact your CDS office:
Cumberland County
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/
cds/sites/cumb.html
York County
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/
cds/sites/york.html
Androscoggin County
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/
cds/sites/andro.html
Search – Brunswick
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced
/cds/sites/search.html
Opportunities – Oxford County
http://www.maine.gov/education/speced/
cds/sites/opp.html
Maine Department of Education
http://www.maine.gov/education/index.shtml
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
http://www.asha.org/
American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
http://www.audiology.org
Stuttering Foundation of America (SFA)
http://www.stutteringhelp.org/
Better Hearing Institute (BHI)
http://www.betterhearing.org/
United Way of Greater Portland
http://www.unitedwaygp.org