1. CAC Meeting Update on Projects and Initiatives November 4, 2011

2. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies New Projects and Initiatives Ensuring Higher Education Opportunity for All – Replication Grant. Sub-contract with Temple University. The Center’s replication efforts will include curriculum transformation in the humanities or social sciences; faculty capacity- building in principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL); and instruction or co-instruction by instructors with a disability using the transformed curriculum in at least three humanities or social science classes.

3. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies New Projects and Initiatives (2) Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities (LEND). Partnership with UNH/Dartmouth Medical School to expand trainee opportunities in NH and Maine. Five- year grant funded by U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, HRSA, Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCH).

4. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies New Projects and Initiatives (3) Sustainable Implementation of Family- Centered Transition Planning for Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Collaboration with UNH-Institute on Disability. Three-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR).

5. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies Continuing Projects & Initiatives ADD Core Grant (Year 4 of 5) Child Care Plus ME/RELATE Early Childhood Opportunities Scholars (EChOS) (Year 2 of 4) Equity & Excellence in Higher Education

6. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies Continuing Projects & Initiatives (2) Maine’s Expanding Inclusive Opportunities for Children, Families and Communities Maine’s Inclusion Project: A Collaboration of the Maine Commission for Community Service and CCIDS Training Opportunities for Personnel: B-5 (one-year extension through August 2012)

7. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies Projects: Not Continuing/Ending CC+ME/RELATE Project Addendum (ended September 30, 2011) Early Reading First (ended June 30, 2011) Family-Centered Transition Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ended August 31, 2011) MRTQ Curriculum Revision (ended September 30, 2011)

8. The University of Maine Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies Projects: Not Continuing/Ending (2) Maine State Personnel Development Grant/CCIDS (ended August 31, 2011) National Autism Resource and Information Center (ended September 30, 2011) Servicebot. Funding from Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation (ended June 30, 2011)